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RED RIVER OF THE NORTH BASIN
05056200 EDMORE COULEE NEAR EDMORE, ND
LOCATION.--Lat 48×20'12", long 98×39'36", in NW14NW14 sec.17, T.156 N., R.62 W., Ramsey County, Hydrologic Unit 09020201, on right bank 50 ft upstream from bridge on county highway, 11 mi southwest of Edmore, and about 13 mi upstream from Sweetwater Lake.
DRAINAGE AREA.--382 mi2, of which about 100 mi2 is probably noncontributing.
WATER-DISCHARGE RECORDS
PERIOD OF RECORD.--April to June 1956, July 1957 to current year (seasonal records only since 1982).
REVISED RECORDS.--WSP 1728: Drainage area.
GAGE.--Water-stage recorder. Datum of gage is 1,400.00 ft above National Geodetic Vertical Datum of 1929. June 26, 1957, to Sept. 30, 1985, water-stage recorder at same site at a datum of 1,479.79 ft above National Geodetic Vertical Datum of 1929. Prior to June 26, 1957, nonrecording gage at same site and datum.
REMARKS.--Records fair except for estimated daily discharges, which are poor.
EXTREMES FOR CURRENT YEAR.--Maximum discharge, 773 ft3/s, Apr. 3, gage height, 86.99 ft; 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
e250
100
122
14
9.7
3.8
2
---
---
---
---
---
e0.00
575
91
111
15
11
3.4
3
---
---
---
---
---
e0.00
764
83
107
15
11
3.4
4
---
---
---
---
---
e0.00
763
73
113
14
10
4.0
5
---
---
---
---
---
e0.00
756
66
125
14
9.9
4.1
6
---
---
---
---
---
e0.00
746
56
132
14
9.4
4.4
7
---
---
---
---
---
e0.00
757
49
134
14
11
4.7
8
---
---
---
---
---
e0.00
734
42
127
15
9.5
5.2
9
---
---
---
---
---
e0.00
707
38
118
18
9.9
5.4
10
---
---
---
---
---
e0.00
660
32
113
17
9.1
5.4
11
---
---
---
---
---
e0.00
618
34
109
18
8.4
5.3
12
---
---
---
---
---
e0.00
581
45
103
19
8.7
4.7
13
---
---
---
---
---
e0.00
540
52
92
18
7.9
4.3
14
---
---
---
---
---
e0.00
506
61
84
17
7.3
4.4
15
---
---
---
---
---
e0.00
474
68
80
16
7.1
3.9
16
---
---
---
---
---
e0.00
438
76
75
15
7.6
3.4
17
---
---
---
---
---
e0.00
408
83
70
14
6.7
2.9
18
---
---
---
---
---
e0.00
381
85
63
14
6.2
2.4
19
---
---
---
---
---
e0.00
338
86
55
13
5.7
2.0
20
---
---
---
---
---
e0.00
324
91
50
13
5.0
2.4
21
---
---
---
---
---
e0.00
297
91
45
13
4.6
3.0
22
---
---
---
---
---
e0.00
271
94
40
12
4.5
2.5
23
---
---
---
---
---
e0.00
251
92
36
12
4.0
2.2
24
---
---
---
---
---
e0.00
232
95
32
11
4.7
4.4
25
---
---
---
---
---
e0.03
213
104
29
11
4.1
4.2
26
---
---
---
---
---
e0.10
189
104
25
10
4.5
4.4
27
---
---
---
---
---
e0.75
170
100
23
10
4.3
4.3
28
---
---
---
---
---
e3.0
152
92
20
11
3.8
4.0
29
---
---
---
---
---
e20
130
82
18
11
3.9
4.3
30
---
---
---
---
---
e50
115
78
16
10
3.9
5.3
31
---
---
---
---
---
e100
---
102
---
10
4.0
---
TOTAL
---
---
---
---
---
173.88
13,340
2,345
2,267
428
217.4
118.1
MEAN
---
---
---
---
---
5.61
445
75.6
75.6
13.8
7.01
3.94
MAX
---
---
---
---
---
100
764
104
134
19
11
5.4
MIN
---
---
---
---
---
0.00
115
32
16
10
3.8
2.0
AC-FT
---
---
---
---
---
345
26,460
4,650
4,500
849
431
234
STATISTICS OF MONTHLY MEAN DATA FOR WATER YEARS 1957 - 2004, BY WATER YEAR (WY)
MEAN
0.97
0.32
0.05
0.00
0.44
25.9
128
36.2
16.4
20.2
14.9
2.23
MAX
9.79
5.73
0.98
0.00
11.6
232
529
309
188
306
437
45.4
(WY)
(1986)
(1981)
(1981)
(1958)
(1981)
(1995)
(1997)
(1997)
(2002)
(1993)
(1993)
(1993)
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)
(1959)
(1958)
(1958)
(1959)
(1960)
(1991)
(1958)
(1958)
(1958)
(1958)
(1958)

SUMMARY STATISTICS
WATER YEARS 1957 - 2004
 
 
ANNUAL MEAN
a14.2


HIGHEST ANNUAL MEAN
a47.7 1974


LOWEST ANNUAL MEAN
a0.03 1958


HIGHEST DAILY MEAN
1,770 Apr 24, 1997


LOWEST DAILY MEAN
0.00 Jul 1, 1957


ANNUAL SEVEN-DAY MINIMUM
0.00 Jul 1, 1957


MAXIMUM PEAK FLOW
1,830 Apr 24, 1997


MAXIMUM PEAK STAGE
87.95 Apr 24, 1997


ANNUAL RUNOFF (AC-FT)
a10,280


10 PERCENT EXCEEDS
18


50 PERCENT EXCEEDS
0.00


90 PERCENT EXCEEDS
0.00



a Based on complete water years only (1953-82, 1994)
e Estimated

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