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RED RIVER OF THE NORTH BASIN
05056239 STARKWEATHER COULEE NEAR WEBSTER, ND
LOCATION.--Lat 48×19'14", long 98×56'25", in NW14SW14NW14 sec.19, T.156 N., R.64 W., Ramsey County, Hydrologic Unit 09020201, on right bank 100 ft upstream from bridge on township road and 3.8 mi northwest of Webster.
DRAINAGE AREA.--About 310 mi2, of which about 100 mi2 is probably noncontributing.
WATER-DISCHARGE RECORDS
PERIOD OF RECORD.--October 1979 to current year (seasonal records only since 1987).
GAGE.--Water-stage recorder. Elevation of gage is 1,448 ft above National Geodetic Vertical Datum of 1929, from topographic map. Prior to July 23, 1986, nonrecording gage 100 ft downstream at same datum.
REMARKS.--Records good except for estimated daily discharges, which are poor.
EXTREMES FOR CURRENT YEAR.--Maximum discharge, 908 ft3/s, Apr. 9, gage height, 7.68 ft; maximum gage height, 8.89 ft, Mar. 31, backwater from ice; 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
e600
63
236
3.4
0.00
0.00
2
---
---
---
---
---
e0.00
759
58
183
5.1
0.00
0.00
3
---
---
---
---
---
e0.00
775
57
163
5.2
0.00
0.00
4
---
---
---
---
---
e0.00
786
47
143
2.8
0.00
0.00
5
---
---
---
---
---
e0.00
793
45
111
3.4
0.00
0.00
6
---
---
---
---
---
e0.00
776
37
87
3.5
0.00
0.00
7
---
---
---
---
---
e0.00
772
36
72
4.2
0.00
0.00
8
---
---
---
---
---
e0.00
837
29
72
4.3
0.00
0.00
9
---
---
---
---
---
e0.00
903
26
77
6.1
0.00
0.00
10
---
---
---
---
---
e0.00
873
20
86
6.2
0.00
0.00
11
---
---
---
---
---
e0.00
830
19
82
4.6
0.00
0.00
12
---
---
---
---
---
e0.00
776
25
73
5.4
0.00
0.00
13
---
---
---
---
---
e0.00
707
37
64
3.2
0.00
0.00
14
---
---
---
---
---
e0.00
603
37
56
2.9
0.00
0.00
15
---
---
---
---
---
e0.00
513
31
49
2.2
0.00
0.00
16
---
---
---
---
---
e0.00
462
28
44
1.1
0.00
0.00
17
---
---
---
---
---
e0.00
427
28
40
1.2
0.00
0.00
18
---
---
---
---
---
e0.00
391
30
35
1.4
0.00
0.00
19
---
---
---
---
---
e0.00
349
35
32
0.48
0.00
0.00
20
---
---
---
---
---
e0.00
311
48
28
0.61
0.00
0.00
21
---
---
---
---
---
e0.00
267
46
23
0.34
0.00
0.00
22
---
---
---
---
---
e0.00
247
46
19
0.04
0.00
0.00
23
---
---
---
---
---
e0.10
203
39
16
0.02
0.00
0.00
24
---
---
---
---
---
e2.0
164
31
13
0.05
0.00
0.00
25
---
---
---
---
---
e50
132
28
10
0.08
0.00
0.00
26
---
---
---
---
---
e80
114
26
8.8
0.32
0.00
0.00
27
---
---
---
---
---
e100
106
24
7.4
0.25
0.00
0.00
28
---
---
---
---
---
e115
88
20
6.6
0.00
0.00
0.00
29
---
---
---
---
---
e140
79
17
5.9
0.00
0.00
0.00
30
---
---
---
---
---
e180
70
18
4.3
0.00
0.00
0.00
31
---
---
---
---
---
e370
---
152
---
0.00
0.00
---
TOTAL
---
---
---
---
---
1,037.10
14,713
1,183
1,847.0
68.39
0.00
0.00
MEAN
---
---
---
---
---
33.5
490
38.2
61.6
2.21
0.00
0.00
MAX
---
---
---
---
---
370
903
152
236
6.2
0.00
0.00
MIN
---
---
---
---
---
0.00
70
17
4.3
0.00
0.00
0.00
AC-FT
---
---
---
---
---
2,060
29,180
2,350
3,660
136
0.00
0.00
STATISTICS OF MONTHLY MEAN DATA FOR WATER YEARS 1980 - 2004, BY WATER YEAR (WY)
MEAN
1.30
0.12
0.01
0.00
0.69
24.2
133
32.1
18.9
21.4
15.1
2.70
MAX
5.53
1.09
0.09
0.00
6.61
180
490
284
162
119
138
22.0
(WY)
(1983)
(1981)
(1983)
(1980)
(1981)
(1992)
(2004)
(1997)
(2002)
(1993)
(1993)
(1993)
MIN
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.92
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
(WY)
(1980)
(1980)
(1980)
(1980)
(1980)
(1980)
(2000)
(1980)
(1980)
(1980)
(1980)
(1981)
 












 












 












 













SUMMARY STATISTICS
WATER YEARS 1980 - 2004
 
 
ANNUAL MEAN
a12.1


HIGHEST ANNUAL MEAN
a24.5 1987


LOWEST ANNUAL MEAN
a0.88 1980


HIGHEST DAILY MEAN
903 Apr 9, 2004


LOWEST DAILY MEAN
0.00 Oct 1, 1979


ANNUAL SEVEN-DAY MINIMUM
0.00 Oct 1, 1979


MAXIMUM PEAK FLOW
b908 Apr 9, 2004


MAXIMUM PEAK STAGE
c10.05 Apr 6, 1989


ANNUAL RUNOFF (AC-FT)
a8,790


10 PERCENT EXCEEDS
27


50 PERCENT EXCEEDS
0.00


90 PERCENT EXCEEDS
0.00



a Based on complete water years only (1980-87, 1994)
b Gage height, 7.68 ft
c Backwater from ice
e Estimated


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