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KNIFE RIVER BASIN

06340500 KNIFE RIVER AT HAZEN, ND

LOCATION.--Lat 47×17'07", long 101×37'18", in SW14SE14SE14 sec.18, T.144 N., R.86 W., Mercer County, Hydrologic Unit 10130201, on left bank at downstream side of highway bridge, 0.5 mi south of Hazen, and 3 mi upstream from Antelope Creek.

DRAINAGE AREA.--2,240 mi2, approximately.

WATER-DISCHARGE RECORDS

PERIOD OF RECORD.--October to November 1928, June 1929 to September 1933, September 1937 to current year. Monthly discharge only for some periods, published in WSP 1309.

REVISED RECORDS.--WSP 1146: 1943. WSP 1279: 1930-31, 1932-33(M). WSP 1917: Drainage area.

GAGE.--Water-stage recorder. Datum of gage is 1,712.35 ft above National Geodetic Vertical Datum of 1929. Prior to Sept. 25, 1947, nonrecording gages at same site and datum.

REMARKS.--Records good except for estimated daily discharges, which are poor. Slight regulation by Lake Ilo 81 mi upstream, capacity, 7,130 acre-ft.

EXTREMES OUTSIDE PERIOD OF RECORD.--According to local residents, the floods of 1943 and 1950 were not exceeded during the period 1884 to 1942.

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	15	e27	e25	e20	e17	e270	382	47	40	19	14	22
2	15	e27	e25	e19	e17	e180	291	47	40	20	14	20
3	16	e28	e25	e19	e17	e200	226	45	39	25	14	18
4	16	e28	e25	e18	e17	e310	184	43	38	25	14	17
5	16	e28	e25	e17	e17	e250	153	42	36	25	15	17
6	16	29	e24	e16	e17	e190	131	41	35	22	15	16
7	16	29	e24	e15	e17	e200	116	41	38	21	15	16
8	16	29	e24	e16	e17	e190	105	42	42	22	15	15
9	18	29	e23	e16	e17	e350	96	40	35	22	16	15
10	17	29	e22	e16	e17	e2,900	89	38	33	22	16	15
11	18	29	e22	e16	e16	e5,000	85	39	37	22	16	15
12	17	29	e20	e16	e17	e3,900	81	41	39	28	17	15
13	17	29	e21	e16	e17	e2,500	79	42	40	27	17	15
14	17	29	e21	e16	e18	e2,000	75	40	39	24	17	16
15	18	28	e21	e16	e17	e1,250	70	40	44	23	16	16
16	19	27	e21	e16	e17	e850	68	41	50	21	18	16
17	19	26	e21	e16	e18	e880	65	41	41	20	18	16
18	20	25	e21	e15	e18	e770	65	39	34	19	17	16
19	20	25	e21	e15	e18	e750	69	39	30	19	17	16
20	21	25	e20	e15	e18	e980	70	39	28	19	25	16
21	21	26	e20	e15	e18	e900	69	38	25	18	22	16
22	21	26	e20	e15	e18	e840	67	40	25	17	20	16
23	21	27	e19	e15	e18	e770	65	43	23	18	19	16
24	20	e26	e19	e15	e19	e680	62	43	24	17	19	17
25	21	e28	e19	e15	e20	632	59	42	23	17	18	17
26	21	e28	e19	e16	e21	576	56	41	23	16	17	17
27	22	e30	e18	e16	e26	662	54	39	23	15	17	17
28	22	e27	e18	e16	e39	1,000	52	40	22	14	17	16
29	25	e24	e19	e15	e160	1,070	49	40	21	14	19	16
30	26	e24	e20	e15	---	763	47	40	20	14	20	17
31	26	---	e20	e16	---	498	---	39	---	14	20	---
TOTAL	593	821	662	498	683	32,311	3,080	1,272	987	619	534	493
MEAN	19.1	27.4	21.4	16.1	23.6	1,042	103	41.0	32.9	20.0	17.2	16.4
MAX	26	30	25	20	160	5,000	382	47	50	28	25	22
MIN	15	24	18	15	16	180	47	38	20	14	14	15
AC-FT	1,180	1,630	1,310	988	1,350	64,090	6,110	2,520	1,960	1,230	1,060	978
STATISTICS OF MONTHLY MEAN DATA FOR WATER YEARS 1929 - 2004, BY WATER YEAR (WY)
MEAN	38.6	32.2	22.7	20.2	93.9	699	494	160	219	115	48.1	33.8
MAX	365	223	83.1	145	927	3,228	4,293	1,530	1,041	979	215	143
(WY)	(1983)	(1983)	(1983)	(1974)	(1930)	(1943)	(1952)	(1970)	(1944)	(1938)	(1954)	(1978)
MIN	6.39	7.71	3.79	0.70	0.00	11.6	26.3	17.0	8.70	10.5	2.00	0.50
(WY)	(1962)	(1962)	(1962)	(1962)	(1962)	(1965)	(1981)	(1931)	(1961)	(1961)	(1933)	(1933)

SUMMARY STATISTICS	FOR 2003 CALENDAR YEAR	FOR 2004 WATER YEAR	WATER YEARS 1929 - 2004
ANNUAL TOTAL	37,444.0	42,553
ANNUAL MEAN	103	116	166
HIGHEST ANNUAL MEAN			441 1943
LOWEST ANNUAL MEAN			21.7 1991
HIGHEST DAILY MEAN	4,500 Mar 17	5,000 Mar 11	22,400 Mar 27, 1943
LOWEST DAILY MEAN	9.1 Aug 28	14 Jul 28	0.00 Jan 21, 1933
ANNUAL SEVEN-DAY MINIMUM	9.5 Aug 28	14 Jul 28	0.00 Jan 21, 1933
MAXIMUM PEAK FLOW		a5,300 Mar 11	35,300 Jun 24, 1966
MAXIMUM PEAK STAGE		b19.08 Mar 11	27.01 Jun 24, 1966
ANNUAL RUNOFF (AC-FT)	74,270	84,400	119,900
10 PERCENT EXCEEDS	101	155	249
50 PERCENT EXCEEDS	24	22	33
90 PERCENT EXCEEDS	12	16	10

a About

b Backwater from ice

e Estimated