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RED RIVER OF THE NORTH BASIN
05056100 MAUVAIS COULEE NEAR CANDO, ND
LOCATION.--Lat 48°26'53", long 99°06'08", in SE1/4NE1/4SE1/4 sec.1, T.157 N., R.66 W., Towner County, Hydrologic Unit 09020201,
on left bank 0.3 mi upstream from highway bridge, about 4 mi upstream from West Fork, and 5.5 mi southeast of Cando.
DRAINAGE AREA.--387 mi2, of which about 10 mi2 is probably noncontributing.
WATER-DISCHARGE RECORDS
PERIOD OF RECORD.--May 1956 to current year (seasonal records only since 1982).
GAGE.--Water-stage recorder. Elevation of gage is 1,445 ft above sea level, from topographic map. Prior to July 2, 1957,
nonrecording gage at present site and datum.
REMARKS.--Records good except for period of estimated discharge, which are fair.
EXTREMES OUTSIDE PERIOD OF RECORD.--Flood of June 16, 1954, reached a stage of 9.83 ft, and flood of Apr. 20, 1956, reached a
stage of 10.71 ft, from floodmarks set by local resident.
EXTREMES FOR CURRENT YEAR.--Maximum discharge, 206 ft3/s, July 11, gage height, 5.21 ft; minimum recorded daily discharge,
0.04 ft3/s, Feb. 16.
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.08 e1.5 26 7.7 3.4 3.9 23 8.2
2 --- --- --- --- e.07 e4.0 26 7.1 3.7 3.3 20 8.3
3 --- --- --- --- e.08 e7.0 25 7.1 3.5 3.1 19 e8.0
4 --- --- --- --- e.08 e10 25 6.0 3.4 3.0 16 e7.5
5 --- --- --- --- e.08 e11 25 6.3 2.9 2.7 16 e7.1
6 --- --- --- --- e.08 e14 23 7.1 2.4 2.4 14 e6.7
7 --- --- --- --- e.07 e10 21 7.7 1.9 2.5 12 e6.4
8 --- --- --- --- e.07 e5.8 20 9.9 1.6 2.4 11 e6.0
9 --- --- --- --- e.07 e2.2 17 9.5 1.2 2.1 10 e5.7
10 --- --- --- --- e.07 e5.0 16 10 .90 2.0 9.4 e5.4
11 --- --- --- --- e.07 e6.5 16 9.6 .73 96 8.8 e5.2
12 --- --- --- --- e.07 e9.0 14 12 1.7 165 8.9 e4.9
13 --- --- --- --- e.07 e12 14 12 3.5 104 8.1 e4.6
14 --- --- --- --- e.07 e14 12 13 22 111 7.8 e4.3
15 --- --- --- --- e.07 e14 12 12 34 128 7.1 e4.1
16 --- --- --- --- e.06 e15 14 12 39 175 6.4 e3.9
17 --- --- --- --- e.07 16 13 11 43 162 6.1 e3.7
18 --- --- --- --- e.07 16 12 8.8 42 142 5.6 e3.5
19 --- --- --- --- e.07 17 10 7.6 40 127 5.4 e3.3
20 --- --- --- --- e.07 18 10 6.7 36 114 6.8 3.2
21 --- --- --- --- e.08 17 10 6.2 31 103 7.0 2.9
22 --- --- --- --- e.11 16 10 6.0 25 91 5.9 2.9
23 --- --- --- --- e.10 16 8.9 5.7 22 78 5.4 2.5
24 --- --- --- --- e.10 20 8.6 4.7 19 65 5.1 2.4
25 --- --- --- --- e.13 20 8.8 3.9 15 56 4.6 2.3
26 --- --- --- --- e.18 20 8.5 3.2 12 49 4.1 2.2
27 --- --- --- --- e.26 22 8.5 3.5 9.5 43 3.9 2.2
28 --- --- --- --- e.40 26 8.2 3.8 7.7 38 14 2.1
29 --- --- --- --- e.90 29 7.4 4.4 5.9 34 11 2.0
30 --- --- --- --- --- 28 8.2 4.0 4.8 30 9.9 1.8
31 --- --- --- --- --- 28 --- 3.4 --- 26 9.5 ---
TOTAL --- --- --- --- 3.70 450.0 438.1 231.9 438.73 1964.4 301.8 133.3
MEAN --- --- --- --- .13 14.5 14.6 7.48 14.6 63.4 9.74 4.44
MAX --- --- --- --- .90 29 26 13 43 175 23 8.3
MIN --- --- --- --- .06 1.5 7.4 3.2 .73 2.0 3.9 1.8
AC-FT --- --- --- --- 7.3 893 869 460 870 3900 599 264
STATISTICS OF MONTHLY MEAN DATA FOR WATER YEARS 1956 - 2000, BY WATER YEAR (WY)
MEAN 2.41 1.18 .28 .020 .18 23.2 192 58.9 11.6 16.0 13.5 4.50
MAX 27.1 10.4 3.86 .34 5.01 198 946 527 87.6 226 274 62.3
(WY) 1966 1981 1981 1981 1981 1992 1997 1999 1999 1997 1993 1965
MIN .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000
(WY) 1959 1960 1957 1957 1957 1958 1991 1961 1961 1959 1959 1959
SUMMARY STATISTICS WATER YEARS 1956 - 2000
ANNUAL MEAN a 19.7
HIGHEST ANNUAL MEAN a 71.7 1974
LOWEST ANNUAL MEAN a .004 1961
HIGHEST DAILY MEAN 2980 Apr 21 1997
LOWEST DAILY MEAN .00 Aug 21 1956
ANNUAL SEVEN-DAY MINIMUM .00 Aug 21 1956
INSTANTANEOUS PEAK FLOW 3000 Apr 21 1997
INSTANTANEOUS PEAK STAGE 11.68 Apr 21 1997
ANNUAL RUNOFF (AC-FT) a 14260
10 PERCENT EXCEEDS 43
50 PERCENT EXCEEDS .11
90 PERCENT EXCEEDS .00
a Based on complete water years only (1957-82)
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- BARO- OXYGEN, PH PH SPE-
