Rivers in Minnesota

Straight River near Faribault

Rice County, MinnesotaNWS FRBM5USGS 05353800Chanhassen office

No flood stages set
6.77ftStage

Observed Mon, Sep 21, 9:15 PM CDT

Record crest
14.88 ft2010

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Flood stages and impacts

  1. 11.80 ftLEFT BANK WILL OVERFLOW
  2. 9.90 ftRIGHT BANK WILL OVERFLOW

Crest history

41 crests on NOAA’s list since 1966.

#DateStage
1September 24, 201014.88 ft
2April 11, 200112.88 ft
3March 25, 198912.83 ft
4June 23, 202412.77 ft
5May 5, 197412.74 ft
6March 8, 197312.68 ft
7June 19, 201412.20 ft
8February 18, 198412.19 ft
9July 7, 199011.31 ft
10May 1, 199011.20 ft
11June 17, 199311.16 ft
12July 1, 198311.11 ft
13March 22, 201910.96 ft
14May 14, 202310.83 ft
15March 18, 198010.77 ft
16March 18, 197910.77 ft
17April 13, 200110.73 ft
18July 20, 201910.72 ft
19June 22, 198610.30 ft
20March 24, 201110.28 ft
21March 25, 19699.86 ft
22June 16, 19679.83 ft
23March 31, 20139.81 ft
24July 22, 19919.58 ft
25July 15, 19819.46 ft

Most recent crests

  • June 23, 2024: 12.77 ft
  • May 14, 2023: 10.83 ft
  • July 20, 2019: 10.72 ft
  • March 22, 2019: 10.96 ft
  • June 22, 2015: 7.15 ft
  • June 19, 2014: 12.20 ft
  • March 31, 2013: 9.81 ft
  • June 15, 2012: 8.82 ft
  • March 24, 2011: 10.28 ft
  • September 24, 2010: 14.88 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.