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LITTLE MUDDY RIVER BASIN
06331000 LITTLE MUDDY RIVER BELOW COW CREEK NEAR WILLISTON, ND
LOCATION.--Lat 48×17'04", long 103×34'21", in NE14NW14 sec.5, T.155 N., R.100 W., Williams County, Hydrologic Unit 10110102, on left bank 37 ft downstream from centerline of highway, 1 mi downstream from Cow Creek, 4 mi upstream from Camp Creek, 10 mi northeast of Williston, and 13 mi upstream from mouth.
DRAINAGE AREA.--875 mi2, approximately, of which about 100 mi2 is probably noncontributing.
WATER-DISCHARGE RECORDS
PERIOD OF RECORD.--June 1954 to current year (seasonal records only 1984 to 2001).
GAGE.--Water-stage recorder. Datum of gage is 1,863.18 ft above National Geodetic Vertical Datum of 1929.
REMARKS.--Records good except for estimated daily discharges, which are poor. Some small diversions for irrigation. Some regulation by Lake Zahl, Fish and Wildlife Service reservoir, 22 mi upstream and by Blacktail Dam about 15 mi upstream.
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
4.7
e8.1
e9.1
e8.2
e8.9
e11
85
e15
22
9.4
7.5
6.5
2
4.9
e8.1
e8.9
e8.3
e8.8
e11
80
e14
21
10
7.3
6.2
3
4.9
e8.1
e8.8
e8.3
e8.8
e11
73
e14
19
10
7.4
6.5
4
4.7
e8.0
e8.7
e8.3
e8.6
e12
60
e13
17
9.8
7.7
6.9
5
4.5
e7.9
e8.6
e8.3
e8.6
e12
50
e13
16
10
7.6
7.1
6
4.5
e7.9
e8.5
e8.3
e8.5
e13
45
e13
15
9.8
8.3
7.0
7
4.5
e7.9
e8.5
e8.3
e8.4
e13
44
e12
13
9.6
8.8
7.3
8
4.6
e8.0
e8.5
e8.4
e8.4
e14
41
e12
12
14
10
7.3
9
4.9
e8.1
e8.5
e8.5
e8.4
e14
38
e11
12
12
19
6.9
10
5.0
e8.2
e8.4
e8.6
e8.5
e14
36
e11
17
12
15
6.4
11
5.1
e8.4
e8.4
e8.7
e8.5
e15
34
e11
23
12
12
6.1
12
5.1
e8.5
e8.4
e8.7
e8.5
e15
36
e10
28
16
11
6.1
13
5.4
e8.7
e8.4
e8.7
e8.4
e16
33
e10
28
139
9.9
6.6
14
5.6
e8.8
e8.4
e8.7
e8.3
e17
29
e10
28
78
9.3
6.7
15
5.7
e8.9
e8.4
e8.7
e8.3
e18
26
e9.8
27
50
8.2
7.0
16
6.0
e9.0
e8.4
e8.7
e8.4
e20
26
e9.6
23
37
7.5
7.3
17
e6.5
e9.2
e8.5
e8.8
e8.4
e23
26
e9.2
21
33
6.8
6.8
18
e7.2
e9.3
e8.4
e8.9
e8.4
e24
26
e8.8
21
27
6.3
6.6
19
e7.7
e9.3
e8.4
e8.9
e8.4
e30
26
e8.5
18
22
6.0
6.6
20
e8.1
e9.3
e8.4
e8.9
e8.4
e33
27
e9.2
16
19
6.1
6.9
21
e8.3
e9.1
e8.4
e8.9
e8.4
e41
26
e11
14
16
6.3
7.0
22
e8.5
e8.9
e8.4
e8.8
e8.5
e46
25
e14
12
14
6.5
7.3
23
e8.7
e8.6
e8.4
e8.9
e8.6
e43
23
e18
12
12
6.5
7.4
24
e8.7
e8.6
e8.3
e9.0
e8.7
e50
22
e22
11
11
6.7
7.4
25
e8.4
e8.9
e8.3
e9.0
e9.0
e65
20
e25
11
9.8
6.6
7.4
26
e8.3
e8.9
e8.2
e9.0
e9.2
e92
19
30
11
8.7
8.5
7.3
27
e8.2
e8.7
e8.1
e9.0
e9.4
e115
19
29
11
8.2
11
6.9
28
e8.2
e8.6
e8.0
e8.9
e9.8
e110
17
27
10
7.8
7.6
6.9
29
e8.1
e8.7
e8.0
e8.8
e10
e175
17
26
9.8
7.6
7.0
e7.1
30
e8.2
e9.1
e8.0
e8.8
---
e90
e16
23
9.4
7.4
6.4
e7.0
31
e8.1
---
e8.1
e8.8
---
e87
---
23
---
7.4
6.5
---
TOTAL
201.3
257.8
260.8
269.1
251.5
1,250
1,045
472.1
508.2
649.5
261.3
206.5
MEAN
6.49
8.59
8.41
8.68
8.67
40.3
34.8
15.2
16.9
21.0
8.43
6.88
MAX
8.7
9.3
9.1
9.0
10
175
85
30
28
139
19
7.4
MIN
4.5
7.9
8.0
8.2
8.3
11
16
8.5
9.4
7.4
6.0
6.1
AC-FT
399
511
517
534
499
2,480
2,070
936
1,010
1,290
518
410
STATISTICS OF MONTHLY MEAN DATA FOR WATER YEARS 1954 - 2004, BY WATER YEAR (WY)
MEAN
9.92
10.9
8.72
7.26
24.4
182
105
26.0
19.0
25.1
8.09
7.47
MAX
17.4
17.7
12.1
24.5
363
1,018
996
114
91.6
170
49.1
18.9
(WY)
(1973)
(1973)
(1955)
(1974)
(1996)
(1976)
(1979)
(1965)
(1994)
(1978)
(1972)
(1954)
MIN
5.28
4.66
3.55
2.33
0.91
6.21
10.6
8.44
3.77
2.80
2.51
2.54
(WY)
(1962)
(1961)
(1961)
(1962)
(1959)
(1965)
(1990)
(1958)
(1988)
(1988)
(1988)
(1990)
 












 












 













SUMMARY STATISTICS
FOR 2003 CALENDAR YEAR
FOR 2004 WATER YEAR
WATER YEARS 1954 - 2004
ANNUAL TOTAL
21,479.4
5,633.1

ANNUAL MEAN
58.8
15.4
a38.0
HIGHEST ANNUAL MEAN


a110 1976
LOWEST ANNUAL MEAN


a9.24 1961
HIGHEST DAILY MEAN
5,600 Mar 18
175 Mar 29
6,610 Apr 18, 1979
LOWEST DAILY MEAN
2.9 Aug 23
4.5 Oct  5
0.50 Feb 17, 1959
ANNUAL SEVEN-DAY MINIMUM
3.0 Aug 20
4.7 Oct  2
0.50 Feb 17, 1959
MAXIMUM PEAK FLOW

b500 Mar 29
c9,180 Apr 18, 1979
MAXIMUM PEAK STAGE

d7.50 Mar 29
13.57 Mar 27, 1960
ANNUAL RUNOFF (AC-FT)
42,600
11,170
a27,510
10 PERCENT EXCEEDS
47
28
39
50 PERCENT EXCEEDS
9.3
8.8
9.6
90 PERCENT EXCEEDS
5.0
6.7
4.6

a Based on complete water years only (1954-83, 2002-04)
b About
c Gage height, 12.77 ft
d Backwater from ice
e Estimated

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