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RED RIVER OF THE NORTH BASIN
05053000 WILD RICE RIVER NEAR ABERCROMBIE, ND
LOCATION.--Lat 46°28'05", long 96°47'00", in NE1/4NE1/4 sec.36, T.135 N., R.49 W., Richland County, Hydrologic Unit 09020105, on
right bank 420 ft upstream from bridge on county highway, 0.75 mi upstream from rubble masonry dam which serves as control,
3.2 mi northwest of Abercrombie, and 7 mi downstream from Antelope Creek.
DRAINAGE AREA.--2,080 mi2, of which about 590 mi2 is probably noncontributing.
WATER-DISCHARGE RECORDS
PERIOD OF RECORD.--April 1932 to current year. Monthly discharge only for some periods, published in WSP 1308.
REVISED RECORDS.--WSP 1388: 1939, 1941(M). WSP 1728: Drainage area.
GAGE.--Water-stage recorder and masonry control. Datum of gage is 907.94 ft above sea level. Prior to Dec. 7, 1939, nonrecording
gage at site 420 ft downstream at datum 5.0 ft lower. Dec. 7, 1939, to Nov. 24, 1952, nonrecording gage at site 0.75 mi
downstream at present datum.
REMARKS.--Records good except for those below 10 ft3/s, which are fair, and for those estimated daily discharges, which are
poor. Some regulation by Fish and Wildlife Service reservoirs, of which Lake Tewaukon is the largest. Some small diversions
for irrigation.
EXTREMES OUTSIDE PERIOD OF RECORD.--Flood in spring of 1897 reached a stage of 27.5 ft, present site and datum, from floodmarks
pointed out by local residents.
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
1 232 63 67 e35 e20 e630 319 232 118 96 216 5.6
2 209 64 64 e34 e20 e620 305 233 118 133 196 4.9
3 199 65 e62 e33 e20 e540 291 242 118 129 152 4.8
4 190 67 e56 e32 e20 e500 279 250 121 93 98 4.5
5 188 71 e52 e32 e20 e450 269 232 122 200 71 3.7
6 186 75 e50 e31 e20 e430 256 210 118 536 60 3.0
7 188 78 e49 e30 e20 e420 235 192 120 649 49 2.7
8 188 81 e49 e29 e20 e400 216 189 121 665 38 2.4
9 186 83 e47 e28 e20 e430 205 190 115 659 31 2.1
10 182 86 e45 e28 e20 e650 190 209 107 573 26 1.9
11 181 87 e44 e27 e20 e600 176 259 99 452 23 1.9
12 184 88 e44 e27 e20 e500 166 283 95 474 26 1.8
13 184 89 e44 e27 e20 e400 159 286 89 446 28 1.7
14 178 91 e43 e27 e20 e350 154 291 91 407 33 1.7
15 169 92 e43 e26 e20 e300 151 289 99 333 50 1.7
16 161 92 e42 e26 e20 276 150 280 123 330 56 1.6
17 152 90 e41 e25 e20 283 153 268 134 334 54 1.6
18 145 89 e41 e25 e20 274 153 253 134 224 48 1.6
19 139 89 e40 e25 e20 249 151 237 137 167 43 1.9
20 126 88 e39 e24 e20 263 189 223 138 137 37 1.9
21 109 87 e39 e24 e21 268 299 206 130 142 33 1.9
22 96 86 e38 e24 e21 276 342 189 139 148 27 3.3
23 87 86 e38 e24 e22 336 374 178 170 141 22 4.4
24 81 84 e38 e23 e22 383 340 166 180 141 18 4.7
25 77 83 e37 e23 e22 448 302 153 167 150 15 5.8
26 74 82 e36 e22 e70 458 280 145 162 162 12 5.9
27 71 66 e36 e22 e250 454 267 138 147 175 10 5.7
28 68 60 e35 e22 e500 407 246 132 129 193 8.0 5.5
29 66 64 e35 e21 e570 379 228 130 118 212 6.8 5.1
30 64 65 e35 e21 --- 357 226 128 106 217 5.3 5.0
