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Open-File Report 2012–1147

In cooperation with the North Dakota State Water Commission, North Dakota Department of Health, North Dakota Department of Transportation, and Red River Joint Water Resource Board

Streamflow Statistics for Selected Streams in North Dakota, Minnesota, Manitoba, and Saskatchewan

By Tara Williams-Sether

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Statistical summaries of streamflow data for the periods of record through water year 2009 for selected active and discontinued U.S. Geological Survey streamflow-gaging stations in North Dakota, Minnesota, Manitoba, and Saskatchewan were compiled. The summaries for each streamflow-gaging station include a brief station description, a graph of the annual peak and annual mean discharge for the period of record, statistics of monthly and annual mean discharges, monthly and annual flow durations, probability of occurrence of annual high discharges, annual peak discharge and corresponding gage height for the period of record, and monthly and annual mean discharges for the period of record.

First posted December 5, 2012

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Director, North Dakota Water Science Center
U.S. Geological Survey
821 East Interstate Avenue
Bismarck, North Dakota 58503
http://nd.water.usgs.gov

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Suggested citation:

Williams-Sether, Tara, 2012, Streamflow statistics for selected streams in North Dakota, Minnesota, Manitoba, and Saskatchewan: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2012–1147, 11 p.



Contents

Abstract

Introduction

History of the streamflow-gaging program in North Dakota

Explanation of station summaries

Data considerations

References cited

Glossary


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