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RED RIVER OF THE NORTH BASIN
05059500 SHEYENNE RIVER AT WEST FARGO, ND
LOCATION.--Lat 46°53'28", long 96°54'24", in SE1/4SE1/4 sec.31, T.140 N., R.49 W., Cass County, Hydrologic Unit 09020204, on
right bank at downstream side of county highway bridge, 1 mi north of West Fargo, 3 mi upstream from Maple River, and at mile
24.5.
DRAINAGE AREA.--8,870 mi2, approximately, of which about 5,780 mi2 is probably noncontributing, including 3,800 mi2 in closed
basins.
WATER-DISCHARGE RECORDS
PERIOD OF RECORD.--March to November 1902 (gage heights only), April 1903 to October 1905, March to August 1919, September 1929
to current year. Published as "at or near Haggart" 1902-7, 1919. Records for March to November 1902 and November 1905 to June
1907, published in WSP 100, 171, 207, and 245, have been found to be unreliable and should not be used. Monthly discharge
only for some periods, published in WSP 1308.
REVISED RECORDS.--WSP 1388: 1904(M). WSP 1728: Drainage area. See also "PERIOD OF RECORD."
GAGE.--Water-stage recorder. Datum of gage is 877.19 ft above sea level. June 27, 1933, to September 1969 on left bank about 600
ft downstream on unimproved channel at same datum. See WSP 1728 or 1913 for history of changes prior to June 27, 1933.
REMARKS.--Records fair except for estimated daily discharges, which are poor. Flow regulated to a large degree by Lake Ashtabula
(station 05057500), 246 mi upstream. Since March 1993 flood flows that are diverted from the Sheyenne River just downstream
from gaging station Sheyenne River above Sheyenne River Diversion near Horace (station 05059300) bypass this station. These
flows are measured at streamflow station Sheyenne River Diversion at West Fargo (station 05059480). Figures of discharge
given here include flow of the bypass. During some years, flow is diverted from just above the station into the Red River of
the North in order to maintain adequate supply for municipal uses. Figures of daily discharge do not include this diversion.
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
1 302 273 300 330 150 357 390 401 276 2000 1080 376
2 300 284 300 320 145 455 371 414 276 2000 947 490
3 300 281 300 320 135 540 352 405 274 1900 754 1080
4 301 275 300 320 135 561 342 394 282 1400 616 1290
5 311 273 285 310 130 560 336 385 295 1290 518 1100
6 302 261 270 310 130 520 327 380 383 1400 473 922
7 292 254 260 300 130 460 324 376 414 1600 453 752
8 286 250 260 300 125 420 329 382 389 1740 430 589
9 285 247 250 300 125 380 331 383 339 1740 394 505
10 287 252 235 300 125 360 333 396 310 1660 356 460
11 282 263 230 300 125 350 347 396 294 1610 325 411
12 271 277 225 285 120 380 342 390 282 1520 306 378
13 267 289 220 275 120 420 342 386 280 1380 289 367
14 267 286 200 260 120 430 347 385 294 1320 281 428
15 274 286 160 250 115 410 355 397 303 1260 271 505
16 273 284 190 230 115 370 353 400 316 1150 275 493
17 276 288 210 215 115 315 352 391 338 1020 266 515
18 276 292 220 205 115 270 353 385 335 1020 250 519
19 276 294 230 200 115 280 360 378 380 1040 246 529
20 275 295 240 195 115 290 388 371 2460 1050 251 528
21 269 294 250 190 115 300 444 364 2670 1080 257 515
22 263 294 265 190 115 325 487 351 2320 1090 260 565
23 259 296 280 185 115 589 485 343 2400 1150 275 552
24 259 296 290 180 120 902 467 346 2430 1190 268 529
25 266 296 300 175 139 1050 444 338 2400 1210 266 420
26 262 295 310 175 178 910 423 314 2300 1280 264 371
27 258 295 320 170 210 755 407 288 2150 1360 308 476
