05048000 MUSTINKA DITCH BELOW WEST BRANCH MUSTINKA RIVER NEAR CHARLESVILLE, MN

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Annual mean discharge
Annual flow duration

LOCATION.--Lat 45°53'20'', long 96°21'45", in SE1/4SE1/4 sec.18, T.128 N., R.45 W., Traverse County, Hydrologic Unit 09020102, on right bank 100 ft downstream from inlet structure to West Branch Mustinka River, 6 mi southwest of Charlesville, and 7.7 mi northeast of Wheaton.
DRAINAGE AREA.--Not determined.
PERIOD OF RECORD.--April 1943 to September 1955. Prior to October 1949, published as "below Twelve Mile Creek near Charlesville".
GAGE.--Staff gage. Datum of gage is 987.00 ft above sea level, adjustment of 1912. Prior to May 11, 1948, reference mark and May 11, 1948, to July 10, 1955, staff gage, at site on West Branch Mustinka River 40 ft downstream from inlet to Mustinka ditch, at datum 3.00 ft higher.
EXTREMES FOR PERIOD OF RECORD.--Maximum discharge, 997 ft3/s, Apr. 9, 1952; maximum gage height, 13.73 ft, Apr. 2, 1952 (from floodmark); no flow for several months each year.

Annual mean discharge

Annual mean discharge for station 05048000 
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                              Statistics of monthly and annual mean discharges
                        [m, more than 1 year of occurrence; ng, statistics not given]
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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      0.032     1947          0          m               0          0.01       3.46        0
November     0.007     1944          0          m               0          0          3.46        0
December     0         m             0          m               0          0          ng          0
January      0         m             0          m               0          0          ng          0
February     0         m             0          m               0          0          ng          0
March        82.6      1946          0          m               13.8       23.7       1.72        12.9
April        252       1952          0.103      1953            55.9       82.8       1.48        52.4
May          74.4      1950          0          1949            11.9       20.5       1.73        11.2
June         66.7      1944          0          m               13.6       20.9       1.53        12.8
July         49.1      1955          0          m               11.0       17.5       1.59        10.3
August       3.88      1955          0          m               0.420      1.12       2.70        0.39
September    0.367     1955          0          m               0.030      0.10       3.35        0.03
Annual       22.5      1952          0.918      1953            8.60       7.01       0.81        100
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Annual flow duration

Annual flow duration for station 05048000 
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                              Monthly and annual flow duration, in cubic feet per second
                                            [ng, statistic not given]
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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         ng     ng     ng     ng     ng     ng     ng     ng     ng     ng     ng     ng      0.05
  90         ng     ng     ng     ng     ng     ng     ng     ng     ng     ng     ng     ng      0.05
  85         ng     ng     ng     ng     ng     ng     ng     ng     ng     ng     ng     ng      0.05
  80         ng     ng     ng     ng     ng     ng     ng     ng     ng     ng     ng     ng      0.05
  75         ng     ng     ng     ng     ng     ng     ng     ng     ng     ng     ng     ng      0.05
  70         ng     ng     ng     ng     ng     ng     ng     ng     ng     ng     ng     ng      0.05
  65         ng     ng     ng     ng     ng     ng     ng     ng     ng     ng     ng     ng      0.05
  60         ng     ng     ng     ng     ng     ng     ng     ng     ng     ng     ng     ng      0.05
  55         ng     ng     ng     ng     ng     ng     ng     ng     ng     ng     ng     ng      0.05
  50         ng     ng     ng     ng     ng     ng     ng     ng     ng     ng     ng     ng      0.05
  45         ng     ng     ng     ng     ng     ng     ng     ng     ng     ng     ng     ng      0.05
  40         ng     ng     ng     ng     ng     ng     ng     ng     ng     ng     ng     ng      0.05
  35         ng     ng     ng     ng     ng     ng     ng     ng     ng     ng     ng     ng      0.05
  30         ng     ng     ng     ng     ng     ng     ng     ng     ng     ng     ng     ng      0.05
  25         ng     ng     ng     ng     ng     ng     ng     ng     ng     ng     ng     ng      0.05
  20         ng     ng     ng     ng     ng     ng     ng     ng     ng     ng     ng     ng      0.05
  15         ng     ng     ng     ng     ng     ng     ng     ng     ng     ng     ng     ng      2.00
  10         ng     ng     ng     ng     ng     ng     ng     ng     ng     ng     ng     ng      12.1
  5          ng     ng     ng     ng     ng     ng     ng     ng     ng     ng     ng     ng      36.6
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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)
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  0.99         1.01         ng          19.9          11.9          7.49           3.18
  0.95         1.05         ng          48.6          29.9          17.7           8.90
  0.90         1.11         140         74.6          46.7          27.1           14.7
  0.80         1.25         189         120           77.1          44.2           25.6
  0.50         2            326         259           179           103            65.1
  0.20         5            543         478           358           217            140
  0.10         10           700         620           487           306            197
  0.04         25           908         786           651           430            270
  0.02         50           1,070       898           770           527            324
  0.01         100          1,230       998           884           627            376
  0.005        200          1,400       1,090         993           728            426
  0.002        500          1,630       ng            ng            ng             ng
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                         Probability of annual low discharges
                             [ng, statistic not given]
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                                    Minimum average discharge (ft3/s)
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                                       Number of consecutive days
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Non-       Recur-
exceed-    rence
ance       inter-  1      3      7      14     30     60     90     120    183
prob-       val
ability   (years)
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0.05       20      ng     ng     ng     ng     ng     ng     ng     ng     ng
0.10       10      ng     ng     ng     ng     ng     ng     ng     ng     ng
0.20       5       ng     ng     ng     ng     ng     ng     ng     ng     ng
0.50       2       ng     ng     ng     ng     ng     ng     ng     ng     ng
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                        Probability of seasonal low discharges
                               [ng, statistic not given]
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                                        Minimum average discharge (ft3/s)
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                                           Number of consecutive days
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   Non-       Recurrence
exceedance     interval     1     7      14     30        1      7      14     30
probability    (years)
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                           December-January-February          March-April-May
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0.05           20          ng     ng     ng     ng        ng     ng     ng     0
0.10           10          ng     ng     ng     ng        ng     ng     ng     0
0.20           5           ng     ng     ng     ng        ng     ng     ng     0
0.50           2           ng     ng     ng     ng        ng     ng     ng     0

