RED RIVER OF THE NORTH BASIN
05056060 MAUVAIS COULEE TRIBUTARY NO. 3 NEAR CANDO, ND
LOCATION.--Lat 48°27'28", long 99°13'24", in NE1/4NW1/4 sec.6, T.157 N., R.66 W., Towner County, Hydrologic Unit 09020201, at
bridge 2.1 mi south of Cando.
DRAINAGE AREA.--60.2 mi2.
WATER-DISCHARGE RECORDS
PERIOD OF RECORD.--1955-71 (annual maximum discharges only), 1986-88 (discharge measurements only), March 1989 to current year
(seasonal records only since 1989).
GAGE.--Nonrecording gage. Elevation of gage is 1,460 ft above sea level, from topographic map. Prior to 1986 gage was at
different datum.
REMARKS.--Records fair except for estimated daily discharges, which are poor.
EXTREMES FOR PERIOD OF RECORD.--Maximum discharge, 2,300 ft3/s, Apr. 14, 1969, gage height, 9.35 ft, datum then in use.
EXTREMES FOR CURRENT PERIOD.--Maximum discharge observed, 64 ft3/s, July 17, gage height, 5.27 ft; maximum gage height, 5.34 ft,
July 15; no flow much of the time.
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 --- --- --- --- --- e.00 8.3 e.94 e1.0 .88 2.7 .39
2 --- --- --- --- --- e.00 6.4 e.90 e1.1 .77 2.3 .44
3 --- --- --- --- --- e.00 4.6 e.87 e1.0 .74 2.0 .47
4 --- --- --- --- --- e.00 3.6 e.83 e.94 .71 1.7 .48
5 --- --- --- --- --- e.00 3.0 e.88 e.86 .66 1.6 .49
6 --- --- --- --- --- e.00 2.5 e.93 e.79 .60 1.5 .54
7 --- --- --- --- --- e.05 2.2 e.97 e.72 .58 1.4 .53
8 --- --- --- --- --- e.50 2.0 e1.0 e.64 .52 1.2 .52
9 --- --- --- --- --- e.65 1.8 e1.1 e.58 .44 1.1 .47
10 --- --- --- --- --- e.56 1.9 e1.2 e.53 .38 .97 .41
11 --- --- --- --- --- e.46 1.8 e1.3 e.47 17 .89 .38
12 --- --- --- --- --- e.40 e1.5 e1.4 e1.0 19 .84 .33
13 --- --- --- --- --- e1.7 e1.4 e1.5 e2.0 28 .76 .29
14 --- --- --- --- --- e1.6 e1.4 e1.5 e4.5 28 .73 .27
15 --- --- --- --- --- e1.5 e1.6 e1.6 e7.4 33 .64 .23
16 --- --- --- --- --- e1.4 e1.7 e1.5 9.8 57 .58 .18
17 --- --- --- --- --- e1.3 e1.6 e1.4 15 63 .53 .15
18 --- --- --- --- --- e1.4 e1.5 e1.3 20 59 .47 .11
19 --- --- --- --- --- e1.7 e1.5 e1.2 24 51 .45 .15
20 --- --- --- --- --- e2.0 e1.4 e1.2 23 39 .49 .11
21 --- --- --- --- --- e1.9 e1.3 e1.1 18 28 .48 .09
22 --- --- --- --- --- e1.7 e1.3 e1.1 12 20 .44 .11
23 --- --- --- --- --- 1.5 e1.2 e1.0 7.9 14 .42 .10
24 --- --- --- --- --- 1.7 e1.1 e.98 5.1 11 .38 .07
25 --- --- --- --- --- 1.4 e1.1 e.93 3.5 11 .34 .05
26 --- --- --- --- --- 1.1 e1.2 e.88 2.5 10 .30 .05
27 --- --- --- --- --- .90 e1.2 e.95 1.9 8.3 .29 .04
28 --- --- --- --- --- .83 e1.1 e1.1 1.6 6.6 .77 .02
29 --- --- --- --- --- .79 e1.0 e1.2 1.3 5.2 .65 .02
30 --- --- --- --- --- 1.9 e.97 e1.1 1.0 4.1 .51 .02
31 --- --- --- --- --- 9.5 --- e1.1 --- 3.3 .48 ---
TOTAL --- --- --- --- --- 38.44 63.17 34.96 170.13 521.78 27.91 7.51
MEAN --- --- --- --- --- 1.24 2.11 1.13 5.67 16.8 .90 .25
MAX --- --- --- --- --- 9.5 8.3 1.6 24 63 2.7 .54
MIN --- --- --- --- --- .00 .97 .83 .47 .38 .29 .02
AC-FT --- --- --- --- --- 76 125 69 337 1030 55 15
STATISTICS OF MONTHLY MEAN DATA FOR WATER YEARS 1986 - 2000, BY WATER YEAR (WY)
MEAN 1.76 .031 .000 .000 .000 25.0 77.9 16.2 5.25 13.4 9.09 1.34
MAX 1.76 .031 .000 .000 .000 141 252 94.5 40.0 93.6 59.7 13.9
(WY) 1994 1994 1994 1994 1994 1992 1999 1999 1996 1997 1996 1993
MIN 1.76 .031 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000
(WY) 1994 1994 1994 1994 1994 1989 1990 1988 1988 1988 1988 1988
e Estimated
WATER-QUALITY RECORDS
PERIOD OF RECORD.--Water year 1986 to current year.
