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RED RIVER OF THE NORTH BASIN
05051500 RED RIVER OF THE NORTH AT WAHPETON, ND
LOCATION.--Lat 46°15'55", long 96°35'40", in NE1/4 sec.8, T.132 N., R.47 W., Richland County, Hydrologic Unit 09020104, on left
bank in Wahpeton, 800 ft downstream from confluence of Bois de Sioux and Otter Tail Rivers, and at mile 548.6.
DRAINAGE AREA.--4,010 mi2, approximately.
WATER-DISCHARGE RECORDS
PERIOD OF RECORD.--April to October 1942, March 1943 to current year. Gage-height records collected in this vicinity since 1917
are contained in reports of the National Weather Service.
GAGE.--Water-stage recorder and concrete and wooden dam. Datum of gage is 942.97 ft above National Geodetic Vertical Datum of
1929. Prior to Aug. 6, 1943, National Weather Service nonrecording gage 800 ft upstream, converted to present datum. Aug. 6,
1943, to Oct. 27, 1950, nonrecording gage at present site and datum.
REMARKS.--Records good except for estimated daily discharges, which are poor. Flow regulated by; Orwell Reservoir, flood
storage capacity, 13,300 acre-ft at elevation 1,070 ft, above mean sea level, adjustment of 1912; Mud Lake, flood storage
capacity, 78,600 acre-ft at elevation 981 ft, above mean sea level, adjustment of 1912; Lake Traverse, flood storage
capacity, 75,100 acre-ft at elevation 981 ft, above mean sea level, adjustment of 1912; and numerous other controlled lakes
and ponds and several powerplants.
EXTREMES OUTSIDE PERIOD OF RECORD.--A stage of 17.0 ft, discharge, 10,500 ft3/s, occurred in the spring of 1897.
DISCHARGE, CUBIC FEET PER SECOND, WATER YEAR OCTOBER 1999 TO SEPTEMBER 2000
DAILY MEAN VALUES
DAY OCT NOV DEC JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP
1 812 639 510 e450 e390 e1700 801 1090 847 848 874 527
2 748 626 511 e450 e385 e2000 823 1080 891 853 828 520
3 699 591 511 e450 e385 e2100 829 1080 1030 849 809 512
4 696 589 511 e450 e380 e1900 829 1050 1080 836 782 506
5 732 584 502 e440 e380 1650 809 1030 1060 986 737 495
6 778 585 e450 e440 e380 1640 803 1020 1040 1060 710 487
7 789 586 e400 e440 e380 1580 750 1030 1050 990 711 479
8 810 588 e440 e430 e380 1610 747 1110 1030 1010 713 447
9 832 584 497 e430 e380 2410 769 1090 1000 1080 705 415
10 853 589 543 e430 e380 2330 776 1090 980 1080 664 416
11 856 594 e460 e430 e380 1890 777 1090 987 1070 627 424
12 852 588 e440 e420 e380 1590 779 1130 966 1140 622 429
13 859 585 e420 e420 e380 1410 779 1180 960 1340 631 444
14 836 587 e400 e410 e380 1310 779 1180 944 1490 628 457
15 810 585 e390 e410 e380 1200 785 1150 931 1380 619 457
16 775 585 e380 e400 e380 1100 781 1130 945 1150 626 410
17 734 582 e330 e400 e375 1070 778 1070 955 1160 593 381
18 718 562 e300 e400 e375 1060 776 1030 943 1260 575 376
19 704 540 e370 e400 e380 1040 834 1010 926 1410 603 363
20 679 517 e410 e400 e380 1040 1030 1010 963 1470 603 344
21 673 480 e430 e395 e390 1030 1080 1000 1010 1280 595 381
22 673 478 e450 e395 e410 1000 1150 1000 1010 1100 596 433
23 669 494 e480 e395 e450 1010 1240 992 1010 1060 627 418
24 659 514 e480 e395 e550 937 1220 976 1000 1040 379 401
25 654 530 e470 e390 e650 852 1180 974 1020 1050 237 355
26 653 548 e460 e390 e800 877 1140 943 971 1090 416 212
27 653 549 e460 e390 e1000 848 1130 898 941 1130 678 225
28 656 549 e460 e390 e1300 893 1090 883 948 1110 692 487
29 656 547 e450 e390 e1500 942 1050 851 896 1040 657 619
30 655 529 e450 e390 --- 857 1070 865 843 946 579 557
31 652 --- e450 e390 --- 792 --- 855 --- 905 542 ---
TOTAL 22825 16904 13815 12810 14660 41668 27384 31887 29177 34213 19658 12977
MEAN 736 563 446 413 506 1344 913 1029 973 1104 634 433
MAX 859 639 543 450 1500 2410 1240 1180 1080 1490 874 619
MIN 652 478 300 390 375 792 747 851 843 836 237 212
AC-FT 45270 33530 27400 25410 29080 82650 54320 63250 57870 67860 38990 25740
STATISTICS OF MONTHLY MEAN DATA FOR WATER YEARS 1942 - 2000, BY WATER YEAR (WY)
MEAN 346 323 296 280 304 704 1410 1122 1073 807 447 351
MAX 1599 952 967 678 868 2629 8717 3344 2675 2787 2496 2148
(WY) 1994 1987 1999 1986 1998 1995 1997 1997 1962 1993 1993 1993
MIN 5.72 7.40 6.60 8.81 18.0 84.3 138 22.5 90.0 65.6 53.5 2.18
(WY) 1977 1977 1977 1977 1977 1977 1977 1977 1977 1977 1977 1976
SUMMARY STATISTICS FOR 1999 CALENDAR YEAR FOR 2000 WATER YEAR WATER YEARS 1942 - 2000
ANNUAL TOTAL 386883 277978
ANNUAL MEAN 1060 760 619
HIGHEST ANNUAL MEAN 1600 1997
LOWEST ANNUAL MEAN 54.0 1977
HIGHEST DAILY MEAN 4090 Jun 7 2410 Mar 9 12700 Apr 15 1997
LOWEST DAILY MEAN 279 Aug 6 212 Sep 26 1.7 Aug 28 1976
ANNUAL SEVEN-DAY MINIMUM 369 Dec 14 346 Sep 21 1.7 Aug 28 1976
INSTANTANEOUS PEAK FLOW a 2630 Mar 9 12800 Apr 15 1997
INSTANTANEOUS PEAK STAGE b 9.34 Mar 3 c 19.42 Apr 6 1997
INSTANTANEOUS LOW FLOW 1.7 Aug 28 1976
ANNUAL RUNOFF (AC-FT) 767400 551400 448300
10 PERCENT EXCEEDS 1700 1130 1450
50 PERCENT EXCEEDS 900 702 390
90 PERCENT EXCEEDS 500 390 109
a Gage height, 8.97 ft
b Backwater from ice
c Bakwater from ice, from floodmark
e Estimated
WATER-QUALITY RECORDS
PERIOD OF RECORD.--Water year 1972 to current year.
