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Wild Rice River (MN) at Twin Valley

Highest listed crest 17.96 ftFlood stage 10.0 ft94 crests since 1930

The Wild Rice River (MN) at Twin Valley crested at major flood stage 2 times among the 94 crests the National Weather Service lists from 1930 to 2026. The highest, 17.96 ft on June 24, 2002, was major flooding, 7.96 feet above flood stage.

The gauge

Highest listed crest
17.96 ft
June 24, 2002; 20,300 cubic feet per second
Flood stage
10.0 ft
Major flooding from 14.0 ft
Crests at major
2
51st of 120 gauges in Minnesota
Most recent flood crest
April 14, 2023
11.95 ft, minor flooding
Location
Norman County
Minnesota

Flood stages

The thresholds the National Weather Service uses for this gauge today, and how many listed crests reached each.

Flood categories, Wild Rice River (MN) at Twin Valley
Action stage9.010Feb 21, 2017The level at which the NWS or its partners begin to take action
Flood stage (minor)10.019Apr 14, 2023Minimal or no property damage, but possibly some public threat
Moderate flood stage12.09Mar 31, 2006Some inundation of structures and roads near the stream
Major flood stage14.02Jun 24, 2002Extensive inundation of structures and roads

Every listed crest

94 crests from 1930 to 2026. Filled: at or above flood stage. Hover a crest for its date and stage.

