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RED RIVER OF THE NORTH BASIN
05101000 TONGUE RIVER AT AKRA, ND
LOCATION.--Lat 48×46'42", long 97×44'47", in SW14 sec.10, T.161 N., R.55 W., Pembina County, Hydrologic Unit 09020313, on left bank 300 ft downstream from Renwick Dam, 0.9 mi northwest of Akra, and 6 mi west of Cavalier.
DRAINAGE AREA.--160 mi2.
WATER-DISCHARGE RECORDS
PERIOD OF RECORD.--April to June 1950 (WSP 1137-B), October 1951 to current year (seasonal record since 1983).
REVISED RECORDS.--WSP 1728: Drainage area.
GAGE.--Water-stage recorder. Datum of gage is 930.00 ft above National Geodetic Vertical Datum of 1929. Prior to July 10, 1954, nonrecording gage 1.2 mi downstream at datum 30.00 ft lower. July 23, 1954, to Dec. 19, 1973, water stage recorder 2.7 mi downstream at datum 9.10 ft lower.
REMARKS.--Records good except for estimated daily discharges, which are poor. Flow regulated by temporary retention in ten retarding basins beginning 300 ft above station, four of which have slow release outlet structures to regulate the flow. Retarding basins were completed during the period l955 to l961 and have a combined capacity of l9,245 acre-ft.
EXTREMES FOR CURRENT YEAR.--Maximum discharge, 630 ft3/s, Mar. 29, gage height, 15.11 ft; minimum daily discharge, 0.05 ft3/s, Sept. 10, due to gate closure on Renwick Dam.
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
---
---
---
---
---
e3.0
592
95
254
12
3.4
2.7
2
---
---
---
---
---
e3.0
617
90
276
11
3.3
2.3
3
---
---
---
---
---
e3.0
601
70
233
12
3.0
2.1
4
---
---
---
---
---
5.7
540
54
187
14
2.7
2.1
5
---
---
---
---
---
5.7
453
59
142
14
2.4
2.1
6
---
---
---
---
---
5.6
362
55
105
14
2.4
18
7
---
---
---
---
---
5.6
332
47
91
13
3.0
52
8
---
---
---
---
---
5.6
404
38
97
12
3.6
50
9
---
---
---
---
---
7.5
417
30
93
13
4.0
32
10
---
---
---
---
---
9.2
334
25
77
13
3.7
e0.05
11
---
---
---
---
---
9.2
261
27
63
13
3.3
0.23
12
---
---
---
---
---
9.0
226
45
52
12
2.8
0.16
13
---
---
---
---
---
9.1
231
106
45
11
2.4
0.11
14
---
---
---
---
---
9.1
238
147
38
9.8
2.0
0.12
15
---
---
---
---
---
11
230
183
33
8.7
1.9
0.12
16
---
---
---
---
---
12
218
211
30
8.0
1.6
0.04
17
---
---
---
---
---
13
209
203
27
7.3
1.4
0.06
18
---
---
---
---
---
e17
201
170
24
6.9
1.3
0.06
19
---
---
---
---
---
20
186
142
22
6.6
1.0
0.05
20
---
---
---
---
---
20
169
130
21
6.2
0.93
0.11
21
---
---
---
---
---
20
157
116
20
5.9
0.83
0.21
22
---
---
---
---
---
30
146
98
19
5.8
0.82
0.20
23
---
---
---
---
---
35
139
80
19
5.8
0.78
0.21
24
---
---
---
---
---
34
132
68
21
5.2
0.91
0.17
25
---
---
---
---
---
34
127
65
22
5.1
0.98
0.40
26
---
---
---
---
---
37
120
65
20
4.7
2.3
0.96
27
---
---
---
---
---
41
114
60
19
3.9
3.9
1.5
28
---
---
---
---
---
270
111
51
17
4.5
4.6
2.8
29
---
---
---
---
---
585
104
44
15
4.4
4.3
6.5
30
---
---
---
---
---
602
99
48
13
4.1
3.7
14
31
---
---
---
---
---
583
---
121
---
3.9
3.3
---
TOTAL
---
---
---
---
---
2,454.3
8,070
2,743
2,095
270.8
76.55
191.36
MEAN
---
---
---
---
---
79.2
269
88.5
69.8
8.74
2.47
6.38
MAX
---
---
---
---
---
602
617
211
276
14
4.6
52
MIN
---
---
---
---
---
3.0
99
25
13
3.9
0.78
0.04
AC-FT
---
---
---
---
---
4,870
16,010
5,440
4,160
537
152
380
STATISTICS OF MONTHLY MEAN DATA FOR WATER YEARS 1950 - 2004, BY WATER YEAR (WY)
MEAN
6.29
6.76
4.46
3.16
3.60
24.6
122
62.4
23.3
14.9
7.53
7.02
MAX
30.1
22.7
12.9
7.27
18.7
135
451
587
196
216
144
42.8
(WY)
(1981)
(1981)
(1971)
(1971)
(1981)
(1966)
(1950)
(1950)
(2002)
(1997)
(1993)
(2002)
MIN
0.51
0.56
0.06
0.51
0.24
0.22
0.43
1.63
0.47
0.09
0.21
0.10
(WY)
(1962)
(1976)
(1953)
(1953)
(1953)
(1964)
(1991)
(1980)
(1988)
(1978)
(1988)
(1989)

SUMMARY STATISTICS
WATER YEARS 1950 - 2004
 
 
ANNUAL MEAN
a21.4


HIGHEST ANNUAL MEAN
a50.1 1956


LOWEST ANNUAL MEAN
a3.11 1961


HIGHEST DAILY MEAN
5,240 Apr 18, 1950


LOWEST DAILY MEAN
0.00 Dec 1, 1952


ANNUAL SEVEN-DAY MINIMUM
0.00 Dec 1, 1952


MAXIMUM PEAK FLOW
b11,800 Apr 18, 1950


MAXIMUM PEAK STAGE
c16.75 Apr 22, 1979


ANNUAL RUNOFF (AC-FT)
a15,480


10 PERCENT EXCEEDS
39


50 PERCENT EXCEEDS
4.1


90 PERCENT EXCEEDS
0.80



a Based on complete water years only (1952-82)
b From indirect measurement of flow; gage height, 48.7 ft; from floodmark; site and datum then in use
c Present location
e Estimated


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