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RED RIVER OF THE NORTH BASIN
05120500 WINTERING RIVER NEAR KARLSRUHE, ND
LOCATION.--Lat 48°08'18", long 100°32'22", SW1/4SW1/4SW1/4 sec.23, T.154 N., R.77 W., McHenry County, Hydrologic Unit 09010003,
on right bank downstream from county highway bridge, 9 mi upstream from mouth, and 5 mi northeast of Karlsruhe.
DRAINAGE AREA.--705 mi2, of which about 420 mi2 is probably noncontributing. (Drainage area shown is for former location 5 river
miles downstream. Total drainage area has been reduced about 10 percent, which mostly consists of noncontributing area. New
drainage areas will be published, but have not been delineated.)
WATER-DISCHARGE RECORDS
PERIOD OF RECORD.--March 1937 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 1,500 ft above sea level, from topographic map. Mar. 1937 to Sept. 30, 1994, at
site 5 miles downstream, at datum 20 ft lower.
REMARKS.--Records fair except for periods of estimated discharge, which are poor. Some regulation by Fish and Wildlife Service
dams on Cottonwood and Wintering Lakes, controlled capacity, about 850 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 33 16 13 e6.1 e4.3 e45 33 23 81 67 17 11
2 33 15 12 e6.1 e4.2 e42 36 22 75 66 15 14
3 32 15 12 e5.8 e4.3 e39 35 21 68 65 30 15
4 31 15 11 e5.6 e4.4 e36 35 20 62 65 22 15
5 30 15 14 e5.4 e4.5 e32 37 20 55 83 34 15
6 30 15 12 e5.2 e4.6 e27 33 23 50 81 30 14
7 29 15 12 e5.0 e4.6 23 33 24 46 90 26 15
8 28 15 11 e5.0 e4.8 19 33 28 42 92 21 13
9 27 14 e11 e5.0 e4.9 22 32 23 40 83 16 13
10 26 15 e11 e5.0 e5.0 21 32 25 37 72 14 13
11 25 14 e10 e4.9 e4.9 21 33 35 35 69 12 13
12 25 14 e10 e4.9 e4.7 21 34 49 34 70 12 13
13 24 14 e10 e4.9 e4.5 20 35 48 36 70 11 18
14 23 13 e9.0 e4.9 e4.3 24 45 47 46 70 10 33
15 23 14 e7.0 e4.8 e4.2 30 35 45 43 70 9.6 52
16 22 13 e6.0 e4.8 e4.1 29 35 44 46 67 9.6 63
17 21 14 e5.4 e4.8 e4.0 31 38 45 45 65 10 67
18 21 14 e4.6 e4.9 e3.8 34 38 46 42 63 8.9 66
19 20 13 e4.2 e5.0 e3.7 29 35 49 42 62 9.9 63
20 19 13 e4.0 e5.1 e3.6 37 33 54 49 60 12 57
21 19 13 e4.0 e5.0 e3.7 39 31 66 57 57 15 50
22 18 13 e4.1 e4.9 e3.8 40 30 85 59 53 13 49
23 18 12 e4.3 e4.8 e4.4 37 29 96 60 49 11 44
24 18 12 e4.8 e4.8 e6.0 41 30 97 e64 45 12 39
25 17 12 e5.0 e4.9 e19 36 31 94 e67 42 12 34
26 17 15 e5.2 e4.8 e45 37 29 87 e69 39 11 32
27 17 13 e5.4 e4.7 e52 36 28 91 e70 35 10 29
28 16 12 e5.6 e4.6 e46 35 27 91 e71 33 12 27
29 16 12 e5.8 e4.5 e42 36 26 91 71 30 11 25
30 16 12 e6.0 e4.4 --- 37 26 88 69 25 10 23
31 16 --- e6.0 e4.3 --- 35 --- 82 --- 20 11 ---
TOTAL 710 412 245.4 154.9 309.3 991 987 1659 1631 1858 458.0 935
MEAN 22.9 13.7 7.92 5.00 10.7 32.0 32.9 53.5 54.4 59.9 14.8 31.2
MAX 33 16 14 6.1 52 45 45 97 81 92 34 67
MIN 16 12 4.0 4.3 3.6 19 26 20 34 20 8.9 11
AC-FT 1410 817 487 307 613 1970 1960 3290 3240 3690 908 1850
STATISTICS OF MONTHLY MEAN DATA FOR WATER YEARS 1937 - 2000, BY WATER YEAR (WY)
MEAN 6.26 5.47 2.16 1.03 1.40 24.9 71.2 33.9 17.8 12.0 7.61 5.82
MAX 109 98.8 9.45 5.00 10.7 343 465 304 194 95.1 87.3 67.3
(WY) 1995 1995 1995 2000 2000 1995 1997 1999 1999 1999 1993 1999
MIN .034 .50 .000 .000 .000 .000 2.81 1.65 .43 .23 .006 .000
(WY) 1993 1938 1938 1938 1938 1951 1992 1992 1992 1989 1989 1992
