Water Resources Data for Minnesota Water Year 1976

Water Resources Data for Minnesota Water Year 1976

1977

Water resources data for the 1976 water year for Minnesota consist of records of stage, discharge, and water quality of streams; stage, contents, and water quality of lakes and reservoirs; and water levels and water quality of ground water. This report contains discharge records for 131 gaging stations; stage only records for 1 gaging station; stage and contents for 9 lakes and reservoirs; water quality for 65 gaging stations, 48 partial-record stations, 26 lakes, and 42 wells; and water levels for 30 observation wells. Also included are 149 crest-stage partial-record stations and 340 low-flow partial-record stations. Additional water data were collected at various sites, not involved in the systematic data collection program, and are published as miscellaneous measurements. These data represent that part of the National Water Data System collected by the U.S. Geological Survey and cooperating State and Federal agencies in Minnesota. Records of discharge or stage of streams, and contents or stage of lakes and reservoirs were first published in a series of U.S. Geological Survey water-supply papers entitled "Surface Water Supply of the United States." Through September 30, 1960, these water-supply papers were in an annual series and then in a 5-year series for 1961-65 and 1966-70. Records of chemical quality, water temperatures, and suspended sediment were published from 1941 to 1970 in an annual series of water-supply papers entitled "Quality of Surface Waters of the United States." Records of ground-water levels were published from 1935 to 1974 in a series of water-supply papers entitled "Ground-Water Levels in the United States." Water-supply papers may be consulted in the libraries of the principal cities in the United States or may be purchased from Branch of Distribution, U.S. Geological Survey,. 604 South Pickett Street, Alexandria, Va. 22304. For water years 1961 through 1974, streamflow data were released by the Geological Survey in annual reports on a State-boundary basis. Water-quality records for water years 1964 through 1974 were similarly released either in separate reports or in conjunction with streamflow records. Beginning with the 1975 water year, water data for streamflow, water quality, and ground water are published as an official Survey report on a State-boundary basis. These official Survey reports carry an identification number consisting of the two letter State abbreviation, the last two digits of the water year, and the volume number. For example, this report is identified as "U.S. Geological Survey Water-Data Report MN-76-1." Water-Data reports are for sale by the National Technical Information Service, U.S. Department of Commerce, Springfield, Virginia, 22161.

U.S. Geological Survey
U.S. Department of the Interior
Division of Waters
Minnesota Department of Highways

U.S. Geological Survey

906

Groundwater
Surface Water
Water Use & Availability
Water Education, Outreach & Community Capacity

Water resources
Data
1976

1970-1979

No

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