LOCATION.--Lat 46×09'15", long 102×28'25", in W12 sec.20, T.131 N., R.94 W., Adams County, Hydrologic Unit 10130205, on left bank 30 ft downstream from bridge on State Highway 8 and 12.5 mi north of Haynes.
GAGE.--Water-stage recorder. Datum of gage is 2,472.90 ft above National Geodetic Vertical Datum of 1929 (North Dakota Highway Department benchmark). Prior to May 20, 1951, nonrecording gage on former bridge 400 ft upstream at same datum.
EXTREMES OUTSIDE PERIOD OF RECORD.--Flood of Apr. 17, 1950, reached a stage of about 23 ft; discharge, 26,900 ft3/s, by slope-area measurement at site 9 mi upstream.
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