MINNESOTA CITY, Minn. – The Mississippi River surging through Lock and Dam 5 at Minnesota City backed up into the Bass Camp recreational trailer park. The managers asked the Sheriff’s Office to help contact owners of trailers to come and retrieve them before it was too late. At the dam the river was at 665 feet above sea level. The usual range is 657 to 660. The current was 165 cubic feet per second. The usual is 93 to 135.
