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RED RIVER OF THE NORTH BASIN
05084000 FOREST RIVER NEAR FORDVILLE, ND
LOCATION.--Lat 48°11'50", long 97°43'49", on line between secs.32 and 33, T.155 N., R.55 W., Walsh County, Hydrologic Unit
09020308, on right bank 50 ft upstream from highway bridge, 0.5 mi downstream from South Branch, and 3 mi southeast of
Fordville.
DRAINAGE AREA.--456 mi2, of which about 120 mi2 is probably noncontributing.
WATER-DISCHARGE RECORDS
PERIOD OF RECORD.--April 1940 to current year.
GAGE.--Water-stage recorder. Elevation of gage is 1,035 ft above sea level, from topographic map. Prior to July 21, 1951,
nonrecording gage at site 50 ft downstream at same datum.
REMARKS.--Records good except for periods of estimated discharge, which are poor. Some regulation of high flows by temporary
retention in several retarding basins above station. Retarding basins have a combined capacity of about 14,000 acre-ft.
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 14 16 e12 e11 e10 e17 18 17 11 20 9.9 6.6
2 14 14 e12 e11 e10 e20 19 17 12 19 9.6 8.1
3 14 14 e11 e11 e10 23 20 16 10 19 10 9.1
4 16 14 e11 e11 e10 24 19 16 10 18 9.7 9.3
5 16 14 e11 e11 e10 26 18 16 10 21 10 8.4
6 15 14 e11 e10 e10 25 19 15 9.7 19 9.5 9.0
7 15 13 e11 e10 e10 24 18 15 9.5 23 8.1 8.1
8 15 13 e11 e10 e10 23 17 16 9.9 25 7.8 7.3
9 15 13 e11 e10 e10 20 16 15 9.0 25 6.4 6.5
10 16 14 e11 e10 e10 e20 17 15 9.0 22 6.0 7.2
11 15 13 e11 e10 e10 e20 17 15 9.1 22 5.4 6.3
12 16 13 e11 e10 e10 e20 16 15 9.4 25 5.5 6.1
13 15 13 e11 e10 e10 e20 17 15 15 25 6.3 5.6
14 15 13 e11 e10 e10 20 17 14 32 23 6.3 5.5
15 15 13 e11 e10 e10 19 16 14 44 22 5.9 5.6
16 15 13 e11 e10 e10 17 17 14 39 21 5.6 5.7
17 15 13 e11 e10 e10 17 17 13 33 19 5.7 7.6
18 15 14 e11 e10 e10 18 16 13 28 19 5.9 5.4
19 14 e13 e11 e10 e10 18 16 12 25 19 6.5 6.0
20 14 e13 e11 e10 e10 19 16 12 27 18 7.7 7.2
21 14 e13 e11 e10 e10 18 16 12 36 17 11 6.1
22 14 e13 e11 e10 e11 18 16 12 39 16 11 9.1
23 14 e13 e11 e10 e11 18 16 12 36 14 10 9.4
24 14 e12 e11 e10 e11 23 17 12 35 13 8.6 8.7
25 15 e12 e11 e10 e12 23 17 11 33 14 7.3 7.7
26 14 e12 e11 e10 e13 21 17 11 31 14 6.3 7.7
27 14 e12 e11 e10 e13 19 17 11 28 13 5.3 7.3
28 15 e12 e11 e10 e15 18 17 12 27 12 5.4 7.6
29 15 e12 e11 e10 e16 18 18 12 25 11 5.5 8.1
30 15 e12 e11 e10 --- 18 17 12 23 11 6.9 7.8
31 15 --- e11 e10 --- 18 --- 11 --- 11 6.1 ---
TOTAL 458 393 343 315 312 622 514 423 674.6 570 231.2 220.1
MEAN 14.8 13.1 11.1 10.2 10.8 20.1 17.1 13.6 22.5 18.4 7.46 7.34
MAX 16 16 12 11 16 26 20 17 44 25 11 9.4
MIN 14 12 11 10 10 17 16 11 9.0 11 5.3 5.4
AC-FT 908 780 680 625 619 1230 1020 839 1340 1130 459 437
STATISTICS OF MONTHLY MEAN DATA FOR WATER YEARS 1940 - 2000, BY WATER YEAR (WY)
MEAN 10.5 9.35 7.76 6.77 8.05 67.9 210 70.2 34.6 27.9 13.2 8.97
MAX 57.9 23.7 19.3 16.3 38.4 323 1182 1037 255 232 280 53.3
(WY) 1983 1983 1998 1986 1998 1995 1950 1950 1964 1982 1993 1993
MIN 1.52 2.03 2.06 2.70 1.21 4.07 9.46 7.07 2.74 3.34 1.64 .91
(WY) 1941 1941 1941 1941 1963 1941 1991 1961 1940 1941 1945 1940
SUMMARY STATISTICS FOR 1999 CALENDAR YEAR FOR 2000 WATER YEAR WATER YEARS 1940 - 2000
