05064500 RED RIVER OF THE NORTH AT HALSTAD, MN

List Of Figures:

Annual mean discharge
Annual flow duration
Highest daily mean discharge for period of record
Highest daily mean gage height for period of record

LOCATION.--Lat 47°21'10'', long 96°50'50", on line between secs.24 and 25, T.145 N., R.49 W., Traill County, Hydrologic Unit 09020107, on left bank on upstream side of highway bridge, 0.5 mi west of Halstad, 2.5 mi downstream from Wild Rice River, and at mile 375.2.
DRAINAGE AREA.--21,800 mi2, approximately, including 3,800 mi2 in closed basins.
PERIOD OF RECORD.--April 1936 to June 1937 (no winter records), April 1942 to September 1960 (spring and summer months only), May 1961 to current year.
GAGE.--Water-stage recorder. Datum of gage is 826.65 ft above sea level. Prior to July 17, 1961, nonrecording gage at present site and datum.
EXTREMES FOR PERIOD OF RECORD.--Maximum discharge, 71,500 ft3/s, Apr. 19, 1997, gage height, 40.74 ft; minimum discharge, 5.4 ft3/s, Oct. 8, 9, 12, 13, and 14, 1936.
EXTREMES OUTSIDE PERIOD OF RECORD.--Flood in 1897 reached a stage of about 38.5 ft.

Annual mean discharge

Annual mean discharge 05064500 RED RIVER OF THE NORTH AT HALSTAD, 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      2,880     1995            61.5      1977            791         659         0.83       3.30
November     1,840     1995            92.3      1977            714         459         0.64       2.98
December     1,250     1987            51.2      1977            551         340         0.62       2.30
January      1,020     1987            32.1      1977            465         285         0.61       1.94
February     1,270     1997            45.9      1977            490         291         0.59       2.04
March        9,440     1995            249       1962            2,300       2,340       1.02       9.58
April        38,500    1997            705       1981            7,870       7,440       0.95       32.8
May          15,600    1997            449       1977            3,680       3,210       0.87       15.4
June         10,300    1962            242       1977            2,630       1,950       0.74       11.0
July         20,100    1975            153       1988            2,630       3,770       1.43       11.0
August       11,700    1993            59.5      1977            1,120       1,930       1.72       4.69
September    3,360     1993            38.4      1976            721         678         0.94       3.01
Annual       6,030     1997            214       1977            2,010       1,270       0.63       100

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Annual flow duration

Annual flow duration 05064500 RED RIVER OF THE NORTH AT HALSTAD, MN 
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                              Monthly and annual flow duration, in cubic feet per second
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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           104    149      224       782       634       424      199      113      122      150      194      123      154
  90           135    168      276       956       831       521      276      179      162      194      236      161      215
  85           152    192      328       1,110     940       666      396      218      193      235      276      215      268
  80           201    229      401       1,340     1,070     833      538      256      218      278      307      243      318
  75           234    246      462       1,620     1,220     1,020    688      301      248      310      338      268      378
  70           278    278      514       1,910     1,410     1,200    837      343      278      344      379      301      440
  65           306    318      578       2,350     1,680     1,410    982      383      308      379      432      342      507
  60           328    347      671       3,000     1,950     1,610    1,090    461      348      416      482      385      589
  55           351    402      798       3,670     2,230     1,870    1,210    545      405      458      536      432      691
  50           379    441      894       4,200     2,540     2,090    1,370    617      462      521      614      466      793
  45           440    470      1,000     4,860     2,810     2,320    1,550    708      528      584      695      502      894
  40           474    499      1,130     5,650     3,100     2,570    1,720    813      604      643      757      559      1,030
  35           537    529      1,330     6,900     3,420     2,850    1,960    960      699      697      802      642      1,180
  30           636    581      1,690     8,470     3,850     3,140    2,230    1,090    788      790      856      716      1,430
  25           714    704      2,100     10,100    4,420     3,440    2,580    1,220    898      974      930      799      1,770
  20           775    759      2,770     12,600    5,190     3,820    3,010    1,390    1,060    1,260    1,040    895      2,300
  15           836    842      4,220     15,400    6,190     4,300    3,760    1,590    1,290    1,510    1,210    993      3,130
  10           898    922      5,610     21,200    7,790     5,030    5,260    1,870    1,520    1,860    1,400    1,090    4,450
  5            966    1,040    10,200    26,300    11,400    7,030    9,060    2,890    2,260    2,360    1,620    1,180    7,870

