RED RIVER OF THE NORTH BASIN

05117500 SOURIS (MOUSE) RIVER ABOVE MINOT, ND

LOCATION.--Lat 48×14'45", long 101×22'15", in NW14NW14SE14 sec.17, T.155 N., R.83 W., Ward County, Hydrologic Unit 09010001, on right bank 180 ft downstream from county highway bridge, 3.5 mi west of Minot, 7 mi downstream from Des Lacs River, and at mile 388.5.

DRAINAGE AREA.--10,600 mi2, approximately, of which about 6,700 mi2 is probably noncontributing.

WATER-DISCHARGE RECORDS

PERIOD OF RECORD.--May 1903 to current year. Monthly discharge only for some periods, published in WSP 1308. Published as Mouse River at Minot, 1903-24, Souris River at Minot, 1927-28, 1929-34, and Souris River near Minot, 1928-29.

REVISED RECORDS.--WSP 1308: 1905, 1909-14, 1918, 1924-25, 1927. WSP 1338: 1903-4, 1906, 1917, 1928, 1929(M). WSP 2113: Drainage area.

GAGE.--Water-stage recorder and concrete control. Datum of gage is 1,545.75 ft above National Geodetic Vertical Datum of 1929. May 5, 1903, to Sept. 30, 1928; Oct. 1, 1929, to Sept. 30, 1934; nonrecording gages at mile 377.6 in Minot, at datum 12.5 ft lower, Oct. 1, 1928, to Sept. 30, 1929, nonrecording gages at Saugstad bridge at mile 366.8, 5 mi southeast of Minot and at datum 19.2 ft lower than present datum. Records equivalent except those for periods of extreme low flow, as some industrial and sanitary waste enters the river between the sites.

REMARKS.--Records good except for estimated daily discharges, which are fair. Flow regulated by reservoirs on Souris and Des Lacs Rivers, combined capacity, about 700,000 acre-ft; some small diversions for irrigation and municipal supply.

EXTREMES OUTSIDE PERIOD OF RECORD.--Maximum stage in Minot at least 3 ft higher than 1904 peak, in 1881, according to Apr. 20, 1904, issue of Minot Daily Optic. This peak probably occurred in 1882.

