RED RIVER OF THE NORTH BASIN

05053000 WILD RICE RIVER NEAR ABERCROMBIE, ND

LOCATION.--Lat 46×28'05", long 96×47'00", in NE14NE14 sec.36, T.135 N., R.49 W., Richland County, Hydrologic Unit 09020105, on right bank 420 ft upstream from bridge on county highway, 0.75 mi upstream from rubble masonry dam which serves as control, 3.2 mi northwest of Abercrombie, and 7 mi downstream from Antelope Creek.

DRAINAGE AREA.--2,080 mi2, of which about 590 mi2 is probably noncontributing.

WATER-DISCHARGE RECORDS

PERIOD OF RECORD.--May 1932 to current year. Monthly discharge only for some periods, published in WSP 1308.

REVISED RECORDS.--WSP 1388: 1939, 1941(M). WSP 1728: Drainage area.

GAGE.--Water-stage recorder and masonry control. Datum of gage is 907.94 ft above National Geodetic Vertical Datum of 1929. Prior to Dec. 7, 1939, nonrecording gage at site 420 ft downstream at datum 5.0 ft lower. Dec. 7, 1939, to Nov. 24, 1952, nonrecording gage at site 0.75 mi downstream at present datum.

REMARKS.--Records good except for estimated daily discharges, which are poor. Some regulation by Fish and Wildlife Service reservoirs, of which Lake Tewaukon is the largest. Some small diversions for irrigation.

EXTREMES OUTSIDE PERIOD OF RECORD.--Flood in spring of 1897 reached a stage of 27.5 ft, present site and datum, from floodmarks pointed out by local residents.

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	0.09	4.6	e6.0	e4.2	e2.1	e4.5	109	25	2,490	73	41	2.8
2	0.07	3.9	e5.7	e4.2	e2.1	e5.1	96	23	2,560	71	39	4.2
3	0.07	e5.1	e5.3	e4.1	e2.1	e5.6	85	21	2,170	67	36	2.7
4	0.06	e6.2	e5.3	e4.0	e2.1	e5.6	76	20	1,620	60	33	4.3
5	0.06	e7.4	e5.4	e3.9	e2.2	e5.8	69	18	1,300	56	31	92
6	0.04	e8.4	e5.6	e3.9	e2.2	e6.5	62	18	1,030	68	29	211
7	0.04	e8.4	e5.8	e3.8	e2.2	e7.4	56	16	768	109	29	164
8	0.03	e8.6	e5.7	e3.8	e2.2	e8.1	49	14	620	133	28	119
9	0.01	9.2	e5.6	e3.8	e2.2	e18	45	13	573	185	29	127
10	0.03	9.8	e5.5	e3.8	e2.2	e127	43	12	675	195	25	122
11	0.60	10	e5.3	e3.8	e2.2	e100	42	19	765	179	22	102
12	0.62	11	e5.1	e3.8	e2.2	e78	41	64	788	183	23	83
13	0.58	9.3	e5.1	e3.8	e2.2	e82	38	40	755	163	23	69
14	0.59	9.3	e5.0	e3.8	e2.2	e110	35	25	712	160	20	52
15	0.49	11	e5.0	e3.8	e2.3	e140	34	21	635	175	16	43
16	0.47	10	e5.0	e3.8	e2.4	e180	32	23	564	183	12	40
17	2.5	11	e4.8	e3.6	e2.5	e178	30	34	512	180	9.1	35
18	7.8	12	e4.7	e3.4	e2.6	e170	28	35	471	174	7.6	28
19	11	13	e4.7	e3.1	e2.6	e210	28	34	441	163	5.9	23
20	7.8	14	e4.7	e2.9	e2.6	e410	29	37	409	147	4.7	29
21	5.4	16	e4.7	e2.9	e2.6	e410	30	45	375	128	4.1	44
22	3.7	e17	e4.7	e2.8	e2.6	e380	30	40	329	109	3.7	52
23	4.0	e12	e4.7	e2.7	e2.6	e370	30	36	276	96	3.5	55
24	3.5	e9.2	e4.7	e2.6	e2.6	e370	31	35	216	86	3.1	70
25	3.4	e9.0	e4.7	e2.4	e2.6	e370	36	37	155	76	2.6	89
26	3.8	e8.4	e4.7	e2.3	e2.7	e370	38	38	120	69	2.0	85
27	3.8	e7.9	e4.7	e2.2	e2.8	e360	35	38	105	60	1.8	80
28	4.5	e7.2	e4.7	e2.1	e3.0	270	33	37	90	56	1.7	92
29	5.7	e6.9	e4.6	e2.1	e4.0	199	32	87	80	52	1.7	91
30	5.9	e6.4	e4.4	e2.1	---	147	28	1,290	74	48	1.9	86
31	5.3	---	e4.3	e2.1	---	123	---	2,000	---	44	2.0	---
TOTAL	81.95	282.2	156.2	101.6	70.9	5,220.6	1,350	4,195	21,678	3,548	491.4	2,097.0
MEAN	2.64	9.41	5.04	3.28	2.44	168	45.0	135	723	114	15.9	69.9
MAX	11	17	6.0	4.2	4.0	410	109	2,000	2,560	195	41	211
MIN	0.01	3.9	4.3	2.1	2.1	4.5	28	12	74	44	1.7	2.7
AC-FT	163	560	310	202	141	10,360	2,680	8,320	43,000	7,040	975	4,160
STATISTICS OF MONTHLY MEAN DATA FOR WATER YEARS 1932 - 2004, BY WATER YEAR (WY)
MEAN	12.7	9.58	6.74	2.77	6.33	166	504	160	127	143	31.9	19.0
MAX	146	111	188	72.8	210	1,195	5,510	1,246	929	1,787	462	438
(WY)	(1999)	(1999)	(1999)	(1999)	(1998)	(1995)	(1997)	(1998)	(1962)	(1962)	(1993)	(1999)
MIN	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	2.81	0.11	0.08	0.00	0.00	0.00
(WY)	(1933)	(1933)	(1933)	(1933)	(1934)	(1937)	(1991)	(1934)	(1988)	(1933)	(1932)	(1932)

SUMMARY STATISTICS	FOR 2003 CALENDAR YEAR	FOR 2004 WATER YEAR	WATER YEARS 1932 - 2004
ANNUAL TOTAL	31,894.40	39,272.85
ANNUAL MEAN	87.4	107	99.6
HIGHEST ANNUAL MEAN			560 1997
LOWEST ANNUAL MEAN			0.48 1934
HIGHEST DAILY MEAN	2,200 Jun 28	2,560 Jun  2	9,450 Apr 16, 1997
LOWEST DAILY MEAN	0.01 Oct  9	0.01 Oct  9	0.00 Jul 26, 1932
ANNUAL SEVEN-DAY MINIMUM	0.04 Oct  4	0.04 Oct  4	0.00 Jul 26, 1932
MAXIMUM PEAK FLOW		2,630 Jun  2	a9,540 Apr 11, 1969
MAXIMUM PEAK STAGE		14.43 Jun  2	b26.59 Apr  6, 1997
ANNUAL RUNOFF (AC-FT)	63,260	77,900	72,180
10 PERCENT EXCEEDS	178	210	189
50 PERCENT EXCEEDS	7.9	16	3.3
90 PERCENT EXCEEDS	0.60	2.2	0.00

a Gage height, 24.58 ft b Backwater from ice e Estimated

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