CANNONBALL RIVER BASIN

06353000 CEDAR CREEK NEAR RALEIGH, ND

LOCATION.--Lat 46×05'30", long 101×20'00", in NE14SE14 sec.8, T.130 N., R.85 W., Grant County, Hydrologic Unit 10130205, on left bank at upstream side of bridge on N.D. Highway 31, 6 mi upstream from mouth, and 19 mi south of Raleigh.

DRAINAGE AREA.--1,750 mi2, approximately.

WATER-DISCHARGE RECORDS

PERIOD OF RECORD.--April to September 1939, April 1962 to current year.

GAGE.--Water-stage recorder. Datum of gage is 1,881.23 ft above National Geodetic Vertical Datum of 1929. Prior to June 6, 1962, nonrecording gage at same site and datum, and June 6, 1962, to Sept. 7, 1972, at site 1 mi upstream at datum 9.58 ft higher.

REMARKS.--Records poor.

EXTREMES OUTSIDE PERIOD OF RECORD.--Maximum stage known since 1950, about 18 ft, Apr. 18, 1950; discharge 45,000 ft3/s, on basis of slope-area measurement 5 mi upstream.

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	0.00	0.00	e0.23	e0.09	e0.00	e104	105	16	3.7	0.89	0.00	0.00
2	0.00	0.00	e0.22	e0.07	e0.00	e82	95	16	3.5	5.8	0.00	0.00
3	0.00	0.00	e0.21	e0.06	e0.00	e72	91	15	3.4	2.4	0.00	0.01
4	0.00	0.00	e0.20	e0.05	e0.00	e72	98	14	2.9	1.3	0.00	0.02
5	0.00	0.00	e0.18	e0.05	e0.00	e104	87	14	2.5	0.94	0.00	0.04
6	0.00	0.00	e0.17	e0.05	e0.00	e131	77	13	2.1	2.1	0.00	0.04
7	0.00	0.00	e0.16	e0.05	e0.00	e183	70	12	1.3	2.1	0.00	0.05
8	0.00	0.00	e0.15	e0.05	e0.00	e370	64	12	1.0	4.0	0.00	0.05
9	0.00	0.00	e0.14	e0.05	e0.00	e877	57	10	1.5	2.1	0.00	0.05
10	0.00	0.00	e0.14	e0.05	e0.00	e350	52	9.8	1.8	0.84	0.00	0.05
11	0.00	e0.06	e0.13	e0.05	e0.00	e450	48	9.7	5.7	0.57	0.00	0.05
12	0.00	e0.06	e0.13	e0.04	e0.00	e750	45	8.8	2.4	0.76	0.00	0.04
13	0.00	e0.06	e0.14	e0.04	e0.00	e1,300	42	8.4	1.7	0.69	0.00	0.03
14	0.00	0.05	e0.14	e0.04	e0.00	1,900	40	8.3	1.9	0.66	0.00	0.03
15	0.00	0.05	e0.15	e0.04	e0.00	1,910	37	7.7	1.5	0.40	0.00	0.03
16	0.00	e0.05	e0.16	e0.04	e0.00	1,440	34	7.3	1.1	0.38	0.00	0.03
17	0.00	e0.06	e0.17	e0.04	e0.00	938	32	8.1	0.81	0.42	0.00	0.02
18	0.00	e0.06	e0.17	e0.03	e0.00	752	32	8.1	0.58	0.48	0.00	0.01
19	0.00	e0.07	e0.18	e0.03	e0.00	593	32	8.9	0.42	0.40	0.00	0.00
20	0.00	e0.08	e0.18	e0.03	e0.50	494	31	7.9	0.31	0.53	0.00	0.00
21	0.00	e0.09	e0.18	e0.03	e1.0	420	29	7.9	0.17	0.20	0.00	0.00
22	0.00	e0.10	e0.19	e0.03	e5.0	363	27	8.5	0.14	0.11	0.00	0.00
23	0.00	e0.11	e0.19	e0.02	e11	314	25	8.2	0.14	0.07	0.00	0.00
24	0.00	e0.13	e0.19	e0.01	e9.6	270	23	8.2	0.08	e0.05	0.00	0.00
25	0.00	e0.15	e0.18	e0.00	e16	231	21	8.4	0.06	0.03	0.00	0.00
26	0.00	e0.18	e0.18	e0.00	e32	201	20	7.8	0.41	0.01	0.00	0.00
27	0.00	e0.21	e0.17	e0.00	e65	182	19	7.1	0.87	0.00	0.00	0.00
28	0.00	e0.22	e0.15	e0.00	e111	161	18	6.8	1.1	0.00	0.00	0.00
29	0.00	e0.22	e0.14	e0.00	e135	143	17	8.0	1.2	0.00	0.00	0.00
30	0.00	e0.23	e0.12	e0.00	---	132	17	5.8	1.0	0.00	0.00	0.00
31	0.00	---	e0.10	e0.00	---	117	---	4.2	---	0.00	0.00	---
TOTAL	0.00	2.24	5.14	1.04	386.10	15,406	1,385	295.9	45.29	28.23	0.00	0.55
MEAN	0.00	0.07	0.17	0.03	13.3	497	46.2	9.55	1.51	0.91	0.00	0.02
MAX	0.00	0.23	0.23	0.09	135	1,910	105	16	5.7	5.8	0.00	0.05
MIN	0.00	0.00	0.10	0.00	0.00	72	17	4.2	0.06	0.00	0.00	0.00
AC-FT	0.00	4.4	10	2.1	766	30,560	2,750	587	90	56	0.00	1.1
STATISTICS OF MONTHLY MEAN DATA FOR WATER YEARS 1939 - 2004, BY WATER YEAR (WY)
MEAN	10.4	9.29	6.86	10.5	41.8	380	247	161	91.7	67.5	20.6	8.06
MAX	66.4	48.8	31.3	217	664	2,368	1,526	1,043	605	545	96.9	76.5
(WY)	(1978)	(1983)	(1983)	(1973)	(1982)	(1997)	(1997)	(1975)	(1964)	(1993)	(1984)	(1995)
MIN	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.25	0.35	0.89	1.51	0.25	0.00	0.00
(WY)	(1965)	(1964)	(1964)	(1964)	(1964)	(1964)	(1991)	(1992)	(2004)	(1990)	(1974)	(1939)

SUMMARY STATISTICS	FOR 2003 CALENDAR YEAR	FOR 2004 WATER YEAR	WATER YEARS 1939 - 2004
ANNUAL TOTAL	3,882.36	17,555.49
ANNUAL MEAN	10.6	48.0	89.5
HIGHEST ANNUAL MEAN			369 1997
LOWEST ANNUAL MEAN			1.91 1991
HIGHEST DAILY MEAN	224 Mar 27	1,910 Mar 15	11,900 Mar 24, 1997
LOWEST DAILY MEAN	0.00 Jul 17	0.00 Oct  1	0.00 Aug  1, 1939
ANNUAL SEVEN-DAY MINIMUM	0.00 Jul 17	0.00 Oct  1	0.00 Aug 20, 1939
MAXIMUM PEAK FLOW		a1,990 Mar 14	14,600 Mar 24, 1997
MAXIMUM PEAK STAGE		b7.25 Mar  9	b17.05 Mar 24, 1997
ANNUAL RUNOFF (AC-FT)	7,700	34,820	64,840
10 PERCENT EXCEEDS	27	78	150
50 PERCENT EXCEEDS	0.19	0.14	9.5
90 PERCENT EXCEEDS	0.00	0.00	0.00

a Gage height, 6.43 ft b Backwater from ice e Estimated

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