RED RIVER OF THE NORTH BASIN

05057000 SHEYENNE RIVER NEAR COOPERSTOWN, ND

LOCATION.--Lat 47×25'58", long 98×01'38", in NW14NW14SW14 sec.26, T.146 N., R.58 W., Griggs County, Hydrologic Unit 09020203, on right bank at Ueland Dam 0.7 mi downstream from State Highway 200 and 5 mi east of Cooperstown.

DRAINAGE AREA.--6,470 mi2, approximately, of which about 5,200 mi2 is probably noncontributing, includes 3,800 mi2 in closed basins.

WATER-DISCHARGE RECORDS

PERIOD OF RECORD.--October 1944 to current year. Monthly discharge only for some periods, published in WSP 1308.

REVISED RECORDS.--WSP 1728: Drainage area. WRD ND-80-1: Gage datum.

GAGE.--Water-stage recorder and artificial control. Datum of gage is 1,271.76 ft above National Geodetic Vertical Datum of 1929 (Coast and Geodetic Survey benchmark). Aug. 3, 1950, to Oct. 22, 1985, gage located on right bank 300 ft downstream of present site and datum. Prior to Aug. 3, 1950, nonrecording gage at site 150 ft downstream of present site at same datum.

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

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	27	46	45	e39	e22	e22	3,970	302	934	311	e115	94
2	25	46	41	e39	e22	e21	3,450	287	968	282	113	90
3	24	33	40	e39	e22	e21	3,480	270	999	258	110	89
4	26	e32	41	e39	e22	e22	3,910	259	1,040	242	106	88
5	31	e31	41	e38	e22	e23	3,810	240	1,100	225	101	86
6	29	e30	41	e37	e22	e23	3,560	231	1,180	217	96	152
7	28	e30	e41	e35	e22	e23	3,270	216	1,260	210	121	185
8	27	e31	e41	e33	e22	e24	3,030	207	1,360	203	147	210
9	27	e33	e39	e32	e22	e24	2,770	202	1,430	203	160	191
10	26	e35	e39	e31	e22	e24	2,480	196	1,420	206	148	160
11	27	e39	e39	e30	e22	e24	2,120	189	1,380	220	131	135
12	27	e42	e38	e30	e21	e24	1,720	201	1,300	250	122	121
13	28	45	e38	e30	e21	e24	1,380	227	1,170	255	117	112
14	29	47	e38	e30	e20	e24	1,150	244	1,020	242	116	104
15	29	49	e39	e30	e20	e24	936	247	867	230	115	99
16	29	51	e39	e30	e20	e24	778	240	751	220	113	97
17	30	54	39	e30	e20	e24	662	229	684	208	106	97
18	32	57	39	e30	e21	e25	589	228	655	201	99	91
19	32	59	42	e30	e21	e26	544	226	653	189	92	86
20	32	61	43	e29	e22	e28	512	225	667	174	86	89
21	34	49	44	e28	e22	e32	495	214	680	151	82	119
22	31	e48	41	e28	e22	e39	478	212	680	141	79	114
23	33	e47	41	e27	e22	e50	458	209	662	137	73	128
24	33	e47	41	e26	e22	e68	440	206	630	e130	105	211
25	36	e47	41	e25	e22	e130	419	213	585	e128	98	259
26	35	e47	41	e24	e22	e260	398	217	537	e123	133	288
27	36	e46	41	e24	e22	e600	379	221	486	e120	137	290
28	41	45	41	e24	e22	e1,800	361	220	432	e119	142	274
29	39	45	40	e24	e22	2,400	342	215	383	e118	132	261
30	44	44	e40	e24	---	3,380	322	238	346	e117	117	256
31	45	---	e40	e23	---	4,550	---	520	---	e116	103	---
TOTAL	972	1,316	1,254	938	626	13,783	48,213	7,351	26,259	5,946	3,515	4,576
MEAN	31.4	43.9	40.5	30.3	21.6	445	1,607	237	875	192	113	153
MAX	45	61	45	39	22	4,550	3,970	520	1,430	311	160	290
MIN	24	30	38	23	20	21	322	189	346	116	73	86
AC-FT	1,930	2,610	2,490	1,860	1,240	27,340	95,630	14,580	52,080	11,790	6,970	9,080
STATISTICS OF MONTHLY MEAN DATA FOR WATER YEARS 1945 - 2004, BY WATER YEAR (WY)
MEAN	39.3	39.7	23.3	15.0	16.6	189	676	255	159	117	65.7	42.5
MAX	392	375	144	68.2	112	1,381	2,623	1,953	875	722	1,033	321
(WY)	(1995)	(2001)	(2001)	(1995)	(1998)	(1995)	(1996)	(1950)	(2004)	(2000)	(1993)	(1994)
MIN	0.83	2.83	3.14	1.94	0.00	2.14	42.4	37.3	6.66	3.84	0.68	0.00
(WY)	(1964)	(1977)	(1977)	(1964)	(1963)	(1964)	(1991)	(1961)	(1961)	(1961)	(1961)	(1959)

SUMMARY STATISTICS	FOR 2003 CALENDAR YEAR	FOR 2004 WATER YEAR	WATER YEARS 1945 - 2004
ANNUAL TOTAL	47,582	114,749
ANNUAL MEAN	130	314	136
HIGHEST ANNUAL MEAN			399 1950
LOWEST ANNUAL MEAN			13.2 1977
HIGHEST DAILY MEAN	702 Mar 30	4,550 Mar 31	7,410 Apr 17, 1950
LOWEST DAILY MEAN	13 Mar  9	20 Feb 14	0.00 Aug 29, 1959
ANNUAL SEVEN-DAY MINIMUM	13 Mar  9	20 Feb 12	0.00 Aug 29, 1959
MAXIMUM PEAK FLOW		4,660 Mar 31	a7,830 Apr 17, 1950
MAXIMUM PEAK STAGE		18.18 Mar 31	19.13 Apr 18, 1996
ANNUAL RUNOFF (AC-FT)	94,380	227,600	98,820
10 PERCENT EXCEEDS	352	704	300
50 PERCENT EXCEEDS	42	88	30
90 PERCENT EXCEEDS	16	23	4.6

a Gage height, 18.69 ft e Estimated

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