05055000 SHEYENNE RIVER NEAR HARVEY, ND

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Annual mean discharge
Annual flow duration

LOCATION.--Lat 47°47'25'', long 99°53'25", in SE1/4SW1/4 sec.21, T.150 N., R.72 W., Wells County, Hydrologic Unit 09020202, 90 ft north of Harvey Water Works, 0.4 mi upstream from small tributary, and 2.25 mi northeast of Harvey.
DRAINAGE AREA.--534 mi2 (revised), of which about 360 mi2 is probably noncontributing.
PERIOD OF RECORD.--October 1945 to September 1956.
GAGE.--Staff gage. Datum of gage is 1,520.10 ft above mean sea level, datum of 1929. Prior to June 11, 1946, staff gage at site 3 mi upstream at different datum.
EXTREMES FOR PERIOD OF RECORD.--Maximum discharge, 1,430 ft3/s, Apr. 18, 1950 (gage height, 6.62 ft); maximum gage height, 6.95, Apr. 17, 1950, affected by ice; no flow during several months in most years.

Annual mean discharge

Annual mean discharge for 05055000 Sheyenne River near Harvey, 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      3.33      1955          0         m              0.530       1.01       1.90       0.32
November     2.66      1955          0         m              0.580       0.87       1.50       0.35
December     1.77      1955          0         m              0.540       0.71       1.32       0.32
January      1.77      1951          0         m              0.200       0.52       2.58       0.12
February     8.93      1954          0         m              0.880       2.68       3.03       0.53
March        23.9      1947          0.161     1948           9.25        8.83       0.950      5.50
April        324       1950          7.16      1946           99.5        102        1.03       59.1
May          201       1950          1.15      1946           29.3        57.5       1.97       17.4
June         86.2      1954          0.193     1946           20.2        25.2       1.25       12.0
July         27.0      1954          1.15      1949           5.72        7.32       1.28       3.40
August       5.42      1954          0         m              0.720       1.59       2.20       0.43
September    5.72      1954          0         m              0.860       1.82       2.12       0.51
Annual       47.0      1950          2.93      1946           14.0        12.3       0.880      100
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Annual flow duration

Annual flow duration for 05055000 for 05030500 Otter Tail River near Elizabeth, Minnesota 
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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       2.80    1.00    0       0       0       0       0       0       0       0
  90           0       0       0       3.40    1.80    0.10    0.18    0       0       0       0       0       0
  85           0       0       0       4.10    1.80    0.33    0.26    0       0       0       0       0       0
  80           0       0       0       6.02    2.30    0.85    0.47    0       0       0       0       0       0
  75           0       0       0       10.5    3.00    2.20    0.57    0       0       0       0       0       0
  70           0       0       0       14.1    4.00    2.80    0.84    0       0       0       0       0       0
  65           0       0       0       19.9    4.78    3.60    1.20    0       0       0       0       0       0
  60           0       0       0       24.9    5.42    4.63    1.50    0       0       0       0       0       0
  55           0       0       0       29.8    5.92    5.97    1.50    0       0       0       0       0       0.18
  50           0       0       0       36.1    7.04    6.80    1.80    0       0       0       0       0       0.31
  45           0       0       0.53    45.0    9.31    9.48    2.20    0.10    0       0       0.10    0.20    0.55
  40           0       0       0.64    57.2    13.2    12.2    2.70    0.18    0       0       0.27    0.40    0.97
  35           0       0       3.00    72.3    16.5    14.9    3.30    0.28    0.10    0.20    0.48    0.49    1.70
  30           0.10    0       4.74    88.8    19.8    17.4    4.00    0.38    0.19    0.47    0.67    0.60    2.30
  25           0.10    0       6.12    115     22.9    20.6    5.14    0.59    0.30    0.75    1.00    0.90    4.15
  20           0.10    0       10.4    159     27.0    26.1    6.77    0.79    0.49    0.95    1.30    1.30    6.14
  15           0.20    0.51    16.5    202     33.8    37.0    9.17    0.91    0.79    1.20    1.50    1.50    13.0
  10           0.49    0.74    29.9    256     73.4    59.4    13.0    1.60    1.70    1.50    1.60    1.60    25.8
  5            1.40    0.88    52.6    398     141     88.0    26.7    4.00    5.30    3.10    2.30    2.00    67.0
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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         29.6        13.4          11.9          9.08           6.34
  0.95         1.05         63.4        33.2          28.4          21.4           14.6
  0.90         1.11         93.8        52.5          44.1          32.8           22.1
  0.80         1.25         148         89.3          73.6          53.9           36.0
  0.50         2            342         231           184           130            85.9
  0.20         5            744         545           423           287            189
  0.10         10           1,090       826           634           419            276
  0.04         25           1,620       1,250         955           612            405
  0.02         50           2,080       1,620         1,230         772            513
  0.01         100          2,580       2,020         1,530         942            628
  0.005        200          3,120       2,460         1,850         1,120          752
  0.002        500          3,920       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     0.025
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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     0     0.100
0.10           10          ng     ng     ng     ng           ng     ng     0     0.240
0.20           5           ng     ng     ng     ng           ng     ng     0     0.600
0.50           2           ng     ng     ng     ng           ng     ng     0     2.58

                               June-July-August             September-October-November
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0.05           20          ng     0      0      0            ng     ng     0     0
0.10           10          ng     0      0      0            ng     ng     0     0
0.20           5           ng     0      0      0            ng     ng     0     0
0.50           2           ng     0      0      0.120        ng     ng     0     0
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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

1946     March 21    2.26     132        1952    April 7     5.23     258
1947     March 23    5.44     200        1953    June 30     3.60     60.0
1948     April 18    6.45     1,220      1954    June 17     5.57     351
1949     April 7     6.20     846        1955    March 31    4.76     120
1950     April 18    6.62     1,430      1956    April 10    5.65     316
1951     April 7     5.85     340

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

1950     April 18    6.62     1,430      1952    April 7     5.23     258
1948     April 18    6.45     1,220      1947    March 23    5.44     200
1949     April 7     6.20     846        1946    March 21    2.26     132
1954     June 17     5.57     351        1955    March 31    4.76     120
1951     April 7     5.85     340        1953    June 30     3.60     60.0
1956     April 10    5.65     316
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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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 1946    0        0.293    0.400    0.097    0        23.2     7.16     1.15     0.193    2.25    0.013    0        2.93
 1947    0        0.047    0.032    0        0        23.9     15.6     3.86     7.12     6.81    0.361    0.167    4.85
 1948    0.577    0.677    0.619    0.113    0        0.161    210.1    29.3     3.24     1.19    0.239    0        20.3
 1949    0        0        0        0        0        0.290    164.7    7.70     6.83     1.15    0        0        14.9
 1950    0        0        0        0        0        3.42     324.2    200.7    30.7     4.94    0.271    0.117    47.0

 1951    0.813    1.49     1.46     1.77     0.804    2.16     124.7    22.5     39.6     4.50    1.02     2.83     16.8
 1952    1.13     1.22     1.54     0        0        5.90     114.1    10.6     3.19     6.55    0.029    0        11.9
 1953    0        0        0        0        0        6.91     7.64     12.5     8.65     3.11    0        0        3.25
 1954    0        0        0.081    0.045    8.93     5.16     8.44     3.21     86.2     27.0    5.42     5.72     12.4
 1955    3.33     2.66     1.77     0.213    0        18.1     32.4     10.9     13.8     2.28    0.081    0        7.13
 1956    0        0        0        0        0        12.6     85.6     19.5     22.9     3.19    0.519    0.597    12.0
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