05051700 WILD RICE RIVER NEAR CAYUGA, ND

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Annual mean discharge
Annual flow duration

LOCATION.--Lat 46°07'30'', long 97°21'40", on line between secs.29 and 30, T.131 N., R.53 W., Sargent County, Hydrologic Unit 09020105, on left bank 20 ft downstream from county highway bridge, 1.2 mi downstream from Shortfoot Creek, 2.5 mi downstream from Crooked Creek, and 3.5 mi northeast of Cayuga.
DRAINAGE AREA.--955 mi2, of which about 390 mi2 is probably noncontributing.
PERIOD OF RECORD.--May 1956 to September 1979.
GAGE.--Water-stage recorder. Datum of gage is 1,095.64 ft National Geodetic Vertical Datum of 1929. Prior to Oct. 9, 1957, nonrecording gage 0.8 mi upstream at different datum.
EXTREMES FOR PERIOD OF RECORD.--Maximum discharge, 1,710 ft3/s, Apr. 12, 1969 (gage height, 9.32 ft); maximum gage height, 10.90 ft, Apr. 7, 1969, backwater from ice; no flow at times each year.

Annual mean discharge

Annual mean discharge for 05051700 Wild Rice River near Cayuga, North Dakota 
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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      11.2      1958          0         m              0.990       2.94       2.97       0.42
November     16.2      1958          0         m              1.23        3.92       3.18       0.52
December     5.35      1958          0         m              0.390       1.22       3.10       0.17
January      0.719     1958          0         m              0.040       0.15       4.23       0.02
February     3.31      1976          0         m              0.210       0.74       3.54       0.09
March        273       1966          0         m              26.8        62.9       2.34       11.4
April        715       1969          0         m              99.0        159        1.60       42.0
May          153       1969          0         m              38.4        46.5       1.21       16.3
June         161       1962          0         m              28.1        42.6       1.52       11.9
July         351       1962          0         m              35.1        78.4       2.24       14.9
August       58.7      1962          0         m              5.05        12.8       2.53       2.14
September    2.28      1969          0         m              0.390       0.66       1.72       0.16
Annual       81.1      1969          0.009     1977           19.6        23.5       1.20       100
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Annual flow duration

Annual flow duration for 05051700 Wild Rice River near Cayuga, North Dakota 
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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       0       0       0       0       0       0       0       0       0       0
  90           0       0       0       0       0       0       0       0       0       0       0       0       0
  85           0       0       0       0.06    0       0       0       0       0       0       0       0       0
  80           0       0       0       0.79    0.14    0       0       0       0       0       0       0       0
  75           0       0       0       1.60    1.30    0.12    0       0       0       0       0       0       0
  70           0       0       0       2.59    2.60    0.31    0       0       0       0       0       0       0
  65           0       0       0       3.99    3.90    0.58    0.03    0       0       0       0       0       0
  60           0       0       0       11.7    5.35    1.10    0.15    0       0       0       0       0       0
  55           0       0       0.05    23.2    8.49    2.00    0.86    0       0       0       0       0       0
  50           0       0       0.08    33.6    13.5    3.98    1.70    0       0       0       0       0       0
  45           0       0       0.15    49.5    19.0    5.97    3.60    0       0       0       0       0       0.03
  40           0       0       0.29    66.2    24.0    9.60    6.83    0.13    0       0       0       0       0.09
  35           0       0       0.80    80.2    34.7    13.6    13.7    0.57    0       0       0.02    0       0.38
  30           0       0       2.20    94.9    42.1    22.5    21.9    1.00    0       0.02    0.03    0       1.10
  25           0       0       4.49    111     50.2    36.2    28.0    1.80    0.04    0.03    0.03    0       3.67
  20           0       0       7.95    128     62.0    45.0    34.3    3.96    0.20    0.05    0.05    0.04    9.33
  15           0       0       22.3    173     82.5    60.2    45.2    8.00    0.39    0.09    0.18    0.05    22.4
  10           0       0.04    45.2    253     116     88.6    92.9    13.8    0.73    0.49    0.74    0.90    48.0
  5            0.04    0.10    175     394     165     157     215     25.7    2.10    7.70    11.4    3.10    110
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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          0.101         0.066         0.036          0.020
  0.95         1.05         12.1        1.48          0.986         0.580          0.358
  0.90         1.11         24.3        5.08          3.44          2.12           1.37
  0.80         1.25         53.1        18.8          13.2          8.58           5.80
  0.50         2            198         138           107           76.9           54.8
  0.20         5            586         548           481           385            279
  0.10         10           951         913           861           728            526
  0.04         25           1,500       1,370         1,400         1,250          895
  0.02         50           1,950       1,680         1,790         1,660          1,180
  0.01         100          2,420       1,940         2,160         2,050          1,440
  0.005        200          2,910       2,150         2,480         2,420          1,690
  0.002        500          3,550       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     0
0.10       10      ng     ng     ng     ng     ng     ng     0     0     0
0.20       5       ng     ng     ng     ng     ng     ng     0     0     0
0.50       2       ng     ng     ng     ng     ng     ng     0     0     0
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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         0      0     0         0
0.10           10          ng    ng    ng    ng         0      0     0         0
0.20           5           ng    ng    ng    ng         0      0     0         0
0.50           2           ng    ng    ng    ng         0      0     0.007     0.878

