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RED RIVER OF THE NORTH BASIN
05120000 SOURIS (MOUSE) RIVER NEAR VERENDRYE, ND
LOCATION.--Lat 48°09'35", long 100°43'45", in NW1/4SW1/4 sec.17, T.154 N., R.78 W., McHenry County, Hydrologic Unit 09010003, on
left bank 2.7 mi north of Verendrye, 19 mi upstream from mouth of Wintering River, and at mile 302.0.
DRAINAGE AREA.--11,300 mi2, approximately, of which about 6,900 mi2 is probably noncontributing.
WATER-DISCHARGE RECORDS
PERIOD OF RECORD.--February to June 1933 (gage heights only), April 1937 to current year. Monthly discharge only for some
periods, published in WSP 1308.
REVISED RECORDS.--WSP 2113: Drainage area.
GAGE.--Water-stage recorder. Datum of gage is 1,464.87 ft above sea level. February to June 1933, at site 4 mi upstream at datum
1.65 ft higher. Apr. 1, 1937, to Mar. 3, 1938, nonrecording gage at present site, at datum 1.97 ft higher.
REMARKS.--Records good except for periods of estimated daily discharges, which are fair. Flow regulated by reservoirs on Souris
and Des Lacs Rivers, combined capacity about 700,000 acre-ft; some diversions for irrigation and municipal supply.
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
1 349 37 52 e40 e31 121 39 44 52 33 19 21
2 356 37 53 e39 e32 103 39 40 50 31 19 20
3 364 39 52 e38 e31 93 39 37 51 32 22 17
4 372 43 52 e37 e32 92 38 35 57 34 25 18
5 377 43 60 e36 e32 86 37 37 58 44 45 30
6 376 37 41 e35 e33 84 37 56 47 58 86 38
7 373 38 52 e34 e33 86 37 41 41 58 69 34
8 371 40 54 e34 e34 86 50 40 40 135 69 27
9 371 41 47 e34 e34 104 52 49 37 179 58 22
10 372 42 44 e34 e35 55 44 53 33 167 44 30
11 372 41 43 e34 e36 54 36 64 32 138 55 32
12 373 42 43 e34 e38 60 31 108 32 108 65 24
13 374 43 44 e34 e37 55 30 162 36 86 65 20
14 375 46 46 e34 e36 44 30 265 50 73 68 17
15 381 49 46 e35 e36 38 33 224 69 62 68 15
16 373 72 44 e35 e35 37 36 153 144 49 65 17
17 291 86 43 e36 e35 41 37 118 144 42 62 19
18 140 80 e42 e36 e35 40 42 101 131 38 62 19
19 66 74 e41 e37 e34 43 60 91 110 37 63 17
20 e60 69 e40 e38 e34 45 62 85 92 37 67 15
21 e55 66 e38 e37 e33 45 58 72 80 36 68 15
22 e52 62 e36 e37 e33 46 52 65 72 33 70 15
23 e60 63 e35 e36 e34 45 48 59 65 32 64 15
24 e55 57 e34 e36 e34 54 44 55 58 32 53 14
25 e45 51 e33 e35 e35 56 43 50 87 31 43 13
26 e40 49 e34 e36 e40 54 48 47 75 28 38 13
27 e37 52 e36 e35 e51 59 52 52 64 28 35 13
28 e37 53 e37 e34 e64 58 57 52 55 32 31 13
29 36 52 e38 e33 94 55 58 49 47 19 28 13
30 38 49 e39 e33 --- 50 50 56 37 15 24 14
31 40 --- e40 e32 --- 43 --- 58 --- 19 23 ---
TOTAL 6981 1553 1339 1098 1101 1932 1319 2418 1946 1746 1573 590
MEAN 225 51.8 43.2 35.4 38.0 62.3 44.0 78.0 64.9 56.3 50.7 19.7
MAX 381 86 60 40 94 121 62 265 144 179 86 38
MIN 36 37 33 32 31 37 30 35 32 15 19 13
AC-FT 13850 3080 2660 2180 2180 3830 2620 4800 3860 3460 3120 1170
STATISTICS OF MONTHLY MEAN DATA FOR WATER YEARS 1937 - 2000, BY WATER YEAR (WY)
MEAN 52.1 43.2 33.8 30.7 48.0 224 682 678 262 166 87.2 55.6
MAX 225 169 160 171 277 1209 6280 4918 2122 1599 512 363
(WY) 2000 1976 1976 1976 1976 1976 1976 1975 1975 1953 1976 1999
MIN 1.50 1.00 1.00 .50 .50 2.25 11.7 6.80 2.33 .67 .42 .10
