RED RIVER OF THE NORTH BASIN
05056239 STARKWEATHER COULEE NEAR WEBSTER, ND
LOCATION.--Lat 48°19'13", long 98°56'23", in NW1/4SW1/4NW1/4 sec.19, T.156 N., R.64 W., Ramsey County, Hydrologic Unit 09020201,
on right bank 100 ft upstream from bridge on township road, and 3.8 mi northwest of Webster.
DRAINAGE AREA.--About 310 mi2, of which about 100 mi2 is probably noncontributing.
WATER-DISCHARGE RECORDS
PERIOD OF RECORD.--October 1979 to current year (seasonal records only since 1988).
GAGE.--Water-stage recorder. Elevation of gage is 1,448 ft above sea level, from topographic map. Prior to July 23, 1986,
nonrecording gage 100 ft downstream at same datum.
REMARKS.--Records fair except for periods of estimated discharge, which are poor.
EXTREMES FOR CURRENT YEAR.--Maximum discharge, 87 ft3/s, July 25, gage height, 3.31 ft; no flow for several weeks.
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 7.9 .07 .00 .00 .82 50 27
2 --- --- --- --- e.00 5.9 .22 .00 .00 .74 44 26
3 --- --- --- --- e.00 4.1 .85 .00 .00 .72 40 28
4 --- --- --- --- e.00 2.5 4.1 .00 .00 .73 35 27
5 --- --- --- --- e.00 2.0 4.5 .00 .00 .70 36 28
6 --- --- --- --- e.00 1.1 6.2 .00 .00 .59 34 29
7 --- --- --- --- e.00 .67 4.1 .00 .00 .69 31 28
8 --- --- --- --- e.00 .42 2.5 .00 .00 .63 31 27
9 --- --- --- --- e.00 .15 1.9 .00 .00 .49 27 26
10 --- --- --- --- e.00 e.06 1.5 .00 .00 .56 24 23
11 --- --- --- --- e.00 e.03 .78 .00 .00 1.3 21 22
12 --- --- --- --- e.00 e.01 .31 .00 .00 2.7 23 20
13 --- --- --- --- e.00 e.00 .24 .00 .00 5.4 19 19
14 --- --- --- --- e.00 e.00 .10 .00 .00 16 17 17
15 --- --- --- --- e.00 e.00 .05 .00 .00 24 16 14
16 --- --- --- --- e.00 e.00 .11 .00 .00 32 13 13
17 --- --- --- --- e.00 e.01 .09 .00 2.3 36 9.4 10
18 --- --- --- --- e.00 e.02 .06 .00 2.7 41 9.6 8.8
19 --- --- --- --- e.00 e.05 .00 .00 2.1 46 9.7 6.9
20 --- --- --- --- e.00 e.05 .00 .00 1.7 51 8.3 6.3
21 --- --- --- --- e.00 e.04 .00 .00 1.3 60 7.2 6.1
22 --- --- --- --- e.00 e.06 .00 .00 .72 70 9.0 5.7
23 --- --- --- --- e.00 e.07 .00 .00 .38 79 7.5 5.3
24 --- --- --- --- e.00 e.08 .00 .00 .26 84 7.1 4.9
25 --- --- --- --- e.20 e.06 .00 .00 .17 85 6.9 4.8
26 --- --- --- --- e2.0 e.03 .00 .00 .11 82 6.3 4.5
27 --- --- --- --- e1.8 e.02 .00 .00 .84 78 5.9 3.8
28 --- --- --- --- e1.6 e.01 .00 .00 1.2 72 25 3.7
29 --- --- --- --- 5.7 e.01 .00 .00 1.1 66 20 3.4
30 --- --- --- --- --- e.00 .00 .00 .93 60 27 3.0
31 --- --- --- --- --- e.00 --- .00 --- 56 28 ---
TOTAL --- --- --- --- 11.30 25.35 27.68 0.00 15.81 1054.07 647.9 451.2
MEAN --- --- --- --- .39 .82 .92 .000 .53 34.0 20.9 15.0
MAX --- --- --- --- 5.7 7.9 6.2 .00 2.7 85 50 29
MIN --- --- --- --- .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .49 5.9 3.0
AC-FT --- --- --- --- 22 50 55 .00 31 2090 1290 895
STATISTICS OF MONTHLY MEAN DATA FOR WATER YEARS 1980 - 2000, BY WATER YEAR (WY)
