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RED RIVER OF THE NORTH BASIN
05059480 SHEYENNE RIVER DIVERSION AT WEST FARGO, ND
LOCATION.--Lat 46×53'28", long 96×54'59", in NE14NE14NW14 sec.6, T.139 N., R.50 W., Cass County, Hydrologic Unit 09020204, on right bank, 50 ft upstream from 12th Ave N bridge in West Fargo, and 0.5 mi upstream from confluence with the Sheyenne River.
WATER-DISCHARGE RECORDS
PERIOD OF RECORD.--October 1992 to current year.
GAGE.--Water-stage recorder. Datum of gage is 876.78 ft above National Geodetic Vertical Datum of 1929. Datum incorrectly set 13.56 ft lower from Oct. 1, 1996, to Sept. 30, 1999. Prior to Oct. 1, 1996, at datum 6.78 ft lower.
REMARKS.--Records fair except for estimated daily discharges, which are poor. These records are for the flood flows that are diverted around West Fargo.
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
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
e250
298
222
130
2.8
0.00
2
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
e500
261
186
83
4.2
0.00
3
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
e900
195
131
46
21
0.00
4
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
1,130
145
155
e23
2.1
0.00
5
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
1,360
125
353
e0.00
0.01
e20
6
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
1,580
120
737
e27
0.00
104
7
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
1,820
110
1,240
22
23
80
8
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
2,130
98
1,700
4.8
13
35
9
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
2,400
69
2,040
e0.00
0.86
24
10
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
e0.00
2,580
25
2,000
e1.1
0.00
16
11
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
e0.00
2,660
14
1,960
e0.00
0.00
9.9
12
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
e0.00
2,850
23
1,890
e118
0.00
5.8
13
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
e0.00
2,940
23
1,800
e158
0.00
2.6
14
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
e0.00
2,990
13
1,700
e81
0.00
0.73
15
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
e0.00
3,030
6.9
1,600
e39
0.00
0.00
16
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
e0.00
3,070
2.6
1,600
22
0.00
0.00
17
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
e0.00
3,080
1.1
1,560
e11
0.00
0.00
18
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
e0.00
3,080
34
1,500
e2.0
0.00
0.00
19
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
e0.00
3,090
11
1,400
0.48
0.00
0.00
20
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
e0.00
3,010
18
1,130
1.1
0.00
0.00
21
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
e0.00
2,690
21
937
5.1
0.00
0.00
22
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
e0.00
2,040
23
697
7.4
0.00
0.00
23
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
e0.00
1,610
18
573
9.1
0.00
0.00
24
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
e10
1,420
8.0
503
8.2
0.00
0.00
25
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
e20
1,270
4.2
468
7.2
0.00
0.00
26
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
e40
1,070
2.7
440
6.2
0.00
0.00
27
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
e50
846
0.39
429
5.3
0.00
0.00
28
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
e40
579
0.00
e437
6.1
0.00
0.00
29
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
e20
411
0.00
429
5.3
0.00
0.00
30
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
---
e90
326
38
321
4.1
0.00
0.00
31
0.00
---
0.00
0.00
---
e150
---
179
---
3.5
0.00
---
TOTAL
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
420.00
56,712
1,886.89
30,138
836.98
66.97
298.03
MEAN
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
13.5
1,890
60.9
1,005
27.0
2.16
9.93
MAX
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
150
3,090
298
2,040
158
23
104
MIN
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
250
0.00
131
0.00
0.00
0.00
AC-FT
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
833
112,500
3,740
59,780
1,660
133
591
STATISTICS OF MONTHLY MEAN DATA FOR WATER YEARS 1993 - 2004, BY WATER YEAR (WY)
MEAN
14.5
25.5
0.97
0.00
12.4
345
1,426
687
302
284
224
47.2
MAX
127
138
11.6
0.00
90.2
1,111
3,288
2,937
1,005
1,000
2,144
292
(WY)
(1995)
(2001)
(1999)
(1993)
(1996)
(1995)
(1997)
(1997)
(2004)
(1993)
(1993)
(1995)
MIN
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.97
0.00
0.00
(WY)
(1993)
(1993)
(1993)
(1993)
(1993)
(2002)
(2000)
(1993)
(1993)
(1996)
(1994)
(1996)

SUMMARY STATISTICS
FOR 2003 CALENDAR YEAR
FOR 2004 WATER YEAR
WATER YEARS 1993 - 2004
ANNUAL TOTAL
5,048.05
90,358.87

ANNUAL MEAN
13.8
247
281
HIGHEST ANNUAL MEAN


549 1995
LOWEST ANNUAL MEAN


4.95 2002
HIGHEST DAILY MEAN
156 May 26
3,090 Apr 19
4,800 Apr 19, 1997
LOWEST DAILY MEAN
0.00 Jan  1
0.00 Oct  1
0.00 Oct  1, 1992
ANNUAL SEVEN-DAY MINIMUM
0.00 Jan  1
0.00 Oct  1
0.00 Oct  1, 1992
MAXIMUM PEAK FLOW

3,150 Apr 18
4,810 Apr 19, 1997
MAXIMUM PEAK STAGE

17.72 Apr 18
a22.90 Apr  9, 1997
ANNUAL RUNOFF (AC-FT)
10,010
179,200
203,500
10 PERCENT EXCEEDS
68
1,090
850
50 PERCENT EXCEEDS
0.00
0.00
0.00
90 PERCENT EXCEEDS
0.00
0.00
0.00

a Backwater from ice
e Estimated

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