ANNUAL TOTAL 28062.7 5075.9
ANNUAL MEAN 76.9 13.9 40.0
HIGHEST ANNUAL MEAN 193 1950
LOWEST ANNUAL MEAN 6.37 1990
HIGHEST DAILY MEAN 1240 Apr 8 44 Jun 15 10900 Apr 18 1950
LOWEST DAILY MEAN 8.0 Jan 1 5.3 Aug 27 .00 Apr 1 1940
ANNUAL SEVEN-DAY MINIMUM 8.4 Jan 1 5.8 Aug 11 .00 Apr 1 1940
INSTANTANEOUS PEAK FLOW 49 Jun 15 16400 a Apr 18 1950
INSTANTANEOUS PEAK STAGE 1.91 Jun 15 14.48 b Apr 18 1950
ANNUAL RUNOFF (AC-FT) 55660 10070 29000
10 PERCENT EXCEEDS 232 21 53
50 PERCENT EXCEEDS 15 12 8.8
90 PERCENT EXCEEDS 9.6 7.7 3.8
a From rating curve extended above 5,600 ft3/s on basis of indirect measurement
b From floodmark
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- DIS- PH PH SPE-
CHARGE, CHARGE, WATER WATER CIFIC SPE- HARD-
IN INST. WHOLE WHOLE CON- CIFIC NESS CALCIUM
CUBIC CUBIC FIELD LAB DUCT- CON- TEMPER- TEMPER- TOTAL DIS-
FEET FEET (STAND- (STAND- ANCE DUCT- ATURE ATURE (MG/L SOLVED
DATE TIME PER PER ARD ARD LAB ANCE AIR WATER AS (MG/L
SECOND SECOND UNITS) UNITS) (US/CM) (US/CM) (DEG C) (DEG C) CACO3) AS CA)
(00060) (00061) (00400) (00403) (90095) (00095) (00020) (00010) (00900) (00915)
OCT
05... 1415 -- 15 -- -- -- 774 9.0 8.0 -- --
NOV
17... 1645 -- 13 -- -- -- 820 11.0 3.5 -- --
JAN
24... 1240 10 -- -- -- -- 864 .0 .0 -- --
MAR
03... 1505 -- 23 -- -- -- 906 6.5 3.0 -- --
15... 1440 -- 22 -- -- -- 856 4.5 3.0 -- --
APR
26... 1130 -- 17 8.4 -- 779 778 21.0 13.5 350 82.0
MAY
17... 1200 -- 14 -- -- -- 795 13.5 13.5 -- --
AUG
04... 1425 -- 9.7 8.4 8.1 801 756 32.5 26.5 340 79.0
ANC SOLIDS,
MAGNE- POTAS- SODIUM UNFLTRD CHLO- FLUO- SOLIDS, RESIDUE
SIUM, SIUM, AD- SODIUM, TIT 4.5 RIDE, RIDE, SULFATE DIS- AT 180
DIS- DIS- SORP- DIS- LAB DIS- DIS- DIS- SOLVED DEG. C
SOLVED SOLVED TION SOLVED (MG/L SOLVED SOLVED SOLVED (TONS DIS-
DATE (MG/L (MG/L RATIO (MG/L SODIUM AS (MG/L (MG/L (MG/L PER SOLVED
AS MG) AS K) AS NA) PERCENT CACO3) AS CL) AS F) AS SO4) DAY) (MG/L)
(00925) (00935) (00931) (00930) (00932) (90410) (00940) (00950) (00945) (70302) (70300)
OCT
05... -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
NOV
17... -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
JAN
24... -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
MAR
03... -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
15... -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
APR
26... 36.0 4.0 .8 34.0 17 240 13.0 .2 180 23.4 520
MAY
17... -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
AUG
04... 35.0 5.4 .9 39.0 20 244 16.0 .2 170 13.6 518
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
05... -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
NOV
17... -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
JAN
24... -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
MAR
03... -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
15... -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
APR
26... 494 2.0 20 <1 30.0 190 <.1 <1 <1.0 410
MAY
17... -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
AUG
04... 491 7.0 80 1 40.0 100 <.1 2 1.0 320
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