RED RIVER OF THE NORTH BASIN

05084000 FOREST RIVER NEAR FORDVILLE, ND

LOCATION.--Lat 48×11'50", long 97×43'49", on line between secs.32 and 33, T.155 N., R.55 W., Walsh County, Hydrologic Unit 09020308, on right bank 50 ft upstream from highway bridge, 0.5 mi downstream from South Branch, and 3 mi southeast of Fordville.

DRAINAGE AREA.--456 mi2, of which about 120 mi2 is probably noncontributing.

WATER-DISCHARGE RECORDS

PERIOD OF RECORD.--April 1940 to current year.

GAGE.--Water-stage recorder. Elevation of gage is 1,035 ft above National Geodetic Vertical Datum of 1929, from topographic map. Prior to July 21, 1951, nonrecording gage at site 50 ft downstream at same datum.

REMARKS.--Records good except for estimated daily discharges, which are poor. Some regulation of high flows by temporary retention in several retarding basins above station. Retarding basins have a combined capacity of about 14,000 acre-ft.

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	13	15	e10	e7.9	e8.7	e8.2	1,150	133	240	35	22	15
2	13	15	e10	e7.9	e8.7	e8.1	1,080	121	221	34	e21	17
3	14	15	e10	e7.9	e8.8	e8.4	982	116	211	35	e20	16
4	14	16	e10	e7.9	e8.7	e8.1	872	109	205	34	e19	17
5	14	15	e9.7	e8.3	e8.6	e8.0	815	105	199	38	e19	18
6	14	14	e9.1	e9.0	e8.8	e8.1	773	98	190	44	e19	22
7	15	e14	e8.7	e9.3	e8.8	e7.8	742	93	182	40	e18	25
8	13	e14	e8.2	e9.3	e8.8	e8.1	745	83	165	37	e16	24
9	13	e14	e8.0	e9.3	e8.8	e8.3	678	75	148	41	e19	21
10	14	e14	e8.0	e9.3	e8.6	e8.0	619	70	131	40	e17	20
11	15	e14	e8.0	e9.4	e8.4	e7.9	581	71	123	39	e16	18
12	15	e13	e8.0	e9.5	e8.4	e8.3	550	98	116	37	e16	17
13	14	e13	e8.0	e9.3	e8.2	e8.0	526	113	108	36	e15	17
14	15	e13	e8.0	e9.4	e8.3	e7.9	516	115	105	34	e15	17
15	14	e13	e8.0	e9.6	e8.4	e7.9	506	109	102	32	e15	18
16	13	e13	e8.0	e9.5	e8.1	e8.2	494	108	102	31	e14	17
17	13	e13	e8.0	e9.4	e8.1	e8.3	479	104	99	30	e14	17
18	13	e13	e8.0	e9.4	e8.2	e8.1	462	101	86	30	e14	16
19	14	e13	e8.3	e9.4	e8.2	e8.6	445	96	75	30	e12	15
20	14	e13	e8.7	e9.2	e8.4	e8.6	421	92	71	28	12	15
21	15	e12	e8.7	e9.2	e8.3	e8.4	393	82	67	28	12	17
22	14	e11	e8.7	e9.1	e8.5	e8.4	356	77	63	28	12	17
23	14	e11	e8.7	e9.3	e8.0	e9.6	327	73	61	28	12	19
24	14	e11	e8.7	e9.1	e8.0	e9.6	299	70	55	26	13	22
25	14	e11	e8.7	e9.1	e8.2	e60	286	74	52	24	13	32
26	14	e11	e8.7	e9.2	e8.4	e400	258	72	50	23	16	34
27	15	e11	e8.7	e9.2	e8.1	e70	231	69	47	22	19	32
28	18	e11	e8.5	e9.0	e8.4	4,960	204	64	45	26	19	30
29	17	e10	e7.9	e8.8	e8.1	2,870	177	63	42	23	17	28
30	16	e10	e7.9	e8.7	---	1,220	153	77	38	23	16	26
31	16	---	e7.9	e8.9	---	1,160	---	148	---	23	14	---
TOTAL	444	386	265.8	279.8	244.0	10,938.9	16,120	2,879	3,399	979	496	619
MEAN	14.3	12.9	8.57	9.03	8.41	353	537	92.9	113	31.6	16.0	20.6
MAX	18	16	10	9.6	8.8	4,960	1,150	148	240	44	22	34
MIN	13	10	7.9	7.9	8.0	7.8	153	63	38	22	12	15
AC-FT	881	766	527	555	484	21,700	31,970	5,710	6,740	1,940	984	1,230
STATISTICS OF MONTHLY MEAN DATA FOR WATER YEARS 1940 - 2004, BY WATER YEAR (WY)
MEAN	10.7	9.97	8.07	6.97	8.11	71.1	212	70.0	37.7	28.6	14.0	9.49
MAX	57.9	36.5	19.3	16.3	38.4	353	1,182	1,037	255	232	280	53.3
(WY)	(1983)	(2001)	(1998)	(1986)	(1998)	(2004)	(1950)	(1950)	(1964)	(1982)	(1993)	(1993)
MIN	1.52	2.03	2.06	2.70	1.21	4.07	9.46	7.07	2.74	3.34	1.64	0.91
(WY)	(1941)	(1941)	(1941)	(1941)	(1963)	(1941)	(1991)	(1961)	(1940)	(1941)	(1945)	(1940)

SUMMARY STATISTICS	FOR 2003 CALENDAR YEAR	FOR 2004 WATER YEAR	WATER YEARS 1940 - 2004
ANNUAL TOTAL	14,573.8	37,050.5
ANNUAL MEAN	39.9	101	40.9
HIGHEST ANNUAL MEAN			193 1950
LOWEST ANNUAL MEAN			6.37 1990
HIGHEST DAILY MEAN	353 Apr 10	4,960 Mar 28	10,900 Apr 18, 1950
LOWEST DAILY MEAN	7.4 Sep  5	7.8 Mar  7	0.00 Apr  1, 1940
ANNUAL SEVEN-DAY MINIMUM	8.0 Aug 31	7.9 Dec 29	0.00 Apr  1, 1940
MAXIMUM PEAK FLOW		6,180 Mar 28	a16,400 Apr 18, 1950
MAXIMUM PEAK STAGE		11.26 Mar 28	b14.48 Apr 18, 1950
ANNUAL RUNOFF (AC-FT)	28,910	73,490	29,640
10 PERCENT EXCEEDS	99	204	59
50 PERCENT EXCEEDS	14	15	9.2
90 PERCENT EXCEEDS	8.3	8.2	3.9

a From ratng curve extended above 5,600 ft3/s on basis of indirect measurement b From floodmark e Estimated

U.S. Department of the Interior || U.S. Geological Survey Maintainer: Webmaster Privacy || Disclaimer|| Accessibility || FOIA