05060800 BUFFALO RIVER NEAR CALLAWAY, MN

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Annual mean discharge
Annual flow duration

LOCATION.--Lat 47°01'17'', long 95°54'43'', in SW1/4 SW1/4 sec.17, T.141 N., R.41 W., Becker County, Hydrologic Unit 09020106, at culvert on U.S. Highway 59 and 2.7 mi north on Callaway.
DRAINAGE AREA.--76.4 mi2.
PERIOD OF RECORD.--1960 to current year.
GAGE.--Crest-stage gage.
EXTREMES FOR PERIOD OF RECORD.--Maximum discharge, 1,630 ft3/s, July 16, 1993, gage height, 24.90 ft.

Annual mean discharge

Annual mean discharge 05060800 BUFFALO RIVER NEAR CALLAWAY, MN 
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                              Statistics of monthly and annual mean discharges
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                  Maximum                  Minimum                              Mean
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                       Water year                 Water year              Standard     Coeffi-    Percentage
 Month     Discharge       of         Discharge       of       Discharge  deviation    cient of   of annual
            (ft3/s)    occurrence      (ft3/s)    occurrence    (ft3/s)     (ft3/s)    variation   discharge
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October    --          --            --          --            --          --          --         --
November   --          --            --          --            --          --          --         --
December   --          --            --          --            --          --          --         --
January    --          --            --          --            --          --          --         --
February   --          --            --          --            --          --          --         --
March      --          --            --          --            --          --          --         --
April      --          --            --          --            --          --          --         --
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June       --          --            --          --            --          --          --         --
July       --          --            --          --            --          --          --         --
August     --          --            --          --            --          --          --         --
September  --          --            --          --            --          --          --         --
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Annual flow duration

Annual flow duration 05060800 BUFFALO RIVER NEAR CALLAWAY, MN 
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                     Monthly and annual flow duration, in cubic feet per second [ --, no data]
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 Percentage
  of days
 discharge   Jan.  Feb.  March   April May  June  July  Aug.  Sept.  Oct.  Nov.  Dec.  Annual
 equaled or
  exceeded
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  95         --    --    --     --     --   --    --    --    --     --    --    --    --
  90         --    --    --     --     --   --    --    --    --     --    --    --    --
  85         --    --    --     --     --   --    --    --    --     --    --    --    --
  80         --    --    --     --     --   --    --    --    --     --    --    --    --
  75         --    --    --     --     --   --    --    --    --     --    --    --    --
  70         --    --    --     --     --   --    --    --    --     --    --    --    --
  65         --    --    --     --     --   --    --    --    --     --    --    --    --
  60         --    --    --     --     --   --    --    --    --     --    --    --    --
  55         --    --    --     --     --   --    --    --    --     --    --    --    --
  50         --    --    --     --     --   --    --    --    --     --    --    --    --
  45         --    --    --     --     --   --    --    --    --     --    --    --    --
  40         --    --    --     --     --   --    --    --    --     --    --    --    --
  35         --    --    --     --     --   --    --    --    --     --    --    --    --
  30         --    --    --     --     --   --    --    --    --     --    --    --    --
  25         --    --    --     --     --   --    --    --    --     --    --    --    --
  20         --    --    --     --     --   --    --    --    --     --    --    --    --
  15         --    --    --     --     --   --    --    --    --     --    --    --    --
  10         --    --    --     --     --   --    --    --    --     --    --    --    --
  5          --    --    --     --     --   --    --    --    --     --    --    --    --

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                            Probability of annual high discharges
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                                                       Maximum average discharge
                                                               (ft3/s)
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             Recurrence     Maximum
Exceedance    interval   instantaneous  3-day period  7-day period  15-day period  30-day period
probability    (years)      (ft3/s)
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  0.99         1.01         27.1         --             --            --             --
  0.95         1.05         56.1         --             --            --             --
  0.90         1.11         80.6         --             --            --             --
  0.80         1.25         122          --             --            --             --
  0.50         2            250          --             --            --             --
  0.20         5            470          --             --            --             --
  0.10         10           631          --             --            --             --
  0.04         25           843          --             --            --             --
  0.02         50           1,000        --             --            --             --
  0.01         100          1,160        --             --            --             --
  0.005        200          1,320        --             --            --             --
  0.002        500          1,530        --             --            --             --

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           Annual peak discharge and corresponding gage height, period of record
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                       Gage     Peak                                Gage     Peak
Water    Date         height  discharge      Water    Date         height  discharge
year                  (feet)   (ft3/s)       year                  (feet)   (ft3/s)
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          Annual peak discharge, by year, and corresponding gage height

1960    April 13       12.92    246        1979    April 18       15.57    340
1961    April 4        13.57    127        1980    April 3        14.23    305
1962    June 8         13.35    370        1981    March 30       13.18    38.0
1963    April 3        12.04    43.0       1982    July 10        13.05    204
1964    April 13       13.73    237        1983    July 4         16.85    600
1965    April 10       16.12    245        1984    June 8         12.70    176
1966    May 23         11.87    238        1985    May 12         17.13    635
1967    May 1          12.85    324        1986    April 14       13.21    220
1968    June 30        10.06    81.0       1987    March 8        13.03    71.0
1969    April 10       15.11    446        1988    April 2        14.01    124
1970    April 8      --         250        1989    April 3        14.99    290
1971    April 18       13.65    323        1990    April 1        14.11    255
1972    April 15       12.02    251        1991    May 6          11.30    69.0
1973    September 2    12.02    251        1992    July 10        13.17    215
1974    April 27       13.65    400        1993    July 16        24.90    1,630
1975    June 29        15.68    620        1994    March 21       13.78    270
1976    March 29       11.90    160        1995    March 18       15.87    382
1977    --           --         40.0       1996    May 18         16.61    570
1978    April 6        13.45    310        1997    April 5        18.06    560

Annual peak discharge, from highest to lowest, and corresponding gage height

1993    July 16        24.90    1,630      1973    September 2    12.02    251
1985    May 12         17.13    635        1970    April 8      --         250
1975    June 29        15.68    620        1960    April 13       12.92    246
1983    July 4         16.85    600        1965    April 10       16.12    245
1996    May 18         16.61    570        1966    May 23         11.87    238
1997    April 5        18.06    560        1964    April 13       13.73    237
1969    April 10       15.11    446        1986    April 14       13.21    220
1974    April 27       13.65    400        1992    July 10        13.17    215
1995    March 18       15.87    382        1982    July 10        13.05    204
1962    June 8         13.35    370        1984    June 8         12.70    176
1979    April 18       15.57    340        1976    March 29       11.90    160
1967    May 1          12.85    324        1961    April 4        13.57    127
1971    April 18       13.65    323        1988    April 2        14.01    124
1978    April 6        13.45    310        1968    June 30        10.06    81.0
1980    April 3        14.23    305        1987    March 8        13.03    71.0
1989    April 3        14.99    290        1991    May 6          11.30    69.0
1994    March 21       13.78    270        1963    April 3        12.04    43.0
1990    April 1        14.11    255        1977    --           --         40.0
1972    April 15       12.02    251        1981    March 30       13.18    38.0

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Monthly and annual mean discharges, in cubic feet per second Continued[--, no data]

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