Rivers in Minnesota

Redwood River at Russell

Lyon County, MinnesotaNWS RUSM5USGS 05314973Sioux Falls office

Below flood stage
8.82ftStage

Observed Wed, Sep 23, 5:30 AM CDT

Flood stage
14.00 ft
Record crest
20.01 ft2010

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Flood stages and impacts

CategoryStage
Major flood20.00 ft
Moderate flood17.00 ft
Minor flood14.00 ft
Action12.00 ft
  1. 31.50 ftThe bridge at the gaging location is overtopped.
  2. 28.00 ftWater reaches the bottom of the bridge at the gaging location.
  3. 23.00 ftThe bridge on N Redwood St in Lynd is overtopped.
  4. 21.00 ftThe bridge on County Road 60 southwest of Russell is overtopped as is the bridge on N River Rd in Lynd.
  5. 20.00 ftA couple low lying houses along the river in Lynd may flood.
  6. 19.00 ftWater reaches the bottom of the bridge on County Road 60 southwest of Russell and the bottom of the bridge of N River Rd in Lynd.
  7. 17.50 ftThe park begins to flood in Russell and may approach some low lying houses along the river in Russell.
  8. 14.00 ftLow lying areas begin to flood

Crest history

16 crests on NOAA’s list since 2001.

#DateStage
1September 25, 201020.01 ft
2March 28, 201918.50 ft
3July 4, 201818.20 ft
4April 24, 200118.11 ft
5March 23, 201117.85 ft
6June 23, 202416.73 ft
7March 14, 200715.80 ft
8May 7, 201215.44 ft
9April 13, 202314.63 ft
10March 9, 202014.47 ft
11June 18, 201414.20 ft
12May 13, 202214.12 ft
13May 24, 201712.96 ft
14June 12, 200812.10 ft
15June 30, 202512.04 ft
16April 9, 202111.57 ft

Most recent crests

  • June 30, 2025: 12.04 ft
  • June 23, 2024: 16.73 ft
  • April 13, 2023: 14.63 ft
  • May 13, 2022: 14.12 ft
  • April 9, 2021: 11.57 ft
  • March 9, 2020: 14.47 ft
  • March 28, 2019: 18.50 ft
  • July 4, 2018: 18.20 ft
  • May 24, 2017: 12.96 ft
  • June 18, 2014: 14.20 ft

Nearby

Upstream, downstream and the gauges around this one.

What this means

Forecasts by the North Central River Forecast Center. Forecasts are not available. Only observed stages are available for this point. No forecasts are available for this location Gauge reading may be affected by ice.

Sources

Stage, flood stages, impacts and crest history from NOAA’s National Water Prediction Service. Streamflow and the daily record from the U.S. Geological Survey.