Listed crests at the Wild Rice River (MN) at Twin Valley, 1930 to 2026 05101520ft Flood stage 10.0 ftMajor 14.0 ft Dec 2, 1930: 1.93 ft, below flood stageMay 21, 1931: 1.91 ft, below flood stage; 112 cubic feet per secondApr 9, 1932: 3.59 ft, below flood stage; 358 cubic feet per secondMay 23, 1933: 3.27 ft, below flood stage; 450 cubic feet per secondApr 12, 1934: 2.60 ft, below flood stage; 266 cubic feet per secondMar 16, 1935: 4.53 ft, below flood stageApr 14, 1936: 9.27 ft, action stage; 2,490 cubic feet per secondMay 3, 1937: 3.32 ft, below flood stage; 301 cubic feet per secondMay 12, 1938: 5.82 ft, below flood stage; 836 cubic feet per secondMar 30, 1939: 4.44 ft, below flood stage; 459 cubic feet per secondApr 9, 1940: 7.28 ft, below flood stage; 1,100 cubic feet per secondApr 3, 1941: 6.11 ft, below flood stage; 828 cubic feet per secondMay 3, 1942: 8.15 ft, below flood stage; 1,550 cubic feet per secondJun 4, 1943: 11.74 ft, minor flooding; 4,120 cubic feet per secondJul 8, 1944: 7.86 ft, below flood stage; 1,560 cubic feet per secondMar 17, 1945: 10.63 ft, minor floodingMar 21, 1946: 11.80 ft, minor floodingApr 15, 1947: 9.47 ft, action stage; 2,510 cubic feet per secondApr 5, 1948: 5.95 ft, below flood stageJul 8, 1949: 7.94 ft, below flood stage; 1,610 cubic feet per secondJun 26, 1950: 12.02 ft, moderate flooding; 4,380 cubic feet per secondApr 5, 1951: 8.66 ft, below flood stageApr 8, 1952: 8.27 ft, below flood stage; 1,810 cubic feet per secondJul 4, 1953: 6.44 ft, below flood stage; 1,170 cubic feet per secondApr 10, 1954: 7.09 ft, below flood stage; 1,390 cubic feet per secondApr 4, 1955: 5.57 ft, below flood stage; 927 cubic feet per secondApr 12, 1956: 6.99 ft, below flood stage; 1,380 cubic feet per secondApr 21, 1957: 5.17 ft, below flood stage; 814 cubic feet per secondJul 7, 1958: 3.00 ft, below flood stage; 294 cubic feet per secondMar 28, 1959: 3.93 ft, below flood stageMar 29, 1960: 5.96 ft, below flood stageMay 17, 1961: 5.29 ft, below flood stage; 847 cubic feet per secondJun 9, 1962: 9.83 ft, action stage; 2,760 cubic feet per secondMay 30, 1963: 8.00 ft, below flood stage; 1,680 cubic feet per secondApr 17, 1964: 7.68 ft, below flood stage; 1,640 cubic feet per secondApr 12, 1965: 10.48 ft, minor flooding; 3,160 cubic feet per secondMar 17, 1966: 11.51 ft, minor floodingMar 29, 1967: 10.62 ft, minor floodingMar 28, 1968: 4.62 ft, below flood stageApr 9, 1969: 12.00 ft, moderate floodingApr 8, 1970: 9.30 ft, action stageApr 7, 1971: 6.57 ft, below flood stageMar 20, 1972: 11.93 ft, minor floodingSep 4, 1973: 7.75 ft, below flood stage; 1,670 cubic feet per secondApr 12, 1974: 11.03 ft, minor flooding; 3,890 cubic feet per secondJul 1, 1975: 11.29 ft, minor flooding; 3,660 cubic feet per secondMar 30, 1976: 8.35 ft, below flood stageMar 20, 1977: 4.45 ft, below flood stageApr 7, 1978: 13.64 ft, moderate flooding; 6,470 cubic feet per secondApr 18, 1979: 12.93 ft, moderate flooding; 6,010 cubic feet per secondApr 3, 1980: 6.08 ft, below flood stage; 1,080 cubic feet per secondSep 6, 1981: 3.45 ft, below flood stage; 295 cubic feet per secondMar 30, 1982: 9.01 ft, action stageMar 7, 1983: 6.44 ft, below flood stage; 635 cubic feet per secondJun 11, 1984: 6.96 ft, below flood stage; 1,370 cubic feet per secondMay 13, 1985: 11.42 ft, minor flooding; 4,100 cubic feet per secondMar 28, 1986: 10.07 ft, minor floodingMar 9, 1987: 7.70 ft, below flood stageApr 5, 1988: 6.28 ft, below flood stage; 711 cubic feet per secondApr 5, 1989: 13.65 ft, moderate flooding; 5,260 cubic feet per secondApr 3, 1990: 6.31 ft, below flood stage; 1,090 cubic feet per secondMay 6, 1991: 4.96 ft, below flood stage; 682 cubic feet per secondMar 8, 1992: 7.18 ft, below flood stageJul 28, 1993: 11.74 ft, minor flooding; 3,980 cubic feet per secondJun 21, 1994: 8.37 ft, below flood stage; 1,810 cubic feet per secondMar 15, 1995: 10.94 ft, minor flooding; 2,500 cubic feet per secondApr 13, 1996: 12.82 ft, moderate floodingApr 6, 1997: 15.91 ft, major flooding; 10,000 cubic feet per secondJun 21, 1998: 10.37 ft, minor flooding; 3,020 cubic feet per secondMay 14, 1999: 9.32 ft, action stage; 2,480 cubic feet per secondJun 22, 2000: 12.52 ft, moderate flooding; 5,340 cubic feet per secondApr 7, 2001: 12.63 ft, moderate floodingJun 24, 2002: 17.96 ft, major flooding; 20,300 cubic feet per secondJun 26, 2003: 6.74 ft, below flood stage; 1,400 cubic feet per secondMar 28, 2004: 8.35 ft, below flood stage; 2,500 cubic feet per secondNov 1, 2004: 9.45 ft, action stage; 3,140 cubic feet per secondMar 31, 2006: 13.12 ft, moderate flooding; 5,400 cubic feet per secondJun 15, 2007: 9.55 ft, action stage; 3,700 cubic feet per secondSep 12, 2008: 6.96 ft, below flood stage; 1,770 cubic feet per secondApr 11, 2011: 9.78 ft, action stage; 3,910 cubic feet per secondApr 28, 2013: 11.94 ft, minor flooding; 5,390 cubic feet per secondJun 16, 2014: 7.66 ft, below flood stage; 2,600 cubic feet per secondJun 3, 2015: 4.73 ft, below flood stage; 1,070 cubic feet per secondAug 28, 2016: 5.28 ft, below flood stage; 1,190 cubic feet per secondFeb 21, 2017: 9.75 ft, action stage; 2,950 cubic feet per secondApr 13, 2018: 4.51 ft, below flood stageApr 8, 2019: 11.40 ft, minor flooding; 5,080 cubic feet per secondApr 2, 2020: 10.07 ft, minor flooding; 4,000 cubic feet per secondMar 10, 2021: 4.39 ft, below flood stageApr 24, 2022: 11.09 ft, minor flooding; 4,740 cubic feet per secondApr 14, 2023: 11.95 ft, minor flooding; 5,410 cubic feet per secondMay 26, 2024: 5.77 ft, below flood stage; 1,370 cubic feet per secondMay 2, 2025: 4.99 ft, below flood stageApr 13, 2026: 6.84 ft, below flood stage Highest, 17.96 ft, Jun 24, 2002 19401960198020002020

Crests at or above flood stage, by decade

Crests at or above flood stage per decade, Wild Rice River (MN) at Twin Valley 1930s: 0 1940s: 3 1950s: 1 1960s: 4 1970s: 5 5 1980s: 3 1990s: 5 2000s: 4 2010s: 2 2020s: 3 1930s1940s1950s1960s1970s1980s1990s2000s2010s2020s
  1. These are the crests the local National Weather Service office lists for the gauge: the highest on record and recent crests. Lesser floods between them may be missing, so counts by decade are a floor.
  2. Categories use today's flood stages. Levees, dams and channel changes since a crest can make old and new stages not directly comparable.
  3. 8 crests measured on an earlier gauge datum are left out: 20.00 ft on Jul 22, 1909; 9.60 ft on Apr 26, 1910; 6.70 ft on Apr 22, 1911; 7.55 ft on May 12, 1912; 9.60 ft on Apr 2, 1913; 8.50 ft on Jun 10, 1914; and more.