31 63 e35 e21 339 121 219 6.6
TOTAL 4423 2391 1364 818 1898 12670 7071 6534 3765 8937 1498.7 100.3
MEAN 143 79.7 44.0 26.4 65.4 409 236 211 126 288 48.3 3.34
MAX 232 92 67 35 570 650 374 291 180 665 216 5.9
MIN 63 60 35 21 20 249 150 121 89 93 5.3 1.6
AC-FT 8770 4740 2710 1620 3760 25130 14030 12960 7470 17730 2970 199
STATISTICS OF MONTHLY MEAN DATA FOR WATER YEARS 1932 2000, BY WATER YEAR (WY)
MEAN 13.0 9.40 6.78 2.73 6.47 173 487 157 115 139 32.3 18.9
MAX 146 111 188 72.8 210 1195 5510 1246 929 1787 462 438
(WY) 1999 1999 1999 1999 1998 1995 1997 1998 1962 1962 1993 1999
MIN .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 2.81 .11 .085 .000 .000 .000
(WY) 1933 1933 1933 1933 1934 1937 1991 1934 1988 1933 1932 1932
SUMMARY STATISTICS FOR 1999 CALENDAR YEAR FOR 2000 WATER YEAR WATER YEARS 1932 2000
ANNUAL TOTAL 91907 51470.0
ANNUAL MEAN 252 141 97.3
HIGHEST ANNUAL MEAN 560 1997
LOWEST ANNUAL MEAN .48 1934
HIGHEST DAILY MEAN 1660 Mar 20 665 Jul 8 9450 Apr 16 1997
LOWEST DAILY MEAN 33 Aug 10 1.6 Sep 16 .00 Jul 26 1932
ANNUAL SEVEN-DAY MINIMUM 36 Dec 25 1.7 Sep 12 .00 Jul 26 1932
INSTANTANEOUS PEAK FLOW a 676 Jul 8 9540 Apr 11 1969
INSTANTANEOUS PEAK STAGE b 7.81 Mar 1 b 26.59 Apr 6 1997
ANNUAL RUNOFF (AC-FT) 182300 102100 70510
10 PERCENT EXCEEDS 585 337 186
50 PERCENT EXCEEDS 147 91 2.5
90 PERCENT EXCEEDS 44 14 .00
a Gage height, 4.17 ft
b Backwater from ice
e Estimated
WATER-QUALITY RECORDS
PERIOD OF RECORD.--Water year 1967 to current year.
REMARKS.--Quality assurance sample also collected at this location.
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... 1020 184 -- -- -- 1430 6.5 9.0 -- -- --
DEC
08... 1455 49 -- -- -- 1720 1.0 .5 -- -- --
JAN
20... 1150 24 -- -- -- 2060 -16.0 .5 -- -- --
MAR
16... 1450 271 -- -- -- 1540 -1.5 1.0 -- -- --
APR
07... 1010 216 7.1 -- 1600 1610 1.0 7.5 680 120 92.0
27... 1115 262 -- -- -- -- 18.0 15.0 -- -- --
JUL
06... 1320 559 -- -- -- 763 -- 26.0 -- -- --
AUG
15... 1520 53 8.1 8.2 -- 1710 26.0 26.0 800 140 110
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
08... -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
JAN
20... -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
MAR
16... -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
APR
07... 16.0 2 110 26 338 45.0 .2 540 694 1190
27... -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
JUL
06... -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
AUG
15... 20.0 2 140 27 326 42.0 .3 720 212 1470
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
08... -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
JAN
20... -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
MAR
16... -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
APR
07... 1130 4.0 20 <1 110 10 <.1 7 <1.0 730
27... -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
JUL
06... -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
AUG
15... 1370 13.0 20 <1 160 140 <.1 7 1.0 790
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