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CANNONBALL RIVER BASIN

06354000 CANNONBALL RIVER AT BREIEN, ND

LOCATION.--Lat 46×22'34", long 100×56'04", in sec.36, T.134 N., R.82 W., Morton County, Hydrologic Unit 10130206, on left bank at downstream side of bridge on State Highway 6, 1,100 ft downstream from Dogtooth Creek, and 0.6 mi southeast of Breien.

DRAINAGE AREA.--4,100 mi2, approximately.

WATER-DISCHARGE RECORDS

PERIOD OF RECORD.--August 1934 to current year.

REVISED RECORDS.--WSP 786: 1934. WSP 1146: 1943. WSP 1279: 1936-37(M), 1947(M). WSP 1509: 1955(M).

GAGE.--Water-stage recorder. Datum of gage is 1,673.54 ft above National Geodetic Vertical Datum of 1929. From June 12, 1973, to July 1, 1985, at site 450 ft downstream. Prior to June 12, 1973, at site 50 ft upstream at datum 3.00 ft higher. June 13, 1973, to April 8, 1980, at datum 2.00 ft higher.

REMARKS.--Records poor. Some storage in several small lakes above station.

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	0.27	e1.2	e3.0	e1.9	e3.8	e160	325	52	30	8.0	e3.5	e0.08
2	0.28	e1.1	e3.0	e1.8	e3.8	e152	314	51	32	18	e3.3	0.03
3	0.27	e1.1	e3.0	e1.8	e3.8	e120	279	48	28	24	e2.9	0.02
4	0.42	e1.0	e3.0	e1.8	e3.8	e116	258	46	27	37	e2.8	0.03
5	0.38	e1.0	e3.0	e1.9	e3.8	e148	250	45	34	24	e3.6	e0.11
6	0.58	e0.97	e3.0	e2.0	e3.9	e216	226	42	29	19	e5.1	e0.25
7	0.74	e1.0	e3.0	e2.2	e3.9	e300	e200	41	26	14	e6.9	e0.41
8	0.34	e0.97	e3.0	e2.5	e4.0	e512	e190	39	21	24	e4.0	e0.53
9	0.38	e1.00	e2.9	e3.0	e4.0	e1,160	e170	37	20	54	e2.6	e0.61
10	0.28	e2.2	e2.9	e3.3	e4.0	e1,180	e148	34	23	56	e2.3	0.63
11	0.42	e2.8	e2.8	e3.4	e4.0	e2,320	e133	32	112	32	e2.0	e0.68
12	0.48	e3.2	e2.8	e3.4	e4.1	e4,210	e119	31	115	20	e2.1	e0.57
13	0.44	e3.3	e2.7	e3.4	e4.1	e6,940	e109	31	62	43	e2.1	e0.55
14	0.59	e3.3	e2.6	e3.4	e4.1	e4,460	e103	31	40	47	e1.8	e0.49
15	0.69	e3.4	e2.5	e3.5	e4.0	e4,420	e99	29	36	24	e1.5	0.44
16	0.72	e3.4	e2.4	e3.5	e4.0	e3,710	e96	28	30	15	e1.5	0.80
17	0.74	e3.3	e2.3	e3.5	e3.9	e2,740	e95	30	27	11	e1.3	e2.0
18	0.73	e3.3	e2.1	e3.6	e3.8	e2,200	e93	29	21	9.3	e1.4	e1.1
19	0.76	e3.1	e2.0	e3.7	e3.7	e1,740	e91	30	21	8.2	e1.2	e0.70
20	0.64	e2.9	e1.9	e3.9	e6.4	e1,390	e88	27	18	7.2	e1.0	e0.50
21	0.69	e2.7	e1.9	e3.9	e8.2	e1,180	e86	28	15	6.5	e0.99	e0.46
22	0.82	e2.5	e1.9	e4.0	e10	e1,000	80	156	15	5.9	e0.97	e0.40
23	0.91	e2.5	e1.9	e3.9	e14	e749	73	82	16	5.2	e1.1	e1.0
24	0.63	e2.6	e1.9	e3.9	e21	610	71	49	12	4.7	e0.88	e2.4
25	0.74	e2.7	e1.9	e3.9	e28	514	67	40	12	4.3	e0.75	e6.0
26	0.81	e2.8	e1.9	e3.9	e45	452	66	37	12	4.3	e0.63	e4.6
27	0.88	e2.8	e1.9	e3.9	e79	426	62	34	13	3.7	e0.48	e3.8
28	0.95	e3.0	e1.9	e3.9	e139	392	59	32	11	4.4	e0.34	e3.2
29	e1.2	e3.1	e1.9	e3.9	e172	357	56	31	10	e4.1	e0.11	e2.9
30	e1.2	e3.1	e1.9	e3.9	---	334	54	29	9.2	e3.9	e0.07	e2.6
31	e1.2	---	e1.9	e3.9	---	303	---	27	---	3.6	0.05	---
TOTAL	20.18	71.34	74.8	100.5	597.1	44,511	4,060	1,278	877.2	545.3	59.27	37.89
MEAN	0.65	2.38	2.41	3.24	20.6	1,436	135	41.2	29.2	17.6	1.91	1.26
MAX	1.2	3.4	3.0	4.0	172	6,940	325	156	115	56	6.9	6.0
MIN	0.27	0.97	1.9	1.8	3.7	116	54	27	9.2	3.6	0.05	0.02
AC-FT	40	142	148	199	1,180	88,290	8,050	2,530	1,740	1,080	118	75
STATISTICS OF MONTHLY MEAN DATA FOR WATER YEARS 1934 - 2004, BY WATER YEAR (WY)
MEAN	34.1	28.3	17.2	15.7	74.7	893	831	337	362	194	66.3	32.3
MAX	281	238	98.8	342	1,058	5,428	10,070	2,399	2,384	1,409	459	267
(WY)	(1978)	(1983)	(1999)	(1973)	(1982)	(1997)	(1950)	(1975)	(1937)	(1969)	(1999)	(1977)
MIN	0.21	0.63	0.38	0.00	0.00	3.29	17.1	6.48	3.10	0.17	0.04	0.01
(WY)	(1961)	(1961)	(1935)	(1941)	(1935)	(1965)	(1961)	(1992)	(1936)	(1936)	(2003)	(1974)

