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RED RIVER OF THE NORTH BASIN
05056060 MAUVAIS COULEE TRIBUTARY NO. 3 NEAR CANDO, ND
LOCATION.--Lat 48×27'27", long 99×13'26", in NE14NW14 sec.6, T.157 N., R.66 W., Towner County, Hydrologic Unit 09020201, at bridge 2.1 mi southwest of Cando.
DRAINAGE AREA.--60.2 mi2.
WATER-DISCHARGE RECORDS
PERIOD OF RECORD.--1955-73 (annual maximum discharges only), 1986-88 (discharge measurements only), March 1989 to current year (seasonal records only).
GAGE.--Water-stage recorder. Datum of gage is 1,460 ft above National Geodetic Vertical Datum of 1929, from topographic map. Prior to 1986 gage was at different datum.
REMARKS.--Records fair except for estimated daily discharges, which are poor.
EXTREMES FOR PERIOD OF RECORD.--Maximum discharge, 2,300 ft3/s, Apr. 14, 1969, gage height, 9.35 ft, datum then in use.
EXTREMES FOR CURRENT PERIOD.--Maximum discharge, about 400 ft3/s, Apr. 5, gage height, 7.55; 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
150
9.7
163
14
0.43
0.17
2
---
---
---
---
---
e0.00
e230
8.4
308
13
0.45
0.16
3
---
---
---
---
---
e0.00
e300
7.3
242
13
0.41
0.16
4
---
---
---
---
---
e0.00
e375
6.2
186
13
0.38
0.17
5
---
---
---
---
---
e0.00
e400
5.1
150
12
0.34
0.15
6
---
---
---
---
---
e0.00
e325
3.9
124
11
0.32
0.14
7
---
---
---
---
---
e0.00
259
3.0
110
11
0.29
0.13
8
---
---
---
---
---
e0.00
226
2.4
95
11
0.27
0.13
9
---
---
---
---
---
e0.00
188
1.9
98
11
0.24
0.13
10
---
---
---
---
---
e0.00
162
1.4
147
10
0.23
0.12
11
---
---
---
---
---
e0.00
140
3.4
146
9.9
0.21
0.12
12
---
---
---
---
---
e0.00
120
9.1
127
9.8
0.20
0.11
13
---
---
---
---
---
e0.00
101
13
113
9.5
0.19
0.12
14
---
---
---
---
---
e0.00
86
14
143
8.7
0.19
0.12
15
---
---
---
---
---
e0.00
72
13
140
7.9
0.20
0.09
16
---
---
---
---
---
e0.00
64
14
122
6.9
0.23
0.09
17
---
---
---
---
---
e0.00
57
14
106
6.0
0.23
0.07
18
---
---
---
---
---
e0.00
50
13
93
5.0
0.22
0.05
19
---
---
---
---
---
e0.00
44
13
85
4.0
0.22
0.04
20
---
---
---
---
---
e0.00
39
15
77
3.2
0.21
0.05
21
---
---
---
---
---
e0.00
e34
13
72
2.8
0.22
0.04
22
---
---
---
---
---
e0.00
e30
13
63
2.1
0.21
0.04
23
---
---
---
---
---
e0.00
e26
18
55
1.7
0.23
0.04
24
---
---
---
---
---
e0.00
e23
22
45
1.6
0.23
0.05
25
---
---
---
---
---
e0.00
e21
26
37
1.3
0.19
0.04
26
---
---
---
---
---
e0.00
e18
24
31
0.95
0.20
0.02
27
---
---
---
---
---
e0.10
e16
22
25
0.73
0.19
0.03
28
---
---
---
---
---
e1.0
14
19
20
0.59
0.18
0.02
29
---
---
---
---
---
e8.0
12
17
16
0.52
e0.17
0.01
30
---
---
---
---
---
e45
11
25
15
0.46
0.17
0.01
31
---
---
---
---
---
e80
---
102
---
0.44
0.17
---
TOTAL
---
---
---
---
---
134.10
3,593
471.8
3,154
203.09
7.62
2.62
MEAN
---
---
---
---
---
4.33
120
15.2
105
6.55
0.25
0.09
MAX
---
---
---
---
---
80
400
102
308
14
0.45
0.17
MIN
---
---
---
---
---
0.00
11
1.4
15
0.44
0.17
0.01
AC-FT
---
---
---
---
---
266
7,130
936
6,260
403
15
5.2
STATISTICS OF MONTHLY MEAN DATA FOR WATER YEARS 1986 - 2004, BY WATER YEAR (WY)
MEAN
---
---
---
---
---
19.9
81.4
14.6
10.9
11.5
8.03
1.21
MAX
---
---
---
---
---
141
252
94.5
105
93.6
59.7
13.9
(WY)
---
---
---
---
---
(1992)
(1999)
(1999)
(2004)
(1997)
(1996)
(1993)
MIN
---
---
---
---
---
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
(WY)
---
---
---
---
---
(1989)
(1990)
(1988)
(1988)
(1988)
(1988)
(1988)

SUMMARY STATISTICS
WATER YEARS 1986 - 2004
 
 
HIGHEST DAILY MEAN
780 Apr 11, 1999


LOWEST DAILY MEAN
0.00 Mar 1, 1986


ANNUAL SEVEN-DAY MINIMUM
0.00 Mar 1, 1986


MAXIMUM PEAK FLOW
2,300 Apr 14, 1969


MAXIMUM PEAK STAGE
a9.35 Apr 14, 1969



a Datum then in use
e Estimated

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