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RED RIVER OF THE NORTH BASIN
05051522 RED RIVER OF THE NORTH AT HICKSON, ND
LOCATION.--Lat 46°39'35", long 96°47'44", in SW1/4 sec.19, T.137 N., R.48 W., Clay County, MN, Hydrologic Unit 09020104, on
right bank 60 ft downstream from bridge on township road, and 1 mi southeast of Hickson.
DRAINAGE AREA.--4,300 mi2, approximately.
WATER-DISCHARGE RECORDS
PERIOD OF RECORD.--October 1975 to current year.
GAGE.--Water-stage recorder and concrete control. Datum of gage is 877.06 ft above National Geodetic Vertical Datum of 1929.
REMARKS.--Records good except for periods of estimated discharge, 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.
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
1 772 680 610 e460 e400 e1250 940 1080 865 860 897 579
2 765 674 550 e450 e400 e1600 911 1100 855 844 857 560
3 721 662 527 e450 e400 e2000 927 1090 869 874 816 570
4 666 631 524 e450 e400 e2100 933 1090 984 876 785 547
5 641 613 524 e450 e400 e1950 936 1060 1070 876 760 533
6 645 610 416 e450 e400 e1900 933 1040 1080 1020 729 519
7 697 608 385 e450 e395 e1900 913 1030 1070 1160 684 511
8 730 609 413 e450 e390 e1850 874 1040 1060 1120 670 506
9 743 611 590 e450 e390 e2600 847 1080 1050 1070 673 487
10 760 610 558 e445 e390 2620 856 1100 1040 1090 674 447
11 780 605 488 e440 e390 2720 874 1090 1010 1110 669 417
12 788 617 492 e440 e390 2450 878 1100 986 1150 622 415
13 796 616 e470 e440 e390 2020 877 1110 970 1220 603 420
14 800 615 e430 e435 e390 1650 881 1160 961 1300 607 428
15 804 610 e370 e430 e390 1450 874 1170 953 1440 602 439
16 796 609 e310 e430 e390 1280 878 1160 982 1440 605 445
17 787 608 e270 e425 e390 1130 877 1140 952 1250 607 434
18 775 606 e230 e420 e390 1070 880 1110 964 1160 613 391
19 762 600 e260 e420 e385 1050 883 1060 982 1190 575 371
20 e750 576 e340 e415 e385 1030 967 1030 1850 1290 585 357
21 725 575 e390 e410 e380 1040 1200 1010 1910 1370 596 336
22 716 540 e410 e410 e390 1080 1240 1000 1460 1310 596 349
23 715 515 419 e410 e400 1130 1220 996 1120 1130 590 406
24 725 518 448 e410 e450 1260 1280 983 1050 1040 603 430
25 720 540 479 e410 e520 1260 1280 972 1050 1020 547 405
26 714 541 476 e410 e620 1090 1250 960 1050 1010 342 392
27 700 560 453 e405 e760 1070 1210 958 1020 1030 274 312
28 692 570 442 e405 e950 1030 1200 918 970 1070 506 185
29 688 532 439 e400 e1100 1020 1170 893 956 1080 665 231
30 690 578 454 e400 --- 1070 1090 878 926 1040 673 495
31 688 --- e460 e400 --- 1030 --- 868 --- 959 663 ---
TOTAL 22751 17839 13627 13270 13425 47700 30079 32276 32065 34399 19688 12917
MEAN 734 595 440 428 463 1539 1003 1041 1069 1110 635 431
MAX 804 680 610 460 1100 2720 1280 1170 1910 1440 897 579
MIN 641 515 230 400 380 1020 847 868 855 844 274 185
AC-FT 45130 35380 27030 26320 26630 94610 59660 64020 63600 68230 39050 25620
STATISTICS OF MONTHLY MEAN DATA FOR WATER YEARS 1975 - 2000, BY WATER YEAR (WY)
MEAN 430 363 331 312 382 1010 2096 1294 1085 914 559 464
MAX 1558 900 932 747 1058 2687 9864 3925 2485 2674 2674 2135
(WY) 1994 1987 1999 1986 1998 1995 1997 1997 1986 1993 1993 1993
MIN 2.02 .000 .000 4.95 14.0 75.9 165 22.0 86.4 73.4 35.6 12.6
(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 1975 - 2000
ANNUAL TOTAL 399475 290036
ANNUAL MEAN 1094 792 770
HIGHEST ANNUAL MEAN 1729 1997
LOWEST ANNUAL MEAN 53.1 1977
HIGHEST DAILY MEAN 3630 Jun 10 2720 Mar 11 13100 Apr 15 1997
LOWEST DAILY MEAN 230 Dec 18 185 Sep 28 .00 Oct 26 1976
ANNUAL SEVEN-DAY MINIMUM 310 Dec 15 310 Dec 15 .00 Oct 26 1976
INSTANTANEOUS PEAK FLOW a 2750 Mar 11 13300 Apr 14 1997
INSTANTANEOUS PEAK STAGE b 16.90 Mar 8 37.60 Apr 16 1997
ANNUAL RUNOFF (AC-FT) 792400 575300 558000
10 PERCENT EXCEEDS 1800 1200 1780
50 PERCENT EXCEEDS 923 714 444
90 PERCENT EXCEEDS 520 400 95
a Gage height, 15.65 ft
b Backwater from ice
e Estimated
WATER-QUALITY RECORDS
PERIOD OF RECORD.--Water year 1976 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
19... 1620 792 -- -- -- 508 8.5 7.5 -- -- --
DEC
07... 0855 385 -- -- -- 512 1.0 1.0 -- -- --
JAN
12... 0955 437 -- -- -- 555 -11.0 .5 -- -- --
MAR
15... 1345 1410 -- -- -- 906 -4.5 2.0 -- -- --
APR
06... 1430 928 -- 8.0 543 534 3.0 9.0 270 50.0 34.0
27... 1415 1200 -- -- -- -- 17.0 15.0 -- -- --
JUN
12... 1500 970 -- -- -- 486 28.0 24.5 -- -- --
JUL
06... 0820 1000 -- -- -- 434 -- 27.0 -- -- --
AUG
15... 1105 615 8.1 8.2 472 454 25.5 24.0 220 39.0 30.0
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
19... -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
DEC
07... -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
JAN
12... -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
MAR
15... -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
APR
06... 4.0 .4 14.0 10 210 17.0 .1 57.0 807 322
27... -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
JUN
12... -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
JUL
06... -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
AUG
15... 3.6 .4 14.0 12 203 15.0 .2 35.0 470 283
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
19... -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
DEC
07... -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
JAN
12... -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
MAR
15... -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
APR
06... 302 2.0 10 1 20.0 10 <.1 <1 <1.0 220
27... -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
JUN
12... -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
JUL
06... -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
AUG
15... 259 5.0 90 <1 20.0 <10 <.1 1 1.0 130
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