RED RIVER OF THE NORTH BASIN

05102500 RED RIVER OF THE NORTH AT EMERSON, MANITOBA

(International gaging station)

LOCATION.--Lat 49×00'30", long 97×12'40", in sec.2, T.1, R.2 E., Hydrologic Unit 09020311, on right bank 1,500 ft downstream from Canadian National Railway bridge in Emerson, 0.8 mi downstream from international boundary, 3.6 mi downstream from Pembina River, and at mile 154.3.

DRAINAGE AREA.--40,200 mi2, approximately, includes 3,800 mi2 in closed basins.

WATER-DISCHARGE RECORDS

PERIOD OF RECORD.--March to November 1902 (gage heights only), May 1912 to September 1929 (monthly discharge only, published in WSP 1308), October 1929 to current year.

GAGE.--Water-stage recorder. Datum of gage is Geodetic Survey of Canada Datum of 1929. See WSP 1728 or 1913 for history of changes prior to Apr. 10, 1953.

COOPERATION.--This station is one of the international gaging stations maintained by Canada under agreement with the United States. Records provided by 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	788	781	e551	e508	e463	e498	e36,000	6,460	14,700	7,520	2,420	2,280
2	763	774	e572	e530	e452	e523	39,900	5,970	18,700	6,990	2,300	2,190
3	739	e763	e587	e558	e445	e544	41,700	5,580	22,000	6,600	2,210	2,020
4	703	e749	e580	e568	e438	e561	43,100	5,160	24,100	6,320	2,120	1,840
5	664	e686	e562	e576	e431	e579	44,100	4,800	25,400	6,140	2,010	1,660
6	622	e636	e544	e579	e424	e593	44,800	4,450	26,100	5,970	1,900	1,540
7	583	e604	e541	e579	e420	e614	45,200	4,170	26,600	5,720	1,840	1,580
8	562	e594	e551	e576	e417	e643	44,500	3,880	26,700	5,510	1,820	2,040
9	544	e562	e569	e579	e410	e678	43,400	3,710	26,800	5,400	2,140	2,440
10	537	e544	e587	e586	e403	e727	42,000	3,460	26,300	5,330	2,480	3,270
11	523	e548	e587	e590	e410	e777	40,300	3,320	25,500	5,330	3,070	5,160
12	509	e558	e583	e586	e413	e823	38,800	3,330	24,500	5,370	3,420	6,500
13	516	e572	e580	e579	e417	e865	37,400	4,800	23,300	5,260	3,380	6,890
14	534	e587	e580	e576	e424	e900	35,700	8,300	21,900	5,190	3,140	6,670
15	562	e604	e580	e572	e434	e932	33,400	12,300	20,400	5,610	2,900	6,140
16	601	e629	e572	e561	e441	e960	31,100	15,900	19,000	6,710	2,700	5,470
17	647	e647	e558	e544	e438	e996	28,400	18,400	17,600	7,700	2,540	4,870
18	703	e657	e534	e533	e438	e1,040	25,600	19,600	16,400	8,120	2,390	4,340
19	749	e664	e512	e526	e438	e1,120	22,800	19,700	15,300	7,940	2,260	3,880
20	756	e678	e502	e516	e438	e1,230	20,100	19,200	14,400	7,380	2,130	3,520
21	731	e696	e495	e512	e438	e1,360	17,300	18,300	13,500	6,640	2,010	3,310
22	693	e700	e491	e508	e441	e1,500	15,000	17,100	12,700	5,860	1,880	3,250
23	664	e710	e488	e505	e448	e1,650	13,100	15,800	12,000	5,160	1,750	3,390
24	640	e689	e488	e494	e452	e1,810	11,800	14,700	11,400	4,550	1,670	3,670
25	643	e671	e491	e494	e455	e2,020	10,600	13,500	10,800	4,030	1,570	4,340
26	654	e597	e495	e498	e463	e2,430	9,640	12,200	10,200	3,600	1,590	4,980
27	714	e537	e498	e501	e470	e3,450	8,760	11,100	9,670	3,290	1,630	5,470
28	763	e516	e498	e505	e470	e9,290	7,870	10,300	9,220	3,090	1,650	5,930
29	774	e527	e495	e501	e477	e18,600	7,340	9,670	8,720	2,920	1,800	6,360
30	784	e541	e491	e494	---	e25,700	6,890	9,850	8,160	2,760	2,060	6,710
31	784	---	e498	e480	---	e31,000	---	11,700	---	2,590	2,250	---
TOTAL	20,449	19,021	16,660	16,714	12,708	114,413	846,600	316,710	542,070	170,600	69,030	121,710
MEAN	660	634	537	539	438	3,691	28,220	10,220	18,070	5,503	2,227	4,057
MAX	788	781	587	590	477	31,000	45,200	19,700	26,800	8,120	3,420	6,890
MIN	509	516	488	480	403	498	6,890	3,320	8,160	2,590	1,570	1,540
AC-FT	40,560	37,730	33,050	33,150	25,210	226,900	1,679,000	628,200	1,075,000	338,400	136,900	241,400
STATISTICS OF MONTHLY MEAN DATA FOR WATER YEARS 1912 - 2004, BY WATER YEAR (WY)
MEAN	1,645	1,599	1,126	903	858	2,590	13,990	9,597	5,740	4,778	2,291	1,872
MAX	6,015	13,780	4,257	2,684	2,459	20,490	48,890	72,820	25,430	28,020	27,000	11,480
(WY)	(1995)	(2001)	(1999)	(2001)	(2001)	(1998)	(1997)	(1950)	(1962)	(1975)	(1993)	(1999)
MIN	28.6	23.8	33.4	7.05	1.21	2.25	1,282	663	196	121	46.6	23.8
(WY)	(1937)	(1937)	(1937)	(1937)	(1937)	(1937)	(1938)	(1934)	(1934)	(1936)	(1934)	(1934)

SUMMARY STATISTICS	FOR 2003 CALENDAR YEAR	FOR 2004 WATER YEAR	WATER YEARS 1912 - 2004
ANNUAL TOTAL	988,417	2,266,685
ANNUAL MEAN	2,708	6,193	3,927
HIGHEST ANNUAL MEAN			12,830 1997
LOWEST ANNUAL MEAN			333 1934
HIGHEST DAILY MEAN	14,200 Jul  3	45,200 Apr  7	133,000 Apr 26, 1997
LOWEST DAILY MEAN	452 Sep 15	403 Feb 10	0.90 Feb  6, 1937
ANNUAL SEVEN-DAY MINIMUM	481 Sep 12	413 Feb  7	0.97 Feb  4, 1937
MAXIMUM PEAK FLOW		45,600 Apr  7	133,000 Apr 26, 1997
MAXIMUM PEAK STAGE		785.04 Apr  8	792.41 Apr 26, 1997
INSTANTANEOUS LOW FLOW			0.90 Feb  6, 1937
ANNUAL RUNOFF (AC-FT)	1,961,000	4,496,000	2,845,000
10 PERCENT EXCEEDS	6,690	19,600	9,040
50 PERCENT EXCEEDS	1,030	1,710	1,580
90 PERCENT EXCEEDS	548	494	288

e Estimated

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