                               June-July-August          September-October-November
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0.05           20          ng     ng     ng     ng        ng     ng     ng     ng
0.10           10          ng     ng     ng     ng        ng     ng     ng     ng
0.20           5           ng     ng     ng     ng        ng     ng     ng     ng
0.50           2           ng     ng     ng     ng        ng     ng     ng     ng
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               Annual peak discharge and corresponding gage height
                                 [--, no data]
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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

1944     June 4      8.92     318        1950    May 9       9.31     374
1945     March 16    6.68     165        1951    April 7     --       500
1946     March 20    11.00    512        1952    April 9     13.73    997
1947     April 12    --       600        1953    June 27     4.86     47.0
1948     April 7     6.62     132        1954    June 8      7.91     207
1949     July 10     9.87     292        1955    July 13     5.12     318

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

1952     April 9     13.73    997        1955    July 13     5.12     318
1947     April 12    --       600        1949    July 10     9.87     292
1946     March 20    11.00    512        1954    June 8      7.91     207
1951     April 7     --       500        1945    March 16    6.68     165
1950     May 9       9.31     374        1948    April 7     6.62     132
1944     June 4      8.92     318        1953    June 27     4.86     47.0
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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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 1943    --       --       --    --    --    --       --       10.9     48.9     13.0     1.53    0.027    --
 1944    0        0.007    0     0     0     0.703    4.00     14.9     66.7     3.90     0       0        7.44
 1945    0        0        0     0     0     29.3     5.48     0.119    2.91     0        0       0        3.19
 1946    0        0        0     0     0     82.6     16.0     0.035    0.010    3.96     0       0        8.67
 1947    0.032    0        0     0     0     16.3     176.8    25.8     13.6     0        0       0        19.2

 1948    0        0        0     0     0     0        43.1     3.19     0        0        0       0        3.81
 1949    0        0        0     0     0     8.82     1.41     0        0        45.3     0       0        4.71
 1950    0        0        0     0     0     19.9     59.4     74.4     4.32     23.6     0       0        15.3
 1951    0        0        0     0     0     0        110.9    7.53     1.91     0.103    0       0        9.92
 1952    0        0        0     0     0     0        252.4    17.0     0.843    3.99     0       0        22.5

 1953    0        0        0     0     0     6.70     0.103    0.029    4.03     0.077    0       0        0.918
 1954    0        0        0     0     0     0        0.520    0.023    13.9     0        0       0        1.18
 1955    0        0        0     0     0     1.10     0.443    0.745    20.2     49.1     3.88    0.367    6.39
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