RED RIVER OF THE NORTH BASIN

05120000 SOURIS (MOUSE) RIVER NEAR VERENDRYE, ND

LOCATION.--Lat 48×09'35", long 100×43'45", in NW14SW14 sec.17, T.154 N., R.78 W., McHenry County, Hydrologic Unit 09010003, on left bank 2.7 mi north of Verendrye, 19 mi upstream from mouth of Wintering River, and at mile 302.0.

DRAINAGE AREA.--11,300 mi2, approximately, of which about 6,900 mi2 is probably noncontributing.

WATER-DISCHARGE RECORDS

PERIOD OF RECORD.--February to June 1933 (gage heights only), April 1937 to current year. Monthly discharge only for some periods, published in WSP 1308.

REVISED RECORDS.--WSP 2113: Drainage area.

GAGE.--Water-stage recorder. Datum of gage is 1,464.87 ft above National Geodetic Vertical Datum of 1929. February to June 1933, at site 4 mi upstream at datum 1.65 ft higher. Apr. 1, 1937, to Mar. 3, 1938, nonrecording gage at present site, at datum 1.97 ft higher.

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 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	6.9	18	e12	e7.3	e5.6	e6.4	226	24	60	149	163	61
2	7.0	13	e12	e6.8	e5.6	e6.0	196	24	67	149	159	50
3	10	12	e12	e6.3	e5.7	e5.9	180	23	72	144	144	45
4	7.9	9.0	e12	e6.1	e5.7	e6.2	166	22	76	138	116	41
5	7.0	6.8	e12	e5.9	e5.8	e6.5	150	22	61	118	94	50
6	6.7	6.1	e11	e5.8	e5.9	e6.6	142	21	54	95	82	90
7	6.7	8.1	e11	e5.7	e6.0	e6.6	143	20	56	81	76	97
8	6.3	9.4	e11	e5.7	e6.2	e6.6	151	22	93	72	71	99
9	6.5	9.4	e10	e5.8	e6.3	e6.8	151	26	185	68	72	101
10	6.9	9.5	e9.0	e6.0	e6.5	e6.9	137	27	172	63	72	103
11	6.9	10	e8.4	e6.2	e6.5	e7.0	123	32	167	58	76	104
12	6.6	11	e8.7	e6.3	e6.4	e7.1	112	44	234	52	81	107
13	6.1	11	e9.0	e6.4	e6.4	e7.2	94	57	347	47	94	115
14	6.6	12	e9.0	e6.3	e6.4	e7.5	86	63	335	44	82	118
15	6.5	12	e9.0	e6.2	e6.4	e7.8	78	83	271	50	69	122
16	6.3	12	e9.0	e6.1	e6.5	e8.0	69	83	277	49	61	139
17	6.7	12	e9.0	e6.1	e6.7	e8.2	58	67	276	119	58	139
18	7.2	12	e9.0	e6.0	e7.0	e8.5	45	55	205	177	57	138
19	7.8	12	e9.0	e5.9	e7.2	e9.0	39	51	179	197	54	135
20	9.9	13	e9.0	e5.8	e7.4	e9.5	37	49	253	237	52	133
21	9.5	13	e8.8	e5.8	e7.4	e11	35	48	287	267	51	134
22	10	13	e8.5	e5.8	e7.4	e12	39	66	287	280	59	139
23	10	13	e8.2	e5.8	e7.3	e13	39	68	286	280	65	147
24	10	e12	e8.4	e5.7	e7.3	e14	35	51	282	266	72	154
25	10	e12	e8.6	e5.7	e7.2	e16	33	51	279	264	77	155
26	10	e12	e8.5	e5.7	e7.0	e18	33	52	273	270	78	156
27	10	e12	e8.4	e5.6	e6.9	e90	32	61	245	246	75	160
28	23	e11	e8.2	e5.6	e6.8	e300	30	75	211	213	93	162
29	29	e12	e8.1	e5.6	e6.7	e500	28	61	188	186	97	162
30	42	e12	e7.8	e5.5	---	e406	26	56	169	168	81	164
31	30	---	e7.6	e5.5	---	e300	---	55	---	163	71	---
TOTAL	336.0	340.3	292.2	185.0	190.2	1,824.3	2,713	1,459	5,947	4,710	2,552	3,520
MEAN	10.8	11.3	9.43	5.97	6.56	58.8	90.4	47.1	198	152	82.3	117
MAX	42	18	12	7.3	7.4	500	226	83	347	280	163	164
MIN	6.1	6.1	7.6	5.5	5.6	5.9	26	20	54	44	51	41
AC-FT	666	675	580	367	377	3,620	5,380	2,890	11,800	9,340	5,060	6,980
STATISTICS OF MONTHLY MEAN DATA FOR WATER YEARS 1937 - 2004, BY WATER YEAR (WY)
MEAN	51.1	42.8	33.8	30.2	47.6	228	668	666	256	162	85.7	56.6
MAX	225	169	160	171	277	1,209	6,280	4,918	2,122	1,599	512	363
(WY)	(2000)	(1976)	(1976)	(1976)	(1976)	(1976)	(1976)	(1975)	(1975)	(1953)	(1976)	(1999)
MIN	1.50	1.00	1.00	0.50	0.50	2.25	11.7	6.80	2.33	0.67	0.42	0.10
(WY)	(1938)	(1938)	(1938)	(1938)	(1938)	(1940)	(1937)	(1938)	(1938)	(1937)	(1937)	(1937)

SUMMARY STATISTICS	FOR 2003 CALENDAR YEAR	FOR 2004 WATER YEAR	WATER YEARS 1937 - 2004
ANNUAL TOTAL	24,316.8	24,069.0
ANNUAL MEAN	66.6	65.8	197
HIGHEST ANNUAL MEAN			1,185 1976
LOWEST ANNUAL MEAN			18.8 1991
HIGHEST DAILY MEAN	600 Mar 19	500 Mar 29	9,700 Apr 20, 1976
LOWEST DAILY MEAN	6.1 Oct 13	5.5 Jan 30	0.10 Sep  1, 1937
ANNUAL SEVEN-DAY MINIMUM	6.5 Oct 11	5.6 Jan 27	0.10 Sep  1, 1937
MAXIMUM PEAK FLOW		a550 Mar 29	9,900 Apr 19, 1976
MAXIMUM PEAK STAGE		b7.65 Mar 27	17.84 Apr 19, 1976
ANNUAL RUNOFF (AC-FT)	48,230	47,740	142,400
10 PERCENT EXCEEDS	253	179	408
50 PERCENT EXCEEDS	15	25	38
90 PERCENT EXCEEDS	8.2	6.2	4.1

a About; gage height, 7.38 ft b Backwater from ice e Estimated

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