05048500 WEST BRANCH MUSTINKA RIVER BELOW MUSTINKA DITCH NEAR CHARLESVILLE, MN


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Annual mean discharge
Annual flow duration


LOCATION.--Lat 45°53'20'', long 96o 21'45", in SE1/4SE1/4 sec.18, T.128 N., R.45 W., Traverse County, Hydrologic Unit 09020102, on left bank 150 ft downstream from inlet from Mustinka ditch, 1.75 mi upstream from mouth, 6 mi southwest of Charlesville, and 7.8 mi northeast of Wheaton.
DRAINAGE AREA.--Not determined.
PERIOD OF RECORD.--April 1943 to September 1955. Monthly discharges only for some periods, published in WSP 1308. Prior to October 1949, published as Twelve Mile Creek below Mustinka ditch, near Charlesville.
GAGE.--Staff gage. Datum of gage is 990.00 ft above mean sea level, adjustment of 1912 (levels by Corps of Enigeers). Prior to May 11, 1948, reference mark and May 11, 1948, to July 10, 1955, staff gage, at site 110 ft upstream at same datum.
EXTREMES FOR PERIOD OF RECORD.--Maximum discharge, 13,700 ft3/s, Apr. 9, 1952 (gage height, 13.73 ft, from floodmarks), from rating curve extended above 1,200 ft3/s on basis of slope-area measurement of peak flow; no flow most winters.

Annual mean discharge

Annual mean discharge for station 05048500
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                              Statistics of monthly and annual mean discharges
                                    [m, more than 1 year of occurrence]
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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      12.8      1947          0.200     1954            3.60        3.69      1.02         0.57
November     9.00      1947          0.487     1946            2.91        2.56      0.88         0.46
December     3.71      1952          0.035     1951            0.92        1.12      1.22         0.15
January      1.52      1947          0         m               0.29        0.53      1.84         0.05
February     0.821     1953          0         m               0.13        0.31      2.34         0.02
March        284       1946          0         1952            80.0        89.5      1.12         12.7
April        1,580     1952          27.8      1949            307         447       1.46         48.9
May          320       1950          1.99      1949            86.0        91.9      1.07         13.7
June         277       1944          0         1955            77.5        83.3      1.07         12.3
July         272       1949          5.46      1955            59.2        74.2      1.25         9.42
August       39.2      1943          0         1955            7.87        10.6      1.35         1.25
September    16.1      1943          0         m               3.05        4.40      1.44         0.49
Annual       160       1952          4.39      1955            50.8        41.7      0.82         100
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Annual flow duration

Annual flow duration for station 05048500
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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           0       0       0       5.87     0.90    0.05    0.05    0       0       0       0.18    0       0
  90           0       0       0       10.4     2.70    1.70    2.20    0       0       0.10    0.40    0       0
  85           0       0       0       15.7     6.16    3.10    2.90    0.18    0       0.20    0.54    0       0
  80           0       0       0       22.7     10.1    5.13    4.91    0.45    0       0.35    0.74    0       0
  75           0       0       0       29.0     13.3    7.89    6.31    0.79    0       0.60    0.86    0       0
  70           0       0       0       35.4     17.0    11.7    8.74    1.40    0       1.00    1.00    0       0.28
  65           0       0       0       44.1     22.3    15.1    11.2    1.70    0.27    1.40    1.20    0.10    0.55
  60           0       0       0       55.3     28.9    18.9    13.8    2.50    0.38    1.70    1.60    0.20    1.10
  55           0       0       0       67.0     40.7    24.8    16.4    3.00    0.76    1.70    1.90    0.28    1.50
  50           0       0       0.74    88.5     56.2    34.1    20.3    3.60    1.20    2.10    1.90    0.40    2.20
  45           0       0       2.30    111      65.7    41.6    25.8    4.30    1.50    2.10    2.20    0.50    3.39
  40           0       0       5.03    150      75.6    49.7    32.3    4.30    2.10    2.50    2.20    0.56    4.59
  35           0       0       9.86    190      86.1    60.9    41.0    5.66    2.50    2.50    2.90    0.80    6.62
  30           0.10    0       17.5    231      97.1    73.9    49.1    6.31    2.90    3.00    2.90    1.00    10.7
  25           0.19    0       41.3    285      111     94.3    56.0    8.13    3.40    3.50    3.40    1.10    17.1
  20           0.56    0       65.9    360      126     122     69.7    11.3    4.10    4.20    4.00    1.80    32.1
  15           0.74    0       110     467      160     149     86.4    14.2    4.80    6.02    4.70    2.50    56.6
  10           1.50    0.58    242     669      202     185     117     25.4    7.52    10.1    6.40    2.80    103
  5            1.50    1.00    496     1,060    282     303     203     38.3    16.5    13.9    9.47    4.00    235
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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         104         123           68.0          35.8           19.8
  0.95         1.05         213         205           136           80.4           49.5
  0.90         1.11         312         276           196           121            77.8
  0.80         1.25         496         403           304           195            130
  0.50         2            1,210       882           695           458            312
  0.20         5            2,940       2,100         1,560         998            661
  0.10         10           4,680       3,420         2,370         1,460          933
  0.04         25           7,690       5,920         3,690         2,130          1,300
  0.02         50           10,600      8,550         4,880         2,700          1,590
  0.01         100          14,200      12,000        6,280         3,320          1,870
  0.005        200          18,400      16,600        7,900         3,970          2,160
  0.002        500          25,400      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     0        0.043    0.204
0.10       10      ng     ng     ng     ng     ng     ng     0        0.077    0.296
0.20       5       ng     ng     ng     ng     ng     ng     0        0.148    0.459
0.50       2       ng     ng     ng     ng     ng     ng     0.019    0.445    1.05
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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   0       0       0
0.10           10         ng      ng     ng      ng           ng   0       0       0.108
0.20           5          ng      ng     ng      ng           ng   0       0       1.45
0.50           2          ng      ng     ng      ng           ng   0       0       12.9

