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RED RIVER OF THE NORTH BASIN
05082500 RED RIVER OF THE NORTH AT GRAND FORKS, ND
LOCATION.--Lat 47°55'39", long 97°01'40", in sec.2, T.151 N., R.50 W., Polk County, MN, Hydrologic Unit 09020301, on right bank
30 ft downstream from the DeMers Avenue bridge, 0.4 mi downstream from Red Lake River, and at mile 297.6.
DRAINAGE AREA.--30,100 mi2, approximately, including 3,800 mi2 in closed basins.
WATER-DISCHARGE RECORDS
PERIOD OF RECORD.--April 1882 to current year. Prior to January 1904 monthly discharge only, published in WSP 1308.
REVISED RECORDS.--WSP 855: 1936(M). WSP 1115: 1942. WSP 1175: 1897(M). WSP 1388: 1904, 1914-15, 1917-19, 1921-22, 1927, 1950.
WSP 1728: Drainage area. WRD-ND-81-1: 1882, 1897 (M).
GAGE.--Water-stage recorder. Datum of gage is 779.00 ft above National Geodetic Vertical Datum of 1929. Oct. 1, 1983, to Sept.
30, 1986, datum of gage was 780.00 ft at same site. Apr. 14, 1965, to Sept. 30, 1983, water-stage recorder 1.9 mi downstream
at a datum of 778.35 ft. Nov. 3, 1933, to Apr. 13, 1965, water-stage recorder 0.3 mi upstream at 778.35 ft datum. See WSP
1728 or 1913 for history of changes prior to Nov. 3, 1933.
REMARKS.--Records good except for periods of estimated discharge, which are poor.
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 5910 e3750 e3200 e2300 e1700 e3500 6730 5000 3260 27400 4580 e2100
2 5610 e3700 e3400 e2250 e1700 e4500 6210 4900 3270 25700 5180 e2300
3 5230 e3700 e3500 e2250 e1700 e6000 5860 4780 3210 23600 4570 e2500
4 5040 3680 e3500 e2250 e1700 e7200 5660 4700 3160 20900 3780 e3000
5 4890 e3650 e3300 e2250 e1700 e8200 5710 4650 3090 17500 3530 e4300
6 4760 e3700 e2800 e2200 e1700 e8900 5750 4550 3110 13200 3290 e5000
7 4560 3760 2460 e2200 e1700 e9200 5720 4470 3170 9740 3120 e5000
8 4440 e3730 2190 e2200 e1700 e9800 5720 4380 3190 9670 3210 e4700
9 4420 3700 2230 e2200 e1700 e10200 5740 4160 3240 12600 2970 e4000
10 4590 3750 2420 e2200 e1700 e10500 5610 4100 3250 14800 2880 e3400
11 4620 3940 2540 e2150 e1700 e10500 5450 4100 3190 15400 e2700 e3000
12 4620 3770 2690 e2100 e1700 e10200 5260 4160 3090 14800 e2600 e2700
13 4610 3690 2790 e2100 e1700 e10000 5140 4160 3070 13300 e2500 e2500
14 4570 3750 2990 e2050 e1700 e9500 5090 4170 3100 11400 e2450 e2300
15 4530 3780 3040 e2050 e1700 e9000 5060 4230 2990 9670 e2450 e2200
16 4500 3800 e2650 e2000 e1680 e8200 5030 4220 3320 7900 e2500 e2100
17 4470 3840 2460 e2000 e1680 e7200 5020 4210 3820 7010 e2650 e2100
18 4440 3910 2350 e2000 e1680 6540 5090 4250 4560 6600 e2750 e2100
19 4390 3950 2200 e2000 e1680 6070 5170 4180 5980 6180 e2750 e2100
20 4340 3960 2130 e1950 e1680 5680 5130 4100 7940 5820 e2700 e2100
21 4200 3950 1970 e1950 e1680 5370 5060 4020 13200 5470 2660 e2100
22 4150 3960 1930 e1900 e1750 5480 5010 3890 20400 5160 2500 e2100
23 4140 3980 1970 e1900 e1850 6110 5030 3750 25100 4990 2420 e2100
24 4130 3950 e2000 e1850 e1900 6510 5140 3660 28400 4860 2420 e2100
25 4050 3950 e2200 e1850 e2000 7150 5320 3610 30600 4720 2390 e2150
26 4000 3930 e2400 e1800 e2250 8870 5420 3540 31400 4520 2370 e2350
27 3900 3860 e2500 e1800 e2500 10600 5440 3460 31300 4410 2230 e2600
28 3830 3780 e2500 e1750 e3000 11200 5350 3460 30800 4310 2180 e2950
29 3740 3160 e2450 e1750 e3250 10000 5240 3400 29900 4210 e2150 e3000
30 3730 2980 e2400 e1700 --- 8570 5110 3360 28800 4140 e2150 e2900
31 3750 --- e2350 e1700 --- 7420 --- 3300 --- 4180 e2100 ---
