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RED RIVER OF THE NORTH BASIN

05060000 MAPLE RIVER NEAR MAPLETON, ND

LOCATION.--Lat 46×51'58", long 97×06'22", in SW14NE14 sec.10, T.139 N., R.51 W., Cass County, Hydrologic Unit 09020204, on right bank upstream of county bridge and 3 mi southwest of Mapleton.

DRAINAGE AREA.-- 1,450 mi2, approximately, of which 70 mi2 is probably noncontributing.

WATER-DISCHARGE RECORDS

PERIOD OF RECORD.--October 1958 to September 1975, March 1, 2001, to current year (seasonal). Record not equivalent to extreme high flows to station 05060100 that was operated from April 1944 to September 1958 (7 mi downstream) published as "at Mapleton" and March 1995 to present (9 mi downstream) published as "below Mapleton".

GAGE.--Water-stage recorder and rubble masonary dam. Datum of gage is 886.43 ft above National Geodetic Vertical Datum of 1929 (survey by North Dakota State Water Commission, 2004), revised. Prior to Oct. 1, 2001, at datum 7.10 ft higher.

REMARKS.--Records fair except for estimated daily discharges, which are poor.

EXTREMES FOR CURRENT YEAR.--Maximum discharge, 1,450 ft3/s, July 13, gage height, 16.61 ft; minimum daily discharge, 4.5 ft3/s, Mar. 1-2.

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	---	---	---	---	---	e4.5	887	69	546	45	92	7.1
2	---	---	---	---	---	e4.5	1,130	64	580	40	85	8.0
3	---	---	---	---	---	e4.6	1,280	63	340	35	79	6.8
4	---	---	---	---	---	e4.6	1,290	52	319	29	68	8.9
5	---	---	---	---	---	e4.7	1,190	54	567	27	57	20
6	---	---	---	---	---	e4.7	1,080	43	820	32	52	47
7	---	---	---	---	---	e5.0	976	46	954	38	65	42
8	---	---	---	---	---	e5.4	874	41	944	33	61	25
9	---	---	---	---	---	e6.0	736	40	796	32	57	19
10	---	---	---	---	---	e7.2	606	37	609	64	54	12
11	---	---	---	---	---	e10	499	52	462	530	49	7.2
12	---	---	---	---	---	e24	412	89	358	1,220	47	5.7
13	---	---	---	---	---	e48	336	84	282	1,420	44	5.5
14	---	---	---	---	---	e58	281	65	239	1,280	42	4.7
15	---	---	---	---	---	e62	237	65	207	886	40	4.9
16	---	---	---	---	---	e66	198	55	177	595	37	8.9
17	---	---	---	---	---	e72	168	73	151	451	35	11
18	---	---	---	---	---	e70	144	100	127	399	29	10
19	---	---	---	---	---	e98	132	95	110	355	26	10
20	---	---	---	---	---	e180	122	99	100	328	22	9.1
21	---	---	---	---	---	e250	111	84	96	329	21	7.0
22	---	---	---	---	---	e275	106	78	94	326	18	25
23	---	---	---	---	---	e296	98	77	91	309	16	29
24	---	---	---	---	---	e302	96	71	92	266	16	30
25	---	---	---	---	---	e321	88	66	87	236	14	34
26	---	---	---	---	---	e440	83	64	82	210	15	36
27	---	---	---	---	---	e690	82	61	76	182	14	26
28	---	---	---	---	---	e590	79	64	70	157	11	26
29	---	---	---	---	---	e520	75	60	62	138	11	30
30	---	---	---	---	---	e620	73	65	54	117	8.8	30
31	---	---	---	---	---	684	---	167	---	103	8.0	---
TOTAL	---	---	---	---	---	5,727.2	13,469	2,143	9,492	10,212	1,193.8	545.8
MEAN	---	---	---	---	---	185	449	69.1	316	329	38.5	18.2
MAX	---	---	---	---	---	690	1,290	167	954	1,420	92	47
MIN	---	---	---	---	---	4.5	73	37	54	27	8.0	4.7
AC-FT	---	---	---	---	---	11,360	26,720	4,250	18,830	20,260	2,370	1,080
STATISTICS OF MONTHLY MEAN DATA FOR WATER YEARS 1958 - 2004, BY WATER YEAR (WY)
MEAN	12.3	11.0	4.22	1.24	0.72	136	489	140	119	218	33.5	18.2
MAX	49.1	36.2	12.2	4.30	4.85	1,040	1,708	428	478	2,375	267	65.8
(WY)	(1972)	(1972)	(1963)	(1973)	(1973)	(1966)	(1969)	(1970)	(1970)	(1975)	(1962)	(1962)
MIN	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	13.9	8.35	1.71	0.00	0.00	0.00
(WY)	(1961)	(1961)	(1961)	(1959)	(1959)	(1969)	(1959)	(1959)	(1961)	(1961)	(1960)	(1959)

SUMMARY STATISTICS	WATER YEARS 1958 - 2004
ANNUAL MEAN	a95.8
HIGHEST ANNUAL MEAN	a374
LOWEST ANNUAL MEAN	a5.98
HIGHEST DAILY MEAN	11,300 Jul 2, 1975
LOWEST DAILY MEAN	0.00 Dec 13, 1958
ANNUAL SEVEN-DAY MINIMUM	0.00 Dec 13, 1958
MAXIMUM PEAK FLOW	11,600 Jul 2, 1975
MAXIMUM PEAK STAGE	23.03 Jul 2, 1975
ANNUAL RUNOFF (AC-FT)	a69,430
10 PERCENT EXCEEDS	149
50 PERCENT EXCEEDS	7.4
90 PERCENT EXCEEDS	0.00

a Based on complete water years only (1959-75)

e Estimated