RED RIVER OF THE NORTH BASIN

05059500 SHEYENNE RIVER AT WEST FARGO, ND

LOCATION.--Lat 46×53'28", long 96×54'24", in SE14SE14 sec.31, T.140 N., R.49 W., Cass County, Hydrologic Unit 09020204, on right bank at downstream side of county highway bridge, 1 mi north of West Fargo, 3 mi upstream from Maple River, and at mile 24.5.

DRAINAGE AREA.--8,870 mi2, approximately, of which about 5,780 mi2 is probably noncontributing, including 3,800 mi2 in closed basins.

WATER-DISCHARGE RECORDS

PERIOD OF RECORD.--March to November 1902 (gage heights only), May 1903 to October 1905, April to August 1919, October 1929 to current year. Published as "at or near Haggart" 1902-7, 1919. Records for March to November 1902 and November 1905 to June 1907, published in WSP 100, 171, 207, and 245, have been found to be unreliable and should not be used. Monthly discharge only for some periods, published in WSP 1308.

REVISED RECORDS.--WSP 1388: 1904(M). WSP 1728: Drainage area. See also "PERIOD OF RECORD."

GAGE.--Water-stage recorder. Datum of gage is 877.19 ft above National Geodetic Vertical Datum of 1929. June 27, 1933, to September 1969 on left bank about 600 ft downstream on unimproved channel at same datum. See WSP 1728 or 1913 for history of changes prior to June 27, 1933.

REMARKS.--Records fair except for estimated daily discharges, which are poor. Flow regulated to a large degree by Lake Ashtabula (station 05057500), 246 mi upstream. Since March 1993, flood flows that are diverted from the Sheyenne River just downstream from gaging station Sheyenne River above Sheyenne River Diversion near Horace (station 05059300) bypass this station. These flows are measured at streamflow station Sheyenne River Diversion at West Fargo (station 05059480). Figures of discharge given here include flow of the bypass. During some years, flow is diverted from just above the station into the Red River of the North in order to maintain adequate supply for municipal uses. Figures of daily discharge do not include this 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	e70	122	e96	e107	e104	e67	e393	764	849	779	188	178
2	e68	122	e95	e107	e104	e68	e811	720	792	666	210	183
3	e68	120	e94	e106	e104	e71	e1,400	625	678	600	223	181
4	e66	115	e94	e110	e103	e75	1,750	555	701	539	183	197
5	e69	113	e94	e110	e103	e81	2,000	539	957	492	177	259
6	e70	e95	e94	e110	e103	e83	e2,220	542	1,410	567	187	541
7	e71	e100	e94	e111	e102	e80	e2,270	542	1,960	540	219	536
8	e71	108	e94	e111	e102	e110	e2,430	540	2,470	492	194	381
9	e72	112	e95	e110	e102	e116	2,500	510	e2,240	425	187	302
10	e72	106	e96	e110	e102	e153	2,630	443	e2,100	377	189	259
11	e78	115	e95	e109	e101	e179	2,660	422	e2,060	521	186	232
12	e80	127	e95	e109	e101	e210	2,850	412	e2,140	e678	183	219
13	e82	136	e94	e109	e101	e234	2,940	379	e2,050	e848	192	211
14	e84	124	e94	e108	e101	e251	2,990	383	e2,000	e684	201	e206
15	e84	120	e94	e107	e100	e261	3,030	368	e1,850	524	186	e270
16	77	118	e92	e107	e100	e265	3,070	352	e1,850	457	178	e332
17	78	116	e93	e107	e100	e269	3,080	376	e1,810	436	180	e360
18	83	136	e94	e106	e98	e269	3,080	489	e1,750	414	201	e370
19	95	127	e97	e106	e94	e266	3,090	543	e1,750	393	196	e370
20	103	128	e98	e106	e87	e261	3,010	588	e1,630	389	196	e357
21	104	e122	e102	e106	e86	e251	2,690	583	e1,460	386	191	327
22	105	e113	e107	e105	e81	e247	2,140	580	1,260	386	191	301
23	109	e102	e107	e105	e77	e254	e2,010	560	1,050	372	186	286
24	111	e79	e107	e105	e75	e280	e1,920	501	966	361	187	297
25	e111	e84	e108	e105	e73	e356	e1,850	423	952	357	184	313
26	e112	e91	e108	e105	e72	e427	1,780	381	946	323	190	315
27	e113	e98	e108	e105	e70	e464	1,520	365	968	283	189	291
28	e115	e100	e107	e104	e69	e470	1,170	362	e1,020	259	183	256
29	119	e99	e107	e104	e68	e420	930	342	1,060	227	188	236
30	118	e97	e107	e104	---	e400	801	469	1,020	206	186	282
31	119	---	e107	e104	---	e370	---	773	---	196	181	---
TOTAL	2,777	3,345	3,067	3,318	2,683	7,308	65,015	15,431	43,749	14,177	5,912	8,848
MEAN	89.6	112	98.9	107	92.5	236	2,167	498	1,458	457	191	295
MAX	119	136	108	111	104	470	3,090	773	2,470	848	223	541
MIN	66	79	92	104	68	67	393	342	678	196	177	178
AC-FT	5,510	6,630	6,080	6,580	5,320	14,500	129,000	30,610	86,780	28,120	11,730	17,550
STATISTICS OF MONTHLY MEAN DATA FOR WATER YEARS 1903 - 2004, BY WATER YEAR (WY)
MEAN	83.9	103	86.8	71.2	77.3	276	822	494	303	240	137	94.2
MAX	713	687	468	276	320	1,184	3,312	3,235	1,785	1,373	2,218	609
(WY)	(1995)	(2001)	(2001)	(2001)	(2001)	(1999)	(1997)	(1997)	(1950)	(2000)	(1993)	(1999)
MIN	9.88	12.4	7.48	6.37	5.47	6.76	65.2	54.0	25.2	14.7	7.46	7.43
(WY)	(1937)	(1937)	(1937)	(1940)	(1937)	(1940)	(1991)	(1959)	(1934)	(1934)	(1936)	(1976)

SUMMARY STATISTICS	FOR 2003 CALENDAR YEAR	FOR 2004 WATER YEAR	WATER YEARS 1903 - 2004
ANNUAL TOTAL	79,719	175,630
ANNUAL MEAN	218	480	232
HIGHEST ANNUAL MEAN			804 1997
LOWEST ANNUAL MEAN			37.1 1934
HIGHEST DAILY MEAN	857 May 26	3,090 Apr 19	4,800 Apr 19, 1997
LOWEST DAILY MEAN	53 Mar 10	66 Oct  4	a1.0 Sep 23, 1976
ANNUAL SEVEN-DAY MINIMUM	55 Mar  5	69 Oct  1	2.0 Sep 17, 1976
MAXIMUM PEAK FLOW		b3,150 Apr 18	c4,810 Apr 19, 1997
MAXIMUM PEAK STAGE		d17.72 Apr 18	f22.90 Apr  9, 1997
ANNUAL RUNOFF (AC-FT)	158,100	348,400	168,100
10 PERCENT EXCEEDS	554	1,670	520
50 PERCENT EXCEEDS	115	188	85
90 PERCENT EXCEEDS	61	87	22

a Caused by diversion to Red River of the North b All flow through diversion channel April 11-21 c All flow through diversion channel; gage height, 22.68 ft d Maximum gage height in diversion channel e Estimated f Maximum gage height in diversion channel; backwater from ice

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