RED RIVER OF THE NORTH BASIN

05054500 SHEYENNE RIVER ABOVE HARVEY, ND

LOCATION.--Lat 47×42'10", long 99×56'55", in SW14SE14 sec.24, T.149 N., R.73 W., Wells County, Hydrologic Unit 09020202, on right bank just downstream from county road and 4.5 mi south of Harvey.

DRAINAGE AREA.--424 mi2, of which about 270 mi2 is probably noncontributing.

WATER-DISCHARGE RECORDS

PERIOD OF RECORD.- October 1955 to current year.

REVISED RECORDS.--WSP 1728: Drainage area.

GAGE.--Water-stage recorder. Datum of gage is 1,547.30 ft above National Geodetic Vertical Datum of 1929.

REMARKS.--Records good except for estimated daily discharges, which are poor.

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	2.1	e4.0	e5.0	e8.8	e0.00	e0.00	38	23	51	14	7.8	3.1
2	2.8	e3.8	e5.6	e8.6	e0.00	e0.00	29	22	55	14	7.4	3.1
3	2.8	e3.7	e6.0	e8.4	e0.00	e0.00	25	21	51	14	7.0	2.8
4	2.4	e3.6	e6.2	e8.0	e0.00	e0.00	22	19	41	14	6.7	2.4
5	1.8	e3.5	e6.2	e8.0	e0.00	e0.00	20	19	32	14	6.4	2.3
6	1.9	e3.5	e6.0	e8.4	e0.00	e0.00	20	18	26	14	7.3	2.4
7	1.9	e3.6	e5.4	e8.8	e0.00	e0.00	20	17	22	14	6.9	1.9
8	2.0	e4.0	e5.1	e9.6	e0.00	e0.00	22	16	19	14	6.8	1.8
9	1.9	e4.6	e4.9	e10	e0.00	e0.00	25	16	17	14	7.6	1.8
10	1.7	e5.4	e4.7	e13	e0.00	e0.00	28	15	21	14	7.4	1.8
11	1.9	e5.5	e4.8	e15	e0.00	e0.00	30	16	54	14	7.5	1.9
12	1.7	e5.3	e5.0	e18	e0.00	e0.00	32	21	64	18	7.4	2.0
13	1.9	e5.2	e5.2	e21	e0.00	e0.00	32	21	71	16	7.3	3.1
14	1.9	e4.9	e5.8	e22	e0.00	e1.0	33	20	59	15	7.0	2.9
15	2.3	e4.8	e6.2	e22	e0.00	e1.1	34	19	50	15	6.7	2.5
16	3.8	e4.7	e7.0	e21	e0.00	e1.1	35	17	43	15	6.5	1.9
17	3.6	e4.6	e7.3	e20	e0.00	e1.2	34	16	37	15	6.5	2.0
18	5.2	e4.6	e7.5	e17	e0.00	e1.3	36	15	33	14	6.3	2.1
19	5.7	e4.5	e7.8	e15	e0.00	e1.4	38	15	30	14	5.6	2.3
20	4.7	e4.3	e8.1	e14	e0.00	e1.4	37	14	27	13	5.4	3.1
21	3.5	e4.2	e8.5	e14	e0.00	e1.5	36	14	24	13	5.2	3.9
22	3.0	e4.1	e8.8	e13	e0.00	e1.8	35	15	22	12	5.0	3.1
23	1.5	e4.0	e9.0	e13	e0.00	e2.4	34	15	21	11	4.7	4.9
24	1.7	e3.9	e9.2	e12	e0.00	e7.0	33	16	20	11	5.2	11
25	1.6	e3.9	e9.4	e12	e0.00	e20	30	18	19	10	4.9	13
26	1.8	e3.9	e9.6	e8.0	e0.00	65	29	18	18	9.8	4.6	11
27	3.5	e3.8	e9.7	e6.0	e0.00	92	28	16	18	9.3	4.4	8.9
28	4.5	e3.8	e9.8	e3.4	e0.00	98	26	16	17	9.0	3.7	7.1
29	4.3	e4.2	e9.8	e2.0	e0.00	90	24	15	16	8.6	4.2	6.3
30	4.5	e4.6	e9.6	e0.00	---	73	24	22	15	8.4	4.1	5.8
31	3.9	---	e9.0	e0.00	---	54	---	36	---	8.1	3.4	---
TOTAL	87.8	128.5	222.2	360.00	0.00	513.20	889	561	993	399.2	186.9	122.2
MEAN	2.83	4.28	7.17	11.6	0.00	16.6	29.6	18.1	33.1	12.9	6.03	4.07
MAX	5.7	5.5	9.8	22	0.00	98	38	36	71	18	7.8	13
MIN	1.5	3.5	4.7	0.00	0.00	0.00	20	14	15	8.1	3.4	1.8
AC-FT	174	255	441	714	0.00	1,020	1,760	1,110	1,970	792	371	242
STATISTICS OF MONTHLY MEAN DATA FOR WATER YEARS 1956 - 2004, BY WATER YEAR (WY)
MEAN	3.63	3.86	2.07	1.14	2.95	34.7	43.2	21.1	12.3	9.86	4.55	3.08
MAX	34.5	39.0	21.2	11.6	26.8	207	324	117	77.3	67.4	59.4	48.4
(WY)	(1995)	(1995)	(1995)	(2004)	(1983)	(2001)	(1997)	(1995)	(2000)	(2000)	(1999)	(1999)
MIN	0.43	0.26	0.03	0.00	0.00	0.00	2.13	1.59	0.30	0.07	0.00	0.06
(WY)	(1991)	(1977)	(1996)	(1959)	(1956)	(1969)	(1991)	(1977)	(1961)	(1961)	(1959)	(1976)

SUMMARY STATISTICS	FOR 2003 CALENDAR YEAR	FOR 2004 WATER YEAR	WATER YEARS 1956 - 2004
ANNUAL TOTAL	4,286.10	4,463.00
ANNUAL MEAN	11.7	12.2	11.9
HIGHEST ANNUAL MEAN			44.3 2001
LOWEST ANNUAL MEAN			0.76 1961
HIGHEST DAILY MEAN	112 Mar 24	98 Mar 28	900 Mar 24, 2001
LOWEST DAILY MEAN	0.00 Jan  1	0.00 Jan 30	0.00 Jan 21, 1956
ANNUAL SEVEN-DAY MINIMUM	0.00 Jan  1	0.00 Jan 30	0.00 Jan 21, 1956
MAXIMUM PEAK FLOW		a107 Mar 27	b1,000 Apr 20, 1979
MAXIMUM PEAK STAGE		c8.49 Mar 20	c10.76 Apr  6, 1997
INSTANTANEOUS LOW FLOW			0.00 Jan 21, 1956
ANNUAL RUNOFF (AC-FT)	8,500	8,850	8,620
10 PERCENT EXCEEDS	30	30	29
50 PERCENT EXCEEDS	5.0	7.1	2.0
90 PERCENT EXCEEDS	0.00	0.00	0.00

a Gage height, 8.05 ft b Gage height, 9.45 ft c Backwater from ice e Estimated

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