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HEART RIVER BASIN
06347500 BIG MUDDY CREEK NEAR ALMONT, ND
LOCATION.--Lat 46×41'40", long 101×28'01", in NE14NE14SE14 sec.12, T.137 N., R.86 W., Morton County, Hydrologic Unit 10130203, on left bank 50 ft downstream from county highway bridge, 2 mi downstream from Hailstone Creek, 3 mi southeast of Almont, and 12 mi upstream from mouth.
DRAINAGE AREA.--456 mi2.
WATER-DISCHARGE RECORDS
PERIOD OF RECORD.--October 1945 to September 1970, October 1970 to September 1973 (annual maximum discharge), February 1991 to current year (seasonal records only since February 1991).
GAGE.--Water-stage recorder. Elevation of gage is 1,864 ft above National Geodetic Vertical Datum of 1929, by barometer. Prior to Sept. 5, 1952, nonrecording gage at same site and datum.
REMARKS.--Records good except for estimated daily discharges, which are poor.
EXTREMES FOR CURRENT YEAR.--Maximum discharge, about 1,200 ft3/s, Mar. 10, gage height, 14.26 ft, backwater from ice; maximum gage height, 14.99 ft, Mar. 11, backwater from ice; minimum daily discharge recorded, 0.49 ft3/s, Sept. 13.
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
---
---
---
---
e0.50
e5.0
57
5.8
2.9
1.4
e0.77
e1.1
2
---
---
---
---
e0.50
e5.0
46
5.2
2.8
1.7
e0.70
e0.90
3
---
---
---
---
e0.50
e4.0
38
4.6
2.8
1.4
e0.65
e0.88
4
---
---
---
---
e0.50
e4.0
33
4.5
2.8
1.7
e0.63
e1.2
5
---
---
---
---
e0.50
e5.0
29
4.6
4.5
1.5
e0.75
e1.4
6
---
---
---
---
e0.50
e8.0
25
4.0
3.8
1.5
e0.88
e1.1
7
---
---
---
---
e0.50
e10
22
3.8
2.9
1.7
e1.0
e0.95
8
---
---
---
---
e0.50
e30
20
3.3
2.3
1.6
e1.1
e0.83
9
---
---
---
---
e0.50
e300
19
3.3
2.2
1.5
e0.85
e0.73
10
---
---
---
---
e0.50
e1,000
17
3.5
2.7
1.3
e0.73
e0.62
11
---
---
---
---
e0.50
e570
15
3.0
5.1
1.1
e0.77
e0.55
12
---
---
---
---
e0.50
e360
14
3.6
5.4
1.2
e0.73
e0.52
13
---
---
---
---
e0.50
e260
13
3.8
3.7
1.2
e0.72
e0.49
14
---
---
---
---
e0.50
e190
11
4.0
3.3
1.5
e0.71
e0.54
15
---
---
---
---
e0.50
e150
9.2
3.8
2.9
1.8
e0.69
e0.67
16
---
---
---
---
e0.60
e130
8.4
3.6
2.7
1.3
e0.68
e0.71
17
---
---
---
---
e1.0
e120
8.2
3.5
2.5
1.2
e0.67
e0.69
18
---
---
---
---
e1.0
169
9.7
3.2
2.1
1.1
e0.68
e0.61
19
---
---
---
---
e1.2
237
11
3.8
2.0
0.95
e0.69
e0.66
20
---
---
---
---
e1.4
273
9.9
3.5
e1.9
0.83
e0.70
e0.66
21
---
---
---
---
e1.5
238
9.5
3.8
e1.8
0.76
e0.72
e0.64
22
---
---
---
---
e1.4
188
9.3
5.9
e1.7
0.80
e0.76
e0.60
23
---
---
---
---
e1.5
140
11
3.8
1.5
0.81
e0.70
e0.87
24
---
---
---
---
e2.0
108
11
4.5
1.3
1.2
e2.5
e1.6
25
---
---
---
---
e3.0
103
9.9
4.2
1.4
1.3
e2.8
e2.2
26
---
---
---
---
e4.0
102
8.7
4.1
1.4
1.3
e2.9
e1.8
27
---
---
---
---
e8.0
102
7.6
4.1
1.7
e1.2
e2.4
e1.1
28
---
---
---
---
e6.0
174
6.8
3.5
1.7
e1.1
e2.2
e1.0
29
---
---
---
---
e5.0
210
6.0
3.1
1.6
e1.0
e1.6
e0.85
30
---
---
---
---
---
122
5.6
3.0
1.5
e1.1
e0.88
e0.84
31
---
---
---
---
---
77
---
2.8
---
e0.85
e1.1
---
TOTAL
---
---
---
---
45.10
5,394.0
500.8
121.2
76.9
38.90
33.66
27.31
MEAN
---
---
---
---
1.56
174
16.7
3.91
2.56
1.25
1.09
0.91
MAX
---
---
---
---
8.0
1,000
57
5.9
5.4
1.8
2.9
2.2
MIN
---
---
---
---
0.50
4.0
5.6
2.8
1.3
0.76
0.63
0.49
AC-FT
---
---
---
---
89
10,700
993
240
153
77
67
54
STATISTICS OF MONTHLY MEAN DATA FOR WATER YEARS 1946 - 2004, BY WATER YEAR (WY)
MEAN
1.20
1.60
1.33
1.08
19.2
147
141
44.4
37.8
40.9
8.17
2.92
MAX
2.61
3.19
2.48
4.59
220
909
1,160
540
405
1,042
75.4
15.2
(WY)
(1952)
(1952)
(1952)
(1947)
(1995)
(1997)
(1950)
(1970)
(1966)
(1993)
(1998)
(1953)
MIN
0.39
0.58
0.35
0.06
0.00
0.73
1.48
1.01
0.43
0.04
0.12
0.35
(WY)
(1962)
(1961)
(1949)
(1949)
(1966)
(1965)
(1992)
(1961)
(1961)
(1961)
(1961)
(1991)
 













SUMMARY STATISTICS
WATER YEARS 1946 - 2004
 
 
ANNUAL MEAN
a37.0


HIGHEST ANNUAL MEAN
a112 1950


LOWEST ANNUAL MEAN
a1.41 1961


HIGHEST DAILY MEAN
15,000 Apr 17, 1950


LOWEST DAILY MEAN
0.00 Jan 28, 1946


ANNUAL SEVEN-DAY MINIMUM
0.00 Jan 28, 1946


MAXIMUM PEAK FLOW
b20,200 Apr 17, 1950


MAXIMUM PEAK STAGE
30.99 Jul 23, 1993


ANNUAL RUNOFF (AC-FT)
a26,790


10 PERCENT EXCEEDS
31


50 PERCENT EXCEEDS
1.7


90 PERCENT EXCEEDS
0.40



a Based on complete water years only (1946-70)
b Gage height, 30.7 ft, from floodmark
e Estimated

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