About this river
Crow Wing River is a 12.6 mile river near Your Boat Club Gull Lake in Minnesota. Streamflow is measured at the USGS gauge Crow Wing River at Nimrod, MN (site 05244000). The National Hydrography Dataset places it at stream order 5. Reach geometry comes from the USGS National Hydrography Dataset.
Typical flow by month
1910 to 2026
Crow Wing River typically runs highest in April, at a median 709 cfs, and lowest in February, at 295 cfs. The highest flow on record for any single day is 3,580 cfs, in 1974.
| Month | Typical (cfs) | Usual range (cfs) | Relative level |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 300 | 249 to 372 | |
| February | 295 | 250 to 360 | |
| March | 360 | 300 to 475 | |
| April | 709 | 448 to 1,015 | |
| May | 632 | 470 to 836 | |
| June | 494 | 350 to 722 | |
| July | 409 | 261 to 592 | |
| August | 332 | 233 to 454 | |
| September | 347 | 258 to 473 | |
| October | 391 | 270 to 497 | |
| November | 388 | 304 to 520 | |
| December | 340 | 291 to 411 |
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 90 years of record. Statistics published by the US Geological Survey for Crow Wing River at Nimrod, MN (site 05244000). Conditions on any given day can fall well outside the usual range. Check the current reading before you go.
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