RED RIVER OF THE NORTH BASIN

05070000 RED RIVER OF THE NORTH NEAR THOMPSON, ND

LOCATION.--Lat 47×45'32", long 96×56'37", in NW14NE14 sec.5, T.149 N.,R.49 W., Grand Forks County, Hydrologic Unit 09020301, on left bank 50 ft upstream of county highway, 7.6 miles east of Thompson, and at river mile 317.7.

DRAINAGE AREA.--Not determined.

WATER-DISCHARGE RECORDS

PERIOD OF RECORD.--March 1999 to current year. Gage heights and maximum discharge only, March 1999 to September 2003.

GAGE.--Water stage recorder. Datum of gage is 779.00 ft above National Geodetic Vertical Datum of 1929 (levels by Grand Forks County Highway Department).

EXTREMES FOR PERIOD OF RECORD.--Maximum discharge, about 41,000 ft3/s, Apr. 14, 2001, gage height, 57.66 ft; minimum recorded gage height, 15.12 ft., Sept. 12, 2003.

EXTREMES OUTSIDE PERIOD OF RECORD.--A peak stage from floodmarks of 67.74 ft for spring 1997 and 63.66 ft for spring 1979, from U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.

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	362	440	e410	e400	e320	e425	23,400	2,570	8,080	2,250	e1,500	e570
2	311	442	e390	e404	e315	e435	21,600	2,370	9,720	2,190	e1,350	e530
3	304	455	e380	e420	e320	e440	19,300	2,200	10,600	2,130	e1,200	e490
4	284	432	e370	e420	e330	e450	16,300	2,100	10,900	2,040	e1,100	e470
5	257	410	e370	e420	e340	e520	13,100	1,990	10,700	1,950	e1,030	e460
6	248	388	e360	e420	e340	e580	10,500	1,880	10,300	1,980	e970	e600
7	227	385	e360	e420	e340	e610	8,780	1,700	9,820	1,950	e950	962
8	220	e396	e350	e407	e340	e640	7,720	1,580	9,340	2,010	e980	3,670
9	259	415	e350	e395	e355	e670	6,990	1,490	8,720	2,190	e1,150	5,740
10	282	431	e340	e380	e360	e695	6,510	1,450	8,030	2,150	e1,350	6,060
11	355	453	e330	e367	e360	e700	6,180	1,450	7,300	2,140	e1,350	5,450
12	377	463	e320	e359	e355	e715	5,850	2,190	6,650	2,460	e1,300	4,570
13	391	445	e320	e348	e350	e750	5,560	4,350	6,120	4,170	e1,220	3,810
14	440	467	e320	e347	e345	e810	5,330	5,060	5,990	6,140	e1,180	3,280
15	498	511	e320	e349	e345	e900	5,170	5,580	5,850	6,700	e1,150	2,920
16	478	543	e320	e349	e350	e1,010	5,040	5,420	5,580	6,460	e1,030	2,610
17	434	581	e320	e348	e360	e1,130	4,920	4,670	5,310	5,920	e980	2,340
18	425	615	e320	e344	e360	e1,270	4,830	3,920	5,050	5,160	e910	2,140
19	405	644	e320	e344	e355	e1,380	4,760	3,420	4,770	4,570	e850	1,990
20	416	680	e320	e344	e350	e1,500	4,720	3,280	4,520	4,040	e770	1,910
21	422	647	e320	e344	e345	e1,620	4,730	3,330	4,300	3,550	e730	1,890
22	441	e560	e325	e341	e350	e2,010	4,700	3,430	4,040	3,190	e700	1,950
23	437	e430	e345	e341	e355	e2,450	4,560	3,270	3,770	2,950	e740	2,090
24	462	e340	e365	e341	e365	e2,980	4,240	3,040	3,540	2,750	e790	2,160
25	457	e355	e365	e338	e375	e4,020	3,890	2,890	3,310	2,580	e800	2,370
26	432	e410	e360	e330	e385	e7,030	3,630	2,770	3,100	2,390	e760	2,990
27	431	e470	e370	e325	e395	e13,000	3,430	2,710	2,900	2,190	e740	3,640
28	472	e480	e390	e320	e405	e16,800	3,250	2,620	2,680	2,010	e760	4,050
29	439	e460	e390	e320	e415	21,900	3,070	2,550	2,480	1,840	e730	4,240
30	434	e430	e390	e325	---	24,300	2,840	2,890	2,350	1,700	e670	4,260
31	449	---	e390	e325	---	25,200	---	5,480	---	1,650	e610	---
TOTAL	11,849	14,178	10,900	11,235	10,280	136,940	224,900	93,650	185,820	95,400	30,350	80,212
MEAN	382	473	352	362	354	4,417	7,497	3,021	6,194	3,077	979	2,674
MAX	498	680	410	420	415	25,200	23,400	5,580	10,900	6,700	1,500	6,060
MIN	220	340	320	320	315	425	2,840	1,450	2,350	1,650	610	460
AC-FT	23,500	28,120	21,620	22,280	20,390	271,600	446,100	185,800	368,600	189,200	60,200	159,100
STATISTICS OF MONTHLY MEAN DATA FOR WATER YEARS 2004 - 2004, BY WATER YEAR (WY)
MEAN	382	473	352	362	354	4,417	7,497	3,021	6,194	3,077	979	2,674
MAX	382	473	352	362	354	4,417	7,497	3,021	6,194	3,077	979	2,674
(WY)	(2004)	(2004)	(2004)	(2004)	(2004)	(2004)	(2004)	(2004)	(2004)	(2004)	(2004)	(2004)
MIN	382	473	352	362	354	4,417	7,497	3,021	6,194	3,077	979	2,674
(WY)	(2004)	(2004)	(2004)	(2004)	(2004)	(2004)	(2004)	(2004)	(2004)	(2004)	(2004)	(2004)

SUMMARY STATISTICS	FOR 2004 WATER YEAR
ANNUAL TOTAL	905,714
ANNUAL MEAN	2,475
HIGHEST DAILY MEAN	25,200 Mar 31
LOWEST DAILY MEAN	220 Oct 8
ANNUAL SEVEN-DAY MINIMUM	254 Oct 4
MAXIMUM PEAK FLOW	25,400 Mar 31
MAXIMUM PEAK STAGE	47.27 Mar 31
ANNUAL RUNOFF (AC-FT)	1,796,000
10 PERCENT EXCEEDS	5,870
50 PERCENT EXCEEDS	805
90 PERCENT EXCEEDS	340

e Estimated

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