05068000 SAND HILL RIVER AT BELTRAMI, MN


List Of Figures:

Annual mean discharge
Annual flow duration


LOCATION.--Lat 47°32'50'', long 96°32'00'', in NE1/4SW1/4 sec.16, T.147 N., R.46 W., on upstream
side of bridge abutment on U.S. Highway 75 in Beltrami, 150 ft upstream from Great Northern

Railway bridge and 0.25 mi north of post office. DRAINAGE AREA.--324 mi2 includes that of Sand Hill ditch.
PERIOD OF RECORD.--April to November 1943, March 1944 to September 1958. Monthly discharge
only for some periods, published in WSP 1308.

GAGE.--Staff gage. Datum of gage is 896.80 ft above mean sea level, adjustment of 1912 (levels by U.S.
Army Corps of Engineers). Prior to Aug. 28, 1944, reference point at same site and datum.

EXTREMES FOR PERIOD OF RECORD.--Maximum discharge, 291 ft3/s, Apr. 19, 1950, gage height,
5.97 ft, from floodmark; no flow for many days most years.

Annual mean discharge

Annual mean discharge for 0568000 Sand Hill River at Beltrami, Minnesota

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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      5.32      1947            0.071     1957            2.09        1.67        0.80       3.52
November     5.43      1950            0.500     1956            1.88        1.26        0.67       3.17
December     1.43      1945            0         m               0.650       0.47        0.73       1.09
January      0.877     1947            0         m               0.310       0.34        1.12       0.52
February     0.804     1947            0         m               0.220       0.31        1.44       0.36
March        12.9      1945            0         m               2.05        3.64        1.78       3.45
April        43.1      1947            0.103     1958            19.5        12.9        0.66       32.8
May          84.2      1950            0.113     1958            15.0        20.1        1.34       25.3
June         30.4      1947            0.820     1952            9.29        7.66        0.82       15.6
July         22.7      1949            0.229     1957            4.98        5.63        1.13       8.38
August       7.96      1944            0         m               2.27        2.00        0.88       3.82
September    3.38      1945            0         m               1.20        0.98        0.81       2.03
Annual       13.4      1950            0.368     1958            5.04        3.41        0.68       100
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Annual flow duration

Annual flow duration for 0568000 Sand Hill River at Beltrami, 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       0       0.10    0.10    0        0       0       0       0.19    0       0
  90           0       0       0       0.30    0.38    0.38    0.18     0       0       0.20    0.45    0       0
  85           0       0       0       0.67    1.50    1.10    0.37     0       0       0.30    0.45    0       0
  80           0       0       0       1.50    2.30    1.80    0.45     0       0.18    0.40    0.65    0       0
  75           0       0       0       3.30    2.90    2.20    0.79     0.20    0.18    0.46    0.84    0.20    0.20
  70           0       0       0       5.79    3.60    2.20    1.20     0.39    0.29    0.80    0.84    0.20    0.38
  65           0       0       0       7.90    5.64    2.80    1.40     0.46    0.40    0.80    0.95    0.30    0.48
  60           0       0       0       9.44    6.21    3.50    1.70     0.55    0.47    0.92    1.20    0.38    0.60
  55           0.10    0       0       11.5    7.15    3.50    2.00     0.78    0.54    1.10    1.20    0.49    0.75
  50           0.10    0       0.17    13.9    7.60    4.73    2.50     0.92    0.63    1.40    1.20    0.69    0.94
  45           0.20    0       0.36    15.8    8.92    5.19    2.50     1.30    0.74    1.80    1.60    0.69    1.20
  40           0.40    0       0.43    18.4    10.0    5.84    3.60     1.50    1.00    2.10    2.00    0.89    1.50
  35           0.57    0.19    0.61    21.5    11.5    6.72    3.60     1.80    1.20    2.40    2.00    1.00    1.80
  30           0.57    0.40    0.61    24.3    13.3    7.20    4.30     2.20    1.40    2.80    2.30    1.10    2.30
  25           0.57    0.49    0.74    28.2    15.3    7.68    4.30     3.00    1.40    2.80    2.60    1.10    3.60
  20           0.66    0.60    1.30    32.5    17.5    10.4    6.33     3.00    1.40    3.20    2.60    1.20    5.18
  15           0.66    0.60    1.80    36.7    20.9    15.0    7.13     3.60    1.90    4.20    2.90    1.20    7.44
  10           0.76    0.69    5.53    44.0    28.2    22.2    9.87     4.30    2.50    4.20    3.30    1.20    12.6
  5            0.87    0.79    14.1    62.4    72.9    33.6    18.9     8.55    4.00    5.60    4.80    1.50    24.5
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                      Probability of occurrence of annual high discharges
                                  [ng, statistic not given]
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                                                       Maximum mean 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         13.9           7.29           4.26          2.17           1.08
  0.95         1.05         22.4           13.6           9.10          5.56           3.26
  0.90         1.11         28.9           18.7           13.2          8.71           5.48
  0.80         1.25         39.4           27.1           20.3          14.3           9.66
  0.50         2            71.1           52.9           42.1          31.8           23.8
  0.20         5            129            97.6           79.1          59.5           47.1
  0.10         10           176            132            106           77.6           62.2
  0.04         25           245            179            140           98.6           79.3
  0.02         50           304            216            165           112            90.3
  0.01         100          369            254            190           125            99.8
  0.005        200          441            294            215           136            108
  0.002        500          548            ng             ng            ng             ng
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                    Probability of occurrence of annual low discharges
                               [ng, statistic not given]
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                                     Minimum mean 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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0.01       100      ng      ng    0     0      0      0    0        0.003    0.057
0.02       50       ng      ng    0     0      0      0    0        0.006    0.082
0.05       20       ng      ng    0     0      0      0    0        0.014    0.138
0.10       10       ng      ng    0     0      0      0    0        0.030    0.213
0.20       5        ng      ng    0     0      0      0    0        0.068    0.347
0.50       2        ng      ng    0     0      0      0    0.120    0.262    0.788
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                   Probability of occurrence of seasonal low discharges
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                                         Minimum mean 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           0      0      0      0           0      0      0      0
0.10           10           0      0      0      0           0      0      0      0
0.20           5            0      0      0      0           0      0      0      0
0.50           2            0      0      0      0           0      0      0      0.346