CHARGE, METRIC DIS- WATER WATER CIFIC SPE-
INST. PRES- SOLVED WHOLE WHOLE CON- CIFIC
CUBIC SURE (PER- OXYGEN, FIELD LAB DUCT- CON- TEMPER- TEMPER-
FEET (MM CENT DIS- (STAND- (STAND- ANCE DUCT- ATURE ATURE
DATE TIME PER OF SATUR- SOLVED ARD ARD LAB ANCE AIR WATER
SECOND HG) ATION) (MG/L) UNITS) UNITS) (US/CM) (US/CM) (DEG C) (DEG C)
(00061) (00025) (00301) (00300) (00400) (00403) (90095) (00095) (00020) (00010)
OCT
05... 1100 2.6 -- -- -- -- -- -- 1480 6.0 6.5
FEB
22... 1350 .13 -- -- -- -- -- -- 1890 10.0 .5
MAR
07... 1305 10 -- -- -- -- -- -- 1330 11.0 1.0
15... 1125 14 730 95 13.3 8.1 -- 1270 1320 -4.0 .0
27... 1520 23 -- -- -- -- -- -- 1200 4.5 5.0
APR
11... 1140 16 732 110 13.8 8.9 -- 1290 1290 .1 4.0
MAY
09... 1525 9.8 717 -- 9.3 8.4 -- 1690 -- 19.0 18.0
JUN
16... 1330 39 720 97 9.1 -- 7.7 1650 1680 10.0 15.1
JUL
12... 1605 143 -- -- -- 7.7 -- 728 720 28.0 21.5
AUG
23... 1355 5.4 -- -- -- -- -- -- 1440 27.0 21.0
ANC
HARD- MAGNE- POTAS- SODIUM UNFLTRD CHLO- FLUO-
NESS CALCIUM SIUM, SIUM, AD- SODIUM, TIT 4.5 RIDE, RIDE, SULFATE
TOTAL DIS- DIS- DIS- SORP- DIS- LAB DIS- DIS- DIS-
(MG/L SOLVED SOLVED SOLVED TION SOLVED (MG/L SOLVED SOLVED SOLVED
DATE AS (MG/L (MG/L (MG/L RATIO (MG/L SODIUM AS (MG/L (MG/L (MG/L
CACO3) AS CA) AS MG) AS K) AS NA) PERCENT CACO3) AS CL) AS F) AS SO4)
(00900) (00915) (00925) (00935) (00931) (00930) (00932) (90410) (00940) (00950) (00945)
OCT
05... -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
FEB
22... -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
MAR
07... -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
15... 520 100 65.0 21.0 2 84.0 25 235 36.0 .2 440
27... -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
APR
11... 570 98.0 78.0 16.0 1 77.0 22 235 33.0 .2 460
MAY
09... 760 140 100 20.0 2 120 25 374 47.0 .2 600
JUN
16... 700 130 92.0 17.0 2 130 28 222 39.0 .2 680
JUL
12... 270 52.0 33.0 8.4 1 50.0 28 107 16.0 .1 230
AUG
23... -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
NITRO- NITRO- NITRO- NITRO- NITRO- PHOS- SOLIDS,
GEN,AM- GEN, GEN, GEN, GEN, NITRO- PHORUS SOLIDS, RESIDUE
MONIA + AMMONIA NITRITE NITRATE NO2+NO3 GEN, NITRO- ORTHO, PHOS- DIS- AT 180
ORGANIC DIS- DIS- DIS- DIS- ORGANIC GEN, DIS- PHORUS SOLVED DEG. C
TOTAL SOLVED SOLVED SOLVED SOLVED TOTAL TOTAL SOLVED TOTAL (TONS DIS-
DATE (MG/L (MG/L (MG/L (MG/L (MG/L (MG/L (MG/L (MG/L (MG/L PER SOLVED
AS N) AS N) AS N) AS N) AS N) AS N) AS N) AS P) AS P) DAY) (MG/L)
(00625) (00608) (00613) (00618) (00631) (00605) (00600) (00671) (00665) (70302) (70300)
OCT
05... -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
FEB
22... -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
MAR
07... -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
15... 3.0 .197 .023 .401 .424 2.8 3.5 .245 .498 35.5 973
27... -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
APR
11... 3.2 .021 .043 .218 .261 3.2 3.5 <.010 .194 41.0 948
MAY
09... 2.8 <.020 <.010 -- <.050 -- -- .137 .368 35.6 1350
JUN
16... 2.1 .043 .027 .255 .282 2.1 2.4 .321 .465 138 1310
JUL
12... 1.5 .020 .020 .239 .259 1.5 1.8 .344 .554 199 515
AUG
23... -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
WATER-QUALITY DATA, WATER YEAR OCTOBER 1999 TO SEPTEMBER 2000
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
05... -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
FEB
22... -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
MAR
07... -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
15... 892 2.0 90 <1 70.0 1000 <.1 <1 <1.0 370
27... -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
APR
11... 905 1.0 60 1 80.0 60 <.1 1 3.0 450
MAY
09... 1250 5.0 90 1 100 470 .1 <1 <1.0 590
JUN
16... 1220 5.0 50 1 90.0 200 .1 <1 <1.0 580
JUL
12... 456 3.0 70 1 40.0 100 .1 <1 <1.0 300
AUG
23... -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
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