Highest crests

The 50 highest of 94 listed crests.

Highest listed crests, Wild Rice River (MN) at Twin Valley
1Jun 24, 200217.96+7.96Major20,300
2Apr 6, 199715.91+5.91Major10,000
3Apr 5, 198913.65+3.65Moderate5,260
4Apr 7, 197813.64+3.64Moderate6,470
5Mar 31, 200613.12+3.12Moderate5,400
6Apr 18, 197912.93+2.93Moderate6,010
7Apr 13, 199612.82+2.82Moderate—
8Apr 7, 200112.63+2.63Moderate—
9Jun 22, 200012.52+2.52Moderate5,340
10Jun 26, 195012.02+2.02Moderate4,380
11Apr 9, 196912.00+2.00Moderate—
12Apr 14, 202311.95+1.95Minor5,410
13Apr 28, 201311.94+1.94Minor5,390
14Mar 20, 197211.93+1.93Minor—
15Mar 21, 194611.80+1.80Minor—
16Jun 4, 194311.74+1.74Minor4,120
17Jul 28, 199311.74+1.74Minor3,980
18Mar 17, 196611.51+1.51Minor—
19May 13, 198511.42+1.42Minor4,100
20Apr 8, 201911.40+1.40Minor5,080
21Jul 1, 197511.29+1.29Minor3,660
22Apr 24, 202211.09+1.09Minor4,740
23Apr 12, 197411.03+1.03Minor3,890
24Mar 15, 199510.94+0.94Minor2,500
25Mar 17, 194510.63+0.63Minor—
26Mar 29, 196710.62+0.62Minor—
27Apr 12, 196510.48+0.48Minor3,160
28Jun 21, 199810.37+0.37Minor3,020
29Mar 28, 198610.07+0.07Minor—
30Apr 2, 202010.07+0.07Minor4,000
31Jun 9, 19629.83−0.17Action2,760
32Apr 11, 20119.78−0.22Action3,910
33Feb 21, 20179.75−0.25Action2,950
34Jun 15, 20079.55−0.45Action3,700
35Apr 15, 19479.47−0.53Action2,510
36Nov 1, 20049.45−0.55Action3,140
37May 14, 19999.32−0.68Action2,480
38Apr 8, 19709.30−0.70Action—
39Apr 14, 19369.27−0.73Action2,490
40Mar 30, 19829.01−0.99Action—
41Apr 5, 19518.66−1.34Below flood stage—
42Jun 21, 19948.37−1.63Below flood stage1,810
43Mar 30, 19768.35−1.65Below flood stage—
44Mar 28, 20048.35−1.65Below flood stage2,500
45Apr 8, 19528.27−1.73Below flood stage1,810
46May 3, 19428.15−1.85Below flood stage1,550
47May 30, 19638.00−2.00Below flood stage1,680
48Jul 8, 19497.94−2.06Below flood stage1,610
49Jul 8, 19447.86−2.14Below flood stage1,560
50Sep 4, 19737.75−2.25Below flood stage1,670

The worst floods along the Wild Rice River (MN)

For this gauge's highest crests, the other gauges on the Wild Rice River (MN) that crested above flood stage within a week.

April 5, 1989: 13.65 ft here, moderate flooding

  • HendrumMN · Apr 7, 1989 · 29.60 ft · Moderate

April 7, 1978: 13.64 ft here, moderate flooding

  • HendrumMN · Apr 10, 1978 · 31.42 ft · Moderate

March 31, 2006: 13.12 ft here, moderate flooding

  • HendrumMN · Apr 5, 2006 · 32.41 ft · Major

Gauges on the Wild Rice River (MN)

In USGS station-number order, which runs downstream within a river basin.

Flood gauges on the Wild Rice River (MN)
Twin Valley this gaugeMN10.017.96 ft, Jun 24, 20022
HendrumMN20.033.85 ft, Apr 18, 19976

Other gauges in Norman County

Flood gauges in Norman County
Shelly14.025.45 ft, Apr 18, 19975
Halstad26.040.74 ft, Apr 19, 199711
Hendrum20.033.85 ft, Apr 18, 19976

Norman County: every hazard · River floods across the country · Minnesota

NOAA National Water Prediction Service, gauge TWVM5, retrieved October 30, 2026. Stages in feet on the gauge's own datum, not elevation. Crests are as the National Weather Service lists them; preliminary values may be revised.