JAMES RIVER BASIN

06468250 JAMES RIVER ABOVE ARROWWOOD LAKE NEAR KENSAL, ND

LOCATION.--Lat 47×23'59", long 98×47'50", in SW14SW14SW14 sec.2, T.145 N., R.64 W., Foster County, Hydrologic Unit 10160001, on right bank 20 ft upstream from bridge.

DRAINAGE AREA.--1,200 mi2, approximately, of which about 750 mi2 is probably noncontributing.

WATER-DISCHARGE RECORDS

PERIOD OF RECORD.--October 1985 to current year.

GAGE.--Water-stage recorder. Elevation of gage is 1,440 ft above National Geodetic Vertical Datum of 1929, from topographic map.

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

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	3.4	3.4	e2.2	e1.6	e0.00	e0.00	1,770	87	224	140	36	14
2	3.3	3.4	e2.2	e1.5	e0.00	e0.00	1,560	86	467	126	40	13
3	3.2	3.2	e2.2	e1.4	e0.00	e0.00	1,380	79	633	119	40	13
4	3.0	3.4	e2.3	e1.3	e0.00	e0.00	1,270	81	681	119	40	14
5	3.1	3.7	e2.4	e1.2	e0.00	e0.00	1,180	68	636	110	37	16
6	3.1	3.6	e2.3	e1.1	e0.00	e0.00	1,070	71	552	105	36	17
7	2.9	3.7	e2.2	e1.0	e0.00	e0.20	973	61	470	97	37	15
8	2.7	3.6	e2.1	e1.0	e0.00	e0.30	860	59	404	94	36	15
9	2.6	3.9	e1.9	e1.1	e0.00	e0.50	781	59	371	97	36	14
10	2.6	4.1	e1.8	e1.1	e0.00	e0.70	704	57	310	93	36	13
11	2.7	4.1	e1.7	e1.2	e0.00	e1.2	668	58	288	90	e35	8.3
12	2.6	4.1	e1.7	e1.8	e0.00	e1.1	636	55	278	87	e33	7.2
13	2.7	3.5	e1.7	e2.0	e0.00	e1.1	581	48	365	85	e30	7.6
14	2.6	4.1	e1.6	e2.5	e0.00	e1.0	516	49	353	83	e28	7.4
15	2.5	4.1	e1.6	e2.7	e0.00	e1.2	445	47	284	78	e27	7.1
16	2.4	4.3	e1.6	e2.9	e0.00	e1.8	391	48	260	74	e25	6.6
17	2.4	4.5	e1.6	e2.8	e0.00	e3.0	340	50	255	70	e24	6.3
18	2.6	4.8	e1.6	e2.8	e0.00	e3.2	301	46	244	65	e20	5.5
19	2.4	4.6	e1.6	e2.3	e0.00	e3.5	264	44	228	62	e15	5.2
20	2.4	4.8	e1.7	e1.6	e0.00	e3.8	234	47	207	59	e12	7.2
21	2.1	3.3	e1.8	e1.4	e0.00	e4.2	223	44	202	57	10	7.7
22	2.2	e3.3	e1.8	e1.0	e0.00	e5.0	193	47	193	56	11	7.9
23	2.0	e3.2	e1.9	e0.80	e0.00	e6.0	174	48	198	54	11	12
24	2.2	e3.0	e1.9	e0.60	e0.00	e16	153	43	206	51	19	18
25	2.4	e2.9	e1.9	e0.50	e0.00	e51	142	47	207	47	15	12
26	2.1	e2.7	e1.9	e0.50	e0.00	336	135	42	206	44	23	11
27	2.8	e2.5	e1.9	e0.40	e0.00	870	118	47	196	41	17	13
28	3.3	e2.4	e1.9	e0.20	e0.00	1,280	111	42	181	43	16	14
29	3.3	e2.3	e1.9	e0.00	e0.00	2,130	107	40	166	41	17	14
30	4.1	e2.2	e1.8	e0.00	---	2,240	90	51	153	40	16	15
31	3.9	---	e1.7	e0.00	---	1,930	---	106	---	38	16	---
TOTAL	85.6	106.7	58.4	40.30	0.00	8,890.80	17,370	1,757	9,418	2,365	794	337.0
MEAN	2.76	3.56	1.88	1.30	0.00	287	579	56.7	314	76.3	25.6	11.2
MAX	4.1	4.8	2.4	2.9	0.00	2,240	1,770	106	681	140	40	18
MIN	2.0	2.2	1.6	0.00	0.00	0.00	90	40	153	38	10	5.2
AC-FT	170	212	116	80	0.00	17,630	34,450	3,490	18,680	4,690	1,570	668
STATISTICS OF MONTHLY MEAN DATA FOR WATER YEARS 1986 - 2004, BY WATER YEAR (WY)
MEAN	12.2	19.7	6.70	2.12	2.83	216	438	128	69.9	104	74.9	24.0
MAX	77.3	157	47.5	10.6	19.4	781	2,188	625	314	814	688	175
(WY)	(2001)	(2001)	(1995)	(1995)	(1998)	(1995)	(1997)	(1997)	(2004)	(2000)	(1993)	(2000)
MIN	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.21	2.59	2.24	0.08	0.00	0.00	0.00
(WY)	(1989)	(1989)	(1989)	(1989)	(1989)	(1990)	(1991)	(1991)	(1991)	(1991)	(1988)	(1988)

SUMMARY STATISTICS	FOR 2003 CALENDAR YEAR	FOR 2004 WATER YEAR	WATER YEARS 1986 - 2004
ANNUAL TOTAL	14,982.91	41,222.80
ANNUAL MEAN	41.0	113	91.6
HIGHEST ANNUAL MEAN			245 1997
LOWEST ANNUAL MEAN			0.52 1991
HIGHEST DAILY MEAN	369 Jul 14	2,240 Mar 30	4,400 Apr  5, 1997
LOWEST DAILY MEAN	0.00 Feb 23	0.00 Jan 29	0.00 Oct  1, 1985
ANNUAL SEVEN-DAY MINIMUM	0.00 Feb 23	0.00 Jan 29	0.00 Oct  1, 1985
MAXIMUM PEAK FLOW		3,630 Mar 30	4,700 Apr  5, 1997
MAXIMUM PEAK STAGE		10.28 Mar 30	a,b13.00 Apr  5, 1997
ANNUAL RUNOFF (AC-FT)	29,720	81,770	66,360
10 PERCENT EXCEEDS	112	285	207
50 PERCENT EXCEEDS	5.1	7.5	5.2
90 PERCENT EXCEEDS	1.4	0.00	0.00

a About b Backwater from ice e Estimated

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