REMARKS.--Quality assurance sample also collected at this location.
WATER-QUALITY DATA, WATER YEAR OCTOBER 1999 TO SEPTEMBER 2000
DIS- BARO- PH SPE-
CHARGE, METRIC WATER CIFIC SPE- HARD- MAGNE-
INST. PRES- WHOLE CON- CIFIC NESS CALCIUM SIUM,
CUBIC SURE FIELD DUCT- CON- TEMPER- TEMPER- TOTAL DIS- DIS-
FEET (MM (STAND- ANCE DUCT- ATURE ATURE (MG/L SOLVED SOLVED
DATE TIME PER OF ARD LAB ANCE AIR WATER AS (MG/L (MG/L
SECOND HG) UNITS) (US/CM) (US/CM) (DEG C) (DEG C) CACO3) AS CA) AS MG)
(00061) (00025) (00400) (90095) (00095) (00020) (00010) (00900) (00915) (00925)
OCT
05... 0945 .05 -- -- -- 1570 6.5 6.0 -- -- --
MAR
15... 1020 1.5 -- -- -- 2110 -5.0 .0 -- -- --
27... 1340 .88 722 8.9 1810 1840 3.5 4.0 880 170 110
APR
11... 1015 1.9 -- -- -- 1900 .5 2.5 -- -- --
MAY
09... 1400 1.1 -- -- -- 2130 18.5 17.0 -- -- --
JUL
12... 1120 18 -- -- -- 1120 24.0 21.0 -- -- --
AUG
22... 1450 .45 724 8.2 1250 1150 26.0 22.0 490 100 59.0
ANC SOLIDS,
POTAS- SODIUM UNFLTRD CHLO- FLUO- SILICA, SOLIDS, RESIDUE
SIUM, AD- SODIUM, TIT 4.5 RIDE, RIDE, DIS- SULFATE DIS- AT 180
DIS- SORP- DIS- LAB DIS- DIS- SOLVED DIS- SOLVED DEG. C
SOLVED TION SOLVED (MG/L SOLVED SOLVED (MG/L SOLVED (TONS DIS-
DATE (MG/L RATIO (MG/L SODIUM AS (MG/L (MG/L AS (MG/L PER SOLVED
AS K) AS NA) PERCENT CACO3) AS CL) AS F) SIO2) AS SO4) DAY) (MG/L)
(00935) (00931) (00930) (00932) (90410) (00940) (00950) (00955) (00945) (70302) (70300)
OCT
05... -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
MAR
15... -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
27... 31.0 1 88.0 17 202 55.0 .1 -- 820 3.54 1490
APR
11... -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
MAY
09... -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
JUL
12... -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
AUG
22... 13.0 1 73.0 24 265 38.0 .2 18.4 330 .99 818
SOLIDS,
SUM OF MANGA- MOLYB- SELE- STRON-
CONSTI- ARSENIC BORON, IRON, LEAD, LITHIUM NESE, MERCURY DENUM, NIUM, TIUM,
TUENTS, DIS- DIS- DIS- DIS- DIS- DIS- DIS- DIS- DIS- DIS-
DIS- SOLVED 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 (UG/L
(MG/L) AS AS) AS B) AS FE) AS PB) AS LI) AS MN) AS HG) AS MO) AS SE) AS SR)
(70301) (01000) (01020) (01046) (01049) (01130) (01056) (71890) (01060) (01145) (01080)
OCT
05... -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
MAR
15... -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
27... 1400 3.0 -- 30 <1 90.0 290 <.1 1 1.0 620
APR
11... -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
MAY
09... -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
JUL
12... -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
AUG
22... 791 10.0 58 10 <1 70.0 150 <.1 2 <1.0 480
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