RED RIVER OF THE NORTH BASIN

05099100 SNOWFLAKE CREEK NEAR SNOWFLAKE, MANITOBA

(International gaging station)

LOCATION.--Lat 49×01'17", long 98×36'13", in SW14 sec.10, T.1, R.9 W., first meridian, Hydrologic Unit 09020313, at traffic bridge, 2.5 mi east, and 1.5 mi south of Snowflake, Manitoba.

DRAINAGE AREA.--348 mi2.

WATER-DISCHARGE RECORDS

PERIOD OF RECORD.--March 1961 to current year.

GAGE.--Water-stage recorder since March 1968 and nonrecording gage prior thereto. Datum of gage is Geodetic Survey of Canada Datum of 1929. Prior to Jan. 1, 1987, recording gage at same site at datum of 1221.66 ft above Geodetic Survey of Canada Datum of 1929. Prior to Apr. 2, 1964, nonrecording gage at present site and datum. Apr. 2, 1964, to May 10, 1965, nonrecording gage at site 0.5 mi downstream at present datum.

COOPERATION.--This station is one of the international gaging stations maintained by Canada under agreement with the United States. Records provided by the Water Survey of Canada.

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	e0.00	e0.00	e0.00	e0.00	e0.00	e0.00	e494	225	185	14	7.1	17
2	e0.00	e0.00	e0.00	e0.00	e0.00	e0.00	632	209	152	14	7.5	17
3	e0.00	e0.00	e0.00	e0.00	e0.00	e0.00	724	198	141	18	6.9	20
4	e0.00	e0.00	e0.00	e0.00	e0.00	e0.00	809	171	133	19	7.2	34
5	e0.00	e0.00	e0.00	e0.00	e0.00	e0.00	897	165	123	9.9	7.3	28
6	e0.00	e0.00	e0.00	e0.00	e0.00	e0.00	943	143	112	8.7	18	24
7	0.00	e0.00	e0.00	e0.00	e0.00	e0.00	1,000	134	406	7.4	94	22
8	e0.00	e0.00	e0.00	e0.00	e0.00	e0.00	975	122	232	7.9	40	22
9	e0.00	e0.00	e0.00	e0.00	e0.00	e0.00	953	111	181	33	30	21
10	e0.00	e0.00	e0.00	e0.00	e0.00	e0.00	918	96	160	22	29	20
11	e0.00	e0.00	e0.00	e0.00	e0.00	e0.00	897	95	148	17	29	18
12	e0.00	e0.00	e0.00	e0.00	e0.00	e0.00	893	49	145	16	28	16
13	e0.00	e0.00	e0.00	e0.00	e0.00	e0.00	855	90	132	14	26	14
14	e0.00	e0.00	e0.00	e0.00	e0.00	e0.00	798	96	120	12	25	14
15	e0.00	e0.00	e0.00	e0.00	e0.00	e0.00	749	107	112	11	25	12
16	e0.00	e0.00	e0.00	e0.00	e0.00	e0.00	720	123	101	10	25	9.7
17	e0.00	e0.00	e0.00	e0.00	e0.00	e0.00	681	127	85	10	25	8.5
18	e0.00	e0.00	e0.00	e0.00	e0.00	e0.00	639	132	70	9.2	25	6.5
19	e0.00	e0.00	e0.00	e0.00	e0.00	e0.00	590	148	62	9.5	24	5.8
20	e0.00	e0.00	e0.00	e0.00	e0.00	e0.00	576	141	55	8.6	23	6.8
21	e0.00	e0.00	e0.00	e0.00	e0.00	e0.00	491	130	48	9.9	23	6.0
22	e0.00	e0.00	e0.00	e0.00	e0.00	e0.00	459	122	42	9.4	23	3.6
23	e0.00	e0.00	e0.00	e0.00	e0.00	e0.00	420	116	38	9.1	22	3.6
24	e0.00	e0.00	e0.00	e0.00	e0.00	e0.00	403	114	34	7.1	24	4.9
25	e0.00	e0.00	e0.00	e0.00	e0.00	e0.00	357	108	32	7.1	22	3.9
26	e0.00	e0.00	e0.00	e0.00	e0.00	e0.00	320	103	30	6.9	23	3.6
27	e0.00	e0.00	e0.00	e0.00	e0.00	e1.2	308	94	26	7.5	21	2.9
28	e0.00	e0.00	e0.00	e0.00	e0.00	e4.4	280	88	22	8.1	20	2.4
29	e0.00	e0.00	e0.00	e0.00	e0.00	e14	242	86	19	8.1	20	2.4
30	e0.00	e0.00	e0.00	e0.00	---	e49	237	114	16	8.1	19	2.6
31	e0.00	---	e0.00	e0.00	---	e155	---	188	---	7.4	19	---
TOTAL	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	223.60	19,260	3,945	3,162	359.9	738.0	372.2
MEAN	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	7.21	642	127	105	11.6	23.8	12.4
MAX	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	155	1,000	225	406	33	94	34
MIN	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	237	49	16	6.9	6.9	2.4
AC-FT	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	444	38,200	7,820	6,270	714	1,460	738
STATISTICS OF MONTHLY MEAN DATA FOR WATER YEARS 1961 - 2004, BY WATER YEAR (WY)
MEAN	5.16	2.22	0.26	0.04	0.15	8.57	150	88.3	25.8	21.9	11.1	5.92
MAX	70.5	39.9	7.67	1.36	4.90	74.6	668	945	131	529	139	99.7
(WY)	(1995)	(1995)	(1995)	(1995)	(1981)	(1995)	(1995)	(1997)	(2002)	(1997)	(1997)	(1993)
MIN	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.22	0.06	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00
(WY)	(1962)	(1962)	(1962)	(1962)	(1962)	(1962)	(1973)	(1988)	(1962)	(1961)	(1961)	(1961)

SUMMARY STATISTICS	FOR 2003 CALENDAR YEAR	FOR 2004 WATER YEAR	WATER YEARS 1961 - 2004
ANNUAL TOTAL	2,379.17	28,060.70
ANNUAL MEAN	6.52	76.7	27.2
HIGHEST ANNUAL MEAN			197 1997
LOWEST ANNUAL MEAN			0.14 2000
HIGHEST DAILY MEAN	105 Apr  9	1,000 Apr  7	2,160 Apr 30, 1997
LOWEST DAILY MEAN	0.00 Jan  1	0.00 Oct  1	0.00 Mar  1, 1961
ANNUAL SEVEN-DAY MINIMUM	0.00 Jan  1	0.00 Oct  1	0.00 Mar  1, 1961
MAXIMUM PEAK FLOW		(a)	2,710 Jul 12, 1997
MAXIMUM PEAK STAGE		(a)	1,232.08 Apr 24, 1997
ANNUAL RUNOFF (AC-FT)	4,720	55,660	19,700
10 PERCENT EXCEEDS	18	186	49
50 PERCENT EXCEEDS	0.00	3.2	0.04
90 PERCENT EXCEEDS	0.00	0.00	0.00

a Unavailable e Estimated

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