Stream Hydrology
Seelye Brook
| Monitoring Location | at Hwy 7, Oak Grove |
| Monitored By | Anoka Conservation District staff |
| Notes
This is a large creek that originates in southwest Isanti County, flows through St. Francis, and outlets to the Rum River in northwest Oak Grove. It does not inlet or outlet to any lakes. Overall, the watershed is rural residential, wetland, and agricultural. The creek is about 25 feet wide and 2.5 feet deep at the monitoring site during baseflow. This stream receives special protections as a tributary to the Rum River under state scenic and recreational rivers laws.Seelye Brook responds more extremely to rainfall than the other large streams in the area, such as Ford Brook and Cedar Creek, despite being of similar size and having similar watershed land uses. From 1996 to 2005 Seelye Brook water levels ranged 6.7 feet, compared to 2.94 and 5.09 feet for Ford Brook and Cedar Creek, respectively. In 2005 Seelye ranged 5.07 feet, while Ford Brook ranged less than half this amount (2.94 ft) and Cedar Creek only 3.94 feet. A rudimentary analysis on five isolated rain events greater than one inch in 2004 found that Seelye Brook rose an average of 8.3 inches per inch of rainfall received.
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*Note: Not all monitored years are listed. Please refer to mapping utility for complete data. "All Years" is not an average of each year's summary statistic. Rather, it is calculated from the continuous, multi-year record. |
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