RED RIVER OF THE NORTH BASIN

05066500 GOOSE RIVER AT HILLSBORO, ND

LOCATION.--Lat 47×24'34", long 97×03'39", in NW14 sec.5, T.145 N., R.50 W., Traill County, Hydrologic Unit 09020109, on right bank 600 ft upstream from Foogman Dam in Hillsboro and 27.5 mi upstream from mouth.

DRAINAGE AREA.--1,203 mi2, of which about 110 mi2 is probably noncontributing.

WATER-DISCHARGE RECORDS

PERIOD OF RECORD.--April 1931 to current year (no winter records 1932-34). Monthly discharge only for some periods, published in WSP 1308.

GAGE.--Water-stage recorder and masonry dam. Datum of gage is 879.52 ft above National Geodetic Vertical Datum of 1929. Sept. 26, 1941, to Oct. 27, 1965, at site 600 ft downstream at same datum. See WSP 1728 or 1913 for history of changes prior to Sept. 26, 1941.

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	17	19	21	e17	e10	e14	6,400	203	1,080	93	40	77
2	16	20	20	e17	e10	e14	5,270	193	1,500	87	38	61
3	15	18	19	e16	e10	e14	4,130	183	1,550	87	36	51
4	14	19	20	e16	e10	e14	2,930	179	1,450	85	34	46
5	14	17	20	e15	e10	e14	1,820	172	1,360	99	33	45
6	13	18	20	e15	e10	e14	1,510	162	1,150	93	34	62
7	13	18	21	e15	e10	e15	1,310	153	906	88	33	112
8	17	17	21	e15	e10	e15	1,140	147	710	91	35	142
9	13	15	e20	e15	e10	e15	999	148	564	94	39	149
10	10	14	e20	e15	e11	e15	874	146	452	93	57	136
11	12	13	e20	e15	e11	e16	775	154	372	98	57	117
12	11	13	e18	e15	e12	e17	687	193	572	103	55	102
13	15	13	e17	e14	e12	e17	611	207	1,200	149	50	98
14	13	13	e17	e14	e12	e18	545	213	962	134	46	92
15	14	14	e18	e14	e12	e19	490	243	638	129	44	83
16	13	15	e18	e13	e12	e20	418	259	477	118	42	76
17	13	17	e17	e13	e12	e21	367	342	354	102	41	74
18	14	20	18	e13	e12	e22	337	372	295	92	38	72
19	16	23	18	e13	e12	e23	312	321	259	91	35	71
20	16	25	19	e13	e12	e25	297	275	235	115	33	71
21	15	27	18	e13	e12	e28	305	240	208	104	32	64
22	17	30	19	e13	e12	e34	342	216	182	93	30	63
23	17	30	19	e12	e12	e46	343	199	163	77	28	70
24	18	27	19	e12	e13	e93	326	199	144	68	40	92
25	16	26	19	e12	e13	e170	303	211	128	64	46	99
26	15	25	18	e12	e14	e510	285	200	118	59	87	127
27	18	23	19	e11	e14	e1,200	266	193	111	54	120	156
28	16	22	19	e11	e14	e2,400	253	193	105	54	128	145
29	17	21	e19	e11	e14	4,630	238	190	101	49	134	130
30	19	21	e18	e10	---	6,100	218	210	97	48	115	107
31	19	---	e17	e10	---	7,060	---	340	---	44	97	---
TOTAL	466	593	586	420	338	22,613	34,101	6,656	17,443	2,755	1,677	2,790
MEAN	15.0	19.8	18.9	13.5	11.7	729	1,137	215	581	88.9	54.1	93.0
MAX	19	30	21	17	14	7,060	6,400	372	1,550	149	134	156
MIN	10	13	17	10	10	14	218	146	97	44	28	45
AC-FT	924	1,180	1,160	833	670	44,850	67,640	13,200	34,600	5,460	3,330	5,530
STATISTICS OF MONTHLY MEAN DATA FOR WATER YEARS 1931 - 2004, BY WATER YEAR (WY)
MEAN	17.4	20.6	9.28	5.75	9.45	178	518	146	94.4	83.9	27.2	19.6
MAX	436	469	79.9	47.1	217	1,220	3,412	2,275	954	821	515	326
(WY)	(1995)	(2001)	(1995)	(2001)	(1998)	(1995)	(1997)	(1950)	(2000)	(2002)	(1993)	(1994)
MIN	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	6.51	1.12	1.35	0.00	0.00	0.00
(WY)	(1939)	(1939)	(1939)	(1939)	(1939)	(1940)	(1938)	(1939)	(1938)	(1940)	(1938)	(1938)

SUMMARY STATISTICS	FOR 2003 CALENDAR YEAR	FOR 2004 WATER YEAR	WATER YEARS 1931 - 2004
ANNUAL TOTAL	35,105.5	90,438
ANNUAL MEAN	96.2	247	96.7
HIGHEST ANNUAL MEAN			400 1999
LOWEST ANNUAL MEAN			3.47 1937
HIGHEST DAILY MEAN	1,120 Jun 26	7,060 Mar 31	14,400 Apr 21, 1979
LOWEST DAILY MEAN	2.9 Mar 10	10 Oct 10	0.00 Mar  1, 1936
ANNUAL SEVEN-DAY MINIMUM	3.1 Mar  8	10 Jan 30	0.00 Mar  1, 1936
MAXIMUM PEAK FLOW		7,180 Mar 31	14,800 Apr 21, 1979
MAXIMUM PEAK STAGE		14.40 Mar 31	16.76 Apr 21, 1979
ANNUAL RUNOFF (AC-FT)	69,630	179,400	70,070
10 PERCENT EXCEEDS	273	428	156
50 PERCENT EXCEEDS	25	35	7.1
90 PERCENT EXCEEDS	11	13	0.18

e Estimated

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