Hydrography Standard: Watersheds  

USGS 8-digit Hydrologic Units and DNR Major Watersheds

USGS HUC-8 USGS Name DNR Major # Minnesota Name
04010101 BAPTISM-BRULE 1 Lake Superior - North
04010102 BEAVER-LESTER 2 Lake Superior - South
04010201 ST-LOUIS 3 St. Louis River
04010202 CLOQUET 4 Cloquet River
04010301 BEARTRAP-NEMAJI 5 Nemadji River
07010101 MISSISSIPPI-HEADWATERS 7 Mississippi River - Headwaters
07010102 LEECH-LAKE 8 Leech Lake River
07010103 PRAIRIE-WILLOW 9 Mississippi River - Grand Rapids
07010104 ELK-NOKASIPPI 10 Mississippi River - Brainerd
07010105 PINE 11 Pine River
07010106 CROW-WING 12 Crow Wing River
07010107 REDEYE 13 Redeye River
07010108 LONG-PRAIRIE 14 Long Prairie River
07010201 PLATTE-SPUNK 15 Mississippi River - Sartell
07010202 SAUK 16 Sauk River
07010203 CLEARWATER-ELK 17 Mississippi River - St. Cloud
07010204 CROW 18 North Fork Crow River
07010205 SOUTH-FORK-CROW 19 South Fork Crow River
07010206 TWIN-CITIES 20 Mississippi River - Twin Cities
07010207 RUM 21 Rum River
07020001 UPPER-MINNESOTA 22 Minnesota River - Headwaters
07020002 POMME-DE-TERRE 23 Pomme de Terre River
07020003 LAC-QUI-PARLE 24 Lac Qui Parle River
07020004 HAWK-YELLOW-MEDICINE 25 Minnesota River - Yellow Medicine River
07020005 CHIPPEWA 26 Chippewa River
07020006 REDWOOD 27 Redwood River
07020007 MIDDLE-MINNESOTA 28 Minnesota River - Mankato
07020008 COTTONWOOD 29 Cottonwood River
07020009 BLUE-EARTH 30 Blue Earth River
07020010 WATONWAN 31 Watonwan River
07020011 LE-SUEUR 32 Le Sueur River
07020012 LOWER-MINNESOTA 33 Lower Minnesota River
07030001 UPPER-ST-CROIX 34 Upper St. Croix River
07030003 KETTLE 35 Kettle River
07030004 SNAKE 36 Snake River
07030005 LOWER-ST-CROIX 37 Lower St. Croix River
07040001 RUSH-VERMILLION 38 Mississippi River - Lake Pepin
07040002 CANNON 39 Cannon River
07040003 BUFFALO-WHITEWATER 40 Mississippi River - Winona
07040004 ZUMBRO 41 Zumbro River
07040006 LACROSSE-PINE 42 Mississippi River - La Crescent
07040008 ROOT 43 Root River
07060001 COON-YELLOW 44 Mississippi River - Reno
07060002 UPPER-IOWA 46 Upper Iowa River
07080102 UPPER-WAPSIPINICON 47 Upper Wapsipinicon River
07080201 UPPER-CEDAR 48 Cedar River
07080202 SHELL-ROCK 49 Shell Rock River
07080203 WINNEBAGO 50 Winnebago River
07100001 DES-MOINES-HEADWATERS 51 Des Moines River - Headwaters
07100002 UPPER-DES-MOINES 52 Lower Des Moines River
07100003 EAST-FORK-DES-MOINES 53 East Fork Des Moines River
09020101 BOIS-DE-SIOUX 54 Bois de Sioux River
09020102 MUSTINKA 55 Mustinka River
09020103 OTTER-TAIL 56 Otter Tail River
09020104 UPPER-RED 57 Upper Red River of the North
09020106 BUFFALO 58 Buffalo River
09020107 ELM-MARSH 59 Red River of the North - Marsh River
09020108 EASTERN-WILD-RICE 60 Wild Rice River
09020301 SANDHILL-WILSON 61 Red River of the North - Sandhill River
09020302 RED-LAKES 62 Upper/Lower Red Lake
09020303 RED-LAKE-RIVER 63 Red Lake River
09020304 THIEF RIVER 65 Thief River
09020305 CLEARWATER 66 Clearwater River
09020306 GRAND-MARAIS-RED 67 Red River of the North - Grand Marais Creek
09020309 SNAKE 68 Snake River
09020311 LOWER-RED 69 Red River of the North - Tamarac River
09020312 TWO-RIVERS 70 Two Rivers
09020314 ROSEAU 71 Roseau River
09030001 RAINY-HEADWATERS 72 Rainy River - Headwaters
09030002 VERMILION 73 Vermilion River
09030003 RAINY-LAKE 74 Rainy River - Rainy Lake
09030004 UPPER-RAINY 75 Rainy River - Black River
09030005 LITTLE-FORK 76 Little Fork River
09030006 BIG-FORK 77 Big Fork River
09030007 RAPID 78 Rapid River
09030008 LOWER-RAINY 79 Rainy River - Baudette
09030009 LAKE-OF-THE-WOODS 80 Lake of the Woods
10170202 UPPER-BIG-SIOUX 81 Upper Big Sioux River
10170203 LOWER-BIG-SIOUX 82 Lower Big Sioux River
10170204 ROCK 83 Rock River
10230003 LITTLE-SIOUX 84 Little Sioux River

