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MISSOURI RIVER MAIN STEM
06330000 MISSOURI RIVER NEAR WILLISTON, ND
LOCATION.--Lat 48×06'29", long 103×42'51", in NW14NE14 sec.06, T.153 N., R.101 W., McKenzie County, Hydrologic Unit 10110101, on right bank, 5 mi southwest of Williston, 29.3 mi downstream from Yellowstone River, and at mile 1,552.7.
DRAINAGE AREA.--164,500 mi2, approximately.
GAGE-HEIGHT RECORDS
PERIOD OF RECORD.--April 1966 to current year. Operated as a stage-discharge station October 1897 to July 1965.
GAGE.--Water-stage recorder. Datum of gage is 1,830.20 ft above National Geodetic Vertical Datum of 1929. See WSP 1917 for history of changes prior to April 1966.
REMARKS.--Stage regulated by upstream reservoirs and backwater from Lake Sakakawea.
EXTREMES FOR PERIOD OF RECORD.--Maximum daily gage height observed, 26.60 ft, Mar. 8, 1994; minimum daily recorded, 7.80 ft, Nov. 2, 1966.
Gage height, feet 
WATER YEAR OCTOBER 2003 TO SEPTEMBER 2004
DAILY MEAN VALUES
DAY
OCT
NOV
DEC
JAN
FEB
MAR
APR
MAY
JUN
JUL
AUG
SEP
1
12.61
13.00
---
---
---
19.31
15.87
14.38
16.60
16.41
13.76
12.75
2
12.54
12.94
---
---
---
19.32
15.68
14.35
16.27
16.37
13.81
13.06
3
12.50
12.97
---
---
---
19.14
15.47
14.17
16.26
16.23
13.81
13.16
4
12.46
13.29
---
---
---
18.93
15.27
14.22
16.18
16.11
13.91
13.14
5
12.47
---
---
---
---
18.62
14.99
14.33
15.77
16.35
13.98
13.06
6
12.51
---
---
---
---
18.25
14.79
14.29
15.39
16.55
14.01
12.99
7
12.50
---
---
---
---
17.96
14.65
14.11
15.03
16.53
14.01
13.08
8
12.46
---
---
---
---
17.81
14.59
13.94
14.81
16.54
13.74
13.20
9
12.44
---
---
---
---
17.83
14.51
13.81
14.95
16.83
13.69
13.29
10
12.42
---
---
---
---
18.11
---
14.21
15.85
16.99
13.65
13.29
11
12.39
---
---
---
---
18.68
---
15.08
16.97
16.73
13.54
13.29
12
12.40
---
---
---
---
18.97
---
15.71
17.66
16.37
13.40
13.25
13
12.38
---
---
---
---
19.03
14.15
16.08
17.90
16.32
13.28
13.27
14
12.35
---
---
---
---
19.02
14.30
16.25
18.74
15.93
13.13
13.23
15
12.40
---
---
---
---
19.01
14.29
16.25
19.03
15.64
13.05
13.31
16
12.48
---
---
---
---
18.94
14.18
16.16
18.83
15.33
12.93
13.43
17
12.53
---
---
---
---
18.84
14.19
16.01
18.46
15.05
12.79
13.49
18
12.61
---
---
---
---
18.73
14.22
15.75
18.05
14.84
12.64
13.52
19
12.72
---
---
---
---
18.75
14.13
15.50
17.62
14.59
12.46
13.48
20
12.75
---
---
---
---
18.92
14.08
15.36
17.23
14.40
12.42
13.47
21
12.71
---
---
---
---
19.11
14.10
15.26
16.91
14.21
---
13.55
22
12.67
---
---
---
---
19.43
14.02
15.23
16.62
14.09
12.40
13.52
23
12.65
---
---
---
18.40
19.70
13.92
15.26
16.35
13.98
12.40
13.40
24
12.58
---
---
---
18.48
19.93
13.89
15.31
16.17
13.80
12.40
13.34
25
12.76
---
---
---
18.74
20.02
13.89
15.51
16.02
13.91
12.39
13.31
26
12.73
---
---
---
18.93
20.43
13.88
15.87
15.83
14.00
12.41
13.23
27
12.63
---
---
---
19.01
---
13.67
16.26
15.76
13.94
12.44
13.19
28
12.62
---
---
---
19.04
---
13.61
16.64
15.82
13.90
12.45
13.19
29
12.73
---
---
---
19.14
---
13.85
16.93
16.06
13.86
12.45
13.15
30
12.79
---
---
---
---
16.11
14.14
17.13
16.32
13.80
---
13.08
31
12.89
---
---
---
---
16.01
---
17.01
---
13.75
12.59
---
MEAN
12.57
---
---
---
---
---
---
15.37
16.65
15.27
---
13.26
MAX
12.89
---
---
---
---
---
---
17.13
19.03
16.99
---
13.55
MIN
12.35
---
---
---
---
---
---
13.81
14.81
13.75
---
12.75

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