RED RIVER OF THE NORTH BASIN

05059300 SHEYENNE RIVER ABOVE SHEYENNE RIVER DIVERSION NEAR HORACE, ND

LOCATION.--Lat 46×45'01", long 96×55'35", in NE14SE14SE14 sec.24, T.138 N., R.50 W., Cass County, Hydrologic Unit 09020204, on right bank 300 ft upstream from diversion structure 1 mi southwest of Horace.

DRAINAGE AREA.--8,840 mi2, approximately, of which about 7,580 mi2 is probably noncontributing, including 3,800 mi2 in closed basins.

WATER-DISCHARGE RECORDS

PERIOD OF RECORD.--October 1992 to current year.

GAGE.--Water-stage recorder. Datum of gage is 890 ft above National Geodetic Vertical Datum of 1929.

REMARKS.--Records good except for discharges during July 19 to September 30, which are fair and for estimated daily discharges, which are poor. Flow regulated to a large degree by Lake Ashtabula (station 05057500), 230 mi upstream. These records represent the total Sheyenne River flow immediately upstream from the Horace flood diversion.

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	67	115	e96	e106	e104	e68	602	e730	625	730	183	182
2	66	114	e95	e106	e104	e71	1,230	e680	662	673	197	181
3	65	116	e94	e106	e104	e75	1,730	611	651	608	186	180
4	66	120	e93	e110	e103	e81	1,950	554	820	545	177	185
5	68	e108	e93	e110	e103	e83	2,040	529	1,260	543	172	255
6	69	e90	e93	e110	e103	e80	2,110	516	1,670	567	168	433
7	68	102	e93	e111	e102	e76	2,220	509	2,020	575	168	384
8	69	113	e93	e111	e102	e73	2,340	489	2,220	496	171	312
9	68	e108	e95	e110	e101	e74	2,450	429	2,180	405	184	264
10	72	e103	e95	e110	e101	e95	2,550	351	2,060	340	180	237
11	79	e117	e94	e109	e101	e125	2,640	295	2,010	333	177	224
12	81	e135	e94	e109	e100	e170	2,750	306	1,980	426	177	220
13	82	e125	e93	e109	e100	e190	2,830	369	1,910	506	191	212
14	81	e120	e93	e108	e100	e195	2,880	385	1,830	467	189	214
15	79	e117	e93	e107	e100	e215	2,950	358	1,790	435	176	296
16	81	e120	e93	e107	e99	e240	3,060	367	1,770	430	173	347
17	85	e128	e93	e106	e98	e260	3,110	463	1,760	421	184	358
18	95	e141	e96	e106	e96	e260	3,130	e540	1,730	403	191	369
19	106	e130	e100	e105	e93	e258	3,140	e570	1,600	390	190	359
20	107	e129	e103	e105	e87	e243	2,940	e580	1,370	384	185	351
21	108	e122	e107	e106	e81	e240	2,470	e580	1,210	378	179	320
22	109	e113	e106	e105	e77	e240	2,090	e575	1,110	365	177	292
23	109	105	e106	e105	e75	e242	1,950	e540	991	356	176	292
24	110	79	e106	e105	e73	e270	1,890	e470	923	349	175	308
25	110	85	e107	e104	e72	e350	1,790	e420	893	324	179	323
26	110	e91	e107	e105	e70	e410	1,630	e380	863	277	184	315
27	110	e98	e106	e104	e69	e460	e1,250	e370	858	242	180	280
28	111	e100	e106	e104	e68	e430	e1,010	363	861	222	177	250
29	112	e99	e106	e104	e67	e400	e840	382	853	212	176	251
30	112	e97	e106	e104	---	e390	e770	404	814	201	176	359
31	114	---	e106	e104	---	e420	---	490	---	188	177	---
TOTAL	2,769	3,340	3,061	3,311	2,653	6,784	64,342	14,605	41,294	12,791	5,575	8,553
MEAN	89.3	111	98.7	107	91.5	219	2,145	471	1,376	413	180	285
MAX	114	141	107	111	104	460	3,140	730	2,220	730	197	433
MIN	65	79	93	104	67	68	602	295	625	188	168	180
AC-FT	5,490	6,620	6,070	6,570	5,260	13,460	127,600	28,970	81,910	25,370	11,060	16,960
STATISTICS OF MONTHLY MEAN DATA FOR WATER YEARS 1993 - 2004, BY WATER YEAR (WY)
MEAN	212	265	228	169	178	559	1,617	987	626	592	431	271
MAX	673	617	429	268	302	1,214	2,964	2,737	1,376	1,157	2,221	582
(WY)	(1995)	(1995)	(2001)	(1997)	(2001)	(1995)	(1997)	(1997)	(2004)	(1993)	(1993)	(1999)
MIN	52.9	54.8	31.7	73.0	61.1	61.2	156	232	252	289	91.5	62.1
(WY)	(1993)	(1993)	(1993)	(1993)	(2003)	(2003)	(2002)	(1993)	(2002)	(2002)	(2002)	(2002)

SUMMARY STATISTICS	FOR 2003 CALENDAR YEAR	FOR 2004 WATER YEAR	WATER YEARS 1993 - 2004
ANNUAL TOTAL	75,134	169,078
ANNUAL MEAN	206	462	512
HIGHEST ANNUAL MEAN			749 1999
LOWEST ANNUAL MEAN			182 2002
HIGHEST DAILY MEAN	802 May 25	3,140 Apr 19	4,480 May  8, 1997
LOWEST DAILY MEAN	53 Mar 11	65 Oct  3	13 Dec 18, 1992
ANNUAL SEVEN-DAY MINIMUM	55 Mar  5	67 Oct  1	16 Dec 13, 1992
MAXIMUM PEAK FLOW		3,220 Apr 19	a5,210 May  8, 1997
MAXIMUM PEAK STAGE		23.84 Apr 19	b26.66 Mar 25, 1999
ANNUAL RUNOFF (AC-FT)	149,000	335,400	370,800
10 PERCENT EXCEEDS	502	1,640	1,200
50 PERCENT EXCEEDS	110	180	276
90 PERCENT EXCEEDS	60	85	93

a Gage height, 25.44 ft, backwater from ice b From high-water mark, backwater from ice and closure of diversion channel e Estimated

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