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HEART RIVER BASIN
06348500 SWEETBRIAR CREEK NEAR JUDSON, ND
LOCATION.--Lat 46×51'06", long 101×15'10", in SW14 sec.14, T.139 N., R.84 W., Morton County, Hydrologic Unit 10130203, on right bank 40 ft downstream from bridge on county highway, 2 mi northeast of Judson, and 16 mi upstream from mouth.
DRAINAGE AREA.--157 mi2, approximately.
WATER-DISCHARGE RECORDS
PERIOD OF RECORD.--August 1951 to September 1979, June 2002 to current year (seasonal records only).
REVISED RECORDS.--WSP 1439: 1955(M).
GAGE.--Water-stage recorder. Datum of gage is 1,886.42 ft above National Geodetic Vertical Datum of 1929. Prior to July 20, 1955, nonrecording gage 80 ft upstream at same datum.
REMARKS.--Records fair except for estimated daily discharges, which are poor. Flow regulated by Sweetbriar Reservoir 2 mi upstream since April 1964.
EXTREMES OUTSIDE PERIOD OF RECORD.--Maximum stage known, 12.5 ft, Apr. 17, 1950, from floodmarks at present site, discharge, 5,910 ft3/s from rating curve extended above 2,000 ft3/s on basis of contracted-opening measurement of peak flow.
EXTREMES FOR CURRENT YEAR.--Maximum discharge, about 325 ft3/s, Mar. 20, gage height, 4.37 ft, maximum gage height, 4.47 ft, Mar. 19, backwater from ice; minimum daily, 0.30 ft3/s, Sept. 17-18.
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
---
---
---
---
e0.40
e0.43
31
2.5
1.4
0.82
7.3
0.45
2
---
---
---
---
e0.40
e0.41
25
2.5
1.3
2.1
5.5
0.39
3
---
---
---
---
e0.40
e0.40
19
2.6
1.2
1.4
1.2
0.44
4
---
---
---
---
e0.40
e0.40
14
2.7
1.4
1.3
0.67
0.59
5
---
---
---
---
e0.40
e0.40
13
2.5
1.4
1.3
0.45
0.49
6
---
---
---
---
e0.40
e0.40
8.5
2.7
1.2
1.3
0.40
0.44
7
---
---
---
---
e0.40
e0.50
9.2
2.4
1.1
1.2
0.46
0.48
8
---
---
---
---
e0.40
e1.0
e5.5
2.7
1.1
1.3
e0.41
0.46
9
---
---
---
---
e0.40
e1.4
5.0
2.9
1.1
1.1
0.48
0.46
10
---
---
---
---
e0.40
e1.0
4.0
2.6
1.6
1.0
0.58
0.90
11
---
---
---
---
e0.40
e0.92
4.0
2.3
2.6
0.98
0.55
1.3
12
---
---
---
---
e0.40
e0.90
3.8
2.3
1.8
0.90
0.56
1.1
13
---
---
---
---
e0.40
e0.86
3.6
2.1
1.7
0.74
0.57
1.2
14
---
---
---
---
e0.40
e0.83
3.6
2.1
1.7
0.79
0.48
1.1
15
---
---
---
---
e0.40
e0.82
3.7
2.1
1.7
0.64
0.45
0.68
16
---
---
---
---
e0.41
e0.88
3.7
1.9
1.7
0.67
0.46
e0.41
17
---
---
---
---
e0.41
e0.92
3.1
1.8
1.6
0.60
0.45
e0.30
18
---
---
---
---
e0.41
e7.0
3.8
1.8
1.6
0.56
0.50
e0.30
19
---
---
---
---
e0.42
e150
3.8
1.8
1.4
0.58
0.59
e0.33
20
---
---
---
---
e0.42
e300
4.1
1.6
1.3
0.64
0.53
0.36
21
---
---
---
---
e0.43
e210
4.2
1.5
1.3
0.60
0.60
0.41
22
---
---
---
---
e0.44
e140
3.5
1.6
1.3
0.65
0.57
0.39
23
---
---
---
---
e0.45
e103
3.9
1.4
1.2
0.65
0.62
0.47
24
---
---
---
---
e0.46
90
3.7
1.6
1.1
0.58
0.61
0.49
25
---
---
---
---
e0.52
110
4.5
1.5
1.1
0.47
0.56
0.50
26
---
---
---
---
e0.58
106
3.4
1.4
1.1
0.46
0.59
0.46
27
---
---
---
---
e0.50
92
2.6
1.4
1.3
1.3
0.60
0.53
28
---
---
---
---
e0.48
97
3.2
1.4
1.2
7.0
0.46
0.51
29
---
---
---
---
e0.44
85
2.9
1.3
0.99
7.5
0.48
0.43
30
---
---
---
---
---
e53
2.4
1.4
0.90
7.4
0.46
0.58
31
---
---
---
---
---
39
---
1.4
---
7.4
0.46
---
TOTAL
---
---
---
---
12.37
1,594.47
205.7
61.8
41.39
53.93
28.60
16.95
MEAN
---
---
---
---
0.43
51.4
6.86
1.99
1.38
1.74
0.92
0.56
MAX
---
---
---
---
0.58
300
31
2.9
2.6
7.5
7.3
1.3
MIN
---
---
---
---
0.40
0.40
2.4
1.3
0.90
0.46
0.40
0.30
AC-FT
---
---
---
---
25
3,160
408
123
82
107
57
34
STATISTICS OF MONTHLY MEAN DATA FOR WATER YEARS 1951 - 2004, BY WATER YEAR (WY)
MEAN
0.87
0.77
0.64
0.39
2.43
51.6
47.3
12.2
7.54
3.49
2.59
1.64
MAX
9.76
4.21
3.44
1.07
31.9
317
336
106
60.4
25.2
35.8
19.1
(WY)
(1978)
(1967)
(1967)
(1978)
(1954)
(1978)
(1952)
(1970)
(1953)
(1957)
(2003)
(1977)
MIN
0.09
0.28
0.22
0.05
0.00
0.42
0.66
0.42
0.21
0.15
0.00
0.02
(WY)
(1962)
(1974)
(1962)
(1962)
(1962)
(1969)
(1965)
(1977)
(1965)
(1961)
(1959)
(1959)

SUMMARY STATISTICS
WATER YEARS 1951 - 2004
 
 
ANNUAL MEAN
a11.3


HIGHEST ANNUAL MEAN
a33.9 1978


LOWEST ANNUAL MEAN
a0.41 1965


HIGHEST DAILY MEAN
2,930 Apr 7, 1969


LOWEST DAILY MEAN
0.00 Jan 28, 1954


ANNUAL SEVEN-DAY MINIMUM
a0.00 Feb 15, 1956


MAXIMUM PEAK FLOW
4,200 Apr 7, 1969


MAXIMUM PEAK STAGE
11.28 Apr 7, 1969


INSTANTANEOUS LOW FLOW
0.00 Jan 28, 1954


ANNUAL RUNOFF (AC-FT)
a8,210


10 PERCENT EXCEEDS
7.6


50 PERCENT EXCEEDS
0.58


90 PERCENT EXCEEDS
0.14



a Based on complete water years only (1952-79)
e Estimated


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