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HEART RIVER BASIN
06347000 ANTELOPE CREEK NEAR CARSON, ND
LOCATION.--Lat 46×32'43", long 101×38'42", in NE14NE14NW14 sec.5, T.135 N., R.87 W., Grant County, Hydrologic Unit 10130203, on right bank 90 ft upstream from bridge on county road and 9 mi northwest of Carson.
DRAINAGE AREA.--221 mi2, approximately.
WATER-DISCHARGE RECORDS
PERIOD OF RECORD.--June 1948 to September 1975, February 1999 to current year.
GAGE.--Water-stage recorder. Elevation of gage is 1,960 ft above National Geodetic Vertical Datum of 1929, from topographic map. Prior to June 23, 1958, wire weight gage at site 1 mi upstream and June 24, 1958, to Sept. 30, 1975, 1.15 mi upstream at datum 14 ft higher.
REMARKS.--Records fair except for estimated daily discharges, which are poor.
EXTREMES FOR CURRENT YEAR.--Maximum discharge, about 750 ft3/s, Mar. 10; maximum gage height, 10.63 ft, Mar. 10, backwater from ice, no flow for many days.
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
---
---
---
---
e0.70
e9.8
15
3.7
2.5
0.28
0.11
0.01
2
---
---
---
---
e0.66
e9.5
14
2.6
2.6
0.45
0.02
0.00
3
---
---
---
---
e0.63
e9.2
13
2.2
2.1
0.39
0.10
0.00
4
---
---
---
---
e0.62
e8.6
12
2.1
2.0
0.34
0.04
0.05
5
---
---
---
---
e0.63
e8.5
11
2.0
2.5
0.33
0.10
0.16
6
---
---
---
---
e0.64
e8.0
10
1.8
2.6
0.39
0.09
0.31
7
---
---
---
---
e0.66
e13
9.6
1.8
1.9
0.30
0.07
0.21
8
---
---
---
---
e0.70
e50
9.1
1.7
1.6
0.56
0.12
0.16
9
---
---
---
---
e0.74
e240
8.4
1.7
1.6
1.4
0.16
0.14
10
---
---
---
---
e0.75
e700
8.6
1.6
1.8
1.6
0.09
0.15
11
---
---
---
---
e0.71
e450
8.6
1.5
4.8
0.79
0.13
0.20
12
---
---
---
---
e0.77
e337
8.1
1.6
9.0
0.69
0.19
0.17
13
---
---
---
---
e0.74
226
7.8
1.8
5.3
0.56
0.14
0.20
14
---
---
---
---
e0.68
159
7.4
1.8
4.9
0.40
0.10
0.29
15
---
---
---
---
e0.74
110
6.6
1.9
4.3
0.31
0.08
0.42
16
---
---
---
---
e0.90
95
6.4
1.8
3.4
0.25
0.05
0.48
17
---
---
---
---
e1.0
86
6.4
1.6
3.2
0.17
0.06
0.38
18
---
---
---
---
e1.2
77
6.8
1.6
3.2
0.23
0.05
0.32
19
---
---
---
---
e2.0
70
7.3
1.5
2.2
0.22
0.03
0.31
20
---
---
---
---
e2.3
67
7.1
1.3
1.4
0.16
0.02
0.54
21
---
---
---
---
e3.5
57
6.1
1.8
1.4
0.10
0.00
0.44
22
---
---
---
---
e4.3
50
5.4
121
1.3
0.05
0.00
0.46
23
---
---
---
---
e5.5
35
5.0
7.6
0.86
0.01
0.00
0.70
24
---
---
---
---
e7.0
30
4.9
7.1
0.65
0.00
0.01
0.40
25
---
---
---
---
e8.6
26
4.6
7.0
0.68
0.02
0.02
0.23
26
---
---
---
---
e10
22
4.2
5.1
1.1
0.01
0.04
0.13
27
---
---
---
---
e11
25
4.0
3.7
1.1
0.01
0.08
0.10
28
---
---
---
---
e10
22
3.9
6.7
0.51
0.00
0.13
0.08
29
---
---
---
---
e10
19
3.7
4.3
0.55
0.00
0.09
0.15
30
---
---
---
---
---
19
3.7
3.5
0.43
0.02
0.06
0.15
31
---
---
---
---
---
18
---
3.1
---
0.10
0.04
---
TOTAL
---
---
---
---
87.67
3,056.6
228.7
208.5
71.48
10.14
2.22
7.34
MEAN
---
---
---
---
3.02
98.6
7.62
6.73
2.38
0.33
0.07
0.24
MAX
---
---
---
---
11
700
15
121
9.0
1.6
0.19
0.70
MIN
---
---
---
---
0.62
8.0
3.7
1.3
0.43
0.00
0.00
0.00
AC-FT
---
---
---
---
174
6,060
454
414
142
20
4.4
15
STATISTICS OF MONTHLY MEAN DATA FOR WATER YEARS 1948 - 2004, BY WATER YEAR (WY)
MEAN
1.36
2.10
1.45
2.11
6.89
51.2
54.9
23.2
21.6
12.2
3.67
1.13
MAX
6.44
9.41
5.79
32.6
65.1
183
422
208
96.3
155
52.2
6.40
(WY)
(1973)
(1973)
(2000)
(1973)
(1999)
(1951)
(1950)
(1970)
(1971)
(1969)
(1952)
(1955)
MIN
0.00
0.32
0.15
0.00
0.00
1.48
2.00
1.56
1.84
0.00
0.00
0.00
(WY)
(1960)
(1960)
(1962)
(1950)
(1949)
(1965)
(1961)
(1961)
(1959)
(1961)
(1958)
(1948)
 












 













SUMMARY STATISTICS
WATER YEARS 1948 - 2004
 
 
ANNUAL MEAN
15.6


HIGHEST ANNUAL MEAN
a47.1 1952


LOWEST ANNUAL MEAN
a2.78 1961


HIGHEST DAILY MEAN
a4,400 Apr 17, 1950


LOWEST DAILY MEAN
0.00 Aug 24, 1948


ANNUAL SEVEN-DAY MINIMUM
0.00 Aug 24, 1948


MAXIMUM PEAK FLOW
b11,100 Apr 16, 1950


MAXIMUM PEAK STAGE
c17.95 Apr 16, 1950


ANNUAL RUNOFF (AC-FT)
a11,310


10 PERCENT EXCEEDS
18


50 PERCENT EXCEEDS
1.5


90 PERCENT EXCEEDS
0.00



a Based on complete water years only (1949-75, 2000)
b From rating curve extended above 1,100 ft3/s on basis of slope-area measurement of peak flow at former site 1 mi upstream
c From floodmark at former site 1 mi upstream
e Estimated



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