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RED RIVER OF THE NORTH BASIN
05058500 SHEYENNE RIVER AT VALLEY CITY, ND
LOCATION.--Lat 46°54'50", long 98°00'30", in SE1/4NW1/4 sec.28, T.140 N., R.58 W., Barnes County, Hydrologic Unit 09020204, on
left bank 100 ft downstream from College Dam in Valley City, and at mile 253.0.
DRAINAGE AREA.--7,810 mi2, approximately, of which about 5,700 mi2 is probably noncontributing, includes 3,800 mi2 in closed
basins.
WATER-DISCHARGE RECORDS
PERIOD OF RECORD.--March to August 1919, March 1938 to September 1975; October 1979 to current year (gage heights and annual
maximum discharge for water years 1980 to current year; seasonal discharge record for March 1995 to September 1996). Records
for July 1938, published in WSP 855, have been found to be unreliable and should not be used.
REVISED RECORDS.---WSP 1388: 1939 (M). WSP 1728: Drainage area.
GAGE.--Water-stage recorder and concrete control. Datum of gage is 1,199.27 ft above sea level. March to August 1919,
nonrecording gage at site 0.5 mi upstream at different datum. March to Oct. 13, 1938, nonrecording gage at present site and
datum.
REMARKS.--Flow regulated by Lake Ashtabula 13 mi upstream (see station 05057500). Small diversions above station for municipal
supply.
EXTREMES FOR PERIOD OF RECORD.--Maximum discharge, 5,250 ft3/s, Apr. 21, 1996, gage height, 18.78 ft.
EXTREMES FOR CURRENT YEAR.--Maximum discharge, 2,240 ft3/s, June 19, gage height, 11.98 ft.
GAGE HEIGHT, FEET, WATER YEAR OCTOBER 1999 TO SEPTEMBER 2000
DAILY MEAN VALUES
DAY OCT NOV DEC JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP
1 3.56 3.53 3.80 4.35 3.20 3.43 3.59 4.26 4.78 6.88 4.58 5.09
2 3.56 3.50 3.80 4.35 3.17 3.37 3.65 4.25 4.49 6.86 4.47 ---
3 3.55 3.56 3.83 4.35 3.14 3.32 3.66 4.27 3.99 6.86 4.21 ---
4 3.54 3.59 3.84 4.37 3.10 3.28 3.83 4.15 3.99 6.67 3.97 ---
5 3.54 3.66 3.88 4.32 3.14 3.27 3.90 4.14 3.94 6.77 3.81 ---
6 3.53 3.67 3.88 4.27 3.12 3.28 3.84 4.13 3.92 7.22 3.77 ---
7 3.55 3.67 3.87 4.10 3.11 3.28 3.84 4.14 3.92 6.92 3.74 ---
8 3.55 3.68 3.83 4.06 3.10 3.34 3.84 4.22 3.88 6.82 3.64 4.79
9 3.54 3.68 3.46 4.05 3.10 3.22 3.83 4.41 3.69 6.81 3.54 4.89
10 3.54 3.74 3.43 4.05 3.07 3.25 3.86 4.28 3.59 6.75 3.51 4.88
11 3.52 3.75 3.87 3.90 3.10 3.23 3.86 4.27 3.55 6.34 3.51 4.89
12 3.52 3.75 3.93 3.87 3.10 3.21 3.87 4.27 3.54 5.92 3.52 4.89
13 3.52 3.76 3.95 3.91 3.09 3.21 4.00 4.25 3.46 6.54 3.51 4.90
14 3.53 3.75 4.02 3.94 3.09 3.22 4.18 4.26 3.79 6.59 3.63 4.89
15 3.53 3.75 4.12 3.97 3.15 3.22 4.22 4.25 7.30 6.60 3.57 4.86
16 3.53 3.75 4.30 3.94 3.14 3.21 4.19 4.12 9.21 6.64 3.76 4.72
17 3.53 3.76 4.10 3.97 3.19 3.20 4.17 4.08 10.67 6.71 3.69 4.70
18 3.54 3.77 4.07 3.98 3.20 3.22 4.21 4.08 10.79 7.26 3.75 4.67
19 3.53 3.76 4.07 4.03 3.21 3.24 4.19 4.03 11.54 7.08 3.75 3.65
