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 06339500 KNIFE RIVER NR GOLDEN VALLEY, ND


Description, qualifying comments, and acceptable water years.

Drainage area is 1230 sq.mi.                            Datum is 1847.13 ft.
Located in hydrologic unit 10130201 at Latitude: 47:09:40N  Longitude: 102:03:39W
Station is in the state of ND (county code 057) and serviced by the ND office.
Channel slope is 3.18 feet/mile
Stream length is 138.00 miles
Mean basin elevation is 2110.00 feet above National Geodetic Vertical Datum
Percent of contributing drainage area covered by 
   Storage: 0.06%     Lakes: 0.06%        Forests: 0.00%      Glaciers: N.A.%
Soil infiltration index is 2.99 inches
Annual precipitation is 15.80 inches
Precipitation intensity is 1.60 inches/24 hour (expected on the average once each two years)
January minimum temperature is -1.00 degrees Fahrenheit
Comments and qualifications on the data:
   Data prior to WY1934 are not of acceptable quality.


Daily and longer averages for 45 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.

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