RED RIVER OF THE NORTH BASIN

05116000 SOURIS (MOUSE) RIVER NEAR FOXHOLM, ND

LOCATION.--Lat 48×22'20", long 101×30'18", in SW14SE14 sec.34, T.157 N., R.84 W., Ward County, Hydrologic Unit 09010001, on left bank 30 ft upstream from county highway bridge, 3 mi east of Foxholm, 19 mi upstream from Des Lacs River, and at mile 414.5.

DRAINAGE AREA.--9,470 mi2, approximately, of which about 6,200 mi2 is probably noncontributing.

WATER-DISCHARGE RECORDS

PERIOD OF RECORD.--June 1904 to November 1905, March to July 1906 (gage heights only), October 1936 to current year. Monthly discharge only for some periods, published in WSP 1308. Published as Mouse River near Foxholm, 1904-06.

REVISED RECORDS.--WSP 1308: 1905. WSP 2113: Drainage area.

GAGE.--Water-stage recorder and sheet piling weir. Datum of gage is 1,560.73 ft above National Geodetic Vertical Datum of 1929. June 23, 1904, to July 31, 1906, nonrecording gage at site 3.2 mi upstream at different datum. Apr. 1, 1937, to Mar. 25, 1938, nonrecording gage at site 600 ft downstream at datum about 0.5 ft higher.

REMARKS.--Records good. Flow almost completely regulated since 1936 by Lake Darling (station 05115500), 15 mi upstream, Canadian Reservoirs (Boundary Reservoir, 48,990 acre-ft - 1958; Rafferty Reservoir, 356,400 acre-ft - 1991; and Alameda Reservoir, 85,560 acre-ft - 1992) and several small reservoirs, combined capacity, about 646,000 acre-ft. Some small diversions for irrigation and municipal supply.