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                            Probability of annual high discharges
                                  [ng, statistic not given]
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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)1
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  0.99         1.01         949            2910           867           706            568
  0.95         1.05         1,870          21,800         21,750        1,640          1,320
  0.90         1.11         2,660          22,610         22,560        2,510          2,020
  0.80         1.25         4,040          23,950         23,850        23,700         3,260
  0.50         2            8,790          28,530         28,270        28,000         7,550
  0.20         5            18,500         218,000        217,500       217,000        15,700
  0.10         10           27,000         226,400        225,700       225,000        22,200
  0.04         25           40,000         239,000        238,000       236,000        31,100
  0.02         50           51,500         250,000        248,500       246,000        38,100
  0.01         100          64,200         262,500        260,000       257,000        45,300
  0.005        200          78,400         276,000        273,500       270,000        52,700
  0.002        500          99,600         ng             ng            ng             ng

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1From U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, May 2000.
2 Statistical adjustment based on correlation between 3-, 7-, 15-, and 30-consecutive-day periods.

Highest daily mean discharge for period of record

Highest daily mean discharge for period of record 05064500 RED RIVER OF THE NORTH AT HALSTAD, MN

Highest daily mean gage height for period of record

Highest daily mean gage height for period of record 05064500 RED RIVER OF THE NORTH AT HALSTAD, MN 
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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

1936    April 15    16.33    7,670      1969    April 18    38.29    35,700
1937    April 15    9.39     2,660      1970    April 10    22.36    11,600
1942    May 5       12.86    5,060      1971    April 1     15.62    5,480
1943    April 11    31.31    21,800     1972    March 24    28.96    16,200
1944    July 13     15.79    7,200      1973    March 18    17.71    6,200
1945    March 23    23.60    13,300     1974    April 16    26.72    17,800
1946    March 29    19.50    10,000     1975    July 10     38.55    39,900
1947    April 16    33.50    24,500     1976    March 31    23.30    9,950
1948    April 10  --         16,000     1977    May 7       7.50     2,050
1949    April 7     16.53    7,710      1978    April 9     37.61    28,800
1950    May 11    --         18,700     1979    April 22    39.00    42,000
1951    April 10    22.43    12,900     1980    April 5     21.98    12,900
1952    April 18    29.78    20,700     1981    May 25      10.57    3,920
1953    June 22     22.78    13,600     1982    April 9     27.13    13,200
1954    April 13    11.44    4,660      1983    July 6      14.98    7,800
1955    April 6     19.28    7,200      1984    April 1     29.99    21,900
1956    April 15    23.67    12,900     1985    May 13      19.07    10,400
1957    June 24     12.20    4,980      1986    March 31    25.89    17,400
1958    July 8      11.31    4,420      1987    March 30    21.43    9,860
1959    June 13     10.13    3,780      1988    March 28    12.42    5,010
1960    April 10    21.66    8,600      1989    April 9     35.65    26,000
1961    May 22      6.96     1,900      1990    April 10    8.55     2,880
1962    June 16     24.70    15,900     1991    July 8      9.99     3,700
1963    June 16     13.14    5,850      1992    March 9     15.64    5,200
1964    April 23    15.27    7,820      1993    August 2    30.56    22,500
1965    April 17    35.27    25,600     1994    April 3   --         16,600
1966    March 27    35.35    26,800     1995    March 31  30.51      23,300
1967    April 23    22.71    13,800     1996    April 18    35.11    25,200
1968    June 19     7.80     2,350      1997    April 19    40.74    71,500

