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RED RIVER OF THE NORTH BASIN
05117500 SOURIS (MOUSE) RIVER ABOVE MINOT, ND
LOCATION.--Lat 48°14'45", long 101°22'15", in NW1/4NW1/4SE1/4 sec.17, T.155 N., R.83 W., Ward County, Hydrologic Unit 09010001,
on right bank 180 ft downstream from county highway bridge, 3.5 mi west of Minot, 7 mi downstream from Des Lacs River, and at
mile 388.5.
DRAINAGE AREA.--10,600 mi2, approximately, of which about 6,700 mi2 is probably noncontributing.
WATER-DISCHARGE RECORDS
PERIOD OF RECORD.--May 1903 to current year. Monthly discharge only for some periods, published in WSP 1308. Published as Mouse
River at Minot, 1903-24, Souris River at Minot, 1927-28, 1929-34, and Souris River near Minot, 1928-29.
REVISED RECORDS.--WSP 1308: 1905, 1909-14, 1918, 1924-25, 1927. WSP 1338: 1903-4, 1906, 1917, 1928, 1929(M). WSP 2113: Drainage
area.
GAGE.--Water-stage recorder and concrete control. Datum of gage is 1,545.75 ft above sea level. May 5, 1903, to Sept. 30, 1928;
Oct. 1, 1929, to Sept. 30, 1934; nonrecording gages at mile 377.6 in Minot, at datum 12.5 ft lower, Oct. 1, 1928, to Sept.
30, 1929, nonrecording gages at Saugstad bridge at mile 366.8, 5 mi southeast of Minot and at datum 19.2 ft lower than
present datum. Records equivalent except those for periods of extreme low flow, as some industrial and sanitary waste enters
the river between the sites.
REMARKS.--Records good except for periods of estimated discharge, which are fair. Flow regulated by reservoirs on Souris and Des
Lacs Rivers, combined capacity, about 700,000 acre-ft; some small diversions for irrigation and municipal supply.
EXTREMES OUTSIDE PERIOD OF RECORD.--Maximum stage in Minot at least 3 ft higher than 1904 peak, in 1881, according to Apr. 20,
1904, issue of Minot Daily Optic. This peak probably occurred in 1882.
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
1 387 44 27 25 11 33 10 9.7 17 4.6 2.8 5.0
2 388 e35 29 24 11 33 11 8.1 20 6.5 3.0 7.7
3 387 e27 33 23 12 34 12 7.3 18 8.3 5.3 11
4 381 23 30 26 12 32 11 6.6 18 19 6.9 12
5 379 20 26 21 12 29 12 5.9 16 151 10 11
6 377 17 25 19 12 29 13 6.9 18 165 20 12
7 378 17 24 18 12 e28 9.7 8.1 19 139 55 14
8 377 18 25 18 12 e26 12 9.3 20 104 62 13
9 376 20 27 18 e13 e34 12 9.2 21 75 62 11
10 374 21 25 19 e12 28 12 10 21 55 60 8.7
11 370 21 24 20 e11 31 13 17 18 43 63 7.1
12 376 52 26 19 e11 23 13 26 15 35 72 5.8
13 387 63 27 16 e10 19 14 26 19 26 72 5.4
14 314 39 28 16 e10 17 17 35 39 22 71 4.8
15 154 33 27 16 e10 16 17 45 45 19 72 4.3
16 80 30 27 17 e11 14 16 39 47 15 72 4.0
17 62 30 23 17 e11 14 16 30 46 11 73 3.9
18 57 28 21 15 e12 13 17 23 49 7.7 72 3.9
19 49 27 e20 14 e12 13 17 18 41 8.3 64 4.7
20 47 26 e19 14 12 14 16 16 35 9.0 41 9.5
21 56 29 e18 13 13 14 17 16 27 7.8 22 14
22 45 28 18 13 14 15 14 16 18 6.7 13 15
23 40 27 17 13 17 16 12 15 16 5.7 13 14
24 39 25 16 11 19 22 11 13 17 5.2 11 13
25 35 22 16 10 24 20 15 10 14 5.3 10 11
26 33 23 17 10 36 17 14 8.7 10 4.9 8.5 10
27 33 24 17 10 31 16 14 14 8.2 4.3 7.0 10
28 32 26 18 12 29 12 12 17 6.5 4.1 7.1 10
