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RED RIVER OF THE NORTH BASIN
05116500 DES LACS RIVER AT FOXHOLM, ND
LOCATION.--Lat 48°22'14", long 101°34'11", in NW1/4NE1/4NW1/4 sec 2, T.156 N., R.85 W., Ward County, Hydrologic Unit 09010002,
on left bank 200 ft upstream from county highway bridge in Foxholm, and at mile 23.0.
DRAINAGE AREA.--939 mi2, of which about 400 mi2 is probably noncontributing.
WATER-DISCHARGE RECORDS
PERIOD OF RECORD.--June 1904 to July 1906, October 1945 to current year. Monthly discharge only for some periods, published in
WSP 1308.
REVISED RECORDS.--WSP 1728: Drainage area.
GAGE.--Water-stage recorder. Datum of gage is 1,632.98 ft above sea level. June 14 to Oct. 23, 1955, non-recording gage at site
200 ft downstream from present gage at same datum. See WSP 1728 or 1913 for history of changes prior to June 14, 1955.
REMARKS.--Records good except for periods of estimated daily discharges, which are fair. Flow is affected by reservoirs of Des
Lacs National Wildlife Refuge. Combined reservoir capacity is about 54,000 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 37 23 22 15 e3.5 23 6.8 5.9 6.7 4.6 4.3 4.6
2 34 20 23 14 e3.7 23 7.4 5.6 7.3 4.6 4.4 5.2
3 28 20 23 13 e3.9 20 7.8 5.3 6.8 10 10 5.5
4 27 15 21 13 e4.1 18 7.3 5.1 7.2 109 13 5.8
5 27 14 16 13 e4.5 20 7.7 4.9 7.0 98 9.8 6.3
6 28 15 18 12 e4.6 27 7.5 5.3 6.0 91 7.8 5.8
7 28 25 20 11 e4.7 43 6.8 5.6 5.5 65 6.4 5.9
8 27 29 22 11 e4.9 48 6.5 6.0 5.4 37 5.6 5.6
9 27 30 21 12 e5.0 14 6.1 5.9 5.1 28 5.1 5.3
10 27 34 17 12 e4.8 21 6.4 6.0 5.1 23 4.8 5.1
11 32 45 18 12 e4.6 14 6.6 6.7 4.9 19 4.5 4.7
12 42 35 19 12 e4.3 13 6.6 11 5.1 17 4.4 4.4
13 41 29 19 10 e4.1 12 6.8 26 6.4 14 4.3 4.0
14 40 26 20 9.2 e4.0 10 7.4 32 11 12 3.9 4.0
15 38 25 19 8.2 e3.8 9.9 7.5 21 11 11 3.7 3.9
16 37 24 16 7.4 e3.7 9.8 7.4 15 14 10 3.5 3.8
17 35 23 14 8.2 e3.6 9.2 7.4 12 16 9.5 3.5 4.4
18 33 22 15 9.5 e3.5 10 7.4 10 15 8.9 3.8 6.7
19 30 22 16 8.2 e3.5 11 7.1 9.1 13 8.8 3.9 7.4
20 31 21 15 5.8 e3.9 12 6.8 8.5 11 8.7 5.2 6.8
21 30 21 11 5.9 e5.2 12 6.5 8.3 8.9 8.4 9.4 5.9
22 29 20 9.4 5.8 e7.8 12 6.4 8.1 7.1 7.8 11 5.8
23 29 19 8.9 4.9 10 11 6.2 7.2 6.2 7.4 9.6 6.1
24 27 15 9.1 5.0 11 12 6.0 6.8 6.1 7.0 8.7 5.8
25 26 18 9.6 4.5 12 12 5.9 6.2 5.9 6.6 7.7 5.2
26 27 21 10 3.7 16 11 5.8 5.8 5.5 6.4 7.1 4.4
27 27 21 11 e3.7 19 9.2 5.8 7.1 5.2 5.8 6.6 4.4
28 26 18 12 e3.7 22 8.1 5.7 7.1 5.1 5.4 6.2 4.5
29 27 19 16 e3.6 22 7.6 5.5 6.0 4.9 5.1 5.8 4.8
30 41 21 18 e3.5 --- 7.3 5.9 5.8 4.8 4.9 5.3 4.7
31 28 --- 15 e3.4 --- 7.2 --- 5.5 --- 4.6 4.8 ---
TOTAL 966 690 504.0 264.2 207.7 477.3 201.0 280.8 229.2 658.5 194.1 156.8
MEAN 31.2 23.0 16.3 8.52 7.16 15.4 6.70 9.06 7.64 21.2 6.26 5.23
MAX 42 45 23 15 22 48 7.8 32 16 109 13 7.4
MIN 26 14 8.9 3.4 3.5 7.2 5.5 4.9 4.8 4.6 3.5 3.8
AC-FT 1920 1370 1000 524 412 947 399 557 455 1310 385 311
