Your Boat Club Lake Minnetonka Brown's Bay
Mississippi River near Your Boat Club Lake Minnetonka Brown's Bay
About this river
Mississippi River is a 21.1 mile river near Your Boat Club Lake Minnetonka Brown's Bay in Minnesota. Streamflow is measured at the USGS gauge Mississippi River at Hwy 610 IN Brooklyn Park, MN (site 05288500). The National Hydrography Dataset places it at stream order 7. Reach geometry comes from the USGS National Hydrography Dataset.
Typical flow by month
1931 to 2026
Mississippi River typically runs highest in April, at a median 16,200 cfs, and lowest in February, at 4,230 cfs. The highest flow on record for any single day is 90,300 cfs, in 1965.
| Month | Typical (cfs) | Usual range (cfs) | Relative level |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 4,440 | 3,060 to 5,700 | |
| February | 4,230 | 2,960 to 5,500 | |
| March | 5,060 | 3,780 to 7,850 | |
| April | 16,200 | 9,595 to 23,900 | |
| May | 13,300 | 8,900 to 21,100 | |
| June | 10,300 | 6,255 to 17,050 | |
| July | 7,820 | 4,200 to 12,800 | |
| August | 5,230 | 3,040 to 8,270 | |
| September | 4,810 | 3,010 to 7,790 | |
| October | 5,090 | 3,580 to 8,180 | |
| November | 5,945 | 3,975 to 9,525 | |
| December | 4,670 | 3,200 to 6,830 |
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 94 years of record. Statistics published by the US Geological Survey for Mississippi River at Hwy 610 IN Brooklyn Park, MN (site 05288500). Conditions on any given day can fall well outside the usual range. Check the current reading before you go.
Boat access nearby
8 mapped launches sit in the mapped area of Mississippi River, all of them public access. Ramp data comes from the USGS national boat-ramp inventory.
- Coon Rapids DamMississippi RiverPublic
- French LakeFrench LakePublic
- Mississippi River Point ParkMississippi RiverPublic
- Akin RiversideRum RiverPublic
- Diamond LakeDiamond LakePublic
- Rum River South County ParkRum RiverPublic
- Crooked LakeCrooked LakePublic
- Mississippi West Regional ParkMississippi RiverPublic
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