RED RIVER OF THE NORTH BASIN

05080000 RED LAKE RIVER AT FISHER, MN

LOCATION.--Lat 47×48'01", long 96×48'31", in SW14NE14 sec. 21, T.150 N., R.48 W., Polk County, Hydrologic Unit 09020303, on left bank 10 ft upstream from bridge on county highway, 0.3 mi west of Fisher and at river mile 27.6.

DRAINAGE AREA.--5,680 mi2.

WATER-DISCHARGE RECORDS

PERIOD OF RECORD.--Mar. to Sept. 1999 (gage heights and maximum discharge only), Oct. 1, 1999, to current year.

GAGE.--Water-stage recorder. Datum of gage is 800.00 ft above sea level (levels by Minnesota Department of Transportation).

REMARKS.-- Records good except for estimated daily discharges, which are poor. Runoff from 1,950 mi2 of Red Lake River Basin above Lower Red Lake outlet is completely comtrolled by dam at outlet of Lower Red Lake. Flow partially affected by occasional runoff of Thief and Mud Lakes in Thief River Basin.

EXTREMES OUTSIDE PERIOD OF RECORD.-- A stage of 41.00 ft occurred in spring of 1997 (from information provided by the National Weather Service).

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	149	174	e140	e170	e115	e125	6,890	1,040	10,800	1,300	460	494
2	147	175	e155	e170	e115	e125	6,220	1,030	9,760	1,290	460	460
3	150	e175	e165	e165	e110	e125	5,410	884	7,380	1,250	448	509
4	147	e165	e165	e160	e110	e120	4,310	892	5,610	1,290	424	512
5	153	e150	e165	e160	e110	e120	3,520	835	4,420	1,260	403	492
6	139	e140	e165	e160	e110	e125	2,820	694	3,710	1,300	410	533
7	130	e130	e165	e160	e110	e130	2,090	606	3,440	1,390	476	562
8	141	e130	e165	e165	e110	e135	1,800	509	3,270	1,440	425	737
9	119	e130	e165	e170	e110	e140	1,640	439	3,110	1,480	424	1,010
10	144	e145	e160	e175	e110	e140	1,690	447	2,940	1,440	450	1,080
11	142	e160	e155	e175	e115	e140	1,530	454	2,730	1,200	467	989
12	195	e190	e145	e175	e115	e145	1,420	1,480	2,620	1,220	516	949
13	153	e190	e145	e170	e115	e145	1,320	6,870	2,470	1,240	566	909
14	190	e150	e145	e170	e110	e155	1,220	9,410	2,330	1,310	544	886
15	191	e170	e145	e165	e110	e165	1,250	8,680	2,250	1,320	515	814
16	168	e175	e145	e165	e110	e175	1,280	6,760	2,200	1,190	516	769
17	140	e180	e150	e160	e110	e175	1,370	5,420	2,150	1,150	458	663
18	123	e190	e150	e150	e115	e175	1,480	4,730	2,080	997	441	789
19	134	e200	e150	e145	e115	e180	1,430	4,040	1,970	914	421	965
20	132	e210	e150	e145	e115	e180	1,360	3,890	1,920	903	387	1,070
21	164	e210	e155	e145	e115	e190	1,400	4,440	1,880	856	367	1,100
22	165	e175	e160	e140	e115	e210	1,300	4,140	1,840	744	361	1,320
23	161	e160	e165	e135	e115	e250	1,280	3,600	1,790	556	345	1,620
24	133	e155	e165	e135	e115	e350	1,230	3,250	1,730	643	353	1,840
25	131	e155	e170	e135	e120	e550	1,250	3,080	1,720	572	352	2,130
26	153	e150	e170	e135	e120	e1,150	1,250	3,000	1,650	572	653	2,240
27	159	e135	e170	e130	e120	e2,150	1,250	2,960	1,490	539	1,260	2,170
28	160	e135	e175	e125	e125	e5,200	1,200	2,950	1,250	534	1,090	1,870
29	139	e135	e175	e120	e125	e8,200	1,210	2,890	1,220	549	834	1,680
30	174	e140	e175	e115	---	e8,100	1,080	4,110	1,190	490	661	1,580
31	181	---	e170	e115	---	e7,800	---	8,510	---	466	570	---
TOTAL	4,707	4,879	4,940	4,705	3,310	37,070	62,500	102,040	92,920	31,405	16,057	32,742
MEAN	152	163	159	152	114	1,196	2,083	3,292	3,097	1,013	518	1,091
MAX	195	210	175	175	125	8,200	6,890	9,410	10,800	1,480	1,260	2,240
MIN	119	130	140	115	110	120	1,080	439	1,190	466	345	460
AC-FT	9,340	9,680	9,800	9,330	6,570	73,530	124,000	202,400	184,300	62,290	31,850	64,940
STATISTICS OF MONTHLY MEAN DATA FOR WATER YEARS 2000 - 2004, BY WATER YEAR (WY)
MEAN	1,193	1,801	1,007	751	677	1,323	2,954	2,262	3,312	2,338	1,555	1,292
MAX	2,261	4,103	1,582	1,187	1,106	2,280	8,063	3,666	6,374	5,711	3,188	2,878
(WY)	(2000)	(2001)	(2002)	(2001)	(2001)	(2000)	(2001)	(2001)	(2002)	(2002)	(2001)	(2002)
MIN	152	163	159	152	114	917	594	750	1,398	674	208	164
(WY)	(2004)	(2004)	(2004)	(2004)	(2004)	(2002)	(2003)	(2003)	(2003)	(2003)	(2003)	(2003)

SUMMARY STATISTICS	FOR 2003 CALENDAR YEAR	FOR 2004 WATER YEAR	WATER YEARS 2000 - 2004
ANNUAL TOTAL	178,351	397,275
ANNUAL MEAN	489	1,085	1,706
HIGHEST ANNUAL MEAN			2,591 2001
LOWEST ANNUAL MEAN			672 2003
HIGHEST DAILY MEAN	4,060 Jun 27	10,800 Jun  1	22,200 Apr 10, 2001
LOWEST DAILY MEAN	101 Sep  9	a110 Feb  3	101 Sep  9, 2003
ANNUAL SEVEN-DAY MINIMUM	126 Sep  5	110 Feb  3	110 Feb  3, 2004
MAXIMUM PEAK FLOW		11,000 Jun  1	24,500 Apr 10, 2001
MAXIMUM PEAK STAGE		30.23 Jun  1	38.00 Apr 10, 2001
ANNUAL RUNOFF (AC-FT)	353,800	788,000	1,236,000
ANNUAL RUNOFF (CFSM)	0.086	0.191	0.300
ANNUAL RUNOFF (INCHES)	1.17	2.60	4.08
10 PERCENT EXCEEDS	1,010	2,940	3,480
50 PERCENT EXCEEDS	235	406	1,200
90 PERCENT EXCEEDS	145	125	175

a Also occurred Feb. 4-10 and Feb 14-17 e Estimated

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