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Roseau River in Minnesota

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Around Roseau River

10 mi

Public land: USGS PAD-US

About this river

Roseau River is a 62.1 mile river. Streamflow is measured at the USGS gauge Roseau River below South Fork near Malung, MN (site 05104500). The National Hydrography Dataset places it at stream order 5. Reach geometry comes from the USGS National Hydrography Dataset.

Typical flow by month

1947 to 2025

Roseau River typically runs highest in April, at a median 286 cfs, and lowest in February, at 5.3 cfs. The highest flow on record for any single day is 15,800 cfs, in 2002.

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Typical flow by month at Roseau River below South Fork near Malung, MN, in cfs
MonthTypical (cfs)Usual range (cfs)
January6.84.0 to 10
February5.32.9 to 8.2
March7.23.9 to 17
April28691 to 793
May18987 to 391
June10840 to 309
July5620 to 136
August112.6 to 45
September101.3 to 56
October284.8 to 78
November329.4 to 66
December125.3 to 23

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 78 years of record. Statistics published by the US Geological Survey for Roseau River below South Fork near Malung, MN (site 05104500). Conditions on any given day can fall well outside the usual range. Check the current reading before you go.

Boat access nearby

4 mapped launches sit in the mapped area of Roseau River, all of them public access. Ramp data comes from the USGS national boat-ramp inventory.

  • CaribouRoseau RiverPublic
  • TrangsrudRoseau RiverPublic
  • Stoies BridgeRoseau RiverPublic
  • Roseau City ParkRoseau RiverPublic

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