RED RIVER OF THE NORTH BASIN

05120500 WINTERING RIVER NEAR KARLSRUHE, ND

LOCATION.--Lat 48×08'18", long 100×32'22", SW14SW14SW14 sec.23, T.154 N., R.77 W., McHenry County, Hydrologic Unit 09010003, on right bank 400 ft south of county highway bridge, 9 mi upstream from mouth, and 5 mi northeast of Karlsruhe.

DRAINAGE AREA.--705 mi2, of which about 420 mi2 is probably noncontributing. (Drainage area shown is for former location 5 river miles downstream. Total drainage area has been reduced about 10 percent, which mostly consists of noncontributing area. New drainage areas will be published, but have not been delineated.)

WATER-DISCHARGE RECORDS

PERIOD OF RECORD.--March 1937 to current year. Monthly discharge only for some periods, published in WSP 1308.

REVISED RECORDS.--WSP 1728: Drainage area.

GAGE.--Water-stage recorder. Elevation of gage is 1,500 ft above National Geodetic Vertical Datum of 1929, from topographic map. Mar. 1937 to Sept. 30, 1994, at site 5 miles downstream, at datum 20 ft lower.

REMARKS.--Records fair except for estimated daily discharges, which are poor. Some regulation by Fish and Wildlife Service dams on Cottonwood and Wintering Lakes, controlled capacity, about 850 acre-ft.

