HCDN: Streamflow Data Set, 1874 - 1988
By J.R. Slack, Alan M. Lumb, and Jurate Maciunas Landwehr
USGS Water-Resources Investigations Report 93-4076


Station 05057000 SHEYENNE RIVER NR COOPERSTOWN, ND


Description, qualifying comments, and acceptable water years.

Drainage area is 6470 sq.mi. (80% non-contributing)     Datum is 1271.76 ft.
Located in hydrologic unit 09020203 at Latitude: 47:25:58N  Longitude: 098:01:38W
Station is in the state of ND (county code 039) and serviced by the ND office.
Channel slope is 0.80 feet/mile
Stream length is 244.00 miles
Mean basin elevation is 1520.00 feet above National Geodetic Vertical Datum
Percent of contributing drainage area covered by 
   Storage: 0.35%     Lakes: 0.35%        Forests: 0.00%      Glaciers: N.A.%
Soil infiltration index is 3.33 inches
Annual precipitation is 17.20 inches
Precipitation intensity is 1.90 inches/24 hour (expected on the average once each two years)
January minimum temperature is -5.00 degrees Fahrenheit
Comments and qualifications on the data:
   Data prior to WY1946 are not of acceptable quality.


Daily and longer averages for 43 water years are acceptable (some whole years and all partial years are excluded).
A water year with acceptable data is indicated by an asterisk in the time line, which spans 1874 through 1988.

                                                   Water year
1     1         1         1         1         1         1         1         1         1         1         1       1
8     8         8         9         9         9         9         9         9         9         9         9       9
7     8         9         0         1         2         3         4         5         6         7         8       8
4-----0----5----0----5----0----5----0----5----0----5----0----5----0----5----0----5----0----5----0----5----0----5--8
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The streamflow data Daily values, monthly mean values, and yearly mean values of streamflow data are available in tablular form. Select the desired option from the list below.

The data tables do not have column heading for ease of reading into statistical programs. For a detailed description of the format of the data tables, select the corresponding file from the list below.

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