RED RIVER OF THE NORTH BASIN
05059000 SHEYENNE RIVER NEAR KINDRED, ND
LOCATION.--Lat 46°37'54", long 97°00'01", in SE1/4SE1/4SW1/4 sec.33, T.137 N., R.50 W., Cass County, Hydrologic Unit 09020204,
on left bank 100 ft downstream from North Dakota State Highway 46 bridge crossing, 1.5 mi southeast of Kindred, and at mile
67.9.
DRAINAGE AREA.--8,800 mi2, approximately, of which about 5,780 mi2 is probably noncontributing, including 3,800 mi2 in closed
basins.
WATER-DISCHARGE RECORDS
PERIOD OF RECORD.--July 1949 to current year.
REVISED RECORDS.--WSP 1728: Drainage area.
GAGE.--Water-stage recorder. Datum of gage is 925.55 ft above sea level. From Oct. 1, 1962, to Sept. 30, 1989, gage was located
at site 1,500 ft upstream. July 1949 to Sept. 30, 1962, nonrecording gage at same site and datum.
REMARKS.--Records good except for periods of estimated discharge, which are poor. Flow regulated to a large degree by Lake
Ashtabula (station 05057500), 202 mi upstream, and several small reservoirs.
EXTREMES OUTSIDE PERIOD OF RECORD.--Spring flood in 1947 or 1948 reached a stage of 22.1 ft from floodmarks, discharge about
3,600 ft3/s.
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
1 317 291 e250 e315 e130 e270 328 394 247 1950 737 371
2 315 283 e250 e310 e125 e350 311 379 242 1840 595 423
3 311 278 e250 e310 e120 e450 305 367 238 1540 512 670
4 305 273 e250 e305 e120 e480 295 358 281 1260 460 720
5 301 264 e240 e300 e115 e480 292 353 389 1160 423 656
6 299 259 e220 e290 e115 e450 291 344 395 1190 413 524
7 297 256 e200 e290 e115 e370 297 338 348 1230 386 444
8 300 256 e200 e290 e115 e300 296 362 291 1270 336 412
9 302 262 e200 e290 e115 279 298 374 268 1190 292 396
10 293 271 e195 e275 e115 307 308 371 261 1140 263 363
11 284 281 e190 e260 e110 365 307 363 251 1080 248 323
12 280 286 e185 e245 e110 382 307 364 245 1040 234 336
13 280 287 e180 e230 e110 342 315 363 246 1020 221 409
14 279 287 e140 e220 e105 298 323 377 240 1000 212 424
15 288 291 e160 e210 e105 e250 320 373 237 e900 204 426
16 292 300 e180 e200 e105 e195 320 366 261 e820 203 428
17 290 303 e200 e200 e105 e200 319 360 250 e800 200 429
18 290 304 e220 e195 e105 e230 331 350 238 e810 201 432
19 289 306 e230 e195 e105 e220 356 341 448 e830 209 432
20 282 305 e245 e195 e105 e220 447 332 1220 e830 210 420
21 279 e310 e255 e190 e105 e240 484 314 e1550 e850 221 405
22 277 e310 e270 e185 e105 310 475 307 e1680 e920 226 418
23 278 e310 e280 e185 e105 445 447 304 e1820 e950 218 415
24 280 e310 e295 e180 e110 606 418 294 e1920 e1000 217 329
25 275 e310 e310 e175 e115 672 393 264 e1940 e1050 220 357
26 273 e305 e320 e165 e130 601 376 245 e1940 e1100 304 420
27 271 e300 e320 e155 e150 550 374 238 e1940 e1100 412 423
28 268 e285 e320 e145 e190 473 360 238 e1950 1110 369 409
29 270 e270 e320 e140 e220 423 357 239 e1960 1010 318 410
30 275 e255 e320 e135 --- 383 382 242 1960 929 271 416
31 285 --- e320 e135 --- 353 --- 244 --- 868 339 ---
TOTAL 8925 8608 7515 6915 3480 11494 10432 10158 25256 33787 9674 13040
MEAN 288 287 242 223 120 371 348 328 842 1090 312 435
MAX 317 310 320 315 220 672 484 394 1960 1950 737 720
MIN 268 255 140 135 105 195 291 238 237 800 200 323
