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RED RIVER OF THE NORTH BASIN

05090000 PARK RIVER AT GRAFTON, ND

LOCATION.--Lat 48×25'29", long 97×24'42", in NE14 sec.13, T.157 N., R.53 W., Walsh County, Hydrologic Unit 09020310, on right bank just upstream of U.S. Highway 81 bridge in Grafton and 3.5 mi downstream from South Branch Park River.

DRAINAGE AREA.--695 mi2, approximately.

WATER-DISCHARGE RECORDS

PERIOD OF RECORD.--May 1931 to current year. Monthly discharge only for some periods, published in WSP 1308.

REVISED RECORDS.--WSP 955: 1941. WSP 1438: 1932, 1933(M), 1936-37(M), 1939(M), 1944. WSP 1728: Drainage area.

GAGE.--Water-stage recorder. Datum of gage is 811.00 ft above National Geodetic Vertical Datum of 1929. Prior to Oct. 1, 1984, gage located on right bank 30 ft upstream of Wakeman Avenue bridge. Datum of gage was 807.39 ft. Prior to Sept. 30, 1940, nonrecording gage at site 30 ft downstream at same datum. Oct. 1, 1940, to Sept. 17, 1946, nonrecording gage at site 2 mi downstream above masonry dam at same datum. Sept. 18, 1946, to July 25, 1952, nonrecording gage at site 30 ft downstream at same datum.