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	0.01	0.02	0.04	0.04	e0.02	0.04	0.19	0.73	2.1	0.32	68	103
2	0.00	0.02	0.04	0.04	e0.02	0.04	0.20	0.53	1.4	0.00	66	106
3	0.00	0.02	0.04	e0.04	e0.02	0.04	0.21	1.0	2.6	0.00	64	108
4	0.00	0.02	0.04	e0.03	e0.02	0.04	0.19	1.5	4.4	0.00	63	110
5	0.00	0.03	0.04	e0.03	e0.02	0.04	0.22	1.2	4.6	0.00	62	110
6	0.00	0.04	0.04	e0.03	e0.03	0.04	0.22	1.3	3.5	0.00	62	110
7	0.00	0.04	0.04	e0.04	e0.03	0.03	0.24	0.85	5.3	0.00	61	111
8	0.00	0.04	0.04	e0.04	e0.03	0.03	0.23	0.54	3.4	0.00	60	111
9	0.00	0.04	0.04	0.04	e0.03	0.03	0.21	0.47	2.1	0.00	57	112
10	0.00	0.04	0.04	0.04	e0.03	e0.02	0.19	0.56	2.2	0.05	46	113
11	0.00	0.05	0.03	0.05	e0.03	e0.03	0.17	1.1	4.7	0.08	44	113
12	0.00	0.07	0.03	0.05	e0.03	0.03	0.14	3.4	8.3	9.8	44	114
13	0.00	0.08	0.03	0.05	e0.03	0.03	0.12	2.4	5.3	93	43	116
14	0.00	0.08	0.03	0.05	e0.04	0.02	0.10	1.9	3.2	138	43	116
15	0.00	0.08	0.02	0.05	e0.04	0.01	0.09	1.8	42	221	43	115
16	0.00	0.08	0.02	0.05	e0.04	0.01	0.08	1.8	226	346	49	114
17	0.00	0.07	0.02	0.05	e0.04	0.01	0.08	1.4	273	368	66	115
18	0.00	0.07	0.02	0.05	e0.04	0.01	0.08	1.1	299	367	65	115
19	0.00	0.07	0.02	0.04	e0.04	0.02	0.07	1.5	317	359	64	113
20	0.00	0.07	0.02	0.04	e0.04	e0.02	0.07	1.4	329	349	59	114
21	0.00	0.07	0.02	0.04	0.04	0.02	0.05	1.1	342	336	54	113
22	0.00	0.07	0.03	0.04	0.04	0.02	0.03	1.5	353	330	54	113
23	0.00	0.07	0.03	0.04	0.04	0.02	0.03	1.2	311	292	53	111
24	0.00	0.06	0.03	0.04	0.04	0.02	0.02	1.4	117	138	52	111
25	0.00	0.05	0.03	e0.04	0.04	0.05	0.03	2.3	87	97	52	111
26	0.00	0.06	0.03	e0.03	0.04	0.07	0.17	1.9	84	83	37	110
27	0.00	0.05	0.04	e0.03	0.04	0.09	0.19	2.1	87	76	4.0	111
28	0.00	0.05	0.04	e0.03	0.04	0.12	0.65	2.0	74	72	1.9	111
29	0.00	0.05	0.05	e0.02	0.04	0.15	1.3	1.7	35	69	1.8	109
30	0.01	0.05	0.04	e0.02	---	0.16	0.75	2.3	20	50	44	106
31	0.02	---	0.04	e0.02	---	0.18	---	2.9	---	57	97	---
TOTAL	0.04	1.61	1.02	1.20	0.98	1.44	6.32	46.88	3,049.1	3,851.25	1,579.7	3,345
MEAN	0.00	0.05	0.03	0.04	0.03	0.05	0.21	1.51	102	124	51.0	112
MAX	0.02	0.08	0.05	0.05	0.04	0.18	1.3	3.4	353	368	97	116
MIN	0.00	0.02	0.02	0.02	0.02	0.01	0.02	0.47	1.4	0.00	1.8	103
AC-FT	0.08	3.2	2.0	2.4	1.9	2.9	13	93	6,050	7,640	3,130	6,630
STATISTICS OF MONTHLY MEAN DATA FOR WATER YEARS 1937 - 2004, BY WATER YEAR (WY)
MEAN	25.9	24.9	24.5	25.5	31.4	102	486	479	140	99.1	57.1	38.4
MAX	146	137	144	166	334	1,058	5,443	4,242	1,138	1,238	440	345
(WY)	(2000)	(1952)	(1976)	(1976)	(1997)	(1976)	(1976)	(1975)	(1975)	(1953)	(1999)	(1999)
MIN	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.02	0.01	0.00	0.00
(WY)	(1937)	(1937)	(1937)	(1937)	(1937)	(1937)	(1942)	(1942)	(1991)	(1991)	(1937)	(1937)

SUMMARY STATISTICS	FOR 2003 CALENDAR YEAR	FOR 2004 WATER YEAR	WATER YEARS 1937 - 2004
ANNUAL TOTAL	8,676.26	11,884.54
ANNUAL MEAN	23.8	32.5	128
HIGHEST ANNUAL MEAN			948 1976
LOWEST ANNUAL MEAN			1.13 1989
HIGHEST DAILY MEAN	218 May 15	368 Jul 17	8,500 Apr 17, 1976
LOWEST DAILY MEAN	0.00 Feb 21	0.00 Oct  2	-5.0 Apr  5, 1949
ANNUAL SEVEN-DAY MINIMUM	0.00 Feb 21	0.00 Oct  2	d0.00 Oct  1, 1936
MAXIMUM PEAK FLOW		a370 Jul 17	8,600 Apr 17, 1976
MAXIMUM PEAK STAGE		8.99 Jul 18	17.17 Apr 17, 1976
INSTANTANEOUS LOW FLOW		b0.00 Oct  2	c-25 Apr  4, 1949
ANNUAL RUNOFF (AC-FT)	17,210	23,570	92,780
10 PERCENT EXCEEDS	112	111	237
50 PERCENT EXCEEDS	0.06	0.07	11
90 PERCENT EXCEEDS	0.00	0.01	0.00

a Gage height, 8.98 b No flow all or part of Oct. 1-30 and July 1-9 c Rerverse flow caused by backwater from Des Lacs River d No flow at times in most years e Estimated

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