RED RIVER OF THE NORTH BASIN
05051600 WILD RICE RIVER NEAR RUTLAND, ND
LOCATION.--Lat 46°01'20", long 97°30'40", in SE1/4SE1/4 sec.36, T.130 N., R.55 W., Sargent County, Hydrologic Unit 09020105, on
right bank 1,000 ft upstream from bridge on county highway, 2 mi south of Rutland, and 10 mi upstream from Lake Tewaukon.
DRAINAGE AREA.--546 mi2, of which about 250 mi2 is probably noncontributing.
WATER-DISCHARGE RECORDS
PERIOD OF RECORD.--October 1959 to current year (seasonal records only since 1982).
REVISED RECORDS.--WSP 1728: Drainage area.
GAGE.--Water-stage recorder. Datum of gage is 1,197.73 ft above sea level. Prior to Dec. 11, 1960, nonrecording gage at same
site and datum.
REMARKS.--Records good except those for estimated daily discharges, which are poor.
EXTREMES FOR CURRENT YEAR.-- Maximum discharge, 227 ft3/s, July 19, gage height 4.67 ft, minimum daily discharge, 1.5 ft3/s,
Sept. 17.
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 --- --- --- --- --- e50 69 85 56 16 35 12
2 --- --- --- --- --- e50 69 85 54 28 31 12
3 --- --- --- --- --- e52 69 87 53 28 34 12
4 --- --- --- --- --- e46 69 84 57 24 68 12
5 --- --- --- --- --- e50 65 81 53 56 38 11
6 --- --- --- --- --- e60 67 75 51 90 23 9.9
7 --- --- --- --- --- e54 66 72 47 68 19 11
8 --- --- --- --- --- e58 65 91 45 52 15 10
9 --- --- --- --- --- e50 64 95 44 44 12 10
10 --- --- --- --- --- e42 64 107 39 36 9.4 6.4
11 --- --- --- --- --- e52 66 105 37 39 7.3 5.6
12 --- --- --- --- --- e52 68 101 34 98 6.5 4.9
13 --- --- --- --- --- e52 68 92 34 106 4.2 3.3
14 --- --- --- --- --- e54 68 90 34 73 6.5 2.5
15 --- --- --- --- --- e50 58 83 37 86 8.2 1.9
16 --- --- --- --- --- e56 66 79 40 119 6.9 1.8
17 --- --- --- --- --- 52 68 77 34 158 5.4 1.5
18 --- --- --- --- --- 56 67 73 33 130 4.6 1.6
19 --- --- --- --- --- 57 70 72 31 176 4.0 3.0
20 --- --- --- --- --- 58 79 68 34 197 3.9 4.9
21 --- --- --- --- --- 57 77 68 29 142 3.6 5.3
22 --- --- --- --- --- 57 77 68 30 91 2.2 9.7
23 --- --- --- --- --- 59 80 67 30 78 2.1 10
24 --- --- --- --- --- 63 82 64 27 71 1.6 8.1
25 --- --- --- --- --- 67 79 62 25 64 2.9 8.1
26 --- --- --- --- --- 69 74 61 25 63 7.3 7.0
27 --- --- --- --- --- 71 82 61 23 63 9.5 6.2
28 --- --- --- --- --- 71 83 61 22 58 9.8 6.0
29 --- --- --- --- --- 70 85 58 21 51 10 5.6
30 --- --- --- --- --- 69 85 58 18 45 11 4.8
31 --- --- --- --- --- 68 --- 57 --- 39 13 ---
TOTAL --- --- --- --- --- 1772 2149 2387 1097 2389 414.9 208.1
MEAN --- --- --- --- --- 57.2 71.6 77.0 36.6 77.1 13.4 6.94
MAX --- --- --- --- --- 71 85 107 57 197 68 12
MIN --- --- --- --- --- 42 58 57 18 16 1.6 1.5
AC-FT --- --- --- --- --- 3510 4260 4730 2180 4740 823 413
STATISTICS OF MONTHLY MEAN DATA FOR WATER YEARS 1960 - 2000, BY WATER YEAR (WY)
MEAN .54 .36 .14 .004 .068 26.4 66.6 36.5 21.1 27.0 7.89 7.14
MAX 4.81 5.87 2.90 .10 1.00 138 756 419 263 379 105 146
(WY) 1963 1963 1963 1963 1976 1966 1997 1998 1998 1998 1998 1999
MIN .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000
(WY) 1960 1960 1960 1960 1960 1965 1977 1977 1973 1961 1960 1960
SUMMARY STATISTICS WATER YEARS 1960 - 2000
ANNUAL MEAN a 8.36
HIGHEST ANNUAL MEAN a 44.8 1969
LOWEST ANNUAL MEAN a .000 1977
HIGHEST DAILY MEAN 2540 Apr 4 1997
LOWEST DAILY MEAN .00 Oct 1 1959
ANNUAL SEVEN-DAY MINIMUM .00 Oct 1 1959
INSTANTANEOUS PEAK FLOW 2700 Apr 3 1997
INSTANTANEOUS PEAK STAGE 10.11 Apr 3 1997
INSTANTANEOUS LOW FLOW .00 Oct 1 1959
ANNUAL RUNOFF (AC-FT) a 6050
10 PERCENT EXCEEDS 51
50 PERCENT EXCEEDS .00
90 PERCENT EXCEEDS .00
a Based on complete water years only (1960-82)
e Estimated
WATER-QUALITY RECORDS
PERIOD OF RECORD.--Water year 1997 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)
MAR
02... 1100 52 8.4 -- 1310 1320 3.5 .5 590 110 77.0
02... 1220 52 8.4 -- -- 1320 3.5 .5 -- -- --
APR
25... 1555 74 -- -- -- 1850 17.5 18.0 -- -- --
JUL
07... 1235 66 -- -- -- 1510 -- 25.5 -- -- --
19... 1350 177 -- -- -- 1310 -- 19.5 -- -- --
AUG
10... 1205 90 8.0 8.0 2530 -- 26.5 25.5 940 130 150
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)
MAR
02... 15.0 1 64.0 19 237 31.0 .1 460 138 990
02... -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
APR
25... -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
JUL
07... -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
19... -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
AUG
10... 25.0 3 190 30 286 58.0 .2 990 418 1720
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)
MAR
02... 900 2.0 40 1 90.0 500 <.1 1 <1.0 640
02... -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
APR
25... -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
JUL
07... -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
19... -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
AUG
10... 1720 11.0 50 <1 220 200 <.1 3 <1.0 780
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