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RED RIVER OF THE NORTH BASIN
05051600 WILD RICE RIVER NEAR RUTLAND, ND
LOCATION.--Lat 46×01'20", long 97×30'40", in SE14SE14 sec.36, T.130 N., R.55 W., Sargent County, Hydrologic Unit 09020105, on right bank 1,000 ft upstream from bridge on county highway, 2 mi south of Rutland, and 10 mi upstream from Lake Tewaukon.
DRAINAGE AREA.--546 mi2, of which about 250 mi2 is probably noncontributing.
WATER-DISCHARGE RECORDS
PERIOD OF RECORD.--October 1959 to current year (seasonal records only since 1982).
REVISED RECORDS.--WSP 1728: Drainage area.
GAGE.--Water-stage recorder. Datum of gage is 1,197.73 ft above National Geodetic Vertical Datum of 1929. Prior to Dec. 11, 1960, nonrecording gage at same site and datum.
REMARKS.--Records fair except for estimated daily discharges, which are poor.
EXTREMES FOR CURRENT YEAR.-- Maximum discharge, 351 ft3/s, June 2, gage height, 5.42 ft; no flow for many days.
Discharge, cubic feet per second 
WATER YEAR OCTOBER 2003 TO SEPTEMBER 2004
DAILY MEAN VALUES
DAY
OCT
NOV
DEC
JAN
FEB
MAR
APR
MAY
JUN
JUL
AUG
SEP
1
---
---
---
---
---
e0.00
17
3.7
247
11
3.3
0.01
2
---
---
---
---
---
e0.00
15
3.7
333
10
3.2
0.01
3
---
---
---
---
---
e0.00
12
5.3
321
9.7
3.0
0.00
4
---
---
---
---
---
e0.00
11
2.5
263
8.8
2.8
0.00
5
---
---
---
---
---
e0.00
11
2.8
189
8.3
2.7
0.00
6
---
---
---
---
---
e0.00
9.8
2.0
149
21
3.1
0.02
7
---
---
---
---
---
e0.00
9.4
2.1
107
20
2.4
0.02
8
---
---
---
---
---
e0.00
8.4
2.0
76
16
1.8
0.02
9
---
---
---
---
---
e0.05
8.2
2.4
60
16
1.4
0.02
10
---
---
---
---
---
e0.20
7.7
1.4
53
23
0.89
0.02
11
---
---
---
---
---
e0.20
7.3
1.6
51
30
0.74
0.01
12
---
---
---
---
---
e0.30
7.2
6.6
45
32
0.59
0.64
13
---
---
---
---
---
e0.50
7.0
6.8
40
27
0.49
2.3
14
---
---
---
---
---
e0.50
6.0
10
37
22
0.43
0.89
15
---
---
---
---
---
e0.50
5.2
16
35
19
0.42
0.91
16
---
---
---
---
---
e0.60
4.7
13
34
22
0.46
2.9
17
---
---
---
---
---
e0.80
4.7
18
35
20
0.40
2.4
18
---
---
---
---
---
e1.4
4.5
16
35
18
0.30
2.0
19
---
---
---
---
---
e2.2
4.6
16
34
15
0.22
5.1
20
---
---
---
---
---
e1.6
7.9
15
31
13
0.18
7.5
21
---
---
---
---
---
e1.4
15
14
27
12
0.15
1.8
22
---
---
---
---
---
e2.4
11
13
24
10
0.12
0.74
23
---
---
---
---
---
e6.0
10
11
23
8.4
0.09
4.8
24
---
---
---
---
---
e12
9.5
13
22
6.7
0.07
8.3
25
---
---
---
---
---
e12
8.1
16
19
5.8
0.06
4.8
26
---
---
---
---
---
12
6.6
14
18
4.9
0.05
5.9
27
---
---
---
---
---
11
7.5
15
20
4.5
0.05
9.2
28
---
---
---
---
---
15
5.1
14
18
3.1
0.04
10
29
---
---
---
---
---
15
3.9
17
16
3.4
0.03
11
30
---
---
---
---
---
20
3.9
64
13
3.3
0.02
7.8
31
---
---
---
---
---
20
---
142
---
3.3
0.01
---
TOTAL
---
---
---
---
---
135.65
249.2
479.9
2,375
427.2
29.51
89.11
MEAN
---
---
---
---
---
4.38
8.31
15.5
79.2
13.8
0.95
2.97
MAX
---
---
---
---
---
20
17
142
333
32
3.3
11
MIN
---
---
---
---
---
0.00
3.9
1.4
13
3.1
0.01
0.00
AC-FT
---
---
---
---
---
269
494
952
4,710
847
59
177
STATISTICS OF MONTHLY MEAN DATA FOR WATER YEARS 1960 - 2004, BY WATER YEAR (WY)
MEAN
0.54
0.36
0.14
0.00
0.07
24.6
69.9
38.5
24.3
26.6
7.79
6.85
MAX
4.81
5.87
2.90
0.10
1.00
138
756
419
263
379
105
146
(WY)
(1963)
(1963)
(1963)
(1963)
(1976)
(1966)
(1997)
(1998)
(1998)
(1998)
(1998)
(1999)
MIN
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
(WY)
(1960)
(1960)
(1960)
(1960)
(1960)
(1965)
(1977)
(1977)
(1973)
(1961)
(1960)
(1960)
 












 












 












 













SUMMARY STATISTICS
WATER YEARS 1960 - 2004
 
 
ANNUAL MEAN
a8.36


HIGHEST ANNUAL MEAN
a44.8 1969


LOWEST ANNUAL MEAN
a0.00 1977


HIGHEST DAILY MEAN
2,540 Apr 4, 1997


LOWEST DAILY MEAN
0.00 Oct 1, 1959


ANNUAL SEVEN-DAY MINIMUM
0.00 Oct 1, 1959


MAXIMUM PEAK FLOW
2,700 Apr 3, 1997


MAXIMUM PEAK STAGE
10.11 Apr 3, 1997


ANNUAL RUNOFF (AC-FT)
a6,050


10 PERCENT EXCEEDS
18


50 PERCENT EXCEEDS
0.00


90 PERCENT EXCEEDS
0.00



a Based on complete water years only (1960-82)
e Estimated


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