RED RIVER OF THE NORTH BASIN

05057200 BALDHILL CREEK NEAR DAZEY, ND

LOCATION.--Lat 47×13'45", long 98×07'28", in NW14SE14SW14 sec.2, T.143 N., R.59 W., Barnes County, Hydrologic Unit 09020203, on left bank 500 ft upstream from bridge on county highway, 4.5 mi northeast of Dazey, and 14 mi upstream from mouth.

DRAINAGE AREA.--691 mi2, of which about 340 mi2 is probably noncontributing.

WATER-DISCHARGE RECORDS

PERIOD OF RECORD.--April 1956 to current year.

REVISED RECORDS.--WSP 1728: Drainage area.

GAGE.--Water-stage recorder. Datum of gage is 1,330 ft above National Geodetic Vertical Datum of 1929. Prior to Nov. 9, 1956, nonrecording gage 500 ft downstream 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	1.8	2.6	2.6	e1.6	e1.0	3.0	928	31	1,140	43	15	25
2	1.9	2.4	2.5	e1.5	1.1	2.5	748	31	1,190	39	14	23
3	2.2	2.4	2.4	e1.5	1.1	3.2	589	28	975	38	13	21
4	2.3	2.6	2.6	e1.4	1.2	3.5	473	26	732	36	12	20
5	2.4	3.6	2.6	e1.4	1.2	3.5	400	24	561	34	12	e23
6	2.4	3.5	2.6	e1.4	1.2	3.3	334	23	441	33	17	e27
7	2.4	3.2	2.6	e1.4	1.2	3.3	260	21	351	32	27	56
8	3.3	3.0	2.6	1.4	1.3	3.4	191	21	263	31	27	e42
9	3.4	3.0	2.7	1.5	1.3	3.8	163	21	207	37	24	40
10	2.9	3.1	2.5	1.6	1.4	4.4	145	22	171	41	22	38
11	3.1	3.3	2.1	1.8	1.4	5.3	129	21	212	45	19	36
12	3.0	3.3	2.0	2.0	1.4	4.9	115	31	301	57	18	39
13	2.8	3.2	2.1	2.1	e1.4	4.4	104	53	205	62	23	e41
14	2.6	3.3	2.4	2.1	e1.4	4.3	94	64	157	54	22	e44
15	2.3	3.3	2.5	2.0	e1.4	4.3	86	57	156	49	20	e49
16	2.1	3.6	2.6	1.9	e1.4	4.2	79	53	141	44	19	e52
17	2.1	4.2	2.5	e1.7	1.6	4.3	72	47	124	41	18	e46
18	2.2	4.2	2.6	e1.5	1.7	4.6	66	42	115	40	18	e40
19	2.2	4.2	2.5	e1.4	1.9	5.4	65	38	105	37	16	e34
20	3.1	3.8	2.6	e1.3	1.9	6.4	63	35	96	35	14	e30
21	5.7	2.4	2.6	e1.2	1.9	6.1	64	30	87	34	14	e32
22	5.8	e2.4	2.6	e1.1	1.9	7.0	61	29	80	32	12	34
23	3.2	e2.4	2.6	e1.0	1.9	9.4	57	30	73	31	10	36
24	2.4	2.4	2.5	e1.0	2.1	15	51	30	65	29	15	53
25	2.0	2.3	2.4	e1.0	2.2	e50	48	35	60	26	53	68
26	2.2	2.5	2.4	e1.0	2.3	e225	44	36	61	24	54	62
27	3.0	2.5	e2.4	e0.98	2.4	e500	40	36	59	23	68	54
28	4.0	2.5	e2.3	e0.95	2.7	2,310	39	34	55	22	58	49
29	3.1	2.5	e2.0	e0.90	3.1	2,370	35	31	51	20	44	45
30	3.1	2.6	e1.7	e0.95	---	1,600	33	60	47	18	36	42
31	3.1	---	e1.6	e1.0	---	1,180	---	630	---	17	27	---
TOTAL	88.1	90.3	74.7	43.58	48.0	8,354.5	5,576	1,670	8,281	1,104	761	1,201
MEAN	2.84	3.01	2.41	1.41	1.66	270	186	53.9	276	35.6	24.5	40.0
MAX	5.8	4.2	2.7	2.1	3.1	2,370	928	630	1,190	62	68	68
MIN	1.8	2.3	1.6	0.90	1.0	2.5	33	21	47	17	10	20
AC-FT	175	179	148	86	95	16,570	11,060	3,310	16,430	2,190	1,510	2,380
STATISTICS OF MONTHLY MEAN DATA FOR WATER YEARS 1956 - 2004, BY WATER YEAR (WY)
MEAN	7.53	7.09	3.25	1.56	2.75	66.2	131	32.6	25.2	19.7	9.10	7.74
MAX	106	54.9	16.1	7.31	34.2	475	1,040	220	276	273	133	58.5
(WY)	(1995)	(2001)	(1995)	(1995)	(1998)	(1995)	(1997)	(1997)	(2004)	(1993)	(1993)	(1957)
MIN	0.47	0.38	0.15	0.00	0.00	0.59	2.44	1.71	0.91	0.02	0.08	0.09
(WY)	(1992)	(1960)	(1959)	(1959)	(1957)	(1964)	(1981)	(1981)	(1961)	(1989)	(1984)	(1984)

SUMMARY STATISTICS	FOR 2003 CALENDAR YEAR	FOR 2004 WATER YEAR	WATER YEARS 1956 - 2004
ANNUAL TOTAL	4,692.67	27,292.18
ANNUAL MEAN	12.9	74.6	26.2
HIGHEST ANNUAL MEAN			115 1997
LOWEST ANNUAL MEAN			1.52 1981
HIGHEST DAILY MEAN	110 Mar 24	2,370 Mar 29	4,500 Apr 19, 1979
LOWEST DAILY MEAN	0.28 Mar 11	0.90 Jan 29	0.00 Jan 25, 1957
ANNUAL SEVEN-DAY MINIMUM	0.33 Mar  7	0.97 Jan 24	0.00 Jan 25, 1957
MAXIMUM PEAK FLOW		a3,250 Mar 28	b9,000 Apr 19, 1979
MAXIMUM PEAK STAGE		c12.61 Mar 28	d17.78 Apr 19, 1979
ANNUAL RUNOFF (AC-FT)	9,310	54,130	19,010
10 PERCENT EXCEEDS	44	115	44
50 PERCENT EXCEEDS	3.1	14	3.7
90 PERCENT EXCEEDS	0.81	1.5	0.30

a Gage height, 11.60 ft b About c From floodmark, backwater from ice d From floodmark e Estimated

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