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JAMES RIVER BASIN
06470800 BEAR CREEK NEAR OAKES, ND
LOCATION.--Lat 46×13'31", long 98×04'17", in NE14NE14 sec.28, T.132 N., R.59 W., Dickey County, Hydrologic Unit 10160003, on right bank 80 ft downstream from bridge on ND Highway 13, 6 mi north, and 1 mi east of Oakes.
DRAINAGE AREA.--357 mi2, of which about 255 mi2 is noncontributing.
WATER-DISCHARGE RECORDS
PERIOD OF RECORD.--October 1976 to current year.
GAGE.--Water-stage recorder. Datum of gage is 1,291.30 ft above National Geodetic Vertical Datum of 1929.
REMARKS.--Records fair except for estimated daily discharges, which are poor.
EXTREMES OUTSIDE PERIOD OF RECORD.--Flood of July 1, 1975, reached a stage of 15.00 ft present datum, from floodmark, discharge 4,590 ft3/s.
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
0.07
0.23
e0.36
e0.10
e0.00
e0.25
5.1
1.9
47
7.2
3.7
0.29
2
0.06
0.23
e0.30
e0.08
e0.00
e0.33
5.8
1.7
40
7.0
3.4
0.24
3
0.09
0.24
e0.27
e0.06
e0.00
e0.61
7.5
1.3
35
9.4
3.1
0.24
4
0.08
0.30
e0.27
e0.04
e0.00
e0.95
8.7
1.2
31
11
2.6
0.58
5
0.08
0.32
e0.27
e0.03
e0.00
e0.81
8.5
1.0
28
10
2.1
2.3
6
0.08
0.31
e0.26
e0.03
e0.00
e0.75
9.5
0.85
24
14
1.6
5.9
7
0.08
0.30
e0.24
e0.03
e0.00
e0.67
8.7
0.59
23
18
1.4
5.6
8
0.07
0.29
e0.20
e0.03
e0.00
e0.85
3.8
0.55
22
16
1.0
4.2
9
0.09
0.28
e0.16
e0.04
e0.00
e1.5
3.2
0.50
21
13
0.85
3.7
10
0.05
e0.27
e0.13
e0.06
e0.00
e4.0
3.0
0.39
21
11
0.55
3.3
11
0.21
e0.26
e0.11
e0.08
e0.00
e6.5
3.0
0.40
22
9.8
0.42
2.8
12
0.22
e0.27
e0.11
e0.09
e0.00
e5.0
4.1
1.2
21
8.4
0.37
2.4
13
0.23
e0.29
e0.10
e0.10
e0.00
3.5
5.7
1.7
19
7.8
0.32
e2.2
14
0.21
0.36
e0.10
e0.11
e0.00
6.6
6.1
1.3
18
13
0.28
e2.0
15
0.20
0.46
e0.10
e0.11
e0.00
12
5.6
0.90
18
18
0.25
e2.0
16
0.18
e0.56
e0.10
e0.10
e0.00
8.9
5.4
1.1
19
18
0.24
e2.1
17
0.17
e0.64
e0.11
e0.09
e0.01
6.9
5.2
2.0
18
17
0.21
e2.3
18
0.18
e0.66
e0.14
e0.06
e0.03
e6.7
5.4
3.0
16
14
0.23
e2.6
19
0.18
0.67
e0.19
e0.04
e0.04
e6.5
5.0
3.4
15
12
0.16
e3.0
20
0.21
0.67
e0.20
e0.04
e0.07
e6.3
5.2
3.5
14
9.7
0.15
e3.6
21
0.16
e0.64
e0.20
e0.04
e0.10
6.5
5.5
3.1
14
8.2
0.14
4.0
22
0.18
e0.54
e0.20
e0.04
e0.11
7.7
5.0
3.1
13
6.9
0.19
4.4
23
0.17
e0.46
e0.20
e0.03
e0.13
8.5
5.0
2.8
12
6.1
0.19
7.2
24
0.19
e0.42
e0.20
e0.02
e0.13
8.4
4.5
2.5
11
5.5
0.21
12
25
0.20
e0.39
e0.20
e0.01
e0.11
e8.2
4.5
3.1
9.2
5.0
0.19
8.7
26
0.14
e0.39
e0.20
e0.00
e0.13
e7.7
4.0
2.9
8.1
4.5
0.23
e7.0
27
0.20
e0.40
e0.22
e0.00
e0.14
6.8
3.3
2.8
8.9
4.2
0.30
5.8
28
0.28
e0.42
e0.24
e0.00
e0.15
e6.2
3.3
2.5
8.9
4.0
0.31
3.6
29
0.20
e0.46
e0.21
e0.00
e0.19
e5.8
2.4
2.9
8.7
4.1
0.31
e2.5
30
0.24
e0.43
e0.16
e0.00
---
5.2
2.1
9.9
7.9
4.0
0.30
e2.5
31
0.25
---
e0.11
e0.00
---
4.9
---
31
---
3.9
0.30
---
TOTAL
4.95
12.16
5.86
1.46
1.34
155.52
154.1
95.08
573.7
300.7
25.60
109.05
MEAN
0.16
0.41
0.19
0.05
0.05
5.02
5.14
3.07
19.1
9.70
0.83
3.63
MAX
0.28
0.67
0.36
0.11
0.19
12
9.5
31
47
18
3.7
12
MIN
0.05
0.23
0.10
0.00
0.00
0.25
2.1
0.39
7.9
3.9
0.14
0.24
AC-FT
9.8
24
12
2.9
2.7
308
306
189
1,140
596
51
216
STATISTICS OF MONTHLY MEAN DATA FOR WATER YEARS 1977 - 2004, BY WATER YEAR (WY)
MEAN
2.18
2.29
2.83
0.53
0.94
38.5
80.9
24.4
12.9
18.8
4.56
3.41
MAX
32.9
45.1
66.7
10.7
11.3
142
679
168
142
179
60.7
32.8
(WY)
(1999)
(1999)
(1999)
(1999)
(1998)
(1987)
(1997)
(1999)
(1998)
(1993)
(1993)
(1999)
MIN
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.03
0.11
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
(WY)
(1977)
(1977)
(1977)
(1977)
(1977)
(1981)
(1985)
(1981)
(1977)
(1977)
(1977)
(1977)
 












 












 












 













SUMMARY STATISTICS
FOR 2003 CALENDAR YEAR
FOR 2004 WATER YEAR
WATER YEARS 1977 - 2004
ANNUAL TOTAL
3,065.88
1,439.52

ANNUAL MEAN
8.40
3.93
16.0
HIGHEST ANNUAL MEAN


74.3 1997
LOWEST ANNUAL MEAN


0.04 1977
HIGHEST DAILY MEAN
96 May 22
47 Jun  1
1,490 Jun 28, 1998
LOWEST DAILY MEAN
0.00 Jan 26
0.00 Jan 26
0.00 Oct  1, 1976
ANNUAL SEVEN-DAY MINIMUM
0.00 Jan 26
0.00 Jan 26
0.00 Oct  1, 1976
MAXIMUM PEAK FLOW

48 Jun  1
a1,730 Jun 28, 1998
MAXIMUM PEAK STAGE

7.15 Jun  1
b13.24 Apr  3, 1997
ANNUAL RUNOFF (AC-FT)
6,080
2,860
11,620
10 PERCENT EXCEEDS
27
11
34
50 PERCENT EXCEEDS
0.39
0.65
0.29
90 PERCENT EXCEEDS
0.00
0.04
0.00

a Gage height, 11.75 ft
b Backwater from ice
e Estimated


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