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Minnesota
Temperance River
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What we do know
Inside Superior National Forest
2 managing-area boundaries mapped — agency alerts for them feed this page automatically.
Boundary data
What's missing
No access route mapped
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Why you'll love it
River facts
- Water
- Flows year-round
- Average flow
- 221 cfs
- Average current
- 1.6 ft/s
- Gradient
- 54.1 ft/mi
- Drainage area
- 184 sq mi
Long-term averages modeled by USGS (NHDPlus HR), not today's conditions. Check a gauge before you go.
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Temperance River
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Permits & access
- Managing agency
- Forest Service
About this water
Temperance River is a 16-mile paddling stretch near Tofte, Minnesota. It flows year-round. USGS models an average flow of about 221 cfs and a gradient of about 54.1 feet per mile. Land along it is managed by the U.S. Forest Service.
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