LOCATION.--Lat 48×30'20", long 100×26'04", in SE14NW14SE14 sec.14, T.158 N., R.76 W., McHenry County, Hydrologic Unit 09010003, on left bank 200 ft upstream from Nelson bridge, 8 mi east of Bantry, 18 mi upstream from Willow Creek, and at mile 228.0.
PERIOD OF RECORD.--March 1937 to current year. Monthly discharge only for some periods, published in WSP 1308.
GAGE.--Water-stage recorder. Datum of gage is 1,427.56 ft above National Geodetic Vertical Datum of 1929. Prior to Mar. 16, 1938, nonrecording gage at same site at datum 0.17 ft lower.
REMARKS.--Records good except for estimated daily discharges, which are fair. Flow regulated by reservoirs on Souris, Des Lacs, and Wintering Rivers, total capacity, about 700,800 acre-ft. Diversions for irrigation of about 7,600 acres at Eaton Dam about 42 mi above station and other small diversions for irrigation and municipal supply.
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