TOTAL 138160 113010 79510 62650 54080 248170 162270 126920 342910 324160 88730 83850
MEAN 4457 3767 2565 2021 1865 8005 5409 4094 11430 10460 2862 2795
MAX 5910 3980 3500 2300 3250 11200 6730 5000 31400 27400 5180 5000
MIN 3730 2980 1930 1700 1680 3500 5010 3300 2990 4140 2100 2100
AC-FT 274000 224200 157700 124300 107300 492200 321900 251700 680200 643000 176000 166300
STATISTICS OF MONTHLY MEAN DATA FOR WATER YEARS 1904 - 2000, BY WATER YEAR (WY)
MEAN 1477 1266 1037 864 848 2790 10070 5507 4140 3592 1825 1563
MAX 5127 5218 3571 2030 3520 15370 56210 36510 19340 25270 17050 11340
(WY) 1995 1972 1999 1996 1998 1995 1997 1950 1962 1975 1993 1999
MIN 12.1 30.5 17.8 18.8 2.87 42.1 954 373 151 88.8 30.6 20.3
(WY) 1937 1937 1937 1937 1937 1937 1938 1934 1934 1936 1934 1936
SUMMARY STATISTICS FOR 1999 CALENDAR YEAR FOR 2000 WATER YEAR WATER YEARS 1904 - 2000
ANNUAL TOTAL 3079680 1824420
ANNUAL MEAN 8437 4985 2899
HIGHEST ANNUAL MEAN 10070 1997
LOWEST ANNUAL MEAN 244 1934
HIGHEST DAILY MEAN 49700 Apr 1 31400 Jun 26 127000 Apr 18 1997
LOWEST DAILY MEAN 1500 Feb 10 1680 Feb 16 1.8 Sep 2 1977
ANNUAL SEVEN-DAY MINIMUM 1510 Feb 8 1680 Feb 15 2.5 Feb 12 1937
INSTANTANEOUS PEAK FLOW 31500 Jun 26 a 137000 Apr 18 1997
INSTANTANEOUS PEAK STAGE 37.14 Jun 28 b 54.35 Apr 22 1997
ANNUAL RUNOFF (AC-FT) 6109000 3619000 2100000
10 PERCENT EXCEEDS 20800 9060 6370
50 PERCENT EXCEEDS 4930 3750 1400
90 PERCENT EXCEEDS 1710 1950 281
a Maximum observed, affected by breakout from Red River about 20 miles upstream of gage that entered Red Lake
River about 2 miles upstream of confluence with the Red River
b From floodmark
e Estimated
WATER-QUALITY RECORDS
PERIOD OF RECORD.--Water years 1949, 1956 to current year.
WATER-QUALITY DATA, WATER YEAR OCTOBER 1999 TO SEPTEMBER 2000
DIS- PH SPE-
CHARGE, WATER CIFIC SPE- HARD- MAGNE-
INST. WHOLE CON- CIFIC NESS CALCIUM SIUM,
CUBIC FIELD DUCT- CON- TEMPER- TEMPER- TOTAL DIS- DIS-
FEET (STAND- ANCE DUCT- ATURE ATURE (MG/L SOLVED SOLVED
DATE TIME PER ARD LAB ANCE AIR WATER AS (MG/L (MG/L
SECOND UNITS) (US/CM) (US/CM) (DEG C) (DEG C) CACO3) AS CA) AS MG)
(00061) (00400) (90095) (00095) (00020) (00010) (00900) (00915) (00925)
OCT
13... 1105 4660 -- -- 569 13.0 9.0 -- -- --
FEB
22... 1155 1790 -- -- 612 11.5 .5 -- -- --
MAR
27... 0915 10400 -- -- 698 -2.0 5.0 -- -- --
MAY
01... 1130 5020 8.4 -- 740 16.5 14.0 350 73.0 40.0
23... 1030 3720 -- -- 800 21.5 17.0 -- -- --
JUN
25... 0915 30000 8.0 394 391 17.0 19.0 180 44.0 18.0
SEP
26... 1140 2360 -- -- 653 13.0 12.5 -- -- --
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
13... -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
FEB
22... -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
MAR
27... -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
MAY
01... 5.0 .7 30.0 16 242 19.0 .1 150 6610 488
23... -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
JUN
25... 4.2 .3 9.0 9 140 7.7 .2 61.0 20600 254
SEP
26... -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
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
13... -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
FEB
22... -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
MAR
27... -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
MAY
01... 463 3.0 20 4 30.0 10 <.1 <1 <1.0 340
23... -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
JUN
25... 228 5.0 70 1 20.0 40 <.1 2 2.0 230
SEP
26... -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
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