RED RIVER OF THE NORTH BASIN

05083500 RED RIVER OF THE NORTH AT OSLO, MN

LOCATION.--Lat 48×11'38", long 97×08'25", in SW14SW14 sec.36, T.154 N., R.50 W., Marshall County, MN, Hydrologic Unit 09020306, on bridge crossing the Red River of the North, 0.5 mi west of Oslo, and at mile 271.2.

DRAINAGE AREA.--31,200 mi2, approximately, including 3,800 mi2 in closed basins.

GAGE-HEIGHT RECORDS

PERIOD OF RECORD.--1936-37, 1941-47 (high-water periods only), April 1948 to September 1960 (spring and summer months only), October 1973 to September 1976, October 1984 to September 2001 (peak gage height and discharge only), April 2002 to current year (gage height and maximum discharge only).

GAGE.--Water stage recorder. Datum of gage is 772.79 ft above National Geodetic Vertical Datum of 1929. Prior to September 1959 at datum 5.00 ft higher.

EXTREMES FOR PERIOD OF RECORD.--Maximum discharge, 120,000 ft3/s, Apr. 23, 1997, gage height, 38.00 ft (observed).

EXTREMES FOR CURRENT YEAR.--Maximum discharge, 36,000 ft3/s, gage height, 35.35 ft, Apr. 1, from floodmark; minimum gage height, 3.95 ft, Oct. 9.

Gage height, feet 

WATER YEAR OCTOBER 2003 TO SEPTEMBER 2004

DAILY MEAN VALUES

DAY	OCT	NOV	DEC	JAN	FEB	MAR	APR	MAY	JUN	JUL	AUG	SEP
1	4.31	4.57	5.02	5.36	5.31	6.21	---	10.87	22.23	9.24	7.54	6.50
2	4.25	4.58	4.90	5.42	5.33	6.25	---	10.38	25.71	9.12	7.36	6.10
3	4.12	4.53	4.94	5.47	5.34	6.32	---	10.04	27.29	9.08	7.04	5.75
4	4.08	4.54	5.04	5.51	5.33	6.41	---	9.60	27.70	9.06	6.66	5.59
5	4.07	4.42	5.14	5.53	5.31	6.56	---	9.27	27.39	8.77	6.48	5.60
6	4.03	4.37	5.22	5.52	5.32	6.76	31.33	8.78	26.70	8.70	6.41	6.11
7	4.01	4.48	5.23	5.48	5.35	6.94	29.44	8.46	25.84	8.75	6.31	6.20
8	3.99	4.39	5.21	5.43	5.38	7.04	27.67	8.02	24.93	8.72	6.29	7.67
9	3.97	4.46	5.19	5.40	5.41	7.09	26.16	7.82	23.95	9.06	6.33	11.90
10	4.03	4.45	5.19	5.41	5.47	7.20	24.91	7.46	22.89	9.31	6.68	14.17
11	4.07	4.48	5.23	5.41	5.53	7.33	---	7.44	21.71	9.27	6.96	14.54
12	4.21	4.58	5.23	5.41	5.57	7.36	---	9.65	20.52	9.13	6.99	13.86
13	4.30	4.67	5.17	5.37	5.58	7.37	21.90	13.64	19.35	10.08	6.98	12.79
14	4.37	4.64	5.09	5.32	5.53	7.51	20.66	18.73	18.43	12.73	6.99	11.81
15	4.52	4.62	5.05	5.28	5.52	7.71	19.46	21.13	17.93	15.19	6.93	11.03
16	4.68	4.68	5.04	5.27	5.50	8.01	18.27	21.88	17.52	16.09	6.76	10.40
17	4.62	4.80	5.03	5.27	5.53	8.34	17.13	21.05	17.11	---	6.60	9.80
18	4.47	4.90	5.03	5.27	5.58	8.61	16.10	19.89	16.55	---	6.38	9.29
19	4.37	4.94	5.04	5.23	5.63	8.85	15.39	18.86	15.92	12.82	6.15	9.01
20	4.31	4.97	5.05	5.22	5.67	9.20	14.78	17.79	15.35	---	5.98	9.02
21	4.29	5.12	5.07	5.24	5.70	9.43	14.48	---	14.73	---	5.86	9.12
22	4.32	5.15	5.11	5.27	5.73	9.73	14.33	---	14.16	---	5.71	9.07
23	4.41	5.09	5.16	5.26	5.74	10.35	14.17	---	13.40	---	5.65	9.44
24	4.54	5.33	5.11	5.30	5.79	11.31	13.83	---	12.57	---	5.67	10.04
25	4.51	5.61	5.06	5.33	5.86	12.86	13.31	---	11.98	---	5.67	10.47
26	4.54	5.26	5.04	5.35	5.93	15.66	12.83	---	11.58	---	6.02	11.34
27	4.55	5.25	5.10	5.35	6.00	20.00	12.42	---	11.20	8.77	6.68	12.50
28	4.55	5.33	5.19	5.33	6.09	25.75	12.04	---	10.66	8.46	7.43	13.34
29	4.61	5.34	5.24	5.33	6.16	30.28	11.71	12.66	9.99	8.18	7.63	13.67
30	4.55	5.21	5.29	5.33	---	---	11.36	13.23	9.54	7.92	7.26	13.70
31	4.51	---	5.34	5.32	---	---	---	16.74	---	7.70	6.91	---
MEAN	4.33	4.83	5.12	5.35	5.59	---	---	---	18.49	---	6.59	9.99
MAX	4.68	5.61	5.34	5.53	6.16	---	---	---	27.70	---	7.63	14.54
MIN	3.97	4.37	4.90	5.22	5.31	---	---	---	9.54	---	5.65	5.59

Miscellaneous discharge measurements for Red River of the North at Oslo, MN

Date	Discharge
April 1, 2004	35,900
May 12, 2004	3,590

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