20 3.53 3.76 4.10 4.03 3.21 3.26 4.18 3.74 11.24 7.15 3.75 4.31
21 3.54 3.77 4.30 3.81 3.21 3.26 4.17 3.70 10.91 7.53 4.04 4.69
22 3.53 3.76 4.24 3.77 3.22 3.29 4.18 3.69 10.94 7.73 5.26 4.79
23 3.54 3.76 4.24 3.78 3.23 3.31 4.15 3.68 11.03 7.71 4.75 4.72
24 3.55 3.76 4.20 3.77 3.27 3.40 4.13 3.68 11.04 7.57 4.44 4.72
25 3.57 3.76 4.18 3.60 3.47 3.41 4.28 3.65 11.11 6.98 3.91 4.96
26 3.56 3.76 4.12 3.55 4.33 3.39 4.31 3.68 11.05 6.93 4.34 4.17
27 3.57 3.80 4.10 3.55 3.94 3.37 4.22 3.71 10.82 6.71 4.41 3.37
28 3.56 3.82 4.09 3.38 3.71 3.37 4.19 3.69 9.48 5.76 4.50 3.49
29 3.55 3.83 4.19 3.31 3.56 3.41 4.21 3.74 8.03 5.02 5.03 3.55
30 3.51 3.80 4.38 3.32 --- 3.42 4.24 3.89 7.28 4.86 5.20 3.54
31 3.50 --- 4.36 3.32 --- 3.44 --- 4.80 --- 4.54 5.21 ---
MEAN 3.54 3.72 4.02 3.90 3.26 3.30 4.03 4.05 7.23 6.67 4.09 ---
MAX 3.57 3.83 4.38 4.37 4.33 3.44 4.31 4.80 11.54 7.73 5.26 ---
MIN 3.50 3.50 3.43 3.31 3.07 3.20 3.59 3.65 3.46 4.54 3.51 ---
Miscellaneous discharge measurements
Date Discharge Gage Height
June 16 1,500 8.98
June 20 1,960 11.14
WATER-QUALITY RECORDS
PERIOD OF RECORD.--Water year 1972 to current year.
WATER-QUALITY DATA, WATER YEAR OCTOBER 1999 TO SEPTEMBER 2000
DIS- PH
CHARGE, WATER SPE- HARD- MAGNE- POTAS-
INST. WHOLE CIFIC NESS CALCIUM SIUM, SIUM,
CUBIC FIELD CON- TEMPER- TEMPER- TOTAL DIS- DIS- DIS-
FEET (STAND- DUCT- ATURE ATURE (MG/L SOLVED SOLVED SOLVED
DATE TIME PER ARD ANCE AIR WATER AS (MG/L (MG/L (MG/L
SECOND UNITS) (US/CM) (DEG C) (DEG C) CACO3) AS CA) AS MG) AS K)
(00061) (00400) (00095) (00020) (00010) (00900) (00915) (00925) (00935)
JUN
16... 0815 1500 -- 999 -- 16.5 -- -- -- --
20... 1305 1960 8.7 996 19.0 18.5 360 70.0 45.0 12.0
ANC SOLIDS, SOLIDS,
SODIUM UNFLTRD CHLO- FLUO- SOLIDS, RESIDUE SUM OF
AD- SODIUM, TIT 4.5 RIDE, RIDE, SULFATE DIS- AT 180 CONSTI-
SORP- DIS- LAB DIS- DIS- DIS- SOLVED DEG. C TUENTS,
TION SOLVED (MG/L SOLVED SOLVED SOLVED (TONS DIS- DIS-
DATE RATIO (MG/L SODIUM AS (MG/L (MG/L (MG/L PER SOLVED SOLVED
AS NA) PERCENT CACO3) AS CL) AS F) AS SO4) DAY) (MG/L) (MG/L)
(00931) (00930) (00932) (90410) (00940) (00950) (00945) (70302) (70300) (70301)
JUN
16... -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
20... 2 100 37 340 19.0 .2 220 3670 694 671
MANGA- MOLYB- SELE- STRON-
ARSENIC IRON, LEAD, LITHIUM NESE, MERCURY DENUM, NIUM, TIUM,
DIS- DIS- DIS- DIS- DIS- DIS- DIS- DIS- DIS-
SOLVED SOLVED SOLVED SOLVED SOLVED SOLVED SOLVED SOLVED SOLVED
DATE (UG/L (UG/L (UG/L (UG/L (UG/L (UG/L (UG/L (UG/L (UG/L
AS AS) AS FE) AS PB) AS LI) AS MN) AS HG) AS MO) AS SE) AS SR)
(01000) (01046) (01049) (01130) (01056) (71890) (01060) (01145) (01080)
JUN
16... -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
20... 5.0 80 <1 80.0 360 <.1 2 <1.0 390
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