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RED RIVER OF THE NORTH BASIN
05060500 RUSH RIVER AT AMENIA, ND
LOCATION.--Lat 47×01'00", long 97×12'50", in SE14NW14 sec.24, T.141 N., R.52 W., Cass County, Hydrologic Unit 09020204, on left bank on downstream side of bridge on State Highway 18 and 0.6 mi north of Amenia.
DRAINAGE AREA.--116 mi2.
WATER-DISCHARGE RECORDS
PERIOD OF RECORD.--August 1946 to current year.
REVISED RECORDS.--WSP 1728: Drainage area.
GAGE.--Water-stage recorder. Elevation of gage is 943 ft above National Geodetic Vertical Datum of 1929, from topographic map. See WSP 1913 for history of changes prior to June 10, 1961.
REMARKS.--Records good except for estimated daily discharges, which are poor.
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
0.24
1.5
e1.1
e0.59
e0.34
e0.88
164
5.2
348
0.71
5.8
0.07
2
0.20
1.4
e1.1
e0.56
e0.32
e0.92
119
4.3
308
0.76
5.3
0.09
3
0.16
1.5
e0.95
e0.57
e0.36
e1.0
90
3.9
121
1.3
4.9
0.09
4
0.13
1.5
e0.93
e0.60
e0.36
e1.0
74
4.2
68
1.9
6.1
0.23
5
0.10
1.5
e0.93
e0.54
e0.42
e1.0
62
3.8
47
2.3
7.0
0.85
6
0.07
1.4
e0.88
e0.53
e0.43
e1.0
49
3.2
35
2.1
5.5
1.6
7
0.05
1.3
e0.92
e0.52
e0.45
e1.1
43
2.6
25
2.6
4.6
1.7
8
0.04
1.2
e0.88
e0.46
e0.43
e1.0
37
2.9
19
6.1
3.3
2.9
9
0.03
1.1
e0.90
e0.51
e0.47
e1.1
32
3.2
15
6.0
4.0
2.6
10
0.03
1.1
e0.78
e0.54
e0.45
e1.2
26
3.1
12
7.9
4.7
1.8
11
0.08
1.1
e0.78
e0.55
e0.46
e1.2
22
4.5
9.6
582
4.0
1.4
12
0.11
1.2
e0.79
e0.50
e0.49
e1.4
19
18
12
432
3.2
1.3
13
0.19
1.2
e0.80
e0.50
e0.48
e1.9
14
33
12
225
2.4
1.1
14
0.26
1.3
e0.78
e0.46
e0.45
e2.1
14
21
7.8
105
1.7
1.1
15
0.27
1.5
e0.71
e0.46
e0.51
e3.0
13
15
6.5
54
1.4
1.1
16
0.72
1.6
e0.66
e0.44
e0.47
e3.8
13
11
5.7
33
1.1
1.1
17
0.96
1.8
e0.59
e0.42
e0.48
e4.7
11
9.4
6.2
23
0.86
2.6
18
0.67
2.1
e0.59
e0.40
e0.49
e5.8
11
8.0
5.6
18
0.80
3.8
19
0.52
2.6
e0.57
e0.41
e0.53
e7.5
11
7.3
4.5
22
0.57
3.2
20
0.48
2.9
e0.58
e0.45
e0.56
e10
11
7.5
3.6
36
0.39
2.9
21
0.36
2.8
e0.54
e0.42
e0.60
e23
11
8.1
3.0
28
0.34
3.1
22
0.34
2.7
e0.50
e0.41
e0.63
e48
11
10
2.6
20
0.34
6.0
23
0.34
2.4
e0.50
e0.36
e0.60
e56
11
7.7
2.5
16
0.13
5.6
24
0.34
2.2
e0.50
e0.37
e0.64
e220
10
6.8
2.2
12
0.23
6.4
25
0.28
1.8
e0.47
e0.37
e0.70
e300
8.3
7.4
1.8
9.5
0.91
7.5
26
0.33
1.6
e0.50
e0.37
e0.74
e330
7.5
9.7
1.7
7.7
0.36
7.9
27
0.41
1.4
e0.52
e0.41
e0.81
332
7.1
9.6
1.6
6.6
0.17
6.0
28
0.41
1.4
e0.55
e0.34
e0.81
945
6.6
7.5
1.4
6.1
0.15
4.4
29
0.46
1.3
e0.52
e0.34
e0.84
707
5.8
6.4
1.3
6.1
0.11
3.3
30
0.59
e1.2
e0.63
e0.34
---
345
5.1
6.6
0.96
5.3
0.09
2.8
31
1.3
---
e0.52
e0.34
---
236
---
44
---
5.1
0.09
---
TOTAL
10.47
49.6
21.97
14.08
15.32
3,593.60
918.4
294.9
1,090.56
1,684.07
70.54
84.53
MEAN
0.34
1.65
0.71
0.45
0.53
116
30.6
9.51
36.4
54.3
2.28
2.82
MAX
1.3
2.9
1.1
0.60
0.84
945
164
44
348
582
7.0
7.9
MIN
0.03
1.1
0.47
0.34
0.32
0.88
5.1
2.6
0.96
0.71
0.09
0.07
AC-FT
21
98
44
28
30
7,130
1,820
585
2,160
3,340
140
168
STATISTICS OF MONTHLY MEAN DATA FOR WATER YEARS 1946 - 2004, BY WATER YEAR (WY)
MEAN
2.16
1.62
0.64
0.23
1.76
29.8
70.0
14.3
14.4
12.6
1.40
2.19
MAX
50.7
22.1
12.5
2.84
84.2
200
531
81.3
123
168
22.3
47.3
(WY)
(1995)
(2001)
(1999)
(1997)
(1998)
(1999)
(1997)
(1950)
(1998)
(1993)
(1993)
(1996)
MIN
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
1.12
0.12
0.01
0.00
0.00
0.00
(WY)
(1949)
(1953)
(1950)
(1947)
(1947)
(1948)
(1981)
(1955)
(1988)
(1955)
(1946)
(1946)
 












 












 












 













SUMMARY STATISTICS
FOR 2003 CALENDAR YEAR
FOR 2004 WATER YEAR
WATER YEARS 1946 - 2004
ANNUAL TOTAL
3,145.55
7,848.04

ANNUAL MEAN
8.62
21.4
12.6
HIGHEST ANNUAL MEAN


62.9 1997
LOWEST ANNUAL MEAN


0.68 1977
HIGHEST DAILY MEAN
540 Jun 26
945 Mar 28
3,160 Apr 19, 1979
LOWEST DAILY MEAN
0.00 Mar  2
0.03 Oct  9
0.00 Aug  1, 1946
ANNUAL SEVEN-DAY MINIMUM
0.00 Mar  2
0.06 Oct  5
0.00 Aug  1, 1946
MAXIMUM PEAK FLOW

1,070 Mar 28
a3,490 Apr 19, 1979
MAXIMUM PEAK STAGE

9.08 Mar 28
b12.15 Mar 23, 1966
ANNUAL RUNOFF (AC-FT)
6,240
15,570
9,110
10 PERCENT EXCEEDS
16
25
16
50 PERCENT EXCEEDS
0.80
1.5
0.20
90 PERCENT EXCEEDS
0.00
0.34
0.00

a Gage height, 10.37 ft
b Backwater from ice
e Estimated


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