RED RIVER OF THE NORTH BASIN
05102500 RED RIVER OF THE NORTH AT EMERSON, MANITOBA
(International gaging station)
LOCATION.--Lat 49°00'30", long 97°12'40", in sec.2, T.1, R.2 E., Hydrologic Unit 09020311, on right bank 1,500 ft downstream
from Canadian National Railway bridge in Emerson, 0.8 mi downstream from international boundary, 3.6 mi downstream from
Pembina River, and at mile 154.3.
DRAINAGE AREA.--40,200 mi2, approximately, includes 3,800 mi2 in closed basins.
WATER-DISCHARGE RECORDS
PERIOD OF RECORD.--March to November 1902 (gage heights only), May 1912 to September 1929 (monthly discharge only, published in
WSP 1308), October 1929 to current year.
GAGE.--Water-stage recorder. Datum of gage is Geodetic Survey of Canada Datum of 1929. See WSP 1728 or 1913 for history of
changes prior to Apr. 10, 1953.
COOPERATION.--This station is one of the international gaging stations maintained by Canada under agreement with the United
States. Records provided by Water Survey of Canada.
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 6070 3960 e3250 e2730 e1770 e4480 9320 5620 3350 31600 4270 4630
2 6000 3920 e3160 e2680 e1760 e6460 8690 5540 3320 31800 4240 4590
3 5930 3880 e3200 e2630 e1760 e7980 7880 5470 3280 31700 4200 4480
4 5760 3880 e3290 e2560 e1750 e8760 7170 5330 3240 31500 4100 4270
5 5580 3850 e3410 e2500 e1750 e8970 e6670 5230 3210 30700 4030 4130
6 5330 3850 e3600 e2440 e1750 e8970 6390 5120 3170 29600 4030 3990
7 5160 3810 e3780 e2400 e1740 e9040 6320 5050 3120 28700 3960 3960
8 4980 3810 e3880 e2380 e1740 e9180 6320 4940 3060 27400 3810 4130
9 4840 3780 e3490 e2370 e1740 e9150 6290 4840 3060 25500 3640 4410
10 4730 3810 e3240 e2370 e1730 e9180 6290 4730 3080 23600 3430 4660
11 4630 3810 e3210 e2340 e1720 e9500 6250 4590 3200 21800 3260 4700
12 4590 3810 e3180 e2300 e1710 e9850 6180 4450 3430 20400 3190 4560
13 4590 3850 e3150 e2270 e1710 e10100 6040 4380 3880 19200 3160 4310
14 4590 3850 e3210 e2250 e1690 e10100 5900 4340 4800 17900 3200 4030
15 4590 3880 e3280 e2230 e1670 e9890 5720 4310 6140 16400 3240 3710
16 4590 3880 e3350 e2190 e1660 e9680 5580 4310 7800 14900 3140 3400
17 4590 3850 e3440 e2160 e1650 e9460 5510 4270 9680 13100 2980 3140
18 4560 3850 e3450 e2110 e1640 e9150 5400 4240 11400 11300 2840 2910
19 4520 3850 e3450 e2070 e1620 e8650 5370 4240 12900 9710 2770 2720
20 4480 3850 e3430 e2030 e1620 e8160 5370 4240 14100 8330 2780 2580
21 4410 3850 e3360 e1990 e1610 e7730 5400 4240 15200 7310 2900 2460