                            June-July-August           September-October-November
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0.05           20          0     0     0     0          ng     ng    ng        0
0.10           10          0     0     0     0          ng     ng    ng        0
0.20           5           0     0     0     0          ng     ng    ng        0
0.50           2           0     0     0     0          ng     ng    ng        0
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               Annual peak discharge and corresponding gage height
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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

1957     April 19    6.07     150        1969    April 12    9.32     1,710
1958     April 15    5.08     131        1970    June 17     4.24     177
1959     June 12     3.51     54.0       1971    March 14    4.02     55.0
1960     April 19    4.40     123        1972    March 27    6.05     488
1961     March 12    2.77     1.20       1973    July 1      3.88     114
1962     July 6      8.95     1,080      1974    March 7     3.62     53.0
1963     June 10     3.95     107        1975    July 1      7.66     636
1964     April 27    4.30     153        1976    March 28    4.30     185
1965     April 14    6.08     375        1977    March 26    2.98     3.60
1966     March 19    7.28     757        1978    April 4     6.24     499
1967     July 8      5.72     309        1979    April 12    7.29     600
1968     July 17     3.63     55.0

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

1969     April 12    9.32     1,710      1957    April 19    6.07     150
1962     July 6      8.95     1,080      1958    April 15    5.08     131
1966     March 19    7.28     757        1960    April 19    4.40     123
1975     July 1      7.66     636        1973    July 1      3.88     114
1979     April 12    7.29     600        1963    June 10     3.95     107
1978     April 4     6.24     499        1968    July 17     3.63     55.0
1972     March 27    6.05     488        1971    March 14    4.02     55.0
1965     April 14    6.08     375        1959    June 12     3.51     54.0
1967     July 8      5.72     309        1974    March 7     3.62     53.0
1976     March 28    4.30     185        1977    March 26    2.98     3.60
1970     June 17     4.24     177        1961    March 12    2.77     1.20
1964     April 27    4.30     153
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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]
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Year     Oct.     Nov.     Dec.     Jan.     Feb.     March    April    May      June     July     Aug.     Sept.    Annual
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 1958    11.2     16.2     5.35     0.719    1.20     33.4     100.6    16.3     0.997    0.351    0        0        15.5
 1959    0        0        0        0        0        0        0        0        1.82     0.116    0        0        0.159
 1960    0.010    0.030    0.050    0.040    0.040    4.99     54.0     15.3     0.447    0        0        0        6.19
 1961    0        0        0        0        0.018    0.200    0        0.032    0        0        0        0        0.021
 1962    0.006    0        0        0        0        7.14     148.3    135.5    161.3    351.4    58.7     1.66     72.5

 1963    0.019    0.367    2.28     0.023    0        8.92     30.3     16.5     58.7     9.32     0        0        10.5
 1964    0        0        0        0        0        0.110    66.3     36.5     7.60     10.8     0.681    0.053    10.1
 1965    0        0        0        0        0        0        156.9    45.1     46.1     28.5     5.35     0.520    23.4
 1966    1.48     0.491    0.006    0        0        273.3    109.9    50.3     14.1     16.0     10.5     0.467    40.1
 1967    8.65     9.65     .914     0.003    0        14.0     77.3     80.8     127.4    105.5    5.14     0        35.9

 1968    0        0        0        0        0        0.177    1.76     5.27     2.17     3.32     0        1.26     1.17
 1969    0.066    0.039    0.006    0        0        0        715.0    152.9    49.6     42.4     17.4     2.28     81.1
 1970    0.032    0.033    0.014    0.010    0.015    3.17     19.6     18.0     43.7     3.78     0        0        7.34
 1971    0.002    0.010    0.002    0        0        5.07     2.50     0.031    0.011    1.57     0.005    0.002    0.774
 1972    0.033    0.168    0.019    0        0        133.3    95.1     95.9     39.1     5.65     0.659    0.011    31.0

 1973    0.028    0.016    0.002    0        0        2.14     2.35     0.477    5.85     2.03     0        0.767    1.14
 1974    0.172    0.045    0.009    0        0        7.97     2.58     2.45     0.184    0        0        0        1.13
 1975    0        0        0        0        0        0        6.67     5.68     10.7     39.4     0.969    0.082    5.35
 1976    0.011    0.051    0        0        3.31     37.1     67.0     8.57     0.009    0        0        0        9.62
 1977    0        0        0        0        0        0.073    0.035    0        0        0        0        0        0.009

 1978    0        0        0        0        0        58.5     257.0    62.9     32.2     127.7    7.43     1.38     45.7
 1979    0.061    0        0        0        0        0.850    265.6    96.8     15.3     23.6     4.16     0.005    33.7
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