SUMMARY STATISTICS FOR 1999 CALENDAR YEAR FOR 2000 WATER YEAR WATER YEARS 1937 - 2000
ANNUAL TOTAL 30929.67 10350.6
ANNUAL MEAN 84.7 28.3 16.0
HIGHEST ANNUAL MEAN 82.0 1999
LOWEST ANNUAL MEAN 1.36 1992
HIGHEST DAILY MEAN 593 May 15 97 May 24 2500 Apr 7 1949
LOWEST DAILY MEAN .38 Jan 27 3.6 Feb 20 .00 Mar 1 1937
ANNUAL SEVEN-DAY MINIMUM .38 Jan 27 3.8 Feb 16 .00 Mar 1 1937
INSTANTANEOUS PEAK FLOW 99 May 12 3000 Apr 7 1949
INSTANTANEOUS PEAK STAGE a 5.08 Feb 26 a 12.00 Apr 7 1949
ANNUAL RUNOFF (AC-FT) 61350 20530 11590
10 PERCENT EXCEEDS 222 65 32
50 PERCENT EXCEEDS 36 22 3.3
90 PERCENT EXCEEDS .44 4.8 .10
a Backwater from ice
e Estimated
WATER-QUALITY RECORDS
PERIOD OF RECORD.--Water years 1954-56, 1972 to current year.
WATER-QUALITY DATA, WATER YEAR OCTOBER 1999 TO SEPTEMBER 2000
DIS- PH PH SPE-
CHARGE, WATER WATER CIFIC SPE- HARD- MAGNE-
INST. WHOLE WHOLE CON- CIFIC NESS CALCIUM SIUM,
CUBIC FIELD LAB DUCT- CON- TEMPER- TEMPER- TOTAL DIS- DIS-
FEET (STAND- (STAND- ANCE DUCT- ATURE ATURE (MG/L SOLVED SOLVED
DATE TIME PER ARD ARD LAB ANCE AIR WATER AS (MG/L (MG/L
SECOND UNITS) UNITS) (US/CM) (US/CM) (DEG C) (DEG C) CACO3) AS CA) AS MG)
(00061) (00400) (00403) (90095) (00095) (00020) (00010) (00900) (00915) (00925)
OCT
05... 1200 12 -- -- -- 650 10.0 12.0 -- -- --
NOV
02... 1200 3.8 -- -- -- 830 2.0 6.0 -- -- --
18... 1245 14 -- -- -- 1160 -1.5 1.9 -- -- --
JAN
13... 1315 4.9 -- -- -- 1110 -8.0 .0 -- -- --
FEB
22... 1515 3.8 -- -- -- 718 12.5 .1 -- -- --
MAR
31... 0930 36 8.2 8.1 1670 1690 4.0 5.0 360 61.0 50.0
APR
18... 1345 38 -- -- -- 1830 -- 11.7 -- -- --
MAY
16... 1330 44 -- -- -- 2180 18.0 13.7 -- -- --
JUN
28... 1230 71 -- -- -- 2370 22.0 19.0 -- -- --
AUG
07... 1430 26 -- -- -- 1670 28.0 24.2 -- -- --
30... 1700 11 8.5 8.4 1570 1540 16.7 19.7 330 59.0 44.0
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)
OCT
05... -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
NOV
02... -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
18... -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
JAN
13... -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
FEB
22... -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
MAR
31... 17.0 6 250 59 410 34.0 .2 490 113 1160
APR
18... -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
MAY
16... -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
JUN
28... -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
AUG
07... -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
30... 11.0 6 250 61 579 38.0 .2 260 31.8 1060
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
02... -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
18... -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
JAN
13... -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
FEB
22... -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
MAR
31... 1150 2.0 100 <1 70.0 90 <.1 1 <1.0 350
APR
18... -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
MAY
16... -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
JUN
28... -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
AUG
07... -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
30... 1010 5.0 80 1 80.0 160 <.1 2 <1.0 350
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