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	0.00	0.00	2.2	e1.8	e1.6	2.0	22	6.9	32	85	111	26
2	0.00	0.00	1.9	e1.8	e1.7	2.0	32	6.1	27	71	74	75
3	0.00	0.00	1.8	e1.7	e1.7	2.0	75	5.8	23	56	61	92
4	0.00	0.00	1.8	e1.7	1.7	2.0	79	5.8	23	45	55	99
5	0.00	0.00	2.0	e1.7	1.7	2.0	77	4.8	35	38	54	101
6	0.00	0.00	2.0	e1.7	1.7	2.1	82	4.6	45	32	55	101
7	0.00	0.00	e2.0	e1.7	1.7	2.0	70	3.9	68	27	59	102
8	0.00	0.00	e2.0	e1.7	1.6	2.3	76	3.6	25	27	61	100
9	0.00	0.00	e1.9	1.8	1.5	3.1	72	3.9	20	25	62	100
10	0.00	0.00	e1.9	1.8	1.5	4.5	54	3.4	20	23	64	102
11	0.00	0.00	e1.8	1.9	1.5	4.2	58	4.3	35	21	62	104
12	0.00	e0.01	e1.8	1.8	1.5	3.6	34	8.5	123	19	55	104
13	0.00	0.02	1.7	1.8	1.5	3.3	24	9.6	190	17	50	114
14	0.00	0.02	1.5	2.0	1.5	3.3	18	9.4	245	25	48	124
15	0.00	0.03	1.5	2.0	1.5	2.8	16	12	167	147	46	123
16	0.00	0.03	1.6	2.0	1.5	3.1	14	14	117	219	47	122
17	0.00	0.06	1.3	2.0	1.5	3.6	14	16	216	272	48	126
18	0.00	0.10	1.6	2.1	1.3	3.8	14	18	271	315	51	128
19	0.00	0.23	1.7	1.9	1.3	4.3	14	26	274	325	57	135
20	0.00	0.58	1.7	1.9	1.3	5.6	13	21	277	322	57	146
21	0.00	1.2	1.6	1.9	1.2	6.1	12	17	276	317	59	149
22	0.00	1.7	1.8	1.9	1.2	6.3	12	15	273	313	63	151
23	0.00	2.0	1.9	1.8	1.1	6.5	13	14	269	310	63	156
24	0.00	2.0	1.8	e1.8	1.1	7.6	13	15	247	287	68	163
25	0.00	2.1	1.6	e1.8	1.2	8.6	14	18	187	238	68	162
26	0.00	2.1	1.7	e1.8	1.2	9.9	13	18	157	205	74	166
27	0.00	2.1	1.8	e1.7	1.4	e11	11	19	140	183	65	167
28	0.00	2.1	e1.8	e1.6	1.7	e12	10	19	134	181	54	164
29	0.00	1.9	e1.7	e1.6	1.9	e14	9.0	29	132	182	37	162
30	0.00	2.0	e1.7	e1.6	---	e16	8.1	30	107	181	22	163
31	0.00	---	e1.7	e1.6	---	17	---	34	---	168	15	---
TOTAL	0.00	20.28	54.8	55.9	42.8	176.6	973.1	415.6	4,155	4,676	1,765	3,727
MEAN	0.00	0.68	1.77	1.80	1.48	5.70	32.4	13.4	138	151	56.9	124
MAX	0.00	2.1	2.2	2.1	1.9	17	82	34	277	325	111	167
MIN	0.00	0.00	1.3	1.6	1.1	2.0	8.1	3.4	20	17	15	26
AC-FT	0.00	40	109	111	85	350	1,930	824	8,240	9,270	3,500	7,390
STATISTICS OF MONTHLY MEAN DATA FOR WATER YEARS 1903 - 2004, BY WATER YEAR (WY)
MEAN	32.4	27.6	22.4	20.6	28.0	136	640	555	193	123	62.0	46.6
MAX	266	159	164	170	399	1,272	6,209	4,916	1,402	1,393	480	748
(WY)	(1904)	(1952)	(1976)	(1976)	(1997)	(1976)	(1976)	(1904)	(1975)	(1953)	(1999)	(1903)
MIN	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	1.27	0.31	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00
(WY)	(1935)	(1935)	(1935)	(1935)	(1935)	(1936)	(1937)	(1993)	(1938)	(1937)	(1937)	(1935)

SUMMARY STATISTICS	FOR 2003 CALENDAR YEAR	FOR 2004 WATER YEAR	WATER YEARS 1903 - 2004
ANNUAL TOTAL	12,832.26	16,062.08
ANNUAL MEAN	35.2	43.9	157
HIGHEST ANNUAL MEAN			1,105 1976
LOWEST ANNUAL MEAN			1.30 1931
HIGHEST DAILY MEAN	350 Mar 19	325 Jul 19	11,400 Apr 22, 1904
LOWEST DAILY MEAN	0.00 Aug  2	a0.00 Oct  1	0.00 Sep 26, 1917
ANNUAL SEVEN-DAY MINIMUM	0.00 Aug  2	0.00 Oct  1	0.00 Sep 26, 1917
MAXIMUM PEAK FLOW		328 Jul 19	b12,000 Apr 20, 1904
MAXIMUM PEAK STAGE		6.53 Jul 19	c21.90 Apr 20, 1904
ANNUAL RUNOFF (AC-FT)	25,450	31,860	113,500
10 PERCENT EXCEEDS	165	156	306
50 PERCENT EXCEEDS	1.7	6.2	21
90 PERCENT EXCEEDS	0.00	0.00	0.20

a No flow on all or part of Oct. 1 to Nov. 11 b At site in Minot, from rating curve extended above 8,000 ft3/s c At site in Minot, maximum stage at present location about 23 ft e Estimated