22 4380 3880 e3240 e1960 e1610 e7700 5440 4200 16600 6570 3080 2390
23 4340 3880 e3090 e1940 e1610 e8370 5440 4100 18600 6070 3310 2340
24 4270 3920 e2960 e1910 e1620 7420 5400 3990 21300 5690 3500 2310
25 4240 3920 e2830 e1890 e1650 6430 5370 3880 23700 5370 3570 2270
26 4200 3920 e2740 e1850 e1720 6220 5400 3780 25800 5160 3570 2250
27 4170 3920 e2660 e1820 e1790 6600 5440 3670 27700 4940 3480 2240
28 4130 3920 e2680 e1820 e1930 7450 5540 3570 29100 4770 3380 2270
29 4100 3920 e2740 e1800 e2600 8620 5620 3510 30200 4590 3510 2330
30 4060 e3710 e2740 e1780 --- 9360 5620 3450 31100 4450 4030 2420
31 3990 --- e2750 e1780 --- 9530 --- 3400 --- 4340 4450 ---
TOTAL 146400 115870 99240 67550 50320 262140 183330 137030 348520 504400 109050 102590
MEAN 4723 3862 3201 2179 1735 8456 6111 4420 11620 16270 3518 3420
MAX 6070 3960 3880 2730 2600 10100 9320 5620 31100 31800 4450 4700
MIN 3990 3710 2660 1780 1610 4480 5370 3400 3060 4340 2770 2240
AC-FT 290400 229800 196800 134000 99810 520000 363600 271800 691300 1000000 216300 203500
STATISTICS OF MONTHLY MEAN DATA FOR WATER YEARS 1912 - 2000, BY WATER YEAR (WY)
MEAN 1627 1442 1085 871 834 2573 13740 9443 5345 4490 2176 1780
MAX 6015 5163 4257 2224 2446 20490 48890 72820 25430 28020 27000 11480
(WY) 1995 1972 1999 1999 1998 1998 1997 1950 1962 1975 1993 1999
MIN 28.6 23.8 33.4 7.05 1.21 2.25 1282 663 196 121 46.6 23.8
(WY) 1937 1937 1937 1937 1937 1937 1938 1934 1934 1936 1934 1934
SUMMARY STATISTICS FOR 1999 CALENDAR YEAR FOR 2000 WATER YEAR WATER YEARS 1912 - 2000
ANNUAL TOTAL 4013340 2126440
ANNUAL MEAN 11000 5810 3795
HIGHEST ANNUAL MEAN 12830 1997
LOWEST ANNUAL MEAN 333 1934
HIGHEST DAILY MEAN 58600 Apr 12 31800 Jul 2 133000 Apr 26 1997
LOWEST DAILY MEAN 1980 Jan 30 1610 Feb 21 .90 Feb 6 1937
ANNUAL SEVEN-DAY MINIMUM 2000 Jan 26 1620 Feb 18 .97 Feb 4 1937
INSTANTANEOUS PEAK FLOW 31800 Jul 2 133000 Apr 26 1997
INSTANTANEOUS PEAK STAGE 775.30 Jul 5 792.41 Apr 26 1997
INSTANTANEOUS LOW FLOW .90 Feb 6 1937
ANNUAL RUNOFF (AC-FT) 7960000 4218000 2749000
10 PERCENT EXCEEDS 28100 9690 8620
50 PERCENT EXCEEDS 5370 3990 1520
90 PERCENT EXCEEDS 2130 1940 278
e Estimated
WATER-QUALITY RECORDS
PERIOD OF RECORD.--Water year 1978 to current year.
WATER-QUALITY DATA, WATER YEAR OCTOBER 1999 TO SEPTEMBER 2000
BARO- OXYGEN, PH PH SPE-
METRIC DIS- WATER WATER CIFIC SPE- HARD-
PRES- SOLVED WHOLE WHOLE CON- CIFIC NESS
SURE (PER- OXYGEN, FIELD LAB DUCT- CON- TEMPER- TEMPER- TOTAL
(MM CENT DIS- (STAND- (STAND- ANCE DUCT- ATURE ATURE (MG/L