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

1997    April 19    40.74    71,500     1952    April 18    29.78    20,700
1979    April 22    39.00    42,000     1950    May 11    --         18,700
1975    July 10     38.55    39,900     1974    April 16    26.72    17,800
1969    April 18    38.29    35,700     1986    March 31    25.89    17,400
1978    April 9     37.61    28,800     1994    April 3   --         16,600
1966    March 27    35.35    26,800     1972    March 24    28.96    16,200
1989    April 9     35.65    26,000     1948    April 10  --         16,000
1965    April 17    35.27    25,600     1962    June 16     24.70    15,900
1996    April 18    35.11    25,200     1967    April 23    22.71    13,800
1947    April 16    33.50    24,500     1953    June 22     22.78    13,600
1995    March 31    30.51    23,300     1945    March 23    23.60    13,300
1993    August 2    30.56    22,500     1982    April 9     27.13    13,200
1984    April 1     29.99    21,900     1951    April 10    22.43    12,900
1943    April 11    31.31    21,800     1956    April 15    23.67    12,900
1980    April 5     21.98    12,900     1971    April 1     15.62    5,480
1970    April 10    22.36    11,600     1992    March 9     15.64    5,200
1985    May 13      19.07    10,400     1942    May 5       12.86    5,060
1946    March 29    19.50    10,000     1988    March 28    12.42    5,010
1976    March 31    23.30    9,950      1957    June 24     12.20    4,980
1987    March 30    21.43    9,860      1954    April 13    11.44    4,660
1960    April 10    21.66    8,600      1958    July 8      11.31    4,420
1964    April 23    15.27    7,820      1981    May 25      10.57    3,920
1983    July 6      14.98    7,800      1959    June 13     10.13    3,780
1949    April 7     16.53    7,710      1991    July 8      9.99     3,700
1936    April 15    16.33    7,670      1990    April 10    8.55     2,880
1944    July 13     15.79    7,200      1937    April 15    9.39     2,660
1955    April 6     19.28    7,200      1968    June 19     7.80     2,350
1973    March 18    17.71    6,200      1977    May 7       7.50     2,050
1963    June 16     13.14    5,850      1961    May 22      6.96     1,900

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                             Monthly and annual mean discharges, in cubic feet per second
            [Data were not rounded in accordance with U.S. Geological Survey publication standards; --, no data]
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Year     Oct.     Nov.     Dec.     Jan.     Feb.     March     April     May       June      July      Aug.      Sept.    Annual
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 1961    --       --       --       --       --       --        --        --        753.3     313.4     196.8     185.5     --
 1962    296.8    227.9    145.7    138.5    163.7    249.4     6,308     5,339     10,310    9,378     3,866     1,325     3,155
 1963    822.9    773.1    553.1    395.8    302.7    688.1     2,189     1,323     3,918     929.7     444.0     392.3     1,059
 1964    327.6    319.2    247.4    225.0    226.0    303.4     3,930     2,449     1,734     973.0     258.6     239.4     933.2
 1965    378.5    383.6    261.8    285.3    266.8    298.5     12,200    3,581     4,137     2,195     1,035     750.7     2,139

 1966    1,359    877.5    831.0    745.2    737.3    9,429     9,535     4,607     2,656     1,377     1,643     767.1     2,892
 1967    686.0    713.2    643.5    611.9    519.3    1,519     7,193     3,674     3,241     1,731     441.3     169.9     1,760
 1968    278.1    292.0    290.6    254.0    235.3    938.1     1,492     1,448     1,671     977.0     401.5     322.8     716.8
 1969    511.2    545.4    466.1    331.6    528.9    919.4     20,080    6,715     2,364     2,080     558.3     219.4     2,932
 1970    379.5    472.9    335.0    336.6    362.8    575.2     5,844     3,365     5,016     1,183     267.1     179.6     1,521

