Rivers in Minnesota

Chippewa River (MN) at Benson

Swift County, MinnesotaNWS BENM5USGS 05303500Chanhassen office

No flood stages set
8.29ftStage

Observed Mon, Sep 21, 8:30 PM CDT

Record crest
17.50 ft2019

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Flood stages and impacts

  1. 20.39 ftUS 12 Bridge impacted by flood waters.

Crest history

17 crests on NOAA’s list since 2001.

#DateStage
1March 24, 201917.50 ft
2March 16, 201016.98 ft
3April 13, 202315.75 ft
4April 18, 201915.17 ft
5April 18, 201915.17 ft
6May 13, 202215.10 ft
7June 20, 201414.61 ft
8April 4, 201113.83 ft
9May 17, 201513.21 ft
10April 7, 201312.37 ft
11April 9, 200112.20 ft
12October 4, 201711.55 ft
13April 2, 202011.42 ft
14June 23, 202411.30 ft
15April 24, 200110.80 ft
16April 13, 202110.71 ft
17June 21, 201210.15 ft

Most recent crests

  • June 23, 2024: 11.30 ft
  • April 13, 2023: 15.75 ft
  • May 13, 2022: 15.10 ft
  • April 13, 2021: 10.71 ft
  • April 2, 2020: 11.42 ft
  • April 18, 2019: 15.17 ft
  • April 18, 2019: 15.17 ft
  • March 24, 2019: 17.50 ft
  • October 4, 2017: 11.55 ft
  • May 17, 2015: 13.21 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. Stage 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.