RED RIVER OF THE NORTH BASIN

05056000 SHEYENNE RIVER NEAR WARWICK, ND

LOCATION.--Lat 47×48'20", long 98×42'57", on south quarter of line between secs.15 and 16, T.150 N., R.63 W., Eddy County, Hydrologic Unit 09020203, on left bank on downstream side of county highway bridge and 3.3 mi south of Warwick.

DRAINAGE AREA.--2,070 mi2, approximately, of which about 1,310 mi2 is probably noncontributing, including 227 mi2 in closed basins.

WATER-DISCHARGE RECORDS

PERIOD OF RECORD.--October 1949 to current year. Monthly discharge only for some periods, published in WSP 1308.

REVISED RECORDS.--WSP 1438: 1952(M). WSP 1728: Drainage area.

GAGE.--Water-stage recorder and rubble masonry control. Datum of gage is 1,376.34 ft above National Geodetic Vertical Datum of 1929 (GPS survey by North Dakota State Water Commission).

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

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	15	22	14	e15	e10	12	3,290	109	855	131	66	51
2	15	20	13	e15	e10	11	2,990	100	1,050	124	78	47
3	14	18	13	e15	e10	11	2,550	95	1,060	118	91	46
4	13	18	14	e15	e10	11	1,840	93	985	116	90	54
5	13	17	e14	e14	e10	11	1,160	88	878	109	76	57
6	12	15	e14	e14	e10	11	849	83	774	113	72	58
7	11	16	e14	e13	e10	e11	e750	81	678	118	73	55
8	11	15	e14	e13	10	11	e650	70	595	116	73	56
9	12	15	e14	12	10	12	e500	71	518	133	81	47
10	12	16	e14	12	10	14	e440	70	431	141	98	41
11	13	16	e14	12	10	14	e370	76	395	127	93	39
12	10	17	e14	12	10	14	e320	71	418	127	88	40
13	9.9	17	e14	12	10	16	286	85	445	133	82	41
14	12	16	e14	12	e10	17	254	121	483	121	78	42
15	13	16	14	e12	e10	18	227	102	556	101	73	46
16	13	17	14	e12	e10	18	219	95	602	97	72	47
17	13	19	14	e12	e10	18	216	95	598	95	70	45
18	12	22	14	e12	11	18	200	93	563	91	69	44
19	12	23	14	e12	e11	20	198	93	523	88	68	54
20	12	24	14	e12	11	22	203	89	476	86	65	62
21	11	19	14	e12	11	25	192	87	435	87	60	65
22	11	e19	14	e11	11	27	182	87	388	88	53	66
23	14	e18	15	e11	11	31	175	90	335	89	53	67
24	14	e17	15	e11	11	35	168	93	295	86	55	103
25	9.3	e16	14	e11	11	73	155	97	263	84	52	146
26	13	e15	14	e11	11	153	149	109	234	80	62	130
27	18	e14	15	e11	11	348	140	105	210	75	57	110
28	14	e14	15	e11	11	753	129	90	191	81	60	102
29	15	14	e15	e10	12	1,340	125	95	177	82	60	95
30	20	14	e15	e10	---	2,270	115	140	e160	82	59	94
31	21	---	e15	e10	---	3,210	---	497	---	72	59	---
TOTAL	408.2	519	439	377	303	8,555	19,042	3,270	15,571	3,191	2,186	1,950
MEAN	13.2	17.3	14.2	12.2	10.4	276	635	105	519	103	70.5	65.0
MAX	21	24	15	15	12	3,210	3,290	497	1,060	141	98	146
MIN	9.3	14	13	10	10	11	115	70	160	72	52	39
AC-FT	810	1,030	871	748	601	16,970	37,770	6,490	30,890	6,330	4,340	3,870
STATISTICS OF MONTHLY MEAN DATA FOR WATER YEARS 1950 - 2004, BY WATER YEAR (WY)
MEAN	17.3	18.7	10.8	7.13	11.9	136	348	123	78.4	59.5	32.7	18.2
MAX	136	233	93.4	55.2	154	793	1,794	854	519	441	423	154
(WY)	(2001)	(2001)	(2001)	(2001)	(1981)	(1983)	(1997)	(1950)	(2004)	(2000)	(1993)	(2000)
MIN	1.16	1.28	0.76	0.47	0.75	1.46	15.8	10.4	1.75	0.36	0.09	0.71
(WY)	(1953)	(1961)	(1961)	(1990)	(1990)	(1964)	(1977)	(1990)	(1961)	(1989)	(1961)	(1961)

SUMMARY STATISTICS	FOR 2003 CALENDAR YEAR	FOR 2004 WATER YEAR	WATER YEARS 1950 - 2004
ANNUAL TOTAL	27,324.8	55,811.2
ANNUAL MEAN	74.9	152	71.8
HIGHEST ANNUAL MEAN			226 2001
LOWEST ANNUAL MEAN			5.31 1977
HIGHEST DAILY MEAN	483 Mar 27	3,290 Apr  1	4,370 Apr 14, 1969
LOWEST DAILY MEAN	9.0 Feb 28	9.3 Oct 25	0.00 Aug  7, 1961
ANNUAL SEVEN-DAY MINIMUM	9.1 Feb 28	10 Jan 29	0.00 Aug  7, 1961
MAXIMUM PEAK FLOW		3,480 Mar 31	a4,660 Apr 14, 1969
MAXIMUM PEAK STAGE		7.26 Mar 31	8.08 Apr 21, 1997
INSTANTANEOUS LOW FLOW			0.00 Aug  7, 1961
ANNUAL RUNOFF (AC-FT)	54,200	110,700	52,000
10 PERCENT EXCEEDS	196	390	146
50 PERCENT EXCEEDS	18	46	12
90 PERCENT EXCEEDS	10	11	1.7

a Gage height, 7.51 ft e Estimated

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