JAMES RIVER BASIN

06469400 PIPESTEM CREEK NEAR PINGREE, ND

LOCATION.--Lat 47×10'03", long 98×58'07", in NE14NE14NW14 sec.31, T.143 N., R.65 W., Stutsman County, Hydrologic Unit 10160002, on right bank on downstream side of State Highway 36 bridge and 3 mi west of Pingree.

DRAINAGE AREA.--700 mi2, of which about 440 mi2 is probably noncontributing.

WATER-DISCHARGE RECORDS

PERIOD OF RECORD.--October 1973 to current year.

GAGE.--Water-stage recorder. Datum of gage is 1,500.63 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	0.15	e0.07	e0.06	e0.05	e0.00	e0.00	577	22	144	22	7.4	e8.0
2	0.14	e0.07	e0.06	e0.05	e0.00	e0.00	516	20	157	21	6.3	e7.8
3	0.18	e0.07	e0.05	e0.05	e0.00	e0.00	448	19	186	20	6.1	e7.7
4	0.17	e0.06	e0.05	e0.05	e0.00	e0.00	362	16	253	19	5.8	e7.8
5	0.21	e0.05	e0.05	e0.05	e0.00	e0.00	280	15	273	17	3.8	e8.2
6	0.18	e0.05	e0.05	e0.05	e0.00	e0.00	204	12	232	18	3.8	e8.9
7	0.13	e0.05	e0.06	e0.05	e0.00	e0.01	155	8.4	188	16	3.4	e8.0
8	0.12	e0.05	e0.06	e0.05	e0.00	e0.01	118	9.3	153	16	2.8	7.2
9	0.10	e0.05	e0.05	e0.05	e0.00	e0.02	98	11	124	17	4.3	6.8
10	e0.10	e0.05	e0.04	e0.05	e0.00	e0.02	84	11	105	17	2.9	7.0
11	e0.10	e0.05	e0.04	e0.06	e0.00	e0.03	74	17	101	41	2.4	5.7
12	e0.09	e0.05	e0.05	e0.06	e0.00	e0.05	65	20	103	32	e2.2	e4.5
13	e0.09	e0.05	e0.05	e0.06	e0.00	e0.06	58	15	91	27	e2.0	e5.2
14	e0.09	e0.05	e0.05	e0.06	e0.00	e0.09	e52	15	80	22	e1.9	e4.1
15	e0.09	e0.05	e0.06	e0.06	e0.00	e0.20	48	13	78	19	e1.8	e3.8
16	e0.09	e0.05	e0.06	e0.06	e0.00	e0.40	47	15	72	15	e1.8	e3.6
17	e0.09	e0.05	e0.06	e0.05	e0.00	e0.65	46	12	65	13	e1.7	e3.6
18	e0.08	e0.06	e0.07	e0.05	e0.00	e1.3	44	10	58	13	e1.6	e3.0
19	e0.08	e0.06	e0.07	e0.04	e0.00	e2.5	43	11	54	12	1.2	e3.0
20	e0.08	e0.06	e0.07	e0.04	e0.00	e4.5	41	13	52	9.9	1.2	e3.8
21	e0.08	e0.05	e0.07	e0.04	e0.00	e8.0	38	13	48	15	0.83	e5.2
22	e0.08	e0.04	e0.07	e0.03	e0.00	e15	34	12	44	12	0.81	e7.4
23	e0.08	e0.04	e0.07	e0.03	e0.00	e28	34	14	43	15	0.88	e8.5
24	e0.08	e0.04	e0.07	e0.02	e0.00	e40	32	14	38	16	4.3	e26
25	e0.07	e0.04	e0.07	e0.02	e0.00	e51	33	21	36	12	6.5	e34
26	e0.07	e0.04	e0.07	e0.02	e0.00	e83	28	18	33	8.0	23	e43
27	e0.07	e0.05	e0.07	e0.02	e0.00	e120	26	16	32	7.7	24	e34
28	e0.08	e0.05	e0.07	e0.01	e0.00	e180	30	13	29	11	14	e30
29	e0.08	e0.05	e0.06	e0.01	e0.00	e280	25	15	27	10	e10	e32
30	e0.08	e0.06	e0.06	e0.01	---	e369	22	32	25	9.2	e9.2	e32
31	e0.08	---	e0.06	e0.01	---	e540	---	80	---	7.9	e8.5	---
TOTAL	3.21	1.56	1.85	1.26	0.00	1,723.84	3,662	532.7	2,924	510.7	166.42	369.8
MEAN	0.10	0.05	0.06	0.04	0.00	55.6	122	17.2	97.5	16.5	5.37	12.3
MAX	0.21	0.07	0.07	0.06	0.00	540	577	80	273	41	24	43
MIN	0.07	0.04	0.04	0.01	0.00	0.00	22	8.4	25	7.7	0.81	3.0
AC-FT	6.4	3.1	3.7	2.5	0.00	3,420	7,260	1,060	5,800	1,010	330	733
STATISTICS OF MONTHLY MEAN DATA FOR WATER YEARS 1974 - 2004, BY WATER YEAR (WY)
MEAN	8.87	9.06	4.13	1.07	5.49	134	182	59.0	35.3	48.7	23.1	14.5
MAX	133	86.9	29.1	9.72	45.9	572	1,300	414	252	389	190	153
(WY)	(1995)	(2001)	(1995)	(2000)	(1998)	(1995)	(1997)	(1999)	(2001)	(1993)	(1999)	(1994)
MIN	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.10	0.04	0.02	0.00	0.00	0.00
(WY)	(1974)	(1977)	(1977)	(1974)	(1974)	(1991)	(1991)	(1977)	(1977)	(1985)	(1976)	(1976)

SUMMARY STATISTICS	FOR 2003 CALENDAR YEAR	FOR 2004 WATER YEAR	WATER YEARS 1974 - 2004
ANNUAL TOTAL	6,015.76	9,897.34
ANNUAL MEAN	16.5	27.0	43.9
HIGHEST ANNUAL MEAN			149 1997
LOWEST ANNUAL MEAN			0.03 1977
HIGHEST DAILY MEAN	168 Mar 26	577 Apr  1	2,760 Apr 19, 1997
LOWEST DAILY MEAN	0.00 Feb 24	0.00 Feb  1	0.00 Oct  1, 1973
ANNUAL SEVEN-DAY MINIMUM	0.00 Feb 24	0.00 Feb  1	0.00 Oct  1, 1973
MAXIMUM PEAK FLOW		a600 Apr  1	b3,400 Apr 19, 1997
MAXIMUM PEAK STAGE		c8.62 Mar 29	11.70 Mar 17, 1995
INSTANTANEOUS LOW FLOW		0.00 Feb  1
ANNUAL RUNOFF (AC-FT)	11,930	19,630	31,790
10 PERCENT EXCEEDS	57	60	89
50 PERCENT EXCEEDS	0.24	2.5	2.2
90 PERCENT EXCEEDS	0.04	0.01	0.00

a Gage height, 8.50 ft b Gage height, 11.37 ft c Backwater from ice e Estimated

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