JAMES RIVER BASIN

06468170 JAMES RIVER NEAR GRACE CITY, ND

LOCATION.--Lat 47×33'29", long 98×51'45", in NW14NW14NW14 sec.17, T.147 N., R.64 W., Foster County, Hydrologic Unit 10160001, on left bank on upstream side of county highway bridge and 2.5 mi northwest of Grace City.

DRAINAGE AREA.--1,060 mi2, approximately, of which about 650 mi2 is probably noncontributing.

WATER-DISCHARGE RECORDS

PERIOD OF RECORD.--June 1968 to current year.

GAGE.--Water-stage recorder. Datum of gage is 1,457.60 ft above National Geodetic Vertical Datum of 1929.

REMARKS.--Records good except for estimated daily discharges, which are poor.

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	2.7	3.1	1.9	e1.1	e0.00	e1.7	1,670	96	351	123	32	9.5
2	2.8	3.1	1.8	e0.98	e0.00	e1.6	1,480	93	422	114	34	8.7
3	2.7	2.9	1.6	e0.88	e0.00	e1.4	1,340	83	375	108	34	8.3
4	2.8	3.1	1.7	e0.78	e0.00	e1.3	1,200	75	328	102	35	12
5	2.8	3.5	1.9	e0.69	e0.00	e1.2	1,050	67	281	97	33	15
6	2.9	3.6	1.9	e0.64	e0.00	e1.1	893	62	245	95	31	13
7	2.9	3.6	1.7	e0.64	e0.00	e1.1	759	59	198	92	29	12
8	2.9	3.5	e1.6	e0.62	e0.00	e1.0	648	52	163	89	27	11
9	2.9	3.5	e1.5	e0.65	e0.00	e0.97	564	47	141	89	25	9.6
10	2.9	3.6	e1.4	e0.69	e0.00	e0.93	495	43	126	84	25	8.2
11	2.6	3.7	e1.4	e0.73	e0.00	e0.91	440	48	158	79	24	7.8
12	2.7	3.7	e1.3	e0.80	e0.00	e0.88	393	44	231	80	24	7.4
13	2.7	3.5	e1.3	e0.89	e0.00	e0.85	354	42	164	78	23	6.6
14	2.5	3.3	e1.3	e1.0	e0.00	e0.80	323	43	130	71	22	6.3
15	2.4	3.2	e1.3	e1.1	e0.00	e0.75	286	44	138	63	21	6.5
16	2.5	3.4	e1.3	e1.1	e0.00	e0.75	261	43	133	60	20	6.6
17	2.8	3.6	e1.3	e0.99	e0.10	e1.0	246	43	124	55	19	6.1
18	2.8	3.5	e1.3	e0.90	e0.20	e2.0	232	41	115	52	16	6.7
19	2.8	3.6	e1.3	e0.78	e0.30	e4.0	222	40	114	49	15	6.1
20	2.4	3.2	e1.3	e0.67	e0.40	e10	213	38	115	49	14	7.0
21	2.5	3.2	e1.4	e0.56	e0.50	e10	196	37	127	45	14	8.6
22	2.4	2.6	e1.4	e0.48	e0.70	e20	177	38	148	44	13	7.9
23	2.5	2.6	e1.4	e0.38	e1.0	e50	163	39	162	42	14	8.5
24	2.3	2.3	e1.5	e0.25	e1.7	e100	153	38	170	40	15	18
25	1.9	2.0	e1.5	e0.14	e2.5	e300	137	36	172	39	15	16
26	2.2	2.0	e1.5	e0.00	e3.0	e800	126	34	168	38	13	11
27	2.6	2.0	e1.4	e0.00	e2.5	e1,200	115	32	159	35	12	9.7
28	2.2	1.9	e1.4	e0.00	e2.0	e1,700	106	30	149	33	11	9.2
29	3.1	1.8	e1.3	e0.00	e1.8	e2,000	100	30	140	33	10	9.5
30	3.2	1.8	e1.2	e0.00	---	2,010	92	41	132	33	9.7	11
31	2.9	---	e1.1	e0.00	---	1,930	---	135	---	33	9.3	---
TOTAL	82.3	90.4	45.2	18.44	16.70	10,154.24	14,434	1,593	5,579	2,044	639.0	283.8
MEAN	2.65	3.01	1.46	0.59	0.58	328	481	51.4	186	65.9	20.6	9.46
MAX	3.2	3.7	1.9	1.1	3.0	2,010	1,670	135	422	123	35	18
MIN	1.9	1.8	1.1	0.00	0.00	0.75	92	30	114	33	9.3	6.1
AC-FT	163	179	90	37	33	20,140	28,630	3,160	11,070	4,050	1,270	563
STATISTICS OF MONTHLY MEAN DATA FOR WATER YEARS 1968 - 2004, BY WATER YEAR (WY)
MEAN	6.51	9.35	2.34	0.66	3.01	138	287	86.1	42.0	59.4	31.0	10.8
MAX	70.7	130	21.0	4.22	49.9	724	1,854	446	335	750	498	156
(WY)	(2001)	(2001)	(2001)	(1994)	(1981)	(1995)	(1997)	(1997)	(2000)	(2000)	(1993)	(2000)
MIN	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.29	0.18	0.11	0.02	0.00	0.00
(WY)	(1977)	(1977)	(1977)	(1969)	(1969)	(1969)	(1977)	(1991)	(1973)	(1973)	(1988)	(1976)

SUMMARY STATISTICS	FOR 2003 CALENDAR YEAR	FOR 2004 WATER YEAR	WATER YEARS 1968 - 2004
ANNUAL TOTAL	13,272.24	34,980.08
ANNUAL MEAN	36.4	95.6	56.7
HIGHEST ANNUAL MEAN			200 1997
LOWEST ANNUAL MEAN			0.21 1977
HIGHEST DAILY MEAN	332 Jul 11	2,010 Mar 30	3,600 Apr  3, 1997
LOWEST DAILY MEAN	0.00 Feb 10	0.00 Jan 26	0.00 Jan  1, 1969
ANNUAL SEVEN-DAY MINIMUM	0.00 Feb 10	0.00 Jan 26	0.00 Jan  1, 1969
MAXIMUM PEAK FLOW		2,020 Mar 30	a4,000 Apr  3, 1997
MAXIMUM PEAK STAGE		10.22 Mar 30	b16.18 Mar 21, 1996
ANNUAL RUNOFF (AC-FT)	26,330	69,380	41,050
10 PERCENT EXCEEDS	119	183	100
50 PERCENT EXCEEDS	3.9	8.2	1.4
90 PERCENT EXCEEDS	0.10	0.66	0.00

a Gage height, 14.17 ft; backwater from ice b Backwater from ice e Estimated

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