JAMES RIVER BASIN

06470500 JAMES RIVER AT LAMOURE, ND

LOCATION.--Lat 46×21'20", long 98×18'15", in NE14NE14 sec.11, T.133 N., R.61 W., LaMoure County, Hydrologic Unit 10160003, on left bank 80 ft downstream from bridge on State Highway 13, 0.5 mi west of LaMoure, and 12 mi upstream from Cottonwood Creek.

DRAINAGE AREA.--4,390 mi2, approximately, of which about 2,600 mi2 is probably noncontributing.

WATER-DISCHARGE RECORDS

PERIOD OF RECORD.--April to July 1903 (gage-height record only), April 1950 to current year. Gage-height records for 1902-11 are contained in reports of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.

REVISED RECORDS.--WSP 1917: Drainage area.

GAGE.--Water-stage recorder and rubble-masonry control. Datum of gage is 1,290.00 ft above National Geodetic Vertical Datum of 1929. See WSP 1729 or 1917 for history of changes prior to Apr. 19, 1950.

REMARKS.--Records good except for estimated daily discharges, which are poor. Flow regulated by Arrowwood, Jim, and Pipestem Lakes and Jamestown Reservoir, combined capacity, 393,000 acre-ft. Regulation by Jamestown Reservoir (station 06469000) 85 mi upstream since 1953 and by Pipestem Lake, capacity 147,000 acre-ft, since 1973.

EXTREMES OUTSIDE PERIOD OF RECORD.--Prior to flood of Apr. 14, 1969, a long-time resident said that the flood of May 16, 1950, was the highest since 1881, with stage in either 1942 or 1943 being almost as high owing to large ice jam.

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	145	27	21	24	e10	27	557	529	1,160	573	391	181
2	144	28	21	24	e10	24	416	530	1,560	562	389	156
3	151	26	21	23	e10	22	330	529	1,690	607	383	152
4	147	25	23	21	e10	20	277	526	1,350	627	379	182
5	149	25	23	20	e11	20	254	525	949	648	364	213
6	149	25	24	18	e12	20	215	517	741	647	309	210
7	150	24	25	17	e13	20	221	516	740	645	300	200
8	152	25	25	17	e14	22	322	521	681	705	312	211
9	154	24	25	17	e15	33	458	525	638	726	311	202
10	131	24	24	17	e15	61	476	519	708	724	286	200
11	117	25	22	18	e15	69	475	529	784	720	285	222
12	86	28	21	18	e15	74	473	551	844	873	291	234
13	87	27	20	18	e16	68	470	572	863	932	291	239
14	81	27	21	18	e16	68	470	577	839	870	287	235
15	78	29	21	18	e16	66	486	536	832	830	280	236
16	76	29	22	18	16	68	529	550	814	784	278	231
17	72	31	22	19	16	65	538	549	791	737	270	233
18	73	31	22	19	17	64	557	544	749	687	268	223
19	63	31	22	18	17	74	539	536	722	663	256	213
20	65	32	23	18	17	100	559	536	698	637	255	232
21	54	26	23	18	17	107	573	531	681	622	250	229
22	57	24	24	17	18	131	579	533	663	596	264	237
23	51	24	25	17	18	146	570	524	653	576	257	255
24	57	22	25	16	18	187	548	526	646	570	272	268
25	58	21	25	e15	19	200	556	536	626	559	259	276
26	47	20	26	e14	19	189	541	550	600	542	264	290
27	51	20	27	e13	21	181	530	566	624	540	258	268
28	48	20	27	e12	24	389	551	548	624	542	261	256
29	28	20	26	e12	26	652	525	550	625	539	255	251
30	35	20	25	e11	---	1,010	533	612	607	503	226	258
31	33	---	24	e11	---	846	---	812	---	417	201	---
TOTAL	2,789	760	725	536	461	5,023	14,128	17,005	24,502	20,203	8,952	6,793
MEAN	90.0	25.3	23.4	17.3	15.9	162	471	549	817	652	289	226
MAX	154	32	27	24	26	1,010	579	812	1,690	932	391	290
MIN	28	20	20	11	10	20	215	516	600	417	201	152
AC-FT	5,530	1,510	1,440	1,060	914	9,960	28,020	33,730	48,600	40,070	17,760	13,470
STATISTICS OF MONTHLY MEAN DATA FOR WATER YEARS 1950 - 2004, BY WATER YEAR (WY)
MEAN	109	66.9	27.4	16.3	21.2	191	438	355	279	224	149	123
MAX	1,008	574	168	75.1	135	1,202	3,209	3,114	1,399	1,165	894	939
(WY)	(1994)	(2001)	(2001)	(1995)	(2000)	(1966)	(1997)	(1950)	(2001)	(1995)	(1995)	(1993)
MIN	5.32	8.42	6.83	3.69	1.90	4.57	18.0	12.4	8.10	1.93	3.20	2.56
(WY)	(1991)	(1962)	(1989)	(1959)	(1959)	(1969)	(1991)	(1977)	(1973)	(1973)	(1961)	(1990)

SUMMARY STATISTICS	FOR 2003 CALENDAR YEAR	FOR 2004 WATER YEAR	WATER YEARS 1950 - 2004
ANNUAL TOTAL	40,479	101,877
ANNUAL MEAN	111	278	163
HIGHEST ANNUAL MEAN			786 1997
LOWEST ANNUAL MEAN			11.7 1990
HIGHEST DAILY MEAN	495 May 21	1,690 Jun  3	6,420 Apr 14, 1969
LOWEST DAILY MEAN	11 Jan 26	10 Feb  1	0.00 Jul 15, 1973
ANNUAL SEVEN-DAY MINIMUM	11 Mar  7	10 Jan 30	0.01 Jul 17, 1973
MAXIMUM PEAK FLOW		1,720 Jun  3	6,800 Apr 14, 1969
MAXIMUM PEAK STAGE		10.18 Jun  3	16.17 Apr 14, 1969
INSTANTANEOUS LOW FLOW			0.00 Jul 15, 1973
ANNUAL RUNOFF (AC-FT)	80,290	202,100	118,000
10 PERCENT EXCEEDS	299	656	482
50 PERCENT EXCEEDS	63	200	32
90 PERCENT EXCEEDS	14	18	7.6

e Estimated

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