RED RIVER OF THE NORTH BASIN
05085000 FOREST RIVER AT MINTO, ND
LOCATION.--Lat 48
×16'10", long 97
×22'10", in SE
14 sec.31, T.156
N., R.52 W., Walsh County, Hydrologic Unit 09020308, on right bank 30 ft upstream from dam in Minto, 150 ft upstream from Burlington Northern Railway bridge, and 900 ft east of U.S. Highway
81.
DRAINAGE AREA.--740 mi
2, of which about 120 mi
2 is probably noncontributing.
PERIOD OF RECORD.--April 1944 to current year.
REVISED RECORDS.--WSP 1438: 1948-50. WSP 1728: Drainage area.
GAGE.--Water-stage recorder. Datum of gage is 806.95 ft above National Geodetic Vertical Datum of 1929. Prior to July 15, 1954, nonrecording gage at site 400 ft upstream
at same datum.
REMARKS.--Records good except for estimated daily discharges, which are poor. Occasionally during high stages, particularly when the channel is filled with snow, overflow
occurs 0.5 mi below the municipality of Forest River and bypasses the gage 3 mi south of Minto and flows into Lake Ardoch. Bypass flow is not included in computation of discharge record for
station at Minto.
Discharge, cubic feet per second
WATER YEAR OCTOBER 2003 TO SEPTEMBER 2004
