RED RIVER OF THE NORTH BASIN

05059000 SHEYENNE RIVER NEAR KINDRED, ND

LOCATION.--Lat 46×37'54", long 97×00'01", in SE14SE14SW14 sec.33, T.137 N., R.50 W., Cass County, Hydrologic Unit 09020204, on left bank 100 ft downstream from North Dakota State Highway 46 bridge crossing, 1.5 mi southeast of Kindred, and at mile 67.9.

DRAINAGE AREA.--8,800 mi2, approximately, of which about 5,780 mi2 is probably noncontributing, including 3,800 mi2 in closed basins.

WATER-DISCHARGE RECORDS

PERIOD OF RECORD.--August 1949 to current year.

REVISED RECORDS.--WSP 1728: Drainage area.

GAGE.--Water-stage recorder. Datum of gage is 925.55 ft above National Geodetic Vertical Datum of 1929. From Oct. 1, 1962, to Sept. 30, 1989, gage was located at site 1,500 ft upstream. July 1949 to Sept. 30, 1962, nonrecording gage at same site and datum.

REMARKS.--Records good except for estimated daily discharges, which are poor. Flow regulated to a large degree by Lake Ashtabula (station 05057500), 202 mi upstream, and several small reservoirs.

EXTREMES OUTSIDE PERIOD OF RECORD.--Spring flood in 1947 or 1948 reached a stage of 22.1 ft from floodmarks, discharge about 3,600 ft3/s.

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	65	115	e90	e102	e101	e69	918	e680	645	643	170	164
2	65	119	e90	e103	e101	e76	1,400	e600	637	590	170	162
3	66	127	e89	e105	e100	e78	1,700	e569	711	513	168	160
4	67	93	e89	e105	e100	e78	1,880	557	1,060	507	163	170
5	68	95	e89	e106	e99	e77	1,970	542	1,480	513	158	249
6	68	e60	e88	e105	e98	e73	2,070	531	1,910	533	156	299
7	68	e83	e88	e105	e98	e70	2,220	516	2,180	490	165	270
8	68	e92	e88	e104	e98	e69	2,360	468	2,270	396	177	235
9	71	103	e88	e104	e97	e100	2,540	393	2,150	323	175	216
10	70	127	e88	e105	e97	e130	2,650	331	2,080	283	172	206
11	77	121	e89	e105	e97	e180	2,740	310	2,070	337	172	202
12	79	125	e90	e104	e97	e193	2,830	352	2,010	452	189	194
13	80	122	e90	e104	e96	e195	2,910	360	1,940	441	186	193
14	78	122	e91	e105	e96	e210	2,970	340	e1,840	409	173	256
15	80	122	e92	e104	e95	e245	3,000	339	e1,730	402	169	313
16	81	130	e97	e103	e91	e253	e3,030	387	e1,710	397	179	325
17	90	140	e100	e102	e87	e243	e3,050	469	e1,670	383	184	331
18	102	141	e104	e102	e81	e230	e3,060	521	e1,630	372	182	328
19	105	e130	e104	e102	e77	e205	e3,060	543	1,390	364	175	315
20	107	e116	e104	e102	e74	e200	e2,750	544	1,170	358	168	290
21	106	e110	e104	e101	e71	e200	2,190	546	1,050	350	164	261
22	107	e80	e103	e101	e68	e210	1,900	548	944	337	163	257
23	109	e70	e103	e101	e67	e240	1,790	505	877	331	161	272
24	109	e74	e103	e102	e66	e320	1,710	455	844	315	165	290
25	108	e85	e103	e103	e66	e390	1,530	419	817	279	168	281
26	107	e90	e103	e103	e65	e440	1,330	402	800	245	165	252
27	109	e94	e102	e103	e64	e425	e1,100	396	805	217	161	221
28	112	e94	e102	e103	e64	e383	e900	389	803	194	159	217
29	111	e91	e102	e101	e66	359	e780	394	786	191	160	300
30	116	e91	e102	e101	---	346	e730	426	712	181	160	373
31	119	---	e102	e101	---	384	---	566	---	176	164	---
TOTAL	2,768	3,162	2,977	3,197	2,477	6,671	63,068	14,398	40,721	11,522	5,241	7,602
MEAN	89.3	105	96.0	103	85.4	215	2,102	464	1,357	372	169	253
MAX	119	141	104	106	101	440	3,060	680	2,270	643	189	373
MIN	65	60	88	101	64	69	730	310	637	176	156	160
AC-FT	5,490	6,270	5,900	6,340	4,910	13,230	125,100	28,560	80,770	22,850	10,400	15,080
STATISTICS OF MONTHLY MEAN DATA FOR WATER YEARS 1949 - 2004, BY WATER YEAR (WY)
MEAN	97.1	117	103	86.3	95.3	331	887	535	325	272	152	105
MAX	693	589	400	242	317	1,256	3,957	3,053	1,938	1,466	2,231	528
(WY)	(1995)	(1995)	(2001)	(2001)	(1996)	(1987)	(1997)	(1950)	(1950)	(1975)	(1993)	(1999)
MIN	24.6	22.7	17.6	17.5	21.7	35.1	71.7	53.6	48.4	26.7	17.5	25.1
(WY)	(1957)	(1956)	(1956)	(1991)	(1956)	(1956)	(1991)	(1990)	(1961)	(1988)	(1988)	(1959)

SUMMARY STATISTICS	FOR 2003 CALENDAR YEAR	FOR 2004 WATER YEAR	WATER YEARS 1949 - 2004
ANNUAL TOTAL	67,837	163,804
ANNUAL MEAN	186	448	259
HIGHEST ANNUAL MEAN			770 1997
LOWEST ANNUAL MEAN			48.0 1991
HIGHEST DAILY MEAN	745 May 24	3,060 Apr 18	5,610 Apr 29, 1997
LOWEST DAILY MEAN	52 Mar  5	60 Nov  6	9.2 Aug 16, 1990
ANNUAL SEVEN-DAY MINIMUM	53 Mar  5	65 Feb 23	11 Dec 26, 1990
MAXIMUM PEAK FLOW		3,080 Apr 19	5,970 Apr 27, 1997
MAXIMUM PEAK STAGE		a15.63 Apr 19	b22.33 Apr  8, 1997
ANNUAL RUNOFF (AC-FT)	134,600	324,900	187,700
10 PERCENT EXCEEDS	425	1,500	550
50 PERCENT EXCEEDS	107	170	100
90 PERCENT EXCEEDS	57	80	35

a May have been higher during period of incomplete record, April 16-19 b Backwater from ice e Estimated

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