RED RIVER OF THE NORTH BASIN

05058000 SHEYENNE RIVER BELOW BALDHILL DAM, ND

LOCATION.--Lat 47×02'02", long 98×05'00", in NW14NW14 sec.18, T.141 N., R.58 W., Barnes County, Hydrologic Unit 09020204, on right bank 0.1 mi downstream from Baldhill Dam, 8 mi northwest of Valley City, and at mile 270.5.

DRAINAGE AREA.--7,470 mi2, approximately, of which about 5,560 mi2 is probably noncontributing, including 3,800 mi2 in closed basins.

WATER-DISCHARGE RECORDS

PERIOD OF RECORD.--October 1949 to current year. Monthly discharge only for some periods, published in WSP 1308.

REVISED RECORDS.--WSP 1728: Drainage area.

GAGE.--Water-stage recorder. Datum of gage is 1,200.00 ft above National Geodetic Vertical Datum of 1929. From Dec. 29, 1994, to Sept. 18, 2000, at site 0.7 mi downstream at same datum.

REMARKS.--Records good. Flow completely regulated by Lake Ashtabula (station 05057500). Records 1955 to 1972 include releases at Baldhill Dam to the fish-rearing ponds of the Fish and Wildlife Service. Daily discharges from Dec. 29, 1994, to current water year include releases through fish hatchery siphon.

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	34	76	72	87	86	41	2,740	425	2,190	518	94	121
2	33	76	72	87	86	41	3,270	420	2,690	349	93	121
3	33	77	73	87	86	41	3,510	304	2,230	181	91	120
4	33	77	73	87	86	41	3,530	184	1,930	178	89	119
5	33	76	73	89	86	41	3,550	166	2,050	180	89	119
6	33	76	74	88	86	41	3,560	166	2,030	318	90	119
7	38	77	74	87	86	41	3,610	165	2,010	429	89	145
8	47	76	81	86	86	41	3,580	163	1,790	379	89	223
9	59	76	88	86	79	41	3,570	163	1,770	345	108	332
10	75	73	88	86	68	41	3,540	213	1,760	347	123	332
11	82	73	87	86	62	41	3,510	302	1,760	348	122	327
12	81	73	86	86	62	40	3,460	386	1,760	348	122	327
13	80	73	86	86	55	40	3,200	452	1,750	349	122	325
14	80	73	86	86	48	40	2,910	471	1,540	357	123	274
15	80	74	86	86	48	40	2,430	464	1,180	361	123	247
16	81	73	86	86	48	39	1,820	462	1,030	360	123	257
17	80	74	86	86	48	39	1,630	429	925	371	123	258
18	79	74	86	86	48	39	1,610	357	827	365	123	257
19	79	75	86	86	44	39	1,600	278	824	308	122	189
20	79	75	86	86	41	39	1,430	247	825	221	123	108
21	79	75	86	86	41	39	1,240	247	829	131	123	91
22	79	76	86	85	42	39	994	249	832	100	123	90
23	79	e76	86	86	42	39	715	250	834	96	122	173
24	79	e76	86	85	42	39	625	251	837	95	125	349
25	79	77	85	85	41	40	628	299	701	95	124	411
26	79	78	85	86	41	102	629	330	606	94	122	416
27	79	74	85	87	41	336	506	331	608	93	122	415
28	78	73	86	86	41	2,010	430	330	520	93	122	414
29	76	71	85	86	41	2,580	431	330	501	91	122	414
30	76	71	85	86	---	2,510	426	333	519	91	122	417
31	76	---	85	86	---	2,550	---	914	---	93	121	---
TOTAL	2,078	2,244	2,569	2,674	1,711	11,090	64,684	10,081	39,658	7,684	3,529	7,510
MEAN	67.0	74.8	82.9	86.3	59.0	358	2,156	325	1,322	248	114	250
MAX	82	78	88	89	86	2,580	3,610	914	2,690	518	125	417
MIN	33	71	72	85	41	39	426	163	501	91	89	90
AC-FT	4,120	4,450	5,100	5,300	3,390	22,000	128,300	20,000	78,660	15,240	7,000	14,900
STATISTICS OF MONTHLY MEAN DATA FOR WATER YEARS 1950 - 2004, BY WATER YEAR (WY)
MEAN	60.7	85.3	78.9	66.5	74.9	217	665	324	211	153	90.0	64.8
MAX	622	587	375	227	300	1,567	3,329	2,906	1,322	1,272	1,555	577
(WY)	(1995)	(2001)	(2001)	(2001)	(1996)	(1995)	(1997)	(1950)	(2004)	(1993)	(1993)	(1994)
MIN	1.92	5.27	4.32	3.64	7.66	7.81	2.07	6.86	5.88	7.28	6.72	0.81
(WY)	(1956)	(1956)	(1980)	(1956)	(1956)	(1955)	(1953)	(1959)	(1958)	(1959)	(1977)	(1955)

SUMMARY STATISTICS	FOR 2003 CALENDAR YEAR	FOR 2004 WATER YEAR	WATER YEARS 1950 - 2004
ANNUAL TOTAL	55,751	155,512
ANNUAL MEAN	153	425	174
HIGHEST ANNUAL MEAN			574 1995
LOWEST ANNUAL MEAN			12.8 1991
HIGHEST DAILY MEAN	899 Jul 18	3,610 Apr  7	5,410 Apr 20, 1996
LOWEST DAILY MEAN	24 Feb  6	33 Oct  2	0.00 Sep  8, 1950
ANNUAL SEVEN-DAY MINIMUM	24 Feb  6	34 Oct  1	0.00 Aug  8, 1952
MAXIMUM PEAK FLOW		3,700 Apr  7	5,460 Apr 20, 1996
MAXIMUM PEAK STAGE		33.24 Apr  7	36.46 Apr 20, 1996
ANNUAL RUNOFF (AC-FT)	110,600	308,500	126,200
10 PERCENT EXCEEDS	379	1,560	358
50 PERCENT EXCEEDS	79	90	50
90 PERCENT EXCEEDS	26	41	9.8

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