JAMES RIVER BASIN

06470000 JAMES RIVER AT JAMESTOWN, ND

LOCATION.--Lat 46×53'23", long 98×40'54", in NW14NE14 sec.6, T.139 N., R.63 W., Stutsman County, Hydrologic Unit 10160003, on left bank 200 ft upstream from Interstate 94 bridge at southeast corner of Jamestown and 3 mi downstream from Pipestem Creek.

DRAINAGE AREA.--2,820 mi2, approximately, of which about 1,650 mi2 is probably noncontributing.

WATER-DISCHARGE RECORDS

PERIOD OF RECORD.--July 1928 to September 1933, March to May 1935, September 1937 to September 1939, April 1943 to current year. Monthly discharge only for some periods, published in WSP 1309.

REVISED RECORDS.--WSP 1239: 1938(M). WSP 1917: Drainage area.

GAGE.--Water-stage recorder. Datum of gage is 1,373.27 ft above National Geodetic Vertical Datum of 1929. Oct. 1, 1949, to Sept. 30, 1965, at former bridge 0.5 mi upstream at datum 2.00 ft higher. See WSP 1729 or 1917 for history of changes prior to Oct. 1, 1949.

REMARKS.--Records good except for estimated daily discharges, which are fair. Flow regulated by Arrowwood, Jim, and Pipestem Lakes, and Jamestown Reservoir, combined capacity, 393,000 acre-ft. Regulation by Jamestown Reservoir (station 06469000) 6 mi upstream since 1953 and by Pipestem Lake, capacity 147,000 acre-ft, since 1973.

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	93	3.8	2.2	e2.3	e1.5	4.9	35	458	390	490	319	109
2	93	3.5	2.1	e2.2	e1.5	4.1	33	455	133	501	325	140
3	93	3.1	2.2	e2.1	e1.6	3.6	32	457	117	474	287	141
4	93	3.2	2.5	e2.1	e1.7	3.2	32	457	148	450	225	136
5	93	3.0	2.5	e2.1	e1.8	3.1	101	463	264	456	222	159
6	92	3.0	2.5	e2.1	e1.9	3.2	269	458	274	452	235	150
7	82	2.9	2.5	e2.2	e2.0	3.8	353	459	340	449	225	138
8	48	2.7	2.4	e2.4	e2.1	6.8	357	459	490	460	220	151
9	47	2.5	e2.3	e2.5	e2.2	15	360	469	495	454	222	186
10	49	2.6	e2.3	2.5	e2.2	20	363	459	512	462	220	184
11	49	2.9	e2.3	2.5	e2.2	18	366	462	518	472	216	182
12	48	3.0	e2.4	2.5	e2.2	8.8	375	482	494	472	213	177
13	48	3.1	2.5	2.5	e2.2	8.2	398	446	492	461	210	178
14	48	3.0	2.5	2.6	e2.3	18	459	440	491	454	208	176
15	44	3.0	2.6	2.5	e2.5	7.6	464	442	498	462	208	176
16	38	3.1	2.8	2.6	e2.6	7.9	466	439	491	458	208	172
17	38	3.2	2.7	2.5	e2.7	9.1	469	438	492	458	207	170
18	38	3.1	2.5	2.5	e2.7	12	471	441	491	458	205	168
19	37	3.0	2.5	2.5	e2.9	14	468	e447	491	459	205	167
20	37	2.8	2.5	2.5	2.9	14	487	442	489	459	205	e180
21	36	2.7	2.5	e2.4	3.0	12	469	438	490	452	210	e190
22	36	2.6	2.5	e2.3	3.2	12	467	436	507	469	206	e200
23	30	2.5	2.4	2.3	3.3	14	464	433	462	463	204	e220
24	12	2.5	2.4	2.2	3.4	17	459	461	488	463	203	186
25	7.1	2.5	2.4	e2.1	3.5	21	459	464	495	462	209	190
26	5.5	2.3	e2.4	e2.0	3.9	25	463	458	496	460	202	191
27	5.5	2.3	e2.3	e1.9	e4.6	146	466	457	511	458	188	194
28	4.4	2.2	e2.3	e1.8	e5.7	103	466	456	498	397	129	172
29	3.9	2.4	e2.2	e1.7	e5.3	50	462	470	468	316	112	143
30	3.9	2.3	e2.2	e1.6	---	38	459	557	483	320	99	149
31	4.0	---	e2.3	e1.5	---	36	---	599	---	320	87	---
TOTAL	1,356.3	84.8	74.7	69.5	79.6	659.3	10,992	14,302	13,008	13,841	6,434	5,075
MEAN	43.8	2.83	2.41	2.24	2.74	21.3	366	461	434	446	208	169
MAX	93	3.8	2.8	2.6	5.7	146	487	599	518	501	325	220
MIN	3.9	2.2	2.1	1.5	1.5	3.1	32	433	117	316	87	109
AC-FT	2,690	168	148	138	158	1,310	21,800	28,370	25,800	27,450	12,760	10,070
STATISTICS OF MONTHLY MEAN DATA FOR WATER YEARS 1928 - 2004, BY WATER YEAR (WY)
MEAN	68.4	36.0	11.4	5.61	11.5	82.5	274	238	181	125	98.8	80.9
MAX	946	568	144	47.9	111	731	2,434	2,559	1,266	1,024	761	908
(WY)	(1994)	(2001)	(2001)	(1995)	(1930)	(1966)	(1950)	(1950)	(1997)	(1995)	(1995)	(1993)
MIN	0.29	0.35	0.66	0.29	0.60	1.74	1.00	1.06	1.27	0.67	0.23	0.20
(WY)	(1990)	(1939)	(1939)	(1991)	(1939)	(1944)	(1939)	(1939)	(1931)	(1933)	(1933)	(1933)

SUMMARY STATISTICS	FOR 2003 CALENDAR YEAR	FOR 2004 WATER YEAR	WATER YEARS 1928 - 2004
ANNUAL TOTAL	24,277.5	65,976.2
ANNUAL MEAN	66.5	180	101
HIGHEST ANNUAL MEAN			521 1997
LOWEST ANNUAL MEAN			2.38 1938
HIGHEST DAILY MEAN	275 May 23	599 May 31	6,170 May 13, 1950
LOWEST DAILY MEAN	1.1 Feb  6	1.5 Jan 31	0.00 Jun 28, 1933
ANNUAL SEVEN-DAY MINIMUM	1.2 Feb  3	1.6 Jan 29	0.00 Oct 26, 1989
MAXIMUM PEAK FLOW		637 May 31	a6,390 May 13, 1950
MAXIMUM PEAK STAGE		7.25 May 31	16.94 Apr 11, 1969
INSTANTANEOUS LOW FLOW			0.00 Jun 28, 1933
ANNUAL RUNOFF (AC-FT)	48,150	130,900	73,400
10 PERCENT EXCEEDS	201	468	313
50 PERCENT EXCEEDS	30	93	9.1
90 PERCENT EXCEEDS	1.8	2.3	1.3

a Gage height, 15.82 ft; site and datum then in use e Estimated

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