Water Resources of Minnesota
Welcome to the USGS Minnesota Water Science Center. These pages are your source for water-resource information collected and interpreted by the U.S. Geological Survey in Minnesota.
Minnesota Water Science Center activities include:
- Presentation of real-time streamflow, water-quality, ground-water levels data.
- Operation and oversight of an extensive network of water-resource monitoring sites.
- Archive of water-resource information collected for more than 100 years.
- Data collection and investigative studies related to issues of concern to water-management entities and citizens.
- Publishing data and topical reports.
Quick Link to Real-Time Data:
View site list: SW | GW | WQ
MinnesotaMonitoring Networks
The USGS Minnesota Water Science Center continuously monitors surface water, ground water, and water quality parameters across the state. Monitoring sites are operated in cooperation with various local, State, or Federal agencies.
Minnesota provides real-time water-stage, streamflow and precipitation data at 149 sites across the state.
33 ground-water wells are monitored by the USGS in Minnesota. These wells record data on hourly intervals.
Water-quality conditions are continuously monitored by the USGS at 11 sites across the state of Minnesota
Current Issues
Each year the USGS National Research Program offers lectures on various topics that are sponsored by field offices. The Minnesota Water Science Center is pleased to announce the next lecture by Doug Burns.
How To Add Natural Tracers To Your Hydrological Toolbox
Dr. Doug Burns
September 8, 2009
11:00 am CDT
USGS Minnesota Water Science Center
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Data via GoogleMaps
New Maps Deliver Current Streamflow Conditions
 We recently added a Google-Map based Web page to deliver map-based current surface-water resources conditions in Minnesota.
The maps utilize zoom and pan to allow you to focus in on the water-monitoring sites that interest you. The maps show current streamflow as compared to historical records. By hovering your mouse over a site, a popup box shows the most recent stage and streamflow.
Featured Publication
Synoptic Measurements Of Ground-Water Levels In Major Aquifers In The Twin Cities Metropolitan Area: by Chris Sanocki and Sue Langer.
The goal of this study is to measure water-levels in 3 aquifers, the Prairie du Chien-Jordan, Franconia-Ironton-Galesville and Mt. Simon-Hinckley, in winter and summer of 2008. The winter and summer water-levels will be compared and a change map will be completed for each aquifer. The winter 2008 water-levels for the Prairie du Chien-Jordan and the Mt. Simon-Hinckley aquifers will be compared to water-levels from a previous synoptic completed in the winter of 1989. This project will improve the understanding of aquifer response to seasonal and long-term changes in water withdrawals.
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