DATE TIME OF SATUR- SOLVED ARD ARD LAB ANCE AIR WATER AS
HG) ATION) (MG/L) UNITS) UNITS) (US/CM) (US/CM) (DEG C) (DEG C) CACO3)
(00025) (00301) (00300) (00400) (00403) (90095) (00095) (00020) (00010) (00900)
JAN
27... 1115 750 109 15.6 8.1 7.9 719 740 -9.0 .0 310
MAR
07... 1100 740 80 10.5 7.9 -- 776 786 9.0 2.5 280
ALKA- BICAR- CAR-
MAGNE- POTAS- SODIUM LINITY BONATE BONATE CHLO- FLUO-
CALCIUM SIUM, SIUM, AD- SODIUM, WAT DIS WATER WATER RIDE, RIDE,
DIS- DIS- DIS- SORP- DIS- TOT IT DIS IT DIS IT DIS- DIS-
SOLVED SOLVED SOLVED TION SOLVED FIELD FIELD FIELD SOLVED SOLVED
DATE (MG/L (MG/L (MG/L RATIO (MG/L SODIUM MG/L AS MG/L AS MG/L AS (MG/L (MG/L
AS CA) AS MG) AS K) AS NA) PERCENT CACO3 HCO3 CO3 AS CL) AS F)
(00915) (00925) (00935) (00931) (00930) (00932) (39086) (00453) (00452) (00940) (00950)
JAN
27... 70.6 33.0 5.3 .9 36.7 20 296 361 0 27.2 .2
MAR
07... 62.3 31.4 10.9 .9 36.1 21 146 178 0 60.4 .1
NITRO- NITRO- NITRO- NITRO- NITRO- NITRO- NITRO-
SILICA, GEN,AM- GEN,AM- GEN, GEN, GEN, GEN, GEN, NITRO-
DIS- SULFATE MONIA + MONIA + AMMONIA NITRITE NITRATE NO2+NO3 ORGANIC GEN, NITRO-
SOLVED DIS- ORGANIC ORGANIC DIS- DIS- DIS- DIS- DIS- ORGANIC GEN,
(MG/L SOLVED DIS. TOTAL SOLVED SOLVED SOLVED SOLVED SOLVED TOTAL TOTAL
DATE AS (MG/L (MG/L (MG/L (MG/L (MG/L (MG/L (MG/L (MG/L (MG/L (MG/L
SIO2) AS SO4) AS N) AS N) AS N) AS N) AS N) AS N) AS N) AS N) AS N)
(00955) (00945) (00623) (00625) (00608) (00613) (00618) (00631) (00607) (00605) (00600)
JAN
27... 12.7 80.9 <.10 .95 .143 <.010 -- .248 -- .81 1.2
MAR
07... 11.5 139 1.6 1.9 .196 .117 3.59 3.70 1.4 1.7 5.6
PHOS- SOLIDS, SOLIDS,
NITRO- PHOS- PHORUS RESIDUE SUM OF MANGA- ACETO- ALA- ATRA-
GEN PHORUS ORTHO, PHOS- AT 180 CONSTI- IRON, NESE, CHLOR, CHLOR, ZINE,
DIS- DIS- DIS- PHORUS DEG. C TUENTS, DIS- DIS- WATER WATER, WATER,
SOLVED SOLVED SOLVED TOTAL DIS- DIS- SOLVED SOLVED FLTRD DISS, DISS,
DATE (MG/L (MG/L (MG/L (MG/L SOLVED SOLVED (UG/L (UG/L REC REC, REC
AS N) AS P) AS P) AS P) (MG/L) (MG/L) AS FE) AS MN) (UG/L) (UG/L) (UG/L)
(00602) (00666) (00671) (00665) (70300) (70301) (01046) (01056) (49260) (46342) (39632)
JAN
27... -- .058 .035 .076 455 446 10 25 <.002 <.002 .038
MAR
07... 5.3 .265 .200 .360 507 456 30 63 <.002 <.002 .021
METHYL BEN- CAR- CARBO- DEETHYL
AZIN- FLUR- BUTYL- BARYL FURAN CYANA- DCPA ATRA-
PHOS ALIN ATE, WATER WATER CHLOR- ZINE, WATER ZINE, DI-
WAT FLT WAT FLD WATER, FLTRD FLTRD PYRIFOS WATER, FLTRD P,P' WATER, AZINON,
0.7 U 0.7 U DISS, 0.7 U 0.7 U DIS- DISS, 0.7 U DDE DISS, DIS-