29 33 23 19 11 34 11 9.6 15 5.6 3.6 7.3 10
30 34 24 21 11 --- 11 10 13 4.9 3.2 7.1 10
31 49 --- 23 11 --- 11 --- 11 --- 2.9 6.1 ---
TOTAL 6129 842 713 500 446 645 399.3 504.8 669.2 977.1 1071.1 275.8
MEAN 198 28.1 23.0 16.1 15.4 20.8 13.3 16.3 22.3 31.5 34.6 9.19
MAX 388 63 33 26 36 34 17 45 49 165 73 15
MIN 32 17 16 10 10 11 9.6 5.9 4.9 2.9 2.8 3.9
AC-FT 12160 1670 1410 992 885 1280 792 1000 1330 1940 2120 547
STATISTICS OF MONTHLY MEAN DATA FOR WATER YEARS 1903 - 2000, BY WATER YEAR (WY)
MEAN 32.8 27.9 22.4 20.9 27.5 133 650 562 198 125 62.3 46.0
MAX 266 159 164 170 399 1272 6209 4916 1402 1393 480 748
(WY) 1904 1952 1976 1976 1997 1976 1976 1904 1975 1953 1999 1903
MIN .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 1.27 .31 .000 .000 .000 .000
(WY) 1935 1935 1935 1935 1935 1936 1937 1993 1938 1937 1937 1935
SUMMARY STATISTICS FOR 1999 CALENDAR YEAR FOR 2000 WATER YEAR WATER YEARS 1903 - 2000
ANNUAL TOTAL 202750.7 13172.3
ANNUAL MEAN 555 36.0 159
HIGHEST ANNUAL MEAN 1105 1976
LOWEST ANNUAL MEAN 1.30 1931
HIGHEST DAILY MEAN 2670 Apr 20 388 Oct 2 11400 Apr 22 1904
LOWEST DAILY MEAN 3.6 Feb 7 2.8 Aug 1 .00 Sep 26 1917
ANNUAL SEVEN-DAY MINIMUM 3.7 Feb 18 3.4 Jul 27 .00 Sep 26 1917
INSTANTANEOUS PEAK FLOW 388 Oct 1 12000 Apr 20 1904
INSTANTANEOUS PEAK STAGE 5.82 Oct 1 a,b 21.90 Apr 20 1904
ANNUAL RUNOFF (AC-FT) 402200 26130 114800
10 PERCENT EXCEEDS 1710 56 317
50 PERCENT EXCEEDS 358 17 21
90 PERCENT EXCEEDS 5.3 7.2 .20
a At site in Minot, from rating curve extended above 8,000 ft3/s
b Maximum stage at present site about 23 ft in April 1904
e Estimated
WATER-QUALITY RECORDS
PERIOD OF RECORD.--Water year 1969 to current year.
WATER-QUALITY DATA, WATER YEAR OCTOBER 1999 TO SEPTEMBER 2000
DIS- BARO- OXYGEN, PH PH SPE-
CHARGE, METRIC DIS- WATER WATER CIFIC SPE- HARD-
INST. PRES- SOLVED WHOLE WHOLE CON- CIFIC NESS
CUBIC SURE (PER- OXYGEN, FIELD LAB DUCT- CON- TEMPER- TEMPER- TOTAL
FEET (MM CENT DIS- (STAND- (STAND- ANCE DUCT- ATURE ATURE (MG/L
DATE TIME PER OF SATUR- SOLVED ARD ARD LAB ANCE AIR WATER AS
SECOND HG) ATION) (MG/L) UNITS) UNITS) (US/CM) (US/CM) (DEG C) (DEG C) CACO3)
(00061) (00025) (00301) (00300) (00400) (00403) (90095) (00095) (00020) (00010) (00900)
OCT
28... 1145 32 -- -- 11.5 8.4 8.3 1320 1330 8.5 5.0 380
NOV
15... 1530 32 723 104 12.4 8.3 8.1 1380 1400 11.5 5.5 410
JAN
07... 1310 19 -- -- -- -- -- -- 1740 1.0 .5 --
FEB
24... 1230 19 -- -- 13.2 7.8 7.9 1920 1950 6.0 .3 590
MAR
27... 1615 16 -- -- 15.6 8.7 8.5 1350 1350 4.2 7.4 360
APR
20... 1630 15 -- -- 13.6 8.3 8.2 1500 1480 19.5 13.2 420
MAY
18... 0945 23 -- -- 10.2 8.4 8.2 1740 1750 9.3 13.5 490
JUL
06... 1530 146 -- -- 7.0 8.1 8.1 1370 1370 27.5 22.3 360
AUG
09... 1145 62 -- -- 5.8 8.6 -- -- 1140 25.5 22.7 --
30... 1345 6.5 -- -- 6.7 8.4 8.3 1270 1270 22.0 19.5 370
ANC NITRO- NITRO- NITRO-
MAGNE- SODIUM UNFLTRD CHLO- FLUO- GEN,AM- GEN, GEN, NITRO-
CALCIUM SIUM, AD- SODIUM, TIT 4.5 RIDE, RIDE, SULFATE MONIA + AMMONIA NO2+NO3 GEN,
DIS- DIS- SORP- DIS- LAB DIS- DIS- DIS- ORGANIC DIS- DIS- ORGANIC
