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Around Rice Creek
- Mississippi River - St. Anthony Falls PoolRecreation area8 mi (opens in a new tab)
- Mississippi River - Pool 1Recreation area12.7 mi (opens in a new tab)
- Mississippi River Visitor CenterVisitor center13 mi (opens in a new tab)
- Mississippi National River & Recreation AreaRecreation area13 mi (opens in a new tab)
Data Source: Recreation.gov · Source: USGS GNIS · Public land: USGS PAD-US
About this river
Rice Creek is a 25.2 mile river near Paddle Share Station in Minnesota. Streamflow is measured at the USGS gauge Rice Creek below Old Hwy. 8 IN Mounds View, MN (site 05288580). The National Hydrography Dataset places it at stream order 5. Reach geometry comes from the USGS National Hydrography Dataset.
Typical flow by month
2009 to 2025
Rice Creek typically runs highest in May, at a median 139 cfs, and lowest in January, at 13 cfs. The highest flow on record for any single day is 395 cfs, in 2014.
Show the numbers
| Month | Typical (cfs) | Usual range (cfs) |
|---|---|---|
| January | 13 | 5.1 to 39 |
| February | 13 | 5.5 to 32 |
| March | 65 | 11 to 106 |
| April | 130 | 74 to 210 |
| May | 139 | 83 to 218 |
| June | 104 | 41 to 156 |
| July | 63 | 20 to 119 |
| August | 46 | 18 to 97 |
| September | 39 | 6.8 to 91 |
| October | 38 | 7.9 to 97 |
| November | 31 | 10 to 84 |
| December | 23 | 7.8 to 52 |
Typical is the median of each month’s daily median values, and the usual range runs from the median 25th to the median 75th percentile, across about 16 years of record. Statistics published by the US Geological Survey for Rice Creek below Old Hwy. 8 IN Mounds View, MN (site 05288580). Conditions on any given day can fall well outside the usual range. Check the current reading before you go.
Boat access nearby
5 mapped launches sit in the mapped area of Rice Creek, all of them public access. Ramp data comes from the USGS national boat-ramp inventory.
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