REMARKS.--Records good except for discharges below 1.0 ft3/s and 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	e0.10	e0.10	e0.10	e0.05	e0.04	e0.11	3,700	131	475	48	11	29
2	e0.10	e0.10	e0.10	e0.05	e0.04	e0.11	3,400	115	704	54	10	41
3	e0.10	e0.10	e0.10	e0.05	e0.04	e0.11	3,160	108	734	67	9.8	31
4	e0.10	e0.10	e0.10	e0.05	e0.04	e0.11	2,680	101	665	83	8.6	24
5	e0.10	e0.10	e0.10	e0.05	e0.04	e0.11	2,170	96	526	153	8.1	23
6	e0.10	e0.10	e0.10	e0.05	e0.04	e0.12	1,660	93	408	182	8.5	30
7	e0.10	e0.10	e0.10	e0.05	e0.04	e0.12	1,140	82	323	156	9.6	31
8	e0.10	e0.10	e0.10	e0.05	e0.04	e0.13	1,070	82	270	162	8.4	30
9	e0.10	e0.10	e0.09	e0.05	e0.04	e0.14	1,120	106	231	157	9.3	30
10	e0.10	e0.10	e0.08	e0.05	e0.04	e0.14	1,050	107	218	138	7.4	29
11	e0.10	e0.10	e0.07	e0.05	e0.04	e0.14	887	110	207	112	7.0	27
12	e0.10	e0.10	e0.06	e0.05	e0.04	e0.18	633	129	180	103	8.7	31
13	e0.10	e0.10	e0.05	e0.05	e0.04	e0.25	536	172	156	93	9.1	33
14	e0.10	e0.10	e0.05	e0.05	e0.04	e0.50	468	278	133	84	9.0	35
15	e0.10	e0.10	e0.05	e0.05	e0.04	e2.7	426	392	130	74	8.9	29
16	e0.10	e0.10	e0.05	e0.05	e0.04	e3.0	395	427	129	61	8.3	21
17	e0.10	e0.10	e0.05	e0.05	e0.05	e3.3	382	405	121	52	8.0	15
18	e0.10	e0.10	e0.05	e0.05	e0.05	e3.6	360	363	117	46	6.6	8.2
19	e0.10	e0.10	e0.05	e0.05	e0.05	e3.7	342	317	107	41	4.8	5.7
20	e0.10	e0.10	e0.05	e0.05	e0.05	e3.9	346	279	95	38	4.8	5.0
21	e0.10	e0.10	e0.05	e0.05	e0.06	e4.0	329	248	91	36	4.8	4.8
22	e0.10	e0.10	e0.05	e0.05	e0.06	e4.2	303	230	72	31	4.4	5.2
23	e0.10	e0.10	e0.05	e0.05	e0.07	e4.4	289	240	76	26	5.4	6.1
24	e0.10	e0.10	e0.05	e0.05	e0.07	e5.0	262	219	69	20	5.6	9.2
25	e0.10	e0.10	e0.05	e0.05	e0.07	e7.0	235	203	62	18	5.2	16
26	e0.10	e0.10	e0.05	e0.05	e0.08	e30	208	191	54	16	6.8	33
27	e0.10	e0.10	e0.05	e0.05	e0.09	e300	185	179	53	16	9.2	31
28	e0.10	e0.10	e0.05	e0.05	e0.10	e2,100	173	183	53	17	7.7	34
29	e0.10	e0.10	e0.05	e0.04	e0.11	e4,200	162	177	56	14	12	26
30	e0.10	e0.10	e0.05	e0.04	---	e5,000	140	183	53	12	12	24
31	e0.10	---	e0.05	e0.04	---	4,450	---	234	---	11	12	---
TOTAL	3.10	3.00	2.05	1.52	1.55	16,127.07	28,211	6,180	6,568	2,121	251.0	697.2
MEAN	0.10	0.10	0.07	0.05	0.05	520	940	199	219	68.4	8.10	23.2
MAX	0.10	0.10	0.10	0.05	0.11	5,000	3,700	427	734	182	12	41
MIN	0.10	0.10	0.05	0.04	0.04	0.11	140	82	53	11	4.4	4.8
AC-FT	6.1	6.0	4.1	3.0	3.1	31,990	55,960	12,260	13,030	4,210	498	1,380
STATISTICS OF MONTHLY MEAN DATA FOR WATER YEARS 1931 - 2004, BY WATER YEAR (WY)
MEAN	5.12	3.79	2.56	1.50	2.55	82.5	420	119	54.3	34.2	15.0	9.53
MAX	69.9	31.3	17.4	13.9	45.7	654	2,051	2,071	576	441	569	185
(WY)	(1983)	(1981)	(1983)	(1983)	(1981)	(1995)	(1950)	(1950)	(1964)	(1997)	(1993)	(2002)
MIN	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	2.05	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00
(WY)	(1934)	(1934)	(1933)	(1932)	(1933)	(1936)	(1991)	(1939)	(1961)	(1990)	(1932)	(1932)

SUMMARY STATISTICS	FOR 2003 CALENDAR YEAR	FOR 2004 WATER YEAR	WATER YEARS 1931 - 2004
ANNUAL TOTAL	23,191.25	60,166.49
ANNUAL MEAN	63.5	164	62.6
HIGHEST ANNUAL MEAN			353 1950
LOWEST ANNUAL MEAN			1.38 1990
HIGHEST DAILY MEAN	869 Apr 11	5,000 Mar 30	11,700 Apr 19, 1950
LOWEST DAILY MEAN	0.05 Dec 13	0.04 Jan 29	0.00 Aug 10, 1931
ANNUAL SEVEN-DAY MINIMUM	0.05 Dec 13	0.04 Jan 29	0.00 Aug 21, 1931
MAXIMUM PEAK FLOW		a5,100 Mar 30	b12,600 Apr 19, 1950
MAXIMUM PEAK STAGE		c16.15 Mar 29	d20.13 Apr 19, 1950
ANNUAL RUNOFF (AC-FT)	46,000	119,300	45,340
10 PERCENT EXCEEDS	185	319	86
50 PERCENT EXCEEDS	0.56	5.2	2.0
90 PERCENT EXCEEDS	0.10	0.05	0.00

a Gage height, 15.78

b From rating curve extended above 9,000 ft3/s

c Backwater from ice

d Site and datum then in use

e Estimated