(WY) 1938 1938 1938 1938 1938 1940 1937 1938 1938 1937 1937 1937
SUMMARY STATISTICS FOR 1999 CALENDAR YEAR FOR 2000 WATER YEAR WATER YEARS 1937 - 2000
ANNUAL TOTAL 241403 23596
ANNUAL MEAN 661 64.5 200
HIGHEST ANNUAL MEAN 1185 1976
LOWEST ANNUAL MEAN 18.8 1991
HIGHEST DAILY MEAN 3200 Mar 25 381 Oct 15 9700 Apr 20 1976
LOWEST DAILY MEAN 12 Jan 27 13 Sep 25 .10 Sep 1 1937
ANNUAL SEVEN-DAY MINIMUM 12 Jan 26 13 Sep 24 .10 Sep 1 1937
INSTANTANEOUS PEAK FLOW 383 Oct 15 9900 Apr 19 1976
INSTANTANEOUS PEAK STAGE 6.12 Oct 15 17.84 Apr 19 1976
ANNUAL RUNOFF (AC-FT) 478800 46800 144800
10 PERCENT EXCEEDS 2250 102 421
50 PERCENT EXCEEDS 363 43 38
90 PERCENT EXCEEDS 17 28 3.7
e Estimated
WATER-QUALITY RECORDS
PERIOD OF RECORD.--Water years 1950-51, 1957 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... 1345 37 720 85 10.1 8.1 8.1 1280 1320 10.5 5.2 410
NOV
18... 1115 80 -- -- 13.1 8.3 8.1 1490 1520 -1.5 2.7 450
JAN
13... 1530 34 -- -- -- -- -- -- 2130 -6.0 .0 --
FEB
22... 1300 33 -- -- 4.3 7.5 7.6 1800 1810 12.5 .1 570
MAR
29... 1445 52 -- -- 12.2 8.2 8.2 1620 1620 11.5 7.1 460
APR
18... 1305 37 720 118 12.8 8.2 8.2 1610 1610 12.5 8.9 460
MAY
16... 1530 145 -- -- 8.3 8.1 8.1 1840 1880 19.5 13.3 510
JUL
06... 1240 58 721 77 6.2 8.0 8.1 1520 1520 26.0 22.8 420
AUG
07... 1245 68 718 65 5.1 8.2 -- -- 1410 27.0 24.0 --
30... 1545 23 -- -- 6.3 8.1 8.1 1320 1320 19.0 20.2 360
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... 87.0 46.9 3 145 350 37.5 .2 309 1.2 .210 .249 .96
NOV
18... 95.9 52.2 3 152 373 45.6 .3 404 1.5 <.020 <.050 --
JAN
13... -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
FEB
22... 121 64.5 3 192 502 43.6 .2 453 1.0 .164 .768 .84
MAR
29... 93.3 55.8 4 174 375 34.2 .1 471 .95 <.020 <.050 --
APR
18... 88.7 57.0 4 185 402 32.5 .2 437 -- -- -- --
MAY
16... 97.4 65.8 4 221 357 43.3 .3 611 -- -- -- --
JUL
06... 81.2 52.4 4 176 349 46.1 .2 409 1.2 <.020 .059 --
AUG
07... -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 1.3 .047 .075 1.2
30... 68.9 45.5 3 143 332 41.9 .3 309 1.3 .021 .091 1.3
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... 1.4 .212 17 866 91 -- -- 321 3 98.2 <5
NOV
18... -- .163 17 1010 -- -- -- 155 3 93.2 <5
JAN
13... -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
FEB
22... 1.8 .093 12 1240 K15 -- -- 111 3 99.4 <5
MAR
29... -- .092 13 1110 K6 14.4 1.7 114 3 75.7 <5
APR
18... -- -- -- 1120 K6 5.2 .2 138 3 68.3 <5
MAY
16... -- -- 19 1350 160 10.6 .3 641 4 91.9 <5
JUL
06... 1.3 .275 18 1050 140 36.6 1.7 482 8 93.6 <5
AUG
07... 1.3 .421 15 -- 150 24.4 3.1 -- -- -- --
30... 1.4 .307 16 886 480 21.4 1.2 320 11 75.5 <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... 254 <.1 <1 <2 2 1010 <1 4 3 <3 <31
NOV
18... 196 E.1 E1 <2 2 790 <1 4 3 <3 <31
JAN
13... -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
FEB
22... 211 <.1 <1 E1 1 710 <1 3 3 <3 <31
MAR
29... 181 <.1 <1 <2 1 700 <1 12 2 <3 <31
APR
18... 225 <.1 <1 <2 2 540 <1 3 3 <3 <31
MAY
16... 246 <.1 1 E1 4 1560 E1 3 6 <3 <31
JUL
06... 237 <.1 E1 <2 3 1200 1 3 4 <3 <31
AUG
07... -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
30... 274 <.1 E1 E1 3 900 E1 5 4 E2 <31
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