STATISTICS OF MONTHLY MEAN DATA FOR WATER YEARS 1904 - 2000, BY WATER YEAR (WY)
MEAN 9.90 6.48 2.97 1.38 4.43 49.0 121 63.2 37.9 23.5 12.3 11.2
MAX 83.5 50.7 16.3 8.52 76.1 362 730 399 228 216 108 97.9
(WY) 1976 1976 2000 2000 1981 1976 1976 1975 1975 1999 1972 1975
MIN .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 .10 1.77 .30 .020 .000 .000 .000
(WY) 1993 1993 1959 1946 1946 1948 1963 1993 1961 1961 1961 1958
SUMMARY STATISTICS FOR 1999 CALENDAR YEAR FOR 2000 WATER YEAR WATER YEARS 1904 - 2000
ANNUAL TOTAL 35467.4 4829.6
ANNUAL MEAN 97.2 13.2 28.6
HIGHEST ANNUAL MEAN 148 1976
LOWEST ANNUAL MEAN .44 1991
HIGHEST DAILY MEAN 1110 Jul 16 109 Jul 4 3200 Apr 30 1970
LOWEST DAILY MEAN 2.1 Jan 4 3.4 Jan 31 .00 Dec 11 1945
ANNUAL SEVEN-DAY MINIMUM 2.2 Jan 21 3.6 Jan 26 .00 Dec 11 1945
INSTANTANEOUS PEAK FLOW 295 Jul 4 4260 Apr 19 1979
INSTANTANEOUS PEAK STAGE 8.40 Jul 4 a 21.23 Apr 19 1979
ANNUAL RUNOFF (AC-FT) 70350 9580 20720
10 PERCENT EXCEEDS 233 27 60
50 PERCENT EXCEEDS 31 8.4 3.0
90 PERCENT EXCEEDS 2.4 4.4 .00
a From high-water mark
e Estimated
WATER-QUALITY RECORDS
PERIOD OF RECORD.--Water years 1950-51, 1969-70, 1972 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)
NOV
15... 1315 26 -- -- 1170 11.0 4.1 -- -- --
JAN
07... 1050 11 -- -- 1790 -.5 .1 -- -- --
FEB
24... 1030 10 -- -- 1740 2.5 .0 -- -- --
MAR
29... 1015 7.7 8.7 1470 1500 9.0 5.0 410 77.0 52.0
APR
21... 1040 6.6 -- -- 1950 18.5 10.8 -- -- --
MAY
19... 1240 9.1 -- -- 2090 20.0 14.7 -- -- --
JUL
06... 1710 107 8.2 1650 1640 26.0 23.1 480 95.0 59.0
AUG
08... 1705 5.6 -- -- 1760 25.5 24.1 -- -- --
30... 0915 5.4 -- -- 1880 15.5 17.8 -- -- --
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)
NOV
15... -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
JAN
07... -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
FEB
24... -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
MAR
29... 12.0 4 190 50 345 25.0 .2 470 21.3 1030
APR
21... -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
MAY
19... -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
JUL
06... 12.0 5 230 50 362 30.0 .2 510 347 1200
AUG
08... -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
30... -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
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)
NOV
15... -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
JAN
07... -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
FEB
24... -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
MAR
29... 1030 1.0 50 <1 60.0 220 .1 1 <1.0 490
APR
21... -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
MAY
19... -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
JUL
06... 1150 5.0 60 1 70.0 150 <.1 <1 <1.0 560
AUG
08... -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
30... -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
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