RED RIVER OF THE NORTH BASIN

05100000 PEMBINA RIVER AT NECHE, ND

(International gaging station)

LOCATION.--Lat 48×59'23", long 97×33'24", in NW14NW14 sec.31, T.164 N., R.53 W., Pembina County, Hydrologic Unit 09020313, on right bank at bridge on State Highway 18 and at northwest corner of Neche.

DRAINAGE AREA.--3,410 mi2, approximately.

WATER-DISCHARGE RECORDS

PERIOD OF RECORD.--May 1903 to September 1908, June 1909 to September 1915, April 1919 to current year. Monthly discharge only for some periods, published in WSP 1308.

REVISED RECORDS.--WSP 1308: 1904-8, 1910-15, 1920, 1921, 1923, 1924. WSP 1388: 1904(M), 1914, 1915(M), 1931(M), 1933, 1938(M). WSP 1728: Drainage area.

GAGE.--Water-stage recorder. Datum of gage is 809.69 ft above National Geodetic Vertical Datum of 1929. From Apr. 18, 1939, to July 21, 1999, at site 0.8 mi downstream at same datum. May 25, 1932, to Apr. 17, 1939, nonrecording gage on bridge on State Highway 18 at same datum. Prior to May 24, 1932, nonrecording gage at Burlington Northern Railway bridge, 0.1 mi upstream, at same datum.

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

COOPERATION.--This station is one of the international gaging stations maintained by the United States under agreement with 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	21	17	e13	e8.3	e6.3	e8.1	5,770	1,250	2,110	574	267	187
2	20	15	e13	e8.1	e6.3	e8.1	5,420	1,200	2,290	556	261	180
3	20	14	e13	e7.8	e6.4	e8.0	5,050	1,150	1,920	547	254	174
4	19	15	e13	e7.6	e6.5	e8.0	4,440	1,100	1,630	543	246	172
5	20	16	e12	e7.5	e6.5	e8.3	3,760	1,060	1,390	594	237	171
6	23	15	e12	e7.3	e6.6	e8.4	3,380	1,010	1,230	559	237	217
7	23	14	e12	e7.2	e6.6	e8.5	3,270	981	1,140	543	294	224
8	20	13	e12	e7.1	e6.6	e8.6	3,980	930	2,470	515	470	203
9	17	13	e12	e6.7	e6.7	e8.8	4,730	895	2,450	502	356	189
10	17	15	e12	e6.6	e6.7	e9.0	4,120	859	1,780	506	363	179
11	16	15	e12	e6.5	e6.9	e9.0	3,530	851	1,480	515	332	174
12	16	15	e12	e6.4	e7.0	e9.0	3,220	890	1,300	523	312	168
13	15	15	e12	e6.2	e7.2	e10	3,050	1,040	1,180	503	297	165
14	15	16	e12	e6.2	e7.4	e10	2,890	1,050	1,090	482	277	165
15	16	16	e11	e6.2	e7.7	e10	2,730	1,120	1,030	469	254	165
16	15	16	e11	e6.1	e7.9	e11	2,580	1,460	987	460	234	163
17	15	16	e11	e6.2	e8.0	e12	2,430	1,920	944	444	219	160
18	17	16	e11	e6.2	e8.0	e12	2,320	1,750	890	425	214	158
19	17	16	e11	e6.2	e8.0	e14	2,230	1,550	847	393	211	154
20	16	17	e11	e6.1	e8.3	e16	2,120	1,430	801	384	210	156
21	16	16	e10	e6.2	e8.5	e16	2,030	1,350	775	371	197	171
22	16	16	e10	e6.4	e8.2	e16	1,950	1,230	739	363	195	346
23	16	14	e10	e6.4	e8.5	e17	1,820	1,120	712	356	193	239
24	16	14	e9.9	e6.4	e8.4	e17	1,740	1,020	695	348	191	212
25	16	e14	e9.6	e6.3	e8.3	e18	1,650	955	672	335	228	336
26	16	e14	e9.5	e6.3	e8.3	e20	1,590	980	652	323	271	327
27	17	e13	e9.2	e6.2	e8.2	e100	1,510	936	645	312	252	253
28	20	e13	e9.0	e6.3	e8.2	e500	1,450	899	639	304	245	219
29	19	e13	e8.9	e6.3	e8.2	e3,000	1,400	855	620	295	218	203
30	20	e13	e8.8	e6.2	---	e5,500	1,320	835	597	284	201	194
31	19	---	e8.5	e6.4	---	e5,000	---	1,030	---	274	195	---
TOTAL	549	445	341.4	205.9	216.4	14,400.8	87,480	34,706	35,705	13,602	7,931	6,024
MEAN	17.7	14.8	11.0	6.64	7.46	465	2,916	1,120	1,190	439	256	201
MAX	23	17	13	8.3	8.5	5,500	5,770	1,920	2,470	594	470	346
MIN	15	13	8.5	6.1	6.3	8.0	1,320	835	597	274	191	154
AC-FT	1,090	883	677	408	429	28,560	173,500	68,840	70,820	26,980	15,730	11,950
STATISTICS OF MONTHLY MEAN DATA FOR WATER YEARS 1903 - 2004, BY WATER YEAR (WY)
MEAN	74.9	48.7	24.0	12.8	9.20	109	938	731	358	192	115	82.6
MAX	643	486	261	120	65.8	1,216	4,713	4,770	1,894	1,509	946	648
(WY)	(1995)	(1995)	(1995)	(1995)	(1995)	(1995)	(1998)	(1997)	(1999)	(1997)	(1993)	(1993)
MIN	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	24.7	11.8	6.56	0.00	0.00	0.00
(WY)	(1939)	(1939)	(1939)	(1933)	(1933)	(1936)	(1939)	(1939)	(1940)	(1940)	(1939)	(1938)

SUMMARY STATISTICS	FOR 2003 CALENDAR YEAR	FOR 2004 WATER YEAR	WATER YEARS 1903 - 2004
ANNUAL TOTAL	31,719.9	201,606.5
ANNUAL MEAN	86.9	551	227
HIGHEST ANNUAL MEAN			1,116 1995
LOWEST ANNUAL MEAN			3.96 1939
HIGHEST DAILY MEAN	611 May 20	5,770 Apr  1	14,300 Apr 27, 1997
LOWEST DAILY MEAN	4.7 Mar  8	6.1 Jan 16	0.00 Feb  1, 1932
ANNUAL SEVEN-DAY MINIMUM	4.8 Mar  4	6.2 Jan 14	0.00 Feb  1, 1932
MAXIMUM PEAK FLOW		a6,120 Apr  1	15,100 Apr 27, 1997
MAXIMUM PEAK STAGE		b21.00 Mar 30	b24.51 Apr 21, 1997
ANNUAL RUNOFF (AC-FT)	62,920	399,900	164,300
10 PERCENT EXCEEDS	273	1,640	516
50 PERCENT EXCEEDS	25	162	43
90 PERCENT EXCEEDS	7.4	7.2	1.5

a Gage height, 20.77 ft b Backwater from ice e Estimated

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