SUMMARY STATISTICS	FOR 2003 CALENDAR YEAR	FOR 2004 WATER YEAR	WATER YEARS 1934 - 2004
ANNUAL TOTAL	15,148.74	52,232.58
ANNUAL MEAN	41.5	143	241
HIGHEST ANNUAL MEAN			994 1950
LOWEST ANNUAL MEAN			9.90 1961
HIGHEST DAILY MEAN	1,350 Mar 23	6,940 Mar 13	63,100 Apr 19, 1950
LOWEST DAILY MEAN	0.00 Aug 11	0.02 Sep 3	0.00 Jan 11, 1935
ANNUAL SEVEN-DAY MINIMUM	0.00 Aug 11	0.06 Aug 29	0.00 Jan 11, 1935
MAXIMUM PEAK FLOW		a7,000 Mar 13	b94,800 Apr 19, 1950
MAXIMUM PEAK STAGE		c11.33 Mar 12	d22.30 Apr 19, 1950
ANNUAL RUNOFF (AC-FT)	30,050	103,600	174,500
10 PERCENT EXCEEDS	97	163	400
50 PERCENT EXCEEDS	3.0	3.9	28
90 PERCENT EXCEEDS	0.01	0.63	0.80

a About; gage height, 10.40 ft

b From rating curve extended above 16,000 ft3/s on basis of indirect measurement of discharge

c Observed, backwater from ice; was higher during period of incomplete gage-height record, Mar. 9-12

d From floodmark; site and datum then in use

e Estimated