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	2.6	e1.8	e4.5	e6.2	e2.1	e2.3	127	40	25	25	e2.7	e2.5
2	2.6	e1.8	e4.6	e6.2	e2.1	e2.2	139	37	21	27	e3.6	e2.4
3	2.3	e1.7	e4.7	e6.2	e2.0	e2.1	149	35	19	26	e4.0	e2.4
4	2.2	e1.6	e4.7	e6.1	e2.1	e2.1	150	32	17	23	e3.9	e2.4
5	2.1	e1.6	e4.8	e6.1	e2.1	e2.1	148	31	18	22	e3.8	e2.4
6	2.0	e1.7	e4.8	e6.0	e2.1	e2.1	137	28	17	19	e3.7	e2.4
7	e2.0	e2.1	e4.9	e6.0	e2.0	e2.1	135	24	24	18	e3.7	e2.4
8	e1.9	e2.3	e5.0	e5.9	e2.1	e2.2	129	24	27	20	e4.0	e2.2
9	e1.9	e2.4	e5.0	e5.9	e2.1	e2.4	122	22	29	20	e3.9	e2.4
10	e1.9	e2.5	e4.9	e5.8	e2.1	e2.4	114	21	30	18	e3.7	e2.4
11	e1.9	e2.6	e5.0	e5.7	e2.1	e2.3	108	23	55	16	e3.5	e2.4
12	e1.9	e2.7	e5.2	e5.7	e2.0	e2.4	102	26	65	19	e3.3	e2.2
13	e1.9	e2.8	e5.4	e5.6	e2.0	e2.7	98	25	67	16	e3.2	e2.2
14	e1.8	e2.9	e5.6	e5.5	e2.0	e2.9	94	24	53	13	e3.2	e2.1
15	e1.8	e3.0	e5.8	e5.5	e2.0	e3.1	89	22	49	17	e3.2	e2.1
16	e1.8	e3.2	e6.0	e5.5	e2.0	e3.4	85	20	48	13	e3.2	e2.1
17	e1.8	e3.4	e6.1	e5.4	e2.1	e3.8	79	18	46	12	e3.2	e2.1
18	e1.9	e3.6	e6.3	e5.2	e2.1	e4.0	78	17	44	11	e3.2	e2.5
19	e1.9	e3.8	e6.5	e5.0	e2.1	e4.2	74	25	44	9.8	e3.2	e5.0
20	e1.9	e4.0	e6.3	e4.9	e2.1	e4.0	70	28	43	9.0	e3.2	e3.0
21	e1.9	e3.9	e6.4	e4.7	e2.1	e4.5	64	24	42	7.6	e3.0	e2.4
22	e1.9	e3.8	e6.7	e4.5	e2.1	e6.4	61	24	41	6.1	e2.9	e2.4
23	e1.9	e3.7	e7.0	e4.3	e2.0	e8.3	59	23	39	5.4	e2.9	e2.3
24	e1.9	e3.6	e7.2	e4.1	e2.1	e11	56	18	37	4.6	e2.9	e6.0
25	e1.9	e3.7	e7.1	e3.8	e2.2	e15	54	20	35	3.7	e2.9	e3.8
26	e1.9	e3.8	e7.0	e3.4	e2.2	e30	50	18	33	2.9	e2.7	e2.7
27	e2.0	e4.0	e6.9	e3.0	e2.2	e55	48	17	31	2.1	e2.7	e2.4
28	e2.0	e4.2	e6.7	e2.6	e2.3	e90	46	14	29	e2.0	e2.7	e2.1
29	e2.0	e4.3	e6.5	e2.2	e2.3	e140	43	14	27	e1.9	e2.7	e2.1
30	e2.0	e4.4	e6.3	e2.0	---	e124	41	17	26	e1.9	e2.7	e2.1
31	e1.9	---	e6.3	e2.0	---	e115	---	18	---	e2.0	e2.7	---
TOTAL	61.4	90.9	180.2	151.0	60.8	654.0	2,749	729	1,081	394.0	100.2	77.9
MEAN	1.98	3.03	5.81	4.87	2.10	21.1	91.6	23.5	36.0	12.7	3.23	2.60
MAX	2.6	4.4	7.2	6.2	2.3	140	150	40	67	27	4.0	6.0
MIN	1.8	1.6	4.5	2.0	2.0	2.1	41	14	17	1.9	2.7	2.1
AC-FT	122	180	357	300	121	1,300	5,450	1,450	2,140	781	199	155
STATISTICS OF MONTHLY MEAN DATA FOR WATER YEARS 1937 - 2004, BY WATER YEAR (WY)
MEAN	6.31	6.13	2.61	1.31	1.56	26.2	72.3	34.0	19.0	12.1	7.42	5.65
MAX	109	98.8	22.7	9.77	10.7	343	465	304	194	95.1	87.3	67.3
(WY)	(1995)	(1995)	(2001)	(2002)	(2000)	(1995)	(1997)	(1999)	(1999)	(1999)	(1993)	(1999)
MIN	0.03	0.50	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	2.81	1.65	0.43	0.23	0.01	0.00
(WY)	(1993)	(1938)	(1938)	(1938)	(1938)	(1951)	(1992)	(1992)	(1992)	(1989)	(1989)	(1992)

SUMMARY STATISTICS	FOR 2003 CALENDAR YEAR	FOR 2004 WATER YEAR	WATER YEARS 1937 - 2004
ANNUAL TOTAL	6,404.78	6,329.4
ANNUAL MEAN	17.5	17.3	16.4
HIGHEST ANNUAL MEAN			82.0 1999
LOWEST ANNUAL MEAN			1.36 1992
HIGHEST DAILY MEAN	242 Mar 30	150 Apr  4	2,500 Apr  7, 1949
LOWEST DAILY MEAN	0.00 Jan  1	1.6 Nov  4	0.00 Mar  1, 1937
ANNUAL SEVEN-DAY MINIMUM	0.00 Jan  1	1.7 Oct 31	0.00 Mar  1, 1937
MAXIMUM PEAK FLOW		a175 Mar 29	c3,000 Apr  7, 1949
MAXIMUM PEAK STAGE		b6.95 Mar 27	b12.00 Apr  7, 1949
ANNUAL RUNOFF (AC-FT)	12,700	12,550	11,890
10 PERCENT EXCEEDS	45	48	34
50 PERCENT EXCEEDS	4.8	4.3	3.5
90 PERCENT EXCEEDS	0.00	2.0	0.10

a About; gage height, 6.34 b Backwater from ice c By velocity area study e Estimated

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