About this river
Roseau River is a 16.0 mile river near Big North Guide Service in Minnesota. Streamflow is measured at the USGS gauge Roseau River below South Fork near Malung, MN (site 05104500). The National Hydrography Dataset places it at stream order 5. Reach geometry comes from the USGS National Hydrography Dataset.
Typical flow by month
1947 to 2025
Roseau River typically runs highest in April, at a median 286 cfs, and lowest in February, at 5.3 cfs. The highest flow on record for any single day is 15,800 cfs, in 2002.
| Month | Typical (cfs) | Usual range (cfs) | Relative level |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 6.8 | 4.0 to 10 | |
| February | 5.3 | 2.9 to 8.2 | |
| March | 7.2 | 3.9 to 17 | |
| April | 286 | 91 to 793 | |
| May | 189 | 87 to 391 | |
| June | 108 | 40 to 309 | |
| July | 56 | 20 to 136 | |
| August | 11 | 2.6 to 45 | |
| September | 10 | 1.3 to 56 | |
| October | 28 | 4.8 to 78 | |
| November | 32 | 9.4 to 66 | |
| December | 12 | 5.3 to 23 |
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 78 years of record. Statistics published by the US Geological Survey for Roseau River below South Fork near Malung, MN (site 05104500). Conditions on any given day can fall well outside the usual range. Check the current reading before you go.
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