USGS 6-digit Hydrologic Units and Minnesota Equivalents

USGS HUC-6 USGS Name DNR Majors Minnesota Name
040101 NORTHWESTERN LAKE SUPERIOR 1 - 2 Lake Superior - North Shore
040102 ST. LOUIS RIVER BASIN 3, 4 St. Louis River
040103 SOUTHWESTERN LAKE SUPERIOR 5 Lake Superior - Nemadji River
070101 MISSISSIPPI HEADWATERS 7 - 14 Mississippi River - Headwaters
070102 UPPER MISSISSIPPI-CROW-RUM 15 - 21 Mississippi - Crow - Rum Rivers
070200 MINNESOTA RIVER BASIN 22 - 33 Minnesota River
070300 ST. CROIX RIVER BASIN 34 - 37 St. Croix River
070400 UPPER MISSISSIPPI-BLACK-ROOT 38 - 43 Lower Mississippi River
070600 UPPER MISSISSIPPI-MAQUOKETA-PLUM 44, 46 Mississippi River - Upper Iowa Rivers
070801 UPPER MISSISSIPPI-IOWA-SKUNK-WAPSIPINICON 47 Upper Wapsipinicon River
070802 IOWA RIVER BASIN 48 - 50 Cedar River
071000 DES MOINES RIVER BASIN 51 - 53 Des Moines River
090201 UPPER RED RIVER BASIN 54 - 60 Upper Red River of the North
090203 LOWER RED RIVER BASIN 61 - 71 Lower Red River of the North
090300 RAINY RIVER BASIN 72 - 80 Rainy River
101702 MISSOURI - BIG SIOUX 81 - 83 Big Sioux River
102300 MISSOURI - LITTLE SIOUX 84 Little Sioux River

USGS 4-digit Hydrologic Units and Minnesota Equivalents

USGS HUC-4 USGS Name DNR Majors Minnesota Name
0401 WESTERN LAKE SUPERIOR 1 - 5 Western Lake Superior
0701 MISSISSIPPI HEADWATERS 7 - 21 Mississippi River - Headwaters
0702 MINNESOTA 22 - 33 Minnesota River
0703 ST. CROIX 34 - 37 St. Croix River
0704 UPPER MISSISSIPPI-BLACK-ROOT 38 - 43 Lower Mississippi River
0706 UPPER MISSISSIPPI-MAQUOKETA-PLUM 44, 46 Mississippi River - Upper Iowa Rivers
0708 UPPER MISSISSIPPI-IOWA-SKUNK-WAPSIPINICON 47 - 50 Cedar River
0710 DES MOINES 51 - 53 Des Moines River
0902 RED RIVER 54 - 71 Red River of the North
0903 RAINY RIVER 72 - 80 Rainy River
1017 MISSOURI - BIG SIOUX 81 - 83 Missouri River - Big Sioux River
1023 MISSOURI - LITTLE SIOUX 84 Missouri River - Little Sioux River

USGS 2-digit Hydrologic Units and Minnesota Equivalents

USGS HUC-2 USGS Name DNR Majors Minnesota Name
04 GREAT LAKES 1 - 5 Great Lakes
07 UPPER MISSISSIPPI 7 - 53 Upper Mississippi River
09 SOURIS-RED-RAINY 54 - 80 Red River of the North - Rainy-Souris Rivers
10 MISSOURI 81 - 84 Missouri River