RED RIVER OF THE NORTH BASIN
05059480 SHEYENNE RIVER DIVERSION AT WEST FARGO, ND
LOCATION.--Lat 46°53'15", long 96°55'09", in NE1/4NE1/4NW1/4 sec.6, T.139 N., R.50 W., Cass County, Hydrologic Unit 09020204, on
right bank, 50 ft upstream from 12th Ave N bridge in West Fargo, and 0.5 mi upstream from confluence with the Sheyenne River.
WATER-DISCHARGE RECORDS
PERIOD OF RECORD.--October 1992 to current year.
GAGE.--Water-stage recorder. Datum of gage is 876.78 ft (revised) above sea level. Datum incorrectly set 13.56 ft lower from
Oct. 1, 1996 to Sept. 30, 1999. Prior to Oct. 1, 1996, at datum 6.78 ft lower.
REMARKS.--Records fair except those for estimated discharge, which are poor. These records are for the flood flows that are
diverted around West Fargo.
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 .00 .00 e.00 .00 .00 e37 .00 .00 .00 e2000 372 .00
2 .00 .00 e.00 .00 .00 e25 .00 .00 .00 e2000 287 39
3 .00 .00 e.00 .00 .00 e10 .00 .00 .00 1900 164 382
4 .00 .00 e.00 .00 .00 e1.0 .00 .00 .00 1400 78 478
5 .00 .00 e.00 .00 .00 e.00 .00 .00 .00 1290 12 381
6 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 e.00 .00 .00 .00 902 .00 303
7 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 e.00 .00 .00 .00 1420 .00 219
8 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 e.00 .00 .00 .00 1720 .00 136
9 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 1490 .00 85
10 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 1080 .00 53
11 .00 e.00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 789 .00 14
12 .00 e.00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 662 .00 .00
13 .00 e.00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 512 .00 .00
14 .00 e.00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 471 .00 30
15 .00 e.00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 438 .00 83
16 .00 e.00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 381 .00 72
17 .00 e.00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 322 .00 99
18 .00 e.00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 321 .00 105
19 .00 e.00 .00 .00 e.00 .00 .00 .00 11 332 .00 114
20 .00 e.00 .00 .00 e.00 .00 .00 .00 2110 338 .00 112
21 .00 e.00 .00 .00 e.00 .00 .00 .00 2600 351 .00 103
22 .00 e.00 .00 .00 .00 5.3 .00 .00 2320 353 e.00 110
23 .00 e.00 .00 .00 .00 159 .00 .00 2400 383 e.00 124
24 .00 e.00 .00 .00 .00 352 .00 .00 2430 406 e.00 113
25 .00 e.00 .00 .00 e4.0 408 .00 .00 2400 416 e.00 38
26 .00 e.00 .00 .00 e28 270 .00 .00 2300 458 e.00 .04
27 .00 e.00 .00 .00 e30 156 .00 .00 2150 503 .00 77
28 .00 e.00 .00 .00 e34 114 .00 .00 e2100 526 4.5 102
29 .00 e.00 .00 .00 e37 34 .00 .00 e2100 508 11 93
30 .00 e.00 .00 .00 --- .00 .00 .00 e2100 431 .00 94
31 .00 --- .00 .00 --- .00 --- .00 --- 380 .00 ---
TOTAL 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 133.00 1571.30 0.00 0.00 25021.00 24483 928.50 3559.04
MEAN .000 .000 .000 .000 4.59 50.7 .000 .000 834 790 30.0 119
MAX .00 .00 .00 .00 37 408 .00 .00 2600 2000 372 478
MIN .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 321 .00 .00
AC-FT .00 .00 .00 .00 264 3120 .00 .00 49630 48560 1840 7060
STATISTICS OF MONTHLY MEAN DATA FOR WATER YEARS 1993 - 2000, BY WATER YEAR (WY)
MEAN 20.9 20.2 1.45 .000 18.5 514 1607 944 302 409 324 64.9
MAX 127 125 11.6 .000 90.2 1111 3288 2937 834 1000 2144 292
(WY) 1995 1995 1999 1993 1996 1995 1997 1997 2000 1993 1993 1995
MIN .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 13.1 .000 .000 .000 .97 .000 .000
(WY) 1993 1993 1993 1993 1993 1997 2000 1993 1993 1996 1994 1996
SUMMARY STATISTICS FOR 1999 CALENDAR YEAR FOR 2000 WATER YEAR WATER YEARS 1993 - 2000
ANNUAL TOTAL 176816.20 55695.84
ANNUAL MEAN 484 152 353
HIGHEST ANNUAL MEAN 549 1995
LOWEST ANNUAL MEAN 93.5 1994
HIGHEST DAILY MEAN 3210 Apr 5 2600 Jun 21 4800 Apr 19 1997
LOWEST DAILY MEAN .00 Jan 1 .00 Oct 1 .00 Oct 1 1992
ANNUAL SEVEN-DAY MINIMUM .00 Jan 1 .00 Oct 1 .00 Oct 1 1992
INSTANTANEOUS PEAK FLOW a 2670 Jun 21 4810 Apr 19 1997
INSTANTANEOUS PEAK STAGE b 20.70 Jun 24 c 22.90 Apr 9 1997
ANNUAL RUNOFF (AC-FT) 350700 110500 255700
10 PERCENT EXCEEDS 2180 382 1180
50 PERCENT EXCEEDS .00 .00 .00
90 PERCENT EXCEEDS .00 .00 .00
a Gage height, 18.91 ft
b Backwater from Maple River
c Backwater from ice
e Estimated
WATER-QUALITY RECORDS
PERIOD OF RECORD.--Water year 1993 to current year.
WATER-QUALITY DATA, WATER YEAR OCTOBER 1999 TO SEPTEMBER 2000
DIS-
CHARGE, SPE-
INST. CIFIC
CUBIC CON- TEMPER-
FEET DUCT- ATURE
DATE TIME PER ANCE WATER
SECOND (US/CM) (DEG C)
(00061) (00095) (00010)
JUL
05... 1220 1260 924 25.0
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