Cook County, Minnesota

3 river gauges reading now, shown against their usual but not yet judged.

Official Warnings

No official warning is in effect here right now.

• Pigeon River At Middle Falls Near Grand Portage, MN: flow 47.2 ft³/s · this gauge’s October monthly average is usually above 76.06 ft³/s · U.S. Geological Survey · 1 h ago
• Gauge 04010500: water level 2.02 ft · not enough history for this gauge to say what is usual · U.S. Geological Survey · 1 h ago
• Gauge 04010510: water level 16.07 ft · not enough history for this gauge to say what is usual · U.S. Geological Survey · 2 h ago

River levels are shown against their usual, but not yet judged. A gauge’s usual here is its range of October monthly averages; the reading is the latest 15-minute value, which a passing rain or dry spell can carry outside that range. So no river gauge makes this county Unusual For Here until we compare each day with the same day’s history.

A gauge’s usual is its range of October monthly averages over its record (USGS).

• USGS daily mean streamflow and gage height - Minnesota: 5 entries for this county · U.S. Geological Survey · read 12 h ago

Entries are what each state or utility feed lists for this county: incidents, closures or outage areas. We count them; we do not reproduce them.

1 source answered; nothing recent here.

4 sources answered; nothing recent here.

Coming Up

No meeting is on an agenda we read for the next seven days.

1 report in the last 24 hours, none published as an event.

• North Shore Health, Sawtooth Mountain Clinic outline transition of home health services · WTIP · 23 h ago Not Yet Confirmed

Minnesota Arrowhead: AQI 19, within the usual daily AQI in October for this county.

• Minnesota Arrowhead: AQI 19 · within the usual daily AQI in October for this county · U.S. EPA AirNow · 1 h ago

• AirNow reporting-area AQI (current and forecast): 14 entries for this county · U.S. EPA AirNow · read 58 min ago
• USGS latest streamflow and gage height - Minnesota: 7 entries for this county · U.S. Geological Survey · read 1 h ago

Entries are what each state or utility feed lists for this county: incidents, closures or outage areas. We count them; we do not reproduce them.

1 source answered; nothing recent here.

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Quiet

• Rail accidents and crossings (FRA): No reported accident or crossing collision here with a release, evacuation, injury or death in the latest data · Federal Railroad Administration · read Oct 26, 8:27 AM CDT
• Border crossings (BTS): No port here moved by a quarter against the same month a year earlier · Bureau of Transportation Statistics · read Oct 26, 8:27 AM CDT
• Gasoline prices (EIA): No weekly move of 10 cents or more · U.S. Energy Information Administration · read Oct 26, 8:27 AM CDT

Background

• Gasoline prices (EIA)
  Regular gasoline, Minnesota, week of 2026-10-19: $4.180 a gallon, up 0 cents from the week before. U.S. Energy Information Administration
• Gasoline prices (EIA)
  Regular gasoline, Midwest (PADD 2), week of 2026-10-19: $4.145 a gallon, up 0 cents from the week before. U.S. Energy Information Administration
• Border crossings (BTS)
  Grand Portage (US-Canada Border), September 2026: 666 trucks. Bureau of Transportation Statistics
• Border crossings (BTS)
  Grand Portage (US-Canada Border), September 2026: 11,105 personal vehicles. Bureau of Transportation Statistics
• Border crossings (BTS)
  Grand Portage (US-Canada Border), September 2026: 22,096 personal vehicle passengers. Bureau of Transportation Statistics
• Border crossings (BTS)
  Grand Portage (US-Canada Border), September 2026: 10 pedestrians. Bureau of Transportation Statistics
• Border crossings (BTS)
  Grand Portage (US-Canada Border), September 2026: 4 buses. Bureau of Transportation Statistics
• Border crossings (BTS)
  Grand Portage (US-Canada Border), September 2026: 86 bus passengers. Bureau of Transportation Statistics
• Employment and wages (QCEW)
  Q1 2026: 2,355 jobs (2,380 a year earlier); $960 average weekly wage ($874 a year earlier). BLS (QCEW)

Each line is the source's own fields, linked to the source. Unusual is this county against its own history, never against other counties. FRA posts about three months after an accident, so its lines are reported, not breaking. Last read: BLS (QCEW) Oct 12, 8:25 AM CDT; U.S. Energy Information Administration Oct 26, 8:27 AM CDT; Federal Railroad Administration Oct 26, 8:27 AM CDT; Bureau of Transportation Statistics Oct 26, 8:27 AM CDT.

Quiet

• Non-native species (USGS NAS): No new non-native species alert here in the last 30 days · USGS Nonindigenous Aquatic Species (NAS) · read Oct 12, 7:04 PM CDT
• Bird flu in wild birds (APHIS): No detection in wild birds here in the last 30 days · USDA APHIS · read Oct 26, 8:27 AM CDT
• Introduced species (iNaturalist): No introduced species newly recorded here · iNaturalist · read 1 h ago

Background

• Introduced species (iNaturalist)
  2 research-grade observations of introduced species here in the last 30 days. iNaturalist

Each line is the source's own fields, linked to the source. Unusual is this county against its own history, never against other counties. Bird flu detections are reported in our words with a link to USDA APHIS; its records are not reproduced. iNaturalist observations are shown only under CC0 or CC-BY, with the observer credited; others are counted. Observations with an obscured location are never placed on a county. Last read: USGS Nonindigenous Aquatic Species (NAS) Oct 12, 7:04 PM CDT; iNaturalist Oct 29, 8:23 AM CDT; USDA APHIS Oct 26, 8:27 AM CDT.

Quiet

• Historic places in harm’s way: No listed place here inside an active wildfire perimeter, warning area or flood zone · National Weather Service · read 18 min ago
• National Register nominations (Federal Register): No nomination here under review · National Park Service (Federal Register) · read 30 min ago
• National Register listings (NPS): No listing or removal here in the last 30 days · National Park Service · read Oct 12, 8:25 AM CDT

Background

• National Register nominations (Federal Register)
  Hungry Jack Lake Summer Home Group, Address Restricted, Grand Marais vicinity (Cook County, Minnesota), reference SG100013444: nominated, comments due 2026-09-29. National Park Service (Federal Register)
• National Register listings (NPS)
  9 properties on the National Register in this county. National Park Service

Each line is the source's own fields, linked to the source. Sites whose location is restricted are never shown. A place inside a hazard area is our overlay of open maps, as of the hazard’s own time; it says nothing of damage. Last read: National Park Service Oct 12, 8:25 AM CDT; National Park Service (Federal Register) Oct 29, 9:00 AM CDT; National Weather Service Oct 29, 9:13 AM CDT.