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LITTLE MISSOURI RIVER BASIN
06336600 BEAVER CREEK NEAR TROTTERS, ND
LOCATION.--Lat 47×09'47", long 103×59'32", in SW14SW14NE14 sec.33, T.143 N., R.105 W., Golden Valley County, Hydrologic Unit 10110204, on left bank 100 ft upstream from bridge on county road, 2.4 mi east of Montana-North Dakota State line, 13 mi southwest of Trotters, 17 mi north of Beach, 20 mi upstream from Elk Creek, and 27 mi above mouth.
DRAINAGE AREA.--616 mi2.
WATER-DISCHARGE RECORDS
PERIOD OF RECORD.--October 1977 to current year (seasonal records only since 1984).
REVISED RECORDS.--1982: Drainage area.
GAGE.--Water-stage recorder. Datum of gage is 2,371.96 ft above National Geodetic Vertical Datum of 1929.
REMARKS.--Records fair except for discharges below 1.0 ft3/s and for estimated daily discharges, which are poor.
EXTREMES FOR CURRENT YEAR.--Maximum discharge, about 1,100 ft3/s, Mar. 10, gage height, 14.48 ft, from floodmark; minimum daily discharge, 0.04 ft3/s, Sept. 11-12.
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
---
---
---
---
e1.0
e2.3
27
9.4
4.4
0.75
0.27
0.15
2
---
---
---
---
e1.0
e2.0
25
9.3
4.2
0.74
0.34
0.13
3
---
---
---
---
e1.1
e2.0
23
9.1
3.9
1.2
0.35
0.13
4
---
---
---
---
e1.1
e2.0
21
9.0
3.6
0.98
0.41
0.14
5
---
---
---
---
e1.1
e20
20
8.9
3.4
0.85
0.41
0.15
6
---
---
---
---
e1.1
e69
19
8.6
3.0
1.1
0.36
0.16
7
---
---
---
---
e1.1
e132
18
8.4
2.6
1.1
0.30
0.14
8
---
---
---
---
e1.1
e236
17
8.2
2.5
1.3
0.40
0.12
9
---
---
---
---
e1.1
e502
16
8.0
2.5
1.2
0.43
0.09
10
---
---
---
---
e1.1
e1,000
15
7.7
2.6
1.2
0.40
0.05
11
---
---
---
---
e1.1
e720
14
7.7
2.6
1.1
0.36
0.04
12
---
---
---
---
e1.1
e800
14
7.7
2.7
0.97
0.30
0.04
13
---
---
---
---
e1.1
e570
13
7.7
2.6
0.70
0.27
0.07
14
---
---
---
---
e1.1
e490
13
7.4
2.5
0.56
0.30
0.12
15
---
---
---
---
e1.1
e280
12
7.3
2.1
0.53
0.34
0.14
16
---
---
---
---
e1.3
e190
12
6.9
2.0
0.51
0.31
0.13
17
---
---
---
---
e1.4
e160
12
6.6
1.9
0.37
0.28
0.19
18
---
---
---
---
e1.4
e130
12
6.3
1.7
0.27
0.28
0.20
19
---
---
---
---
e1.4
107
12
6.3
1.8
0.24
0.37
0.21
20
---
---
---
---
e1.4
86
12
5.7
1.7
0.51
0.36
0.21
21
---
---
---
---
e1.5
72
12
4.7
1.5
0.53
0.46
0.19
22
---
---
---
---
e1.7
66
11
4.9
1.4
0.40
0.30
0.14
23
---
---
---
---
e2.2
64
11
5.1
1.5
0.38
0.19
0.17
24
---
---
---
---
e2.8
60
11
5.7
1.6
0.35
0.17
0.15
25
---
---
---
---
e3.4
52
10
6.0
1.4
0.32
0.17
0.20
26
---
---
---
---
e3.2
45
10
5.8
1.3
0.29
0.17
0.26
27
---
---
---
---
e2.7
40
10
5.2
1.6
0.27
0.17
0.24
28
---
---
---
---
e2.5
36
9.8
5.2
0.92
0.26
0.18
0.21
29
---
---
---
---
e2.3
32
9.7
4.9
0.74
0.28
0.18
0.18
30
---
---
---
---
---
29
9.5
4.8
0.84
0.28
0.19
0.14
31
---
---
---
---
---
28
---
4.4
---
0.30
0.19
---
TOTAL
---
---
---
---
45.5
6,024.3
431.0
212.9
67.10
19.84
9.21
4.49
MEAN
---
---
---
---
1.57
194
14.4
6.87
2.24
0.64
0.30
0.15
MAX
---
---
---
---
3.4
1,000
27
9.4
4.4
1.3
0.46
0.26
MIN
---
---
---
---
1.0
2.0
9.5
4.4
0.74
0.24
0.17
0.04
AC-FT
---
---
---
---
90
11,950
855
422
133
39
18
8.9
STATISTICS OF MONTHLY MEAN DATA FOR WATER YEARS 1978 - 2004, BY WATER YEAR (WY)
MEAN
1.10
2.62
2.59
4.40
26.5
122
45.7
15.3
17.8
10.1
2.04
0.68
MAX
3.29
6.34
5.13
14.7
141
609
406
50.2
125
64.2
18.4
4.72
(WY)
(1983)
(1983)
(1979)
(1983)
(1983)
(1978)
(1979)
(1999)
(1982)
(1997)
(1993)
(1986)
MIN
0.01
0.01
0.03
0.00
0.00
1.21
1.11
1.05
0.12
0.00
0.00
0.00
(WY)
(1982)
(1982)
(1982)
(1982)
(1989)
(1991)
(1991)
(1981)
(1992)
(1988)
(1985)
(1981)

SUMMARY STATISTICS
WATER YEARS 1978 - 2004
 
 
ANNUAL MEAN
a33.3


HIGHEST ANNUAL MEAN
a79.7 1978


LOWEST ANNUAL MEAN
a2.77 1981


HIGHEST DAILY MEAN
2,500 Mar 22, 1978


LOWEST DAILY MEAN
0.00 Aug 1, 1981


ANNUAL SEVEN-DAY MINIMUM
0.00 Aug 10, 1981


MAXIMUM PEAK FLOW
b2,720 Mar 29, 1978


MAXIMUM PEAK STAGE
c19.27 Mar 22, 1978


ANNUAL RUNOFF (AC-FT)
a24,110


10 PERCENT EXCEEDS
51


50 PERCENT EXCEEDS
2.8


90 PERCENT EXCEEDS
0.03



a Based on complete water years only (1978-83)
b Gage height, 18.61 ft
c Backwater from ice
e Estimated


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