28 258 273 330 165 244 657 402 275 2100 1390 412 513
29 254 308 330 165 287 530 392 272 2100 1360 419 499
30 254 300 330 160 --- 447 389 280 2100 1230 386 501
31 259 --- 330 155 --- 415 --- 274 --- 1130 396 ---
TOTAL 8564 8451 8220 7435 4028 15008 11314 11240 31490 42570 12292 17178
MEAN 276 282 265 240 139 484 377 363 1050 1373 397 573
MAX 311 308 330 330 287 1050 487 414 2670 2000 1080 1290
MIN 254 247 160 155 115 270 324 272 274 1020 246 367
AC-FT 16990 16760 16300 14750 7990 29770 22440 22290 62460 84440 24380 34070
STATISTICS OF MONTHLY MEAN DATA FOR WATER YEARS 1903 - 2000, BY WATER YEAR (WY)
MEAN 80.2 92.0 77.6 66.2 73.5 279 795 486 282 230 131 91.4
MAX 713 674 359 267 287 1184 3312 3235 1785 1373 2218 609
(WY) 1995 1995 1995 1997 1996 1999 1997 1997 1950 2000 1993 1999
MIN 9.88 12.4 7.48 6.37 5.47 6.76 65.2 54.0 25.2 14.7 7.46 7.43
(WY) 1937 1937 1937 1940 1937 1940 1991 1959 1934 1934 1936 1976
SUMMARY STATISTICS FOR 1999 CALENDAR YEAR FOR 2000 WATER YEAR WATER YEARS 1903 - 2000
ANNUAL TOTAL 283397 177790
ANNUAL MEAN 776 486 223
HIGHEST ANNUAL MEAN 804 1997
LOWEST ANNUAL MEAN 37.1 1934
HIGHEST DAILY MEAN 3210 Apr 5 2670 Jun 21 4800 Apr 19 1997
LOWEST DAILY MEAN 145 Jan 1 115 Feb 15 a 1.0 Sep 23 1976
ANNUAL SEVEN-DAY MINIMUM 146 Jan 1 115 Feb 15 2.0 Sep 17 1976
INSTANTANEOUS PEAK FLOW b 2670 Jun 21 c 4810 Apr 19 1997
INSTANTANEOUS PEAK STAGE d 20.70 Jun 24 f 22.90 Apr 9 1997
ANNUAL RUNOFF (AC-FT) 562100 352600 161700
10 PERCENT EXCEEDS 2290 1140 500
50 PERCENT EXCEEDS 371 320 80
90 PERCENT EXCEEDS 165 188 22
a Caused by diversion to Red River of the North
b All flow through diversion channel, gage height, 18.91 ft
c All flow through diversion channel, gage height, 22.68 ft
d Maximum gage height in diversion channel, backwater from Maple River
f Maximum gage height in diversion channel, backwater from ice
WATER-QUALITY RECORDS
PERIOD OF RECORD.--Water year 1998 to current year.
REMARKS.--Quality assurance sample also collected at this location.
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
06... 1325 301 -- -- -- 1090 9.0 7.5 -- -- --
DEC
06... 1325 269 -- -- -- 1040 4.0 1.0 -- -- --
JAN
19... 1635 197 -- -- -- 1190 -15.0 .5 -- -- --
MAR
22... 1405 319 -- -- -- 971 12.5 3.0 -- -- --
24... 1225 538 -- -- -- 1010 6.0 9.0 -- -- --
APR
13... 1050 350 8.1 8.1 1240 1240 6.5 7.0 500 110 55.0
MAY
03... 1310 414 -- -- -- -- 27.5 18.0 -- -- --
AUG
08... 0815 426 8.1 8.1 967 910 28.0 25.0 350 75.0 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
06... -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
DEC
06... -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
JAN
19... -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
MAR
22... -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
24... -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
APR
13... 10.0 2 95.0 29 335 41.0 .2 310 775 820
MAY
03... -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
AUG
08... 10.0 2 79.0 32 308 19.0 .2 210 744 647
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
06... -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
DEC
06... -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
JAN
19... -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
MAR
22... -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
24... -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
APR
13... 823 4.0 20 1 70.0 60 .1 <1 <1.0 550
MAY
03... -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
AUG
08... 618 10.0 120 <1 70.0 40 <.1 2 <1.0 360
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