Gage height, feet 

WATER YEAR OCTOBER 2003 TO SEPTEMBER 2004

DAILY MEAN VALUES

DAY	OCT	NOV	DEC	JAN	FEB	MAR	APR	MAY	JUN	JUL	AUG	SEP
1	3.52	3.58	4.02	4.03	4.02	4.01	4.37	4.19	4.43	4.83	4.99	4.34
2	3.52	3.58	4.00	4.04	4.01	4.01	4.43	4.18	4.41	4.73	4.72	4.67
3	3.52	3.59	4.00	4.05	4.00	4.01	4.68	4.17	4.38	4.63	4.63	4.79
4	3.52	3.61	4.00	4.04	3.99	4.01	4.73	4.17	4.38	4.56	4.58	4.85
5	3.52	3.62	4.01	4.04	3.99	4.01	4.74	4.15	4.45	4.51	4.56	4.87
6	3.52	3.63	4.01	4.02	3.99	4.02	4.78	4.14	4.50	4.47	4.57	4.87
7	3.51	3.64	4.02	4.02	3.99	4.01	4.71	4.12	4.61	4.43	4.59	4.87
8	3.51	3.64	4.02	4.01	3.98	4.03	4.74	4.12	4.40	4.43	4.60	4.86
9	3.51	3.65	4.03	4.00	3.98	4.06	4.71	4.12	4.36	4.41	4.60	4.85
10	3.50	3.65	4.02	4.00	3.98	4.11	4.59	4.11	4.36	4.39	4.62	4.87
11	3.50	3.67	4.00	4.00	3.98	4.10	4.62	4.13	4.45	4.38	4.60	4.88
12	3.48	3.69	4.01	4.00	3.98	4.08	4.46	4.22	4.89	4.36	4.54	4.89
13	3.49	3.70	3.99	4.00	3.98	4.07	4.39	4.23	5.31	4.34	4.50	4.96
14	3.48	3.71	3.98	4.01	3.98	4.06	4.35	4.23	5.77	4.40	4.48	5.04
15	3.48	3.71	3.98	4.01	3.98	4.05	4.32	4.26	5.37	5.27	4.46	5.04
16	3.49	3.72	3.99	4.01	3.98	4.06	4.30	4.30	5.05	5.80	4.46	5.03
17	3.49	3.74	3.97	4.01	3.98	4.08	4.30	4.31	5.77	6.18	4.46	5.06
18	3.50	3.78	3.98	4.02	3.97	4.08	4.30	4.34	6.17	6.45	4.48	5.07
19	3.50	3.83	3.99	4.01	3.97	4.11	4.30	4.40	6.19	6.52	4.53	5.12
20	3.51	3.89	3.99	4.00	3.97	4.15	4.29	4.37	6.21	6.51	4.54	5.21
21	3.50	3.96	3.98	4.01	3.96	4.16	4.28	4.33	6.21	6.47	4.55	5.22
22	3.50	3.99	4.00	4.01	3.96	4.17	4.26	4.31	6.18	6.45	4.58	5.25
23	3.50	4.01	4.00	4.00	3.95	4.17	4.27	4.29	6.16	6.43	4.58	5.28
24	3.51	4.01	4.00	4.01	3.95	4.19	4.28	4.30	6.00	6.28	4.61	5.33
25	3.49	4.02	3.99	4.04	3.96	4.21	4.29	4.34	5.56	5.94	4.61	5.33
26	3.49	4.02	3.99	4.03	3.96	4.24	4.28	4.34	5.33	5.70	4.66	5.36
27	3.51	4.02	4.00	4.02	3.98	4.34	4.26	4.35	5.21	5.53	4.59	5.37
28	3.51	4.02	4.03	4.02	3.99	4.43	4.24	4.35	5.17	5.51	4.51	5.34
29	3.51	4.01	4.04	4.02	4.00	4.41	4.23	4.42	5.15	5.51	4.41	5.33
30	3.56	4.01	4.04	4.01	---	4.35	4.21	4.42	4.98	5.51	4.32	5.34
31	3.57	---	4.04	4.02	---	4.33	---	4.45	---	5.40	4.28	---
MEAN	3.51	3.79	4.00	4.02	3.98	4.13	4.42	4.26	5.18	5.30	4.56	5.04
MAX	3.57	4.02	4.04	4.05	4.02	4.43	4.78	4.45	6.21	6.52	4.99	5.37
MIN	3.48	3.58	3.97	4.00	3.95	4.01	4.21	4.11	4.36	4.34	4.28	4.34

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