                              June-July-August                September-October-November
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0.05           20         0       0      0       0            0    0       0       0
0.10           10         0       0      0       0.422        0    0       0       0.009
0.20           5          0       0      0.165   1.08         0    0       0       0.115
0.50           2          0.947   1.31   1.74    3.56         0    0.142   0.318   0.860
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          Annual peak discharge and corresponding gage height, period of record
                                 [--, 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     1,030      1950    March 28    10.51    1,140
1945     March 15    --       490        1951    April 7     --       2,800
1946     March 20    --       1,580      1952    April 9     13.73    13,700
1947     April 12    10.65    1,720      1953    March 23    7.10     532
1948     March 30    10.95    1,670      1954    June 8      7.91     794
1949     July 10     9.87     1,280      1955    April 1     --       178

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

1952     April 9     13.73    13,700     1950    March 28    10.51    1,140
1951     April 7     --       2,800      1944    June 4      8.92     1,030
1947     April 12    10.65    1,720      1954    June 8      7.91     794
1948     March 30    10.95    1,670      1953    March 23    7.10     532
1946     March 20    --       1,580      1945    March 15    --       490
1949     July 10     9.87     1,280      1955    April 1     --       178
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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    --       --       --       --       --       --       --       81.5     213.9    91.1     39.2     16.1     --
1944    5.82     2.39     0.500    0        0        13.1     44.0     95.9     276.9    45.9     6.78     5.63     41.2
1945    2.58     6.57     0.268    0        0        121.8    63.1     19.0     42.4     7.12     0.948    0.663    22.2
1946    0.810    0.487    0.335    0        0        284.1    111.1    18.0     6.66     45.2     3.09     2.92     39.8
1947    12.8     9.00     2.56     1.52     0.746    28.2     579.6    149.5    104.9    21.0     1.42     0.453    75.5

1948    1.71     1.43     0.510    0.097    0        161.0    294.1    57.9     13.5     7.65     3.98     0.130    45.1
1949    0.397    0.760    0.113    0        0        40.9     27.8     1.99     6.62     271.6    13.8     1.51     30.9
1950    5.00     3.89     0.790    0        0        147.1    334.9    320.1    60.3     124.1    7.76     0.487    84.2
1951    3.15     1.58     0.035    0        0        0.242    522.1    113.4    78.4     39.7     4.56     2.26     63.4
1952    7.25     3.36     3.71     1.15     0        0        1,582    194.8    40.7     86.5     16.2     4.27     159.9

1953    0.361    0.860    1.13     0.655    0.821    136.8    63.6     34.3     58.7     16.3     0.552    0        26.3
1954    0.200    1.65     0.126    0        0        17.4     35.1     29.1     104.4    8.17     4.01     5.25     17.0
1955    3.15     2.92     0.906    0.029    0        8.75     28.9     2.60     0        5.46     0        0        4.39
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