Mississippi River at Hwy 610 in Brooklyn Park, MN
River level and flood forecast · Hennepin County
Normal1.8 ftas of Mon 3 PM
The river is 10.3 ft below flood stage (12 ft).
Forecast to hold near 1.8 ft through Mon, Oct 19, 7 AM.
Flow: 3,140 cubic feet per second (USGS).
The last 7 days and the forecast
NWS forecast issued Mon, Oct 12, 7:47 AM. Forecasts change as rain falls and as upstream water arrives.
Flood stages
| Major flood stage | 16 ft |
| Moderate flood stage | 14 ft |
| Flood stage | 12 ft |
| Action stage | 8 ft |
| Record crest (April 17, 1965) | 19.53 ft |
Highest crests on record
- 19.53 ft — April 17, 1965
- 17.51 ft — April 14, 1952
- 16.84 ft — April 14, 1969
- 16.44 ft — April 9, 1997
- 15.87 ft — April 20, 2023
Recent crests: 15.87 ft (April 20, 2023) · 12.95 ft (May 18, 2022) · 8.75 ft (April 15, 2021) · 11.87 ft (April 6, 2020) · 13.16 ft (March 31, 2019)
Up and down the river, and nearby
- UpstreamMississippi River at Hwy 169 at Champlin, MN
- DownstreamMississippi River at Fridley abv 37th Ave NE, MN
- Rice Creek below Old Hwy 8 in Mounds View, MN
- Shingle Creek at Queen Ave N, MN
- Elm Creek (MN) at Champlin, MN
- Rum River near St. Francis 4 South, MN
- Lake Minnetonka above Gray's Dam, MN
- Minnehaha Creek below Gray's Bay Dam, MN
Not an official source. River levels, forecasts, flood stages and impacts are from the National Weather Service (ANKM5); flow from the U.S. Geological Survey. Readings are provisional. In a flood, follow your local officials and the NWS at weather.gov.