 1971    188.5    409.4    253.4    210.6    226.1    1,556     3,085     1,481     936.8     1,327     345.5     679.5     892.8
 1972    1,602    1,771    1,164    963.0    828.1    5,949     7,169     4,400     3,332     1,476     1,109     671.2     2,538
 1973    632.1    612.8    445.8    435.5    578.9    2,919     1,382     803.5     608.3     313.7     265.0     1,285     857.7
 1974    1,386    999.6    947.7    771.5    731.3    1,305     7,270     5,017     3,013     1,438     821.5     372.6     2,007
 1975    486.5    606.2    386.5    329.4    445.3    724.2     11,250    6,195     4,583     20,060    1,494     757.7     3,968

 1976    682.4    761.5    484.2    500.2    616.4    2,582     3,786     1,181     430.2     241.5     87.8      38.4      947.8
 1977    61.5     92.3     51.2     32.1     45.9     330.8     733.3     449.0     241.6     250.7     59.5      221.4     214.3
 1978    646.5    592.7    730.8    706.0    480.2    1,629     16,740    2,950     1,964     2,019     598.7     320.0     2,437
 1979    301.6    283.6    258.4    178.1    173.9    461.5     17,350    8,994     2,812     2,487     1,400     847.1     2,959
 1980    635.4    813.7    517.9    498.7    453.3    774.0     3,881     979.6     776.3     289.4     229.7     259.6     838.1

 1981    266.4    367.0    223.7    140.3    203.2    618.1     704.7     923.3     567.7     678.2     540.9     291.3     462.3
 1982    617.5    756.1    483.1    310.6    356.4    1,174     9,299     2,322     1,366     1,050     506.3     281.5     1,538
 1983    1,209    915.4    681.9    411.0    314.6    3,674     2,924     1,057     1,607     3,442     776.9     743.2     1,488
 1984    737.3    776.6    600.6    506.1    594.1    4,192     9,233     2,173     5,361     1,501     571.4     285.8     2,201
 1985    1,350    1,228    818.3    680.2    502.1    3,164     2,198     5,095     4,250     2,395     1,813     1,604     2,102

 1986    1,341    1,144    1,056    950.6    940.1    4,642     11,720    8,639     4,218     2,855     1,324     2,034     3,411
 1987    2,188    1,420    1,253    1,023    1,052    4,975     4,333     2,044     1,420     1,444     899.0     465.9     1,883
 1988    414.8    477.2    461.6    319.9    484.6    2,615     2,146     801.2     449.0     153.3     154.2     171.6     721.0
 1989    163.7    216.4    201.6    150.4    249.2    560.4     14,270    2,259     1,535     544.9     281.3     885.8     1,762
 1990    304.9    284.8    129.9    118.4    160.1    324.7     1,249     1,112     1,462     635.5     268.6     256.0     525.4

 1991    204.8    204.9    140.2    94.4     168.0    638.1     1,142     2,042     1,604     2,283     688.4     861.6     843.5
 1992    440.2    325.3    313.2    316.0    349.0    2,447     1,119     951.4     1,600     1,892     904.7     802.6     958.3
 1993    393.6    375.7    411.5    407.4    479.3    1,354     8,045     2,123     3,107     10,960    11,700    3,360     3,583
 1994    1,950    1,404    1,129    894.1    911.3    4,221     8,797     4,675     2,950     5,993     1,819     2,146     3,084
 1995    2,875    1,843    1,004    881.0    885.0    9,444     12,200    6,045     2,957     4,364     1,348     842.0     3,739


 1996    1,866    1,586    1,179    796.8    792.2    3,524     14,080    9,748     3,761     1,268     854.8     477.5     3,323
 1997    478.4    831.1    726.1    794.8    1,270    1,923     38,460    15,570    4,747     4,953     1,622     1,180     6,028

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