RED RIVER OF THE NORTH BASIN

05114000 SOURIS (MOUSE) RIVER NEAR SHERWOOD, ND

(International gaging station)

LOCATION.--Lat 48×59'24", long 101×57'28", in NW14SE14NE14 sec.33, T.164 N., R.87 W., Renville County, Hydrologic Unit 09010001, on right bank 0.8 mi downstream from international boundary, 16 mi northwest of Sherwood, and at mile 511.4.

DRAINAGE AREA.--8,940 mi2, approximately, of which about 5,900 mi2 is probably noncontributing.

WATER-DISCHARGE RECORDS

PERIOD OF RECORD.--March 1930 to current year. Monthly discharge only for some periods, published in WSP 1308.

REVISED RECORDS.--WSP 1308: 1934, 1945. WSP 2113: Drainage area.

GAGE.--Water-stage recorder and concrete control. Datum of gage is 1,603.73 ft above National Geodetic Vertical Datum of 1929. Prior to Apr. 8, 1935, nonrecording gage at same site and datum.

REMARKS.--Records good except for estimated daily discharges, which are fair. Flow is regulated by reservoirs in Canada (Boundary Reservoir, 48,990 acre-ft - 1958; Rafferty Reservoir, 356,400 acre-ft - 1991; and Alameda Reservoir, 85,560 ac-ft - 1992). Total reservoir capacity is about 490,000 acre-ft. Some diversions for irrigation and municipal supply.

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

EXTREMES OUTSIDE PERIOD OF RECORD.--Flood in 1927 reached a stage of about 22 ft and flood in 1904 reached a stage of about 25.8 ft from information by local residents.

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	40	19	e1.4	e0.74	e0.57	e0.42	50	19	102	35	25	8.6
2	41	14	e1.3	e0.72	e0.58	e0.42	70	15	116	33	23	8.1
3	42	12	e1.3	e0.70	e0.57	e0.41	64	14	125	34	21	7.7
4	42	e10	e1.3	e0.69	e0.56	e0.41	64	12	165	34	19	7.7
5	42	e8.0	e1.3	e0.68	e0.55	e0.40	114	11	197	32	17	7.6
6	41	e6.0	e1.3	e0.68	e0.55	e0.40	105	10	207	29	16	7.3
7	41	e4.0	e1.3	e0.66	e0.54	e0.40	85	9.3	208	26	16	7.0
8	42	e3.1	e1.2	e0.65	e0.54	e0.43	70	8.2	172	27	16	6.9
9	42	e2.8	e1.2	e0.65	e0.53	e0.45	70	8.1	136	31	17	6.8
10	43	e2.6	e1.2	e0.64	e0.53	e0.48	86	7.3	119	30	17	6.3
11	43	e2.5	e1.2	e0.64	e0.52	e0.51	81	8.9	220	27	16	6.3
12	43	e2.4	e1.2	e0.63	e0.52	e0.70	77	9.9	271	778	15	6.4
13	44	e2.3	e1.2	e0.61	e0.51	e1.0	73	12	219	707	15	6.8
14	44	e2.3	e1.1	e0.61	e0.51	e1.5	69	13	187	427	14	6.8
15	44	e2.3	e1.1	e0.61	e0.50	e3.0	81	15	244	403	14	7.0
16	44	e2.2	e1.1	e0.60	e0.48	e2.7	98	16	333	293	13	7.0
17	44	e2.2	e1.1	e0.60	e0.47	e2.4	96	16	358	207	13	7.0
18	44	e2.1	e1.0	e0.60	e0.46	e2.2	96	14	340	167	13	6.9
19	45	e2.1	e1.0	e0.60	e0.45	e2.3	96	16	283	139	13	6.9
20	44	e2.0	e0.98	e0.60	e0.45	e2.5	94	18	215	e130	12	6.6
21	44	e1.9	e0.96	e0.60	e0.44	e2.7	92	18	156	e110	12	6.3
22	44	e1.9	e0.95	e0.60	e0.44	e3.3	86	21	119	100	12	6.3
23	51	e1.8	e0.93	e0.59	e0.43	e3.8	84	24	100	81	11	6.1
24	56	e1.7	e0.92	e0.58	e0.43	e5.0	84	32	83	67	11	19
25	49	e1.7	e0.91	e0.58	e0.43	e6.0	82	44	68	58	11	52
26	47	e1.6	e0.90	e0.57	e0.43	e8.0	79	52	59	50	10	54
27	47	e1.6	e0.88	e0.56	e0.42	e11	78	50	53	44	10	54
28	48	e1.6	e0.85	e0.55	e0.42	13	73	49	48	39	10	54
29	49	e1.5	e0.81	e0.55	e0.42	15	43	60	45	34	10	56
30	49	e1.5	e0.78	e0.56	---	22	27	80	40	30	9.4	56
31	33	---	e0.77	e0.57	---	37	---	97	---	28	9.3	---
TOTAL	1,372	120.7	33.44	19.22	14.25	149.83	2,367	779.7	4,988	4,230	440.7	505.4
MEAN	44.3	4.02	1.08	0.62	0.49	4.83	78.9	25.2	166	136	14.2	16.8
MAX	56	19	1.4	0.74	0.58	37	114	97	358	778	25	56
MIN	33	1.5	0.77	0.55	0.42	0.40	27	7.3	40	26	9.3	6.1
AC-FT	2,720	239	66	38	28	297	4,690	1,550	9,890	8,390	874	1,000
STATISTICS OF MONTHLY MEAN DATA FOR WATER YEARS 1930 - 2004, BY WATER YEAR (WY)
MEAN	13.8	9.64	4.72	3.04	6.22	135	674	402	125	83.9	26.8	16.5
MAX	121	65.4	47.7	44.5	143	1,148	6,739	3,995	954	1,050	324	173
(WY)	(1994)	(1955)	(1976)	(1976)	(1981)	(1972)	(1976)	(1975)	(1953)	(1953)	(1999)	(1999)
MIN	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	1.82	2.63	0.17	0.00	0.00	0.00
(WY)	(1932)	(1935)	(1932)	(1931)	(1931)	(1936)	(1988)	(1988)	(1988)	(1937)	(1931)	(1931)

SUMMARY STATISTICS	FOR 2003 CALENDAR YEAR	FOR 2004 WATER YEAR	WATER YEARS 1930 - 2004
ANNUAL TOTAL	16,141.44	15,020.24
ANNUAL MEAN	44.2	41.0	126
HIGHEST ANNUAL MEAN			878 1976
LOWEST ANNUAL MEAN			0.62 1988
HIGHEST DAILY MEAN	630 Mar 23	778 Jul 12	13,700 Apr 10, 1976
LOWEST DAILY MEAN	0.60 Mar 12	0.40 Mar  5	0.00 Sep  4, 1930
ANNUAL SEVEN-DAY MINIMUM	0.64 Mar  7	0.41 Mar  1	0.00 Sep  4, 1930
MAXIMUM PEAK FLOW		972 Jul 12	14,800 Apr 10, 1976
MAXIMUM PEAK STAGE		9.70 Jul 12	25.15 Apr 10, 1976
ANNUAL RUNOFF (AC-FT)	32,020	29,790	91,230
10 PERCENT EXCEEDS	130	99	215
50 PERCENT EXCEEDS	6.0	11	6.3
90 PERCENT EXCEEDS	1.1	0.55	0.00

e Estimated

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