RED RIVER OF THE NORTH BASIN

05124000 SOURIS (MOUSE) RIVER NEAR WESTHOPE, ND

(International gaging station)

LOCATION.--Lat 48×59'47", long 100×57'29", in SW14SE14 sec.30, T.164 N., R.79 W., Bottineau County, Hydrologic Unit 09010003, on left bank 1,200 ft upstream from second crossing of international boundary, 1 mi downstream from Fish and Wildlife Service Dam 357, 7 mi northeast of Westhope, 11 mi downstream from Boundary Creek, and at mile 154.5.

DRAINAGE AREA.--16,900 mi2, approximately, of which about 10,300 mi2 is probably noncontributing.

WATER-DISCHARGE RECORDS

PERIOD OF RECORD.--July to October 1929, April 1930 to current year. Monthly discharge only for some periods, published in WSP 1308.

REVISED RECORDS.--WSP 1338: 1932. WSP 2113: Drainage area.

GAGE.--Water-stage recorder and control. Datum of gage is 1,402.45 ft above National Geodetic Vertical Datum of 1929. Prior to Mar. 28, 1938, nonrecording gage at site 6.3 mi upstream at datum 2.52 ft higher.

REMARKS.--Records good except for estimated daily discharges, which are fair. Flow regulated by dams on Souris River and tributaries, combined capacity, about 321,000 acre-ft. Diversion at Eaton Dam for irrigation of about 7,000 acres and other small diversions for irrigation and municipal supply upstream from station.

COOPERATION.--This station is one of the international gaging stations maintained by the United States under agreement with Canada.

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	25	20	0.35	e0.55	0.45	e0.50	e1.3	16	276	826	394	164
2	25	2.7	0.42	e0.53	0.45	e0.49	e1.6	16	301	782	394	159
3	24	e0.80	0.49	e0.52	0.45	e0.48	e2.0	21	327	758	394	158
4	25	e0.40	0.54	e0.51	0.45	e0.49	e2.7	17	312	747	394	158
5	25	e0.20	0.62	e0.51	0.43	e0.51	e3.7	18	328	735	393	158
6	24	e0.10	0.72	e0.50	0.43	0.54	e5.0	16	363	707	393	152
7	24	e0.08	0.81	e0.50	0.43	0.56	e4.7	28	406	669	394	153
8	25	e0.05	0.94	e0.49	e0.43	0.58	e4.5	21	592	656	395	155
9	24	e0.04	0.97	e0.49	e0.43	0.60	e4.3	20	701	637	394	154
10	22	e0.03	0.97	e0.49	e0.43	0.61	e4.1	19	875	602	398	152
11	24	e0.03	0.97	e0.48	0.43	0.61	e3.9	21	957	593	352	153
12	24	e0.03	0.97	e0.47	0.44	0.61	e3.8	19	1,010	585	261	153
13	23	e0.03	0.97	e0.46	0.44	0.60	e3.7	20	1,080	528	241	153
14	23	e0.03	0.97	e0.45	0.45	0.60	e4.3	21	1,110	508	231	153
15	25	e0.04	0.97	e0.44	0.45	0.61	e5.2	20	1,170	503	223	152
16	24	e0.04	0.97	0.44	0.45	0.61	e6.5	18	1,250	498	205	152
17	25	e0.04	0.97	0.45	0.45	0.62	e7.9	24	1,400	497	185	154
18	25	e0.04	0.99	0.45	e0.44	0.66	9.4	81	1,430	498	176	156
19	25	e0.04	1.0	0.45	e0.44	0.66	13	161	1,430	502	176	153
20	24	e0.04	1.0	0.45	e0.43	0.64	21	172	1,470	477	176	149
21	25	e0.05	1.0	0.45	e0.43	0.64	20	209	1,510	415	175	146
22	25	e0.05	0.85	0.45	e0.43	0.64	20	205	1,420	403	173	148
23	25	e0.06	e0.75	0.45	e0.43	0.63	17	206	1,340	396	175	146
24	23	e0.07	e0.70	0.45	e0.43	0.65	23	210	1,250	396	173	145
25	20	e0.08	e0.65	0.45	e0.43	1.0	15	207	1,190	396	170	145
26	23	e0.10	e0.62	0.45	e0.44	1.1	13	208	1,120	396	168	141
27	22	e0.14	e0.59	0.45	e0.46	1.5	13	229	1,100	395	167	141
28	20	e0.18	e0.57	e0.45	e0.47	1.0	12	290	1,060	401	167	142
29	26	0.22	e0.57	0.45	e0.49	0.87	13	292	1,000	402	163	140
30	26	0.30	e0.56	e0.45	---	0.92	14	279	945	404	162	136
31	26	---	e0.55	0.45	---	e1.1	---	275	---	399	162	---
TOTAL	746	26.01	24.02	14.58	12.81	21.63	272.6	3,359	28,723	16,711	8,024	4,521
MEAN	24.1	0.87	0.77	0.47	0.44	0.70	9.09	108	957	539	259	151
MAX	26	20	1.0	0.55	0.49	1.5	23	292	1,510	826	398	164
MIN	20	0.03	0.35	0.44	0.43	0.48	1.3	16	276	395	162	136
AC-FT	1,480	52	48	29	25	43	541	6,660	56,970	33,150	15,920	8,970
STATISTICS OF MONTHLY MEAN DATA FOR WATER YEARS 1929 - 2004, BY WATER YEAR (WY)
MEAN	67.5	54.9	34.2	27.5	26.2	70.9	846	990	587	284	133	74.6
MAX	473	387	201	191	190	779	8,850	5,967	4,919	1,726	1,014	657
(WY)	(1976)	(1995)	(1976)	(1976)	(1976)	(1983)	(1976)	(1976)	(1999)	(1999)	(1953)	(1999)
MIN	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.01	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00
(WY)	(1933)	(1935)	(1935)	(1935)	(1935)	(1936)	(1941)	(1937)	(1937)	(1937)	(1931)	(1931)

SUMMARY STATISTICS	FOR 2003 CALENDAR YEAR	FOR 2004 WATER YEAR	WATER YEARS 1929 - 2004
ANNUAL TOTAL	26,360.23	62,455.65
ANNUAL MEAN	72.2	171	269
HIGHEST ANNUAL MEAN			1,697 1976
LOWEST ANNUAL MEAN			0.15 1937
HIGHEST DAILY MEAN	482 May 26	1,510 Jun 21	12,400 Apr 26, 1976
LOWEST DAILY MEAN	0.03 Nov 10	0.03 Nov 10	0.00 Jul 20, 1931
ANNUAL SEVEN-DAY MINIMUM	0.03 Nov  9	0.03 Nov  9	0.00 Jul 20, 1931
MAXIMUM PEAK FLOW		1,540 Jun 20	12,600 Apr 26, 1976
MAXIMUM PEAK STAGE		9.69 Jun 20	19.16 Apr 26, 1976
INSTANTANEOUS LOW FLOW		0.03 Nov 10	a-35 Apr  8, 1943
ANNUAL RUNOFF (AC-FT)	52,290	123,900	194,600
10 PERCENT EXCEEDS	201	514	603
50 PERCENT EXCEEDS	25	18	27
90 PERCENT EXCEEDS	0.61	0.43	0.00

a Reverse flow caused by backwater from downstream tributary inflow e Estimated

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