RED RIVER OF THE NORTH BASIN

05092000 RED RIVER OF THE NORTH AT DRAYTON, ND

LOCATION.--Lat 48×34'20", long 97×08'50", in SE14SE14SE14 sec.24, T.159 N., R.51 W., Pembina County, Hydrologic Unit 09020311, on downstream side of bridge on North Dakota State Highway 66, at the North Dakota-Minnesota border, 1.5 mi northeast of Drayton, and at mile 206.7.

DRAINAGE AREA.--34,800 mi2, approximately, includes 3,800 mi2 in closed basins.

WATER-DISCHARGE RECORDS

PERIOD OF RECORD.--April 1936 to June 1937, April 1941 to current year (fragmentary prior to April 1949).

REVISED RECORDS.--WSP 1388: 1949-50. WSP 1728: Drainage area.

GAGE.--Water-stage recorder and concrete control. Datum of gage is 755.00 ft above National Geodetic Vertical Datum of 1929 (Minnesota highway bench mark). Prior to Nov. 30, 1954, nonrecording gage at site 1.5 mi upstream at datum 1.59 ft higher.

REMARKS.--Records good except for estimated daily discharges, which are poor.

EXTREMES OUTSIDE PERIOD OF RECORD.--Flood of April 1897 reached a stage of about 41 ft at site and datum in use prior to Nov. 30, 1954.

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	642	650	e540	e570	e450	e545	e35,000	4,980	12,700	3,890	2,640	2,270
2	612	623	e545	e590	e435	e550	37,000	4,620	17,400	3,750	2,550	2,070
3	575	636	e545	e600	e430	e560	36,900	4,310	21,200	3,680	2,450	1,850
4	571	638	e530	e605	e430	e575	36,100	4,050	22,900	3,710	2,300	1,680
5	533	628	e530	e620	e430	e585	35,000	3,830	23,300	3,700	2,120	1,580
6	511	578	e535	e620	e430	e600	33,700	3,680	22,900	3,650	2,020	1,680
7	496	553	e560	e610	e430	e620	32,100	3,550	21,900	3,630	2,000	2,070
8	495	e530	e570	e600	e435	e670	30,400	3,330	20,400	3,620	1,930	2,150
9	483	e550	e580	e590	e445	e735	28,400	3,130	18,700	3,690	1,920	2,860
10	460	e570	e580	e580	e450	e780	26,200	2,960	17,200	3,810	1,940	4,920
11	473	e580	e565	e560	e450	e800	23,800	2,820	16,300	3,890	2,060	6,320
12	506	e595	e560	e540	e450	e865	21,200	3,990	15,400	3,870	2,190	6,710
13	520	605	e550	e530	e460	e895	18,700	6,590	14,200	3,820	2,240	6,350
14	564	619	e545	e520	e470	e915	17,900	9,880	12,900	4,390	2,230	5,630
15	600	642	e540	e520	e470	e960	17,100	13,800	11,700	5,890	2,230	4,920
16	687	643	e520	e530	e480	e1,060	16,000	16,700	10,700	7,470	2,210	4,410
17	821	646	e500	e530	e480	e1,160	14,500	e17,000	9,940	8,060	2,160	4,030
18	788	698	e490	e530	e480	e1,260	12,900	e16,500	9,380	7,800	2,060	3,740
19	714	781	e490	e530	e480	e1,360	11,400	e15,000	8,930	7,070	1,990	3,480
20	605	871	e490	e530	e480	e1,460	9,960	e13,000	8,530	6,170	1,860	3,350
21	585	896	e490	e530	e480	e1,600	9,350	e11,500	8,290	5,360	1,750	3,310
22	556	e860	e490	e515	e480	e1,750	e8,900	e10,300	8,050	4,770	1,630	3,340
23	570	e750	e490	e515	e485	e1,930	e8,300	e9,500	7,460	4,300	1,580	3,360
24	569	e630	e505	e515	e490	e2,160	e7,800	e8,700	6,870	3,910	1,540	3,590
25	587	e530	e525	e515	e490	e2,550	e7,300	e7,900	6,270	3,650	1,520	3,910
26	631	e560	e535	e530	e495	e3,600	e6,800	e7,400	5,770	3,490	1,560	4,190
27	643	e600	e530	e530	e505	e4,650	e6,500	e6,900	5,300	3,340	1,660	4,700
28	651	e610	e530	e520	e520	e8,000	6,220	e6,500	4,930	3,220	1,980	5,390
29	671	e600	e530	e485	e530	e17,500	5,800	6,060	4,550	3,050	2,370	5,970
30	652	e540	e535	e450	---	e25,000	5,340	6,490	4,160	2,910	2,530	6,320
31	650	---	e550	e450	---	e31,000	---	8,780	---	2,760	2,440	---
TOTAL	18,421	19,212	16,475	16,860	13,540	116,695	566,570	243,750	378,230	136,320	63,660	116,150
MEAN	594	640	531	544	467	3,764	18,890	7,863	12,610	4,397	2,054	3,872
MAX	821	896	580	620	530	31,000	37,000	17,000	23,300	8,060	2,640	6,710
MIN	460	530	490	450	430	545	5,340	2,820	4,160	2,760	1,520	1,580
AC-FT	36,540	38,110	32,680	33,440	26,860	231,500	1,124,000	483,500	750,200	270,400	126,300	230,400
STATISTICS OF MONTHLY MEAN DATA FOR WATER YEARS 1949 - 2004, BY WATER YEAR (WY)
MEAN	1,960	1,885	1,441	1,185	1,146	3,379	15,320	9,533	6,193	5,553	2,664	2,189
MAX	5,194	11,840	4,168	2,679	2,598	16,290	54,710	58,890	23,420	28,240	21,580	12,140
(WY)	(1995)	(2001)	(1999)	(2001)	(1998)	(1998)	(1997)	(1950)	(1962)	(1975)	(1993)	(1999)
MIN	317	277	149	174	201	280	1,275	938	676	348	243	329
(WY)	(1991)	(1977)	(1977)	(1990)	(1977)	(1962)	(1981)	(1977)	(1977)	(1988)	(1977)	(1988)

SUMMARY STATISTICS	FOR 2003 CALENDAR YEAR	FOR 2004 WATER YEAR	WATER YEARS 1949 - 2004
ANNUAL TOTAL	909,317	1,705,883
ANNUAL MEAN	2,491	4,661	4,393
HIGHEST ANNUAL MEAN			11,280 1997
LOWEST ANNUAL MEAN			536 1977
HIGHEST DAILY MEAN	15,300 Jul  2	37,000 Apr  2	124,000 Apr 24, 1997
LOWEST DAILY MEAN	351 Sep 14	430 Feb  3	110 Dec 23, 1989
ANNUAL SEVEN-DAY MINIMUM	399 Sep 10	431 Feb  2	118 Dec 28, 1989
MAXIMUM PEAK FLOW		a37,400 Apr  2	124,000 Apr 24, 1997
MAXIMUM PEAK STAGE		39.55 Apr  5	45.55 Apr 24, 1997
INSTANTANEOUS LOW FLOW			7.7 Oct 16, 1936
ANNUAL RUNOFF (AC-FT)	1,804,000	3,384,000	3,183,000
10 PERCENT EXCEEDS	5,890	13,900	10,100
50 PERCENT EXCEEDS	984	1,750	1,930
90 PERCENT EXCEEDS	530	490	498

a Gage height, 38.65 ft e Estimated

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