                                 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           0      0      0      0.046
0.20           5            0      0      0.031  0.224       0      0      0.083  0.159
0.50           2            0.152  0.185  0.480  0.987       0.213  0.274  0.453  0.644
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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

1943    April 5      --       179            1951    April 8      4.10     71
1944    August 12    --       30             1952    April 9      3.20     46
1945    April 12     3.88     53             1953    June 17      3.60     62
1946    March 28     --       42             1954    June 16      --       49
1947    June 12      5.20     167            1955    April 4      4.51     54
1948    April 13     --       75             1956    May 13       4.62     105
1949    June 2       5.00     163            1957    June 23      --       50
1950    April 19     5.97     291            1958    July 5       3.21     22

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

1950    April 19     5.97     291            1955    April 4      4.51     54
1943    April 13     --       179            1945    April 12     3.88     53
1947    June 12      5.20     167            1957    June 23      --       50
1949    June 2       5.00     163            1954    June 16      --       49
1956    May 13       4.62     105            1952    April 9      3.20     46
1948    April 13     --       75             1946    March 28     --       42
1951    April 8      4.10     71             1944    August 12    --       30
1953    June 17      3.60     62             1958    July 5       3.21     22
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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    --       --       --       --       --       --       17.1       17.3       16.0      4.66      2.87      1.38      --
1944    1.27     1.71     --       --       --       0.029    7.44       8.69       5.05      4.04      7.96      1.65      --
1945    3.77     1.98     1.43     0.600    0        12.9     21.8       9.75       6.36      1.78      2.31      3.38      5.52
1946    3.95     2.70     0.397    0        0        7.25     18.6       11.2       4.23      4.48      1.93      2.52      4.79
1947    5.32     2.47     1.19     0.877    0.804    1.99     43.1       23.8       30.4      3.86      1.83      0.800     9.67

1948    2.05     1.46     0.181    0.032    0        0.158    33.4       5.81       3.52      9.71      4.37      1.81      5.19
1949    1.77     2.29     0.597    0.029    0        0        20.6       18.8       18.1      22.7      3.22      0.383     7.41
1950    4.49     5.43     0.694    0.400    0.307    0.152    41.6       84.2       12.3      5.68      3.44      0.753     13.4
1951    3.40     2.47     1.10     0.700    0.600    0.500    32.4       11.1       4.38      0.890     1.81      2.26      5.11
1952    1.02     0.797    0.700    0.600    0.500    0.700    25.3       3.33       0.820     11.4      2.24      1.03      4.02

1953    1.61     2.85     1.06     0.158    0        4.71     13.7       7.13       11.3      3.28      2.77      0.480     4.09
1954    1.30     1.22     1.10     0.813    0.739    1.10     12.0       6.51       9.72      1.77      0.642     0.453     3.10
1955    0.655    0.933    0.432    0.081    0        0        11.7       3.70       8.93      1.72      0.216     0         2.35
1956    0.439    0.500    0.152    0        0        0.019    10.9       28.5       13.0      1.44      0.729     1.93      4.82
1957    0.071    0.660    0        0        0        0.997    1.77       0.394      3.62      0.229     0         0.440     0.677
1958    0.252    0.790    0        0        0.061    0.213    0.103      0.113      0.860     2.00      0         0         0.368
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