MEAN 1.30 .12 .010 .000 .69 25.9 112 33.0 8.10 21.5 15.6 3.08
MAX 5.53 1.09 .092 .000 6.61 180 321 284 44.0 119 138 22.0
(WY) 1983 1981 1983 1980 1981 1992 1997 1997 1998 1993 1993 1993
MIN .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 .92 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000
(WY) 1980 1980 1980 1980 1980 1980 2000 1980 1980 1980 1980 1981
SUMMARY STATISTICS WATER YEARS 1980 - 2000
ANNUAL MEAN a 12.1
HIGHEST ANNUAL MEAN a 24.5 1987
LOWEST ANNUAL MEAN a .88 1980
HIGHEST DAILY MEAN 779 Apr 27 1997
LOWEST DAILY MEAN .00 Oct 1 1979
ANNUAL SEVEN-DAY MINIMUM .00 Oct 1 1979
INSTANTANEOUS PEAK FLOW 782 Apr 27 1997
INSTANTANEOUS PEAK STAGE 10.05 Apr 6 1989
ANNUAL RUNOFF (AC-FT) a 8790
10 PERCENT EXCEEDS 65
50 PERCENT EXCEEDS .02
90 PERCENT EXCEEDS .00
a Based on complete water years only (1980-87, 1994)
e Estimated
WATER-QUALITY RECORDS
PERIOD OF RECORD.--Water year 1980 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)
MAR
07... 1200 .60 -- -- -- -- -- -- 1080 -- --
APR
11... 1310 .97 732 115 13.8 8.7 -- 1050 1050 2.0 5.7
JUL
13... 1140 3.1 -- -- -- 8.7 -- 1120 1100 26.0 26.0
AUG
23... 1125 7.3 728 148 12.8 8.4 8.2 -- 830 23.0 20.0
ANC
HARD- MAGNE- POTAS- SODIUM UNFLTRD CHLO- FLUO-
NESS CALCIUM SIUM, SIUM, AD- SODIUM, TIT 4.5 RIDE, RIDE,
TOTAL DIS- DIS- DIS- SORP- DIS- LAB DIS- DIS-
(MG/L SOLVED SOLVED SOLVED TION SOLVED (MG/L SOLVED SOLVED
DATE AS (MG/L (MG/L (MG/L RATIO (MG/L SODIUM AS (MG/L (MG/L
CACO3) AS CA) AS MG) AS K) AS NA) PERCENT CACO3) AS CL) AS F)
(00900) (00915) (00925) (00935) (00931) (00930) (00932) (90410) (00940) (00950)
MAR
07... -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
APR
11... 410 81.0 51.0 28.0 1 66.0 24 310 44.0 .3
JUL
13... 450 85.0 57.0 15.0 2 77.0 26 168 31.0 .2
AUG
23... 360 81.0 39.0 22.0 1 43.0 19 311 29.0 .2
NITRO- NITRO- NITRO- NITRO- PHOS- SOLIDS,
GEN,AM- GEN, GEN, GEN, NITRO- PHORUS SOLIDS, RESIDUE
SULFATE MONIA + AMMONIA NITRITE NO2+NO3 GEN, ORTHO, PHOS- DIS- AT 180
DIS- ORGANIC DIS- DIS- DIS- ORGANIC DIS- PHORUS SOLVED DEG. C
SOLVED TOTAL SOLVED SOLVED SOLVED TOTAL SOLVED TOTAL (TONS DIS-
DATE (MG/L (MG/L (MG/L (MG/L (MG/L (MG/L (MG/L (MG/L PER SOLVED
AS SO4) AS N) AS N) AS N) AS N) AS N) AS P) AS P) DAY) (MG/L)
(00945) (00625) (00608) (00613) (00631) (00605) (00671) (00665) (70302) (70300)
MAR
07... -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
APR
11... 210 5.4 .026 <.010 <.050 5.4 <.010 .281 2.09 798
JUL
13... 400 1.6 <.020 <.010 <.050 -- <.010 .059 6.87 831
AUG
23... 100 1.7 <.020 <.010 <.050 -- 1.07 1.19 11.7 598
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
07... -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
APR
11... 667 6.0 60 1 70.0 20 <.1 2 3.0 360
JUL
13... 766 11.0 40 1 50.0 20 .1 1 <1.0 440
AUG
23... 504 10.0 30 1 40.0 10 <.1 <1 <1.0 360
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