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MINNESOTA · CLEARWATER COUNTY

Bagley

1,304 people, 1,460 ft above sea level in Clearwater County.

1,460 ftElevation, city center
1,304People, 2024 estimate
2 sq miLand area
Clear 35°
Clear now Dew point 19° · SE 5 mph · high 32°
City of Bagley River Interstate 2 miles
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The Bagley plate. Relief from Copernicus GLO-30; rivers and lakes from USGS NHD; watersheds from the USGS Watershed Boundary Dataset; roads and city limits from Census TIGER 2024.

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TODAY

Today in Bagley

NWS forecast and National Blend of Models · updated 5:00 PM CST
RIGHT NOW Fosston Municipal Airport (KFSE) · 5:35 PM
Clear
35° Clear Feels like 31° · high of 32° near 5 PM
WindSE 5 mphno gusts
Humidity50%rising to 85% by morning
Pressure30.17 in →steady
Visibility9 mihazy
CloudsClear
UV index—no forecast
Dew point 19° · Dry42° by Tuesday: more humid
DryComfortableStickyMuggyOppressive
NEXT RAIN
Rain
Wednesday50% chance · showers
LIKELY AMOUNT—amounts come within 3 days
LAST RAINNov. 50.09 in · 9 dry days
ALERTS & OUTLOOKS
No watches or warnings for Clearwater County
NWS Grand Forks and the Storm Prediction Center · checked 5:46 PM
SUN & MOON
↑ 7:25 AM4:47 PM ↓
9 h 22 m of daylight, 3 minutes less than yesterday
Waxing crescent, 26% lit. Next full moon: Nov. 24.
AIR & POLLEN
13
GOODAir quality index · fine particles
Tomorrow: None, good. No pollen source yet.

The next three days, hour by hour

Sky: clear, cloudy, night Rain likely National Blend of Models
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HOW IT FEELS · DEW POINT
Dry: dew points 25 to 42° More humid: 42° by Tuesday

The next seven days, and how sure we are

Forecast, with the range 8 in 10 ensemble members agree on Normal, about 80° / 62°
SAT Nov. 14 Partly cloudy Partly cloudy
32° 29°
0% rain — SSE 9 A
SUN Nov. 15 Mostly sunny; warmer Mostly sunny; warmer
48° 38°
0% rain — S 14, gusts 26 A
MON Nov. 16 Partly cloudy Partly cloudy
53° 41°
0% rain — SSW 14 B
TUE Nov. 17 Mostly cloudy Mostly cloudy
51° 43°
10% rain — S 10 B
WED Nov. 18 Chance of showers Chance of showers
52° 39°
50% rain up to 0.1″ S 7 C
THU Nov. 19 Mostly cloudy; cooler Mostly cloudy; cooler
43° 34°
20% rain — NW 5 C
FRI Nov. 20 Showers likely Showers likely
43° 36°
60% rain up to 0.5″ E 9 C
How sure are we? AModels agree: highs within 4° BSome spread: within 8° CWide spread: check back
Range from the National Blend of Models percentiles · graded on Forecast Scores
AIR MAIL

Where today’s air came from

The air arriving over Bagley about 5,000 feet above the ground was over the open Pacific three days ago, and over the Canadian Prairies a day ago, about 2,150 miles back along its path. It came down from about 10,000 feet up, warming and drying as it sank. Near the ground the air came from British Columbia; at 10,000 feet, from the Pacific north of Hawaii. It feels dry all the same. Traced back 72 hours through NOAA’s hourly RAP analyses and the GFS beyond them, nine paths at each of three heights.

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THE GROUND

What Bagley stands on

Bagley’s center stands about 1,460 ft above sea level. Within three miles the land runs from 1,430 ft to 1,620 ft, a difference of 190 ft: gently rolling country.

Under the town center the state geologic map shows Granitic intrusion, from the Neoarchean, 2.5 to 2.8 billion years old.