DATE GF, REC GF, REC REC GF, REC GF, REC SOLVED REC GF, REC DISSOLV REC SOLVED
(UG/L) (UG/L) (UG/L) (UG/L) (UG/L) (UG/L) (UG/L) (UG/L) (UG/L) (UG/L) (UG/L)
(82686) (82673) (04028) (82680) (82674) (38933) (04041) (82682) (34653) (04040) (39572)
JAN
27... <.001 <.002 <.002 <.003 <.003 <.004 .010 E.002 <.006 E.020 <.002
MAR
07... <.001 <.002 <.002 <.003 <.003 <.004 <.004 <.002 <.006 E.010 <.002
2,6-DI- DISUL- ETHAL- ETHO- LIN-
ETHYL FOTON EPTC FLUR- PROP URON
DI- ANILINE WATER WATER ALIN WATER FONOFOS ALPHA WATER MALA-
ELDRIN WAT FLT FLTRD FLTRD WAT FLT FLTRD WATER BHC LINDANE FLTRD THION,
DIS- 0.7 U 0.7 U 0.7 U 0.7 U 0.7 U DISS DIS- DIS- 0.7 U DIS-
DATE SOLVED GF, REC GF, REC GF, REC GF, REC GF, REC REC SOLVED SOLVED GF, REC SOLVED
(UG/L) (UG/L) (UG/L) (UG/L) (UG/L) (UG/L) (UG/L) (UG/L) (UG/L) (UG/L) (UG/L)
(39381) (82660) (82677) (82668) (82663) (82672) (04095) (34253) (39341) (82666) (39532)
JAN
27... <.001 <.003 <.017 <.002 <.004 <.003 <.003 <.002 <.004 <.002 <.005
MAR
07... <.001 <.003 <.017 .020 <.004 <.003 <.003 <.002 <.004 <.002 <.005
METHYL MOL- NAPROP- PEB- PENDI- PER-
PARA- METRI- INATE AMIDE ULATE METH- METHRIN PHORATE PRO-
THION METO- BUZIN WATER WATER PARA- WATER ALIN CIS WATER METON,
WAT FLT LACHLOR SENCOR FLTRD FLTRD THION, FILTRD WAT FLT WAT FLT FLTRD WATER,
0.7 U WATER WATER 0.7 U 0.7 U DIS- 0.7 U 0.7 U 0.7 U 0.7 U DISS,
DATE GF, REC DISSOLV DISSOLV GF, REC GF, REC SOLVED GF, REC GF, REC GF, REC GF, REC REC
(UG/L) (UG/L) (UG/L) (UG/L) (UG/L) (UG/L) (UG/L) (UG/L) (UG/L) (UG/L) (UG/L)
(82667) (39415) (82630) (82671) (82684) (39542) (82669) (82683) (82687) (82664) (04037)
JAN
27... <.006 E.003 <.004 <.004 .006 <.004 <.004 <.004 <.005 <.002 <.018
MAR
07... <.006 .043 <.004 <.004 <.003 <.004 <.004 <.004 <.005 <.002 .025
PRON- PRO- PRO- TEBU- TER- TER- THIO- TRIAL- TRI-
AMIDE PROPA- PANIL PARGITE SI- THIURON BACIL BUFOS BENCARB LATE FLUR-
WATER CHLOR, WATER WATER MAZINE, WATER WATER WATER WATER WATER ALIN
FLTRD WATER, FLTRD FLTRD WATER, FLTRD FLTRD FLTRD FLTRD FLTRD WAT FLT
0.7 U DISS, 0.7 U 0.7 U DISS, 0.7 U 0.7 U 0.7 U 0.7 U 0.7 U 0.7 U
DATE GF, REC REC GF, REC GF, REC REC GF, REC GF, REC GF, REC GF, REC GF, REC GF, REC
(UG/L) (UG/L) (UG/L) (UG/L) (UG/L) (UG/L) (UG/L) (UG/L) (UG/L) (UG/L) (UG/L)
(82676) (04024) (82679) (82685) (04035) (82670) (82665) (82675) (82681) (82678) (82661)
JAN
27... <.003 <.007 <.004 <.013 <.005 <.010 <.007 <.013 <.002 <.001 <.002
MAR
07... <.003 <.007 <.004 <.013 .016 <.010 <.007 <.013 <.002 <.001 E.002
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