RED RIVER OF THE NORTH BASIN

05056100 MAUVAIS COULEE NEAR CANDO, ND

LOCATION.--Lat 48×26'53", long 99×06'08", in SE14NE14SE14 sec.1, T.157 N., R.66 W., Towner County, Hydrologic Unit 09020201, on left bank 0.3 mi upstream from highway bridge, about 4 mi upstream from west fork of Mauvais Coulee, and 5.5 mi southeast of Cando.

DRAINAGE AREA.--387 mi2, of which about 10 mi2 is probably noncontributing.

WATER-DISCHARGE RECORDS

PERIOD OF RECORD.--June 1956 to current year (seasonal records only since 1982).

GAGE.--Water-stage recorder. Elevation of gage is 1,445 ft above National Geodetic Vertical Datum of 1929, from topographic map. Prior to July 2, 1957, nonrecording gage at present site and datum.

REMARKS.--Records fair.

EXTREMES OUTSIDE PERIOD OF RECORD.--Flood of June 16, 1954, reached a stage of 9.83 ft, and flood of Apr. 20, 1956, reached a stage of 10.71 ft, from floodmarks set by local resident.

EXTREMES FOR CURRENT YEAR.--Maximum discharge, 1,430 ft3/s, Apr. 4, gage height, 9.93 ft; minimum daily discharge, 0.04 ft3/s, Mar. 1-26.

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	---	---	---	---	---	e0.04	e350	66	217	69	37	20
2	---	---	---	---	---	e0.04	e450	63	290	72	38	24
3	---	---	---	---	---	e0.04	e800	70	405	68	36	17
4	---	---	---	---	---	e0.04	1,380	55	478	51	33	16
5	---	---	---	---	---	e0.04	1,390	58	502	56	37	17
6	---	---	---	---	---	e0.04	1,260	48	483	56	40	13
7	---	---	---	---	---	e0.04	1,210	55	437	60	36	11
8	---	---	---	---	---	e0.04	1,140	45	365	63	36	14
9	---	---	---	---	---	e0.04	1,020	45	313	66	19	13
10	---	---	---	---	---	e0.04	901	37	302	64	22	11
11	---	---	---	---	---	e0.04	785	38	365	61	25	9.5
12	---	---	---	---	---	e0.04	664	46	419	66	24	10
13	---	---	---	---	---	e0.04	539	58	407	54	26	7.8
14	---	---	---	---	---	e0.04	441	71	360	56	27	8.7
15	---	---	---	---	---	e0.04	382	90	329	54	30	7.8
16	---	---	---	---	---	e0.04	335	93	302	50	26	9.8
17	---	---	---	---	---	e0.04	292	95	278	54	26	9.3
18	---	---	---	---	---	e0.04	252	94	252	57	16	17
19	---	---	---	---	---	e0.04	222	94	236	50	21	17
20	---	---	---	---	---	e0.04	199	90	217	54	18	17
21	---	---	---	---	---	e0.04	170	93	190	49	25	9.7
22	---	---	---	---	---	e0.04	156	92	171	44	14	9.2
23	---	---	---	---	---	e0.04	134	100	148	46	21	6.5
24	---	---	---	---	---	e0.04	135	109	129	47	26	7.0
25	---	---	---	---	---	e0.04	108	106	115	50	23	11
26	---	---	---	---	---	e0.04	97	108	106	57	20	8.9
27	---	---	---	---	---	e0.10	95	99	96	53	17	5.5
28	---	---	---	---	---	e50	83	98	89	43	21	9.8
29	---	---	---	---	---	e125	75	96	82	38	24	9.9
30	---	---	---	---	---	e150	71	101	73	38	18	5.8
31	---	---	---	---	---	e250	---	149	---	43	15	---
TOTAL	---	---	---	---	---	576.14	15,136	2,462	8,156	1,689	797	353.2
MEAN	---	---	---	---	---	18.6	505	79.4	272	54.5	25.7	11.8
MAX	---	---	---	---	---	250	1,390	149	502	72	40	24
MIN	---	---	---	---	---	0.04	71	37	73	38	14	5.5
AC-FT	---	---	---	---	---	1,140	30,020	4,880	16,180	3,350	1,580	701
STATISTICS OF MONTHLY MEAN DATA FOR WATER YEARS 1956 - 2004, BY WATER YEAR (WY)
MEAN	2.41	1.18	0.28	0.02	0.18	21.8	200	58.4	18.3	16.5	14.3	4.61
MAX	27.1	10.4	3.86	0.34	5.01	198	946	527	272	226	274	62.3
(WY)	(1966)	(1981)	(1981)	(1981)	(1981)	(1992)	(1997)	(1999)	(2004)	(1997)	(1993)	(1965)
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)	(1959)	(1960)	(1957)	(1957)	(1957)	(1958)	(1991)	(1961)	(1961)	(1959)	(1959)	(1959)

SUMMARY STATISTICS	WATER YEARS 1956 - 2004
ANNUAL MEAN	a19.7
HIGHEST ANNUAL MEAN	a71.7 1974
LOWEST ANNUAL MEAN	a0.00 1961
HIGHEST DAILY MEAN	2,980 Apr 21, 1997
LOWEST DAILY MEAN	0.00 Aug 21, 1956
ANNUAL SEVEN-DAY MINIMUM	0.00 Aug 21, 1956
MAXIMUM PEAK FLOW	3,000 Apr 21, 1997
MAXIMUM PEAK STAGE	11.68 Apr 21, 1997
ANNUAL RUNOFF (AC-FT)	a14,260
10 PERCENT EXCEEDS	25
50 PERCENT EXCEEDS	0.06
90 PERCENT EXCEEDS	0.00

a Based on complete water years only (1957-82) e Estimated

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