RED RIVER OF THE NORTH BASIN

05123400 WILLOW CREEK NEAR WILLOW CITY, ND

LOCATION.--Lat 48×35'20", long l00×26'30", in NE14NW14 sec.23, T.159 N., R.76 W., McHenry County, Hydrologic Unit 09010004, on left bank 50 ft downstream from culverts on county road, 1.5 mi upstream from Snake Creek, and 7 mi west of Willow City.

DRAINAGE AREA.--1,160 mi2, approximately, of which about 430 mi2 is probably noncontributing.

WATER-DISCHARGE RECORDS

PERIOD OF RECORD.--August 1956 to current year.

GAGE.--Water-stage recorder. Elevation of gage is 1,430 ft above National Geodetic Vertical Datum of 1929, from topographic map. Prior to Oct. 5, 1956, nonrecording gage at site 50 ft upstream at same datum.

REMARKS.--Records fair.

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	e0.00	e0.00	e0.00	e0.00	e0.00	e12	11	135	191	21	14
2	0.00	e0.00	e0.00	e0.00	e0.00	e0.00	e20	9.1	169	179	24	10
3	0.00	e0.00	e0.00	e0.00	e0.00	e0.00	e40	9.0	216	169	25	9.9
4	0.00	e0.00	e0.00	e0.00	e0.00	e0.00	e60	9.3	253	159	24	22
5	0.00	e0.00	e0.00	e0.00	e0.00	e0.00	e120	8.0	282	146	23	22
6	0.00	e0.00	e0.00	e0.00	e0.00	e0.01	e200	6.4	307	131	23	22
7	0.00	e0.00	e0.00	e0.00	e0.00	e0.01	e375	5.1	339	116	e22	23
8	0.00	e0.00	e0.00	e0.00	e0.00	e0.02	e325	3.7	363	103	e24	21
9	0.00	e0.00	e0.00	e0.00	e0.00	e0.03	296	3.8	410	94	e23	17
10	0.00	e0.00	e0.00	e0.00	e0.00	e0.07	259	2.8	452	87	e21	18
11	0.00	e0.00	e0.00	e0.00	e0.00	e0.10	217	6.8	491	79	e19	17
12	0.00	e0.00	e0.00	e0.00	e0.00	e0.08	190	8.9	497	76	18	16
13	0.00	e0.00	e0.00	e0.00	e0.00	e0.11	169	11	523	75	18	15
14	0.00	e0.00	e0.00	e0.00	e0.00	e0.15	148	15	584	72	17	15
15	0.00	e0.00	e0.00	e0.00	e0.00	e0.22	127	18	658	71	17	14
16	0.00	e0.00	e0.00	e0.00	e0.00	e0.30	108	25	753	64	17	13
17	0.00	e0.00	e0.00	e0.00	e0.00	e0.43	88	28	807	59	16	12
18	0.00	e0.00	e0.00	e0.00	e0.00	e0.50	72	37	731	54	15	12
19	0.00	e0.00	e0.00	e0.00	e0.00	e0.60	59	50	643	50	15	12
20	0.00	e0.00	e0.00	e0.00	e0.00	e0.52	49	58	573	46	14	12
21	0.00	e0.00	e0.00	e0.00	e0.00	e0.55	40	63	510	41	13	12
22	0.00	e0.00	e0.00	e0.00	e0.00	e0.60	33	67	452	39	14	11
23	e0.00	e0.00	e0.00	e0.00	e0.00	e0.69	30	72	411	37	14	10
24	e0.00	e0.00	e0.00	e0.00	e0.00	e0.78	27	73	376	35	14	11
25	e0.00	e0.00	e0.00	e0.00	e0.00	e0.90	24	77	351	34	15	12
26	e0.00	e0.00	e0.00	e0.00	e0.00	e1.1	22	80	319	32	19	14
27	e0.00	e0.00	e0.00	e0.00	e0.00	e1.4	20	84	287	30	20	15
28	e0.00	e0.00	e0.00	e0.00	e0.00	e1.9	14	95	258	28	19	14
29	e0.00	e0.00	e0.00	e0.00	e0.00	e3.0	14	102	233	26	17	13
30	e0.00	e0.00	e0.00	e0.00	---	e4.5	12	104	210	24	16	12
31	e0.00	---	e0.00	e0.00	---	e8.0	---	112	---	22	15	---
TOTAL	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	26.57	3,170	1,254.9	12,593	2,369	572	440.9
MEAN	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.86	106	40.5	420	76.4	18.5	14.7
MAX	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	8.0	375	112	807	191	25	23
MIN	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	12	2.8	135	22	13	9.9
AC-FT	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	53	6,290	2,490	24,980	4,700	1,130	875
STATISTICS OF MONTHLY MEAN DATA FOR WATER YEARS 1956 - 2004, BY WATER YEAR (WY)
MEAN	6.87	7.04	2.06	0.29	0.59	37.6	253	144	65.7	27.5	21.8	8.75
MAX	71.8	57.7	24.8	4.39	16.4	342	1,242	1,424	769	255	197	75.5
(WY)	(1981)	(2001)	(1960)	(1960)	(1981)	(1995)	(1969)	(1999)	(1999)	(1999)	(2001)	(1980)
MIN	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00
(WY)	(1957)	(1957)	(1957)	(1957)	(1958)	(1959)	(1977)	(1959)	(1959)	(1958)	(1957)	(1957)

SUMMARY STATISTICS	FOR 2003 CALENDAR YEAR	FOR 2004 WATER YEAR	WATER YEARS 1956 - 2004
ANNUAL TOTAL	2,234.87	20,426.37
ANNUAL MEAN	6.12	55.8	47.9
HIGHEST ANNUAL MEAN			323 1999
LOWEST ANNUAL MEAN			0.01 1990
HIGHEST DAILY MEAN	160 Mar 29	807 Jun 17	5,310 Apr 12, 1969
LOWEST DAILY MEAN	0.00 Jan  1	0.00 Oct  1	0.00 Sep 23, 1956
ANNUAL SEVEN-DAY MINIMUM	0.00 Jan  1	0.00 Oct  1	0.00 Sep 23, 1956
MAXIMUM PEAK FLOW		828 Jun 17	5,900 Apr 12, 1969
MAXIMUM PEAK STAGE		12.32 Jun 17	16.76 Apr 12, 1969
ANNUAL RUNOFF (AC-FT)	4,430	40,520	34,730
10 PERCENT EXCEEDS	19	182	97
50 PERCENT EXCEEDS	0.00	3.8	0.00
90 PERCENT EXCEEDS	0.00	0.00	0.00

e Estimated

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