AC-FT 17700 17070 14910 13720 6900 22800 20690 20150 50100 67020 19190 25860
STATISTICS OF MONTHLY MEAN DATA FOR WATER YEARS 1949 - 2000, BY WATER YEAR (WY)
MEAN 93.5 107 92.7 81.7 92.3 341 861 535 303 266 148 103
MAX 693 589 339 223 317 1256 3957 3053 1938 1466 2231 528
(WY) 1995 1995 1995 2000 1996 1987 1997 1950 1950 1975 1993 1999
MIN 24.6 22.7 17.6 17.5 21.7 35.1 71.7 53.6 48.4 26.7 17.5 25.1
(WY) 1957 1956 1956 1991 1956 1956 1991 1990 1961 1988 1988 1959
SUMMARY STATISTICS FOR 1999 CALENDAR YEAR FOR 2000 WATER YEAR WATER YEARS 1949 - 2000
ANNUAL TOTAL 262643 149284
ANNUAL MEAN 720 408 252
HIGHEST ANNUAL MEAN 770 1997
LOWEST ANNUAL MEAN 48.0 1991
HIGHEST DAILY MEAN 2830 Apr 7 1960 Jun 29 5610 Apr 29 1997
LOWEST DAILY MEAN 140 Jan 1 105 Feb 14 9.2 Aug 16 1990
ANNUAL SEVEN-DAY MINIMUM 140 Jan 1 105 Feb 14 11 Dec 26 1990
INSTANTANEOUS PEAK FLOW 1960 Jun 30 5970 Apr 27 1997
INSTANTANEOUS PEAK STAGE a 12.30 Jun 30 b 22.33 Apr 8 1997
ANNUAL RUNOFF (AC-FT) 521000 296100 182900
10 PERCENT EXCEEDS 1960 855 539
50 PERCENT EXCEEDS 357 300 93
90 PERCENT EXCEEDS 160 178 35
a May have been higher during period of no record, June 21-29.
b Backwater from ice
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- 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
12... 1530 287 -- -- -- 1040 7.0 10.0 -- -- --
DEC
07... 1250 201 -- -- -- 1110 4.0 1.5 -- -- --
JAN
20... 1635 192 -- -- -- -- -17.0 .5 -- -- --
MAR
01... 0915 270 -- -- -- 922 2.0 1.0 -- -- --
APR
11... 0940 302 8.1 8.1 1250 1240 1.0 6.5 500 110 54.0
MAY
02... 1625 376 -- -- -- -- 24.0 17.0 -- -- --
JUN
13... 0810 251 -- -- -- 983 20.0 22.0 -- -- --
21... 0805 1520 -- -- -- 364 14.5 17.5 -- -- --
JUL
21... 1235 887 -- -- -- 798 24.0 22.0 -- -- --
AUG
07... 1540 387 8.2 7.9 -- 890 29.0 26.5 350 76.0 40.0
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
12... -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
DEC
07... -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
JAN
20... -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
MAR
01... -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
APR
11... 10.0 2 94.0 29 341 39.0 .2 310 678 832
MAY
02... -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
JUN
13... -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
21... -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
JUL
21... -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
AUG
07... 11.0 2 81.0 32 302 18.0 .2 180 660 632
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
12... -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
DEC
07... -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
JAN
20... -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
MAR
01... -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
APR
11... 822 4.0 30 <1 70.0 90 <.1 <1 <1.0 550
MAY
02... -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
JUN
13... -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
21... -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
JUL
21... -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
AUG
07... 588 10.0 100 <1 70.0 10 <.1 2 <1.0 390
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