SOLVED SOLVED TION SOLVED (MG/L SOLVED SOLVED SOLVED TOTAL SOLVED SOLVED TOTAL
DATE (MG/L (MG/L RATIO (MG/L AS (MG/L (MG/L (MG/L (MG/L (MG/L (MG/L (MG/L
AS CA) AS MG) AS NA) CACO3) AS CL) AS F) AS SO4) AS N) AS N) AS N) AS N)
(00915) (00925) (00931) (00930) (90410) (00940) (00950) (00945) (00625) (00608) (00631) (00605)
OCT
28... 72.9 49.2 4 158 343 22.9 .2 351 1.7 <.020 <.050 --
NOV
15... 81.4 49.8 3 146 339 23.8 .2 377 2.4 <.020 <.050 --
JAN
07... -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
FEB
24... 116 72.0 4 205 511 50.3 .3 501 1.8 .108 .822 1.7
MAR
27... 68.3 45.3 3 151 315 27.2 .1 358 1.5 <.020 <.050 --
APR
20... 82.9 52.2 4 166 378 37.8 .2 388 -- -- -- --
MAY
18... 92.8 62.7 4 213 428 36.1 .3 492 1.7 <.020 <.050 --
JUL
06... 68.5 46.5 4 159 286 27.8 .2 403 1.5 .147 .176 1.3
AUG
09... -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 1.6 .065 <.050 1.5
30... 61.4 51.5 3 145 365 39.5 .3 272 1.6 <.020 <.050 --
SOLIDS, COLI- CHLOR-A CHLOR-B ALUM- BERYL-
RESIDUE FORM, PHYTO- PHYTO- INUM, BARIUM, LIUM,
NITRO- PHOS- CARBON, AT 180 FECAL, PLANK- PLANK- TOTAL TOTAL TOTAL
GEN, PHORUS ORGANIC DEG. C 0.7 TON TON RECOV- ARSENIC RECOV- RECOV-
TOTAL TOTAL TOTAL DIS- UM-MF CHROMO CHROMO ERABLE TOTAL ERABLE ERABLE
DATE (MG/L (MG/L (MG/L SOLVED (COLS./ FLUOROM FLUOROM (UG/L (UG/L (UG/L (UG/L
AS N) AS P) AS C) (MG/L) 100 ML) (UG/L) (UG/L) AS AL) AS AS) AS BA) AS BE)
(00600) (00665) (00680) (70300) (31625) (70953) (70954) (01105) (01002) (01007) (01012)
OCT
28... -- .271 29 910 K4 -- -- 135 5 76.4 <5
NOV
15... -- .229 22 938 K2 -- -- 76 4 84.7 <5
JAN
07... -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
FEB
24... 2.6 .124 17 1350 -- -- -- 62 E2 102 <5
MAR
27... -- .124 20 912 -- 6.1 1.2 78 3 58.2 <5
APR
20... -- -- -- 1010 <2 3.1 .6 E24 E3 69.3 <5
MAY
18... -- .219 22 1200 K16 7.3 1.3 52 5 94.5 <5
JUL
06... 1.6 .309 20 940 640 18.5 1.4 884 7 95.9 <5
AUG
09... -- .571 19 -- K30 8.8 .9 -- -- -- --
30... -- .576 20 850 50 11.7 .7 168 15 66.2 <5
CHRO- MOLYB-
BORON, CADMIUM MIUM, COBALT, COPPER, IRON, LEAD, DENUM, NICKEL, ZINC,
TOTAL WATER TOTAL TOTAL TOTAL TOTAL TOTAL TOTAL TOTAL SELE- TOTAL
RECOV- UNFLTRD RECOV- RECOV- RECOV- RECOV- RECOV- RECOV- RECOV- NIUM, RECOV-
ERABLE TOTAL ERABLE ERABLE ERABLE ERABLE ERABLE ERABLE ERABLE TOTAL ERABLE
DATE (UG/L (UG/L (UG/L (UG/L (UG/L (UG/L (UG/L (UG/L (UG/L (UG/L (UG/L
AS B) AS CD) AS CR) AS CO) AS CU) AS FE) AS PB) AS MO) AS NI) AS SE) AS ZN)
(01022) (01027) (01034) (01037) (01042) (01045) (01051) (01062) (01067) (01147) (01092)
OCT
28... 133 <.1 <1 <2 3 480 <1 3 2 <3 <31
NOV
15... 111 <.1 <1 E1 2 420 <1 3 3 <3 <31
JAN
07... -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
FEB
24... 182 .2 <1 <2 2 490 <1 3 4 <3 <31
MAR
27... 108 <.1 <1 <2 2 450 <1 2 3 <3 <31
APR
20... 122 <.1 E1 <2 E1 310 <1 3 3 <3 <31
MAY
18... 145 <.1 <1 <2 E1 220 <1 3 4 <3 <31
JUL
06... 114 <.1 E1 E1 3 1580 2 2 5 E1 <31
AUG
09... -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
30... 293 <.1 <1 E1 2 450 <1 2 4 <3 <31
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