WATER-QUALITY DATA, WATER YEAR OCTOBER 1999 TO SEPTEMBER 2000
DIS- PH PH SPE-
CHARGE, WATER WATER CIFIC SPE- HARD- MAGNE-
INST. WHOLE WHOLE CON- CIFIC NESS CALCIUM SIUM,
CUBIC FIELD LAB DUCT- CON- TEMPER- TEMPER- TOTAL DIS- DIS-
FEET (STAND- (STAND- ANCE DUCT- ATURE ATURE (MG/L SOLVED SOLVED
DATE TIME PER ARD ARD LAB ANCE AIR WATER AS (MG/L (MG/L
SECOND UNITS) UNITS) (US/CM) (US/CM) (DEG C) (DEG C) CACO3) AS CA) AS MG)
(00061) (00400) (00403) (90095) (00095) (00020) (00010) (00900) (00915) (00925)
OCT
13... 1340 846 -- -- -- 431 13.0 10.5 -- -- --
DEC
09... 0940 514 -- -- -- 476 -.5 .5 -- -- --
JAN
12... 1340 420 -- -- -- 514 -10.0 .5 -- -- --
MAR
16... 0840 1070 -- -- -- 777 -4.0 1.5 -- -- --
APR
10... 1520 770 8.2 8.0 477 476 4.0 6.0 230 44.0 29.0
26... 1010 1120 -- -- -- 642 20.0 14.0 -- -- --
JUL
06... 1540 1050 -- -- -- 563 -- 27.5 -- -- --
AUG
11... 0910 633 8.1 8.2 429 390 26.5 26.0 200 34.0 27.0
ANC SOLIDS,
POTAS- SODIUM UNFLTRD CHLO- FLUO- SOLIDS, RESIDUE
SIUM, AD- SODIUM, TIT 4.5 RIDE, RIDE, SULFATE DIS- AT 180
DIS- SORP- DIS- LAB DIS- DIS- DIS- SOLVED DEG. C
SOLVED TION SOLVED (MG/L SOLVED SOLVED SOLVED (TONS DIS-
DATE (MG/L RATIO (MG/L SODIUM AS (MG/L (MG/L (MG/L PER SOLVED
AS K) AS NA) PERCENT CACO3) AS CL) AS F) AS SO4) DAY) (MG/L)
(00935) (00931) (00930) (00932) (90410) (00940) (00950) (00945) (70302) (70300)
OCT
13... -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
DEC
09... -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
JAN
12... -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
MAR
16... -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
APR
10... 3.0 .3 11.0 9 203 13.0 .1 33.0 576 277
26... -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
JUL
06... -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
AUG
11... 2.9 .3 10.0 10 194 9.6 .1 15.0 378 221
SOLIDS,
SUM OF MANGA- MOLYB- SELE- STRON-
CONSTI- ARSENIC IRON, LEAD, LITHIUM NESE, MERCURY DENUM, NIUM, TIUM,
TUENTS, DIS- DIS- DIS- DIS- DIS- DIS- DIS- DIS- DIS-
DIS- SOLVED SOLVED SOLVED SOLVED SOLVED SOLVED SOLVED SOLVED SOLVED
DATE SOLVED (UG/L (UG/L (UG/L (UG/L (UG/L (UG/L (UG/L (UG/L (UG/L
(MG/L) AS AS) AS FE) AS PB) AS LI) AS MN) AS HG) AS MO) AS SE) AS SR)
(70301) (01000) (01046) (01049) (01130) (01056) (71890) (01060) (01145) (01080)
OCT
13... -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
DEC
09... -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
JAN
12... -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
MAR
16... -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
APR
10... 255 2.0 20 <1 10.0 10 <.1 <1 <1.0 190
26... -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
JUL
06... -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
AUG
11... 215 5.0 90 <1 10.0 10 <.1 1 <1.0 150
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