RCRCA Monitoring Program - wplmn
RCRCA Monitoring Program - WPLMN
Our Monitoring Program has provided water quality information to state agencies and the general public for over 20 years.
We currently have three long-term sites in both the Redwood River Watershed and Cottonwood River Watersheds. Water quality data is available on the home page of each watershed.
RCRCA also provides monitoring for tributaries in the Middle Minnesota Watershed (Crow Creek, Birch Coulee Creek, Wabasha Creek and Spring Creek) as well as taking water samples with the Redwood and Cottonwood River Watersheds for the Minnesota Department of Agriculture.
Below are various links to sites that are useful for monitoring weather as well as river stage and flows.
Weather Links:
National Weather Service main page for Minnesota(Minneapolis/St. Paul)
National Weather Service Precipitation Map
River Links:
USGS River Gages for MN - This has real time date (only 1-2 hrs old)
Cottonwood River - PL001 Gage Next Gen Site
Redwood River - RR1 Site Next Gen Site
MN DNR/MPCA Cooperative Stream Gaging Network - More gages than USGS but data is a few hours older.
MN DNR River Level Map for Canoeing and Kayaking
National Weather Service - Advanced Hydrologic Prediction Service