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Snake River in Minnesota

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Around Snake River

10 mi

Public land: USGS PAD-US

About this river

Snake River is a 62.0 mile river near Boathouse on the Red in North Dakota. Streamflow is measured at the USGS gauge Snake River above Warren, MN (site 05085450). 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 2026

Snake River typically runs highest in April, at a median 51 cfs, and lowest in February, at 0.1 cfs. The highest flow on record for any single day is 1,900 cfs, in 2022.

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Typical flow by month at Snake River above Warren, MN, in cfs
MonthTypical (cfs)Usual range (cfs)
January0.20.0 to 1.1
February0.10.0 to 0.8
March3.00.2 to 41
April518.5 to 261
May4712 to 108
June2210 to 116
July182.3 to 74
August3.70.1 to 23
September2.00.2 to 17
October1.70.2 to 16
November1.80.7 to 7.3
December0.60.2 to 3.5

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 17 years of record. Statistics published by the US Geological Survey for Snake River above Warren, MN (site 05085450). Conditions on any given day can fall well outside the usual range. Check the current reading before you go.

Boat access nearby

One mapped launch sits in the mapped area of Snake River. Ramp data comes from the USGS national boat-ramp inventory.

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