Minerva to Clearbrook, cut in half

A section south to north, 24 miles through the town center
1,400 ft1,500 ft1,600 ft BAGLEY1,460 ftHigh point of the line1,640 ftLow point1,340 ft ← S · MinervaClearbrook · N →

Heights every 0.1 mile from the Copernicus GLO-90 surface model; vertical exaggeration about 64×. The colored band under the surface is the rock the state geologic map shows at the surface, not a picture of what lies beneath.

Rock at the surface along the line

Granitic intrusion

Granitic. Age: Neoarchean, 2.5 to 2.8 billion years old. About 24 mi of the line.

From the USGS State Geologic Map Compilation (Horton and others, 2017), the states’ geologic maps joined at a common scale.

Heights from Copernicus GLO-90 (a surface model: it includes buildings and tree canopy); summits from USGS GNIS; rivers from USGS NHDPlus HR; rock from the USGS State Geologic Map Compilation.

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THE WATER

Where Bagley’s rain goes

A raindrop that lands in Bagley reaches Hudson Bay by way of the Clearwater, the Red Lake, the Red River of the North and the Nelson: about 1,170 river miles. Past the border it runs north through Canada to Hudson Bay.

THE WAY DOWN, TO SCALE
Bagley≈ 1,170 mi · Hudson Bay
FROM THE CENTER OF BAGLEY ≈ 1,170 mi to Hudson Bay Clearwater → Red Lake → Red River of the North → Nelson

Lake on the way: Lake Winnipeg.

400 miles of the trip are on the Nelson.

Traced down the USGS NHDPlus V2.1 river network from the Census center point of Bagley; river miles along the main stem, rounded.

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ON THE NETWORK

Around Bagley on the Forecast Network

Neighboring plates

Bemidji MN · 24 MI 24 miles east Fargo ND · 81 MI 81 miles southwest Duluth MN · 162 MI 162 miles east Brooklyn Park MN · 193 MI 193 miles southeast Plymouth MN · 196 MI 196 miles southeast
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MINNESOTA · CLEARWATER

Bagley

1,304 people, 1,460 ft above sea level in Clearwater County.

1,460 ftElevation
1,304People
2 sq miLand
Clear 35°
ClearDew point 19°
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Today in Bagley

NEXT 15 HOURS
Now partly cloudy night 32° 0%
8p partly cloudy night 31° 0%
11p partly cloudy night 30° 0%
2a mostly clear night 30° 0%
5a mostly clear night 31° 0%
8a mostly sunny 31° 0%
Rain
NEXT RAINWednesday · 50%
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Sun0%
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Mon0%
Partly cloudy Partly cloudy
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Tue10%
Mostly cloudy Mostly cloudy
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Wed50%
Chance of showers Chance of showers
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Thu20%
Mostly cloudy; cooler Mostly cloudy; cooler
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Fri60%
Showers likely Showers likely
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Letters show how sure the forecast is: A, models agree; B, some spread; C, check back. Sample data.
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What Bagley stands on

Bagley’s center stands about 1,460 ft above sea level. Within three miles the land runs from 1,430 ft to 1,620 ft, a difference of 190 ft: gently rolling country.

Bagley, south to north Bagley1,460 ftHigh point1,640 ft ← SN → 24 miles through the town center; vertical exaggeration about 122×. Colors: rock at the surface.
Elevation, center1,460 ft
Within 3 miles1,430 to 1,620 ft
Lie of the landGently rolling (190 ft of relief)
Rock at the surfaceGranitic intrusion
Its ageNeoarchean, 2.5 to 2.8 billion years old
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Where the rain goes

≈ 1,170 mito Hudson BayClearwater → Red Lake → Red River of the North → Nelson

A raindrop that lands in Bagley reaches Hudson Bay by way of the Clearwater, the Red Lake, the Red River of the North and the Nelson: about 1,170 river miles. Past the border it runs north through Canada to Hudson Bay.

Lake on the way: Lake Winnipeg.

400 miles of the trip are on the Nelson.