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LITTLE MUDDY RIVER BASIN
06331000 LITTLE MUDDY RIVER BELOW COW CREEK NEAR WILLISTON, ND
LOCATION.--Lat 48°17'04", long 103°34'21", in NE1/4NW1/4 sec.5, T.155 N., R.100 W., Williams County, Hydrologic Unit 10110102,
on left bank 37 ft downstream from centerline of highway, 1 mi downstream from Cow Creek, 4 mi upstream from Camp Creek, 10
mi northeast of Williston, and 13 mi upstream from mouth.
DRAINAGE AREA.--875 mi2, approximately, of which about 100 mi2 is probably noncontributing.
WATER-DISCHARGE RECORDS
PERIOD OF RECORD.--May 1954 to current year (seasonal records only since 1984).
GAGE.--Water-stage recorder. Datum of gage is 1,863.18 ft above sea level.
REMARKS.--Records good except for period of estimated discharge, which are poor. Some small diversions for irrigation. Some
regulation by Lake Zahl, Fish and Wildlife Service reservoir 22 mi upstream and Blacktail Dam about 15 mi upstream.
EXTREMES FOR CURRENT YEAR.--Maximum discharge, 72 ft3/s, June 17, gage height, 5.54 ft; minimum daily discharge, 5.0 ft3/s, on
several days, but may have been less during period of nonoperation.
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 --- --- --- --- e5.0 21 15 15 15 11 6.4 5.9
2 --- --- --- --- e5.0 21 16 14 13 11 6.5 7.1
3 --- --- --- --- e5.1 21 16 13 14 14 6.8 6.9
4 --- --- --- --- e5.2 20 17 14 17 24 6.4 7.1
5 --- --- --- --- e5.0 21 17 13 16 22 7.1 7.3
6 --- --- --- --- e5.1 22 16 13 13 20 7.2 6.9
7 --- --- --- --- e5.2 21 17 13 12 21 7.2 6.6
8 --- --- --- --- e5.3 21 18 14 13 24 6.9 6.3
9 --- --- --- --- e5.4 17 17 13 13 23 6.8 6.2
10 --- --- --- --- e5.3 19 17 12 15 24 8.7 6.3
11 --- --- --- --- e5.2 18 17 14 16 23 9.8 6.3
12 --- --- --- --- e5.1 17 16 16 17 24 8.4 6.0
13 --- --- --- --- e5.0 16 16 18 24 24 8.5 5.8
14 --- --- --- --- e5.1 16 16 23 29 23 7.5 5.7
15 --- --- --- --- e5.0 15 16 24 38 20 6.2 5.8
16 --- --- --- --- e5.1 14 17 21 49 17 5.8 5.7
17 --- --- --- --- e5.2 14 17 18 62 14 5.6 5.7
18 --- --- --- --- e5.4 15 16 16 67 12 5.4 5.8
19 --- --- --- --- e5.8 15 16 15 56 11 5.2 6.0
20 --- --- --- --- e6.2 15 15 15 42 11 5.5 5.8
21 --- --- --- --- e7.5 15 15 14 31 11 5.7 5.7
22 --- --- --- --- e12 15 14 13 24 9.7 5.5 6.0
23 --- --- --- --- e17 15 14 11 20 9.2 5.2 6.0
24 --- --- --- --- 25 16 15 10 18 8.9 5.4 6.3
25 --- --- --- --- 44 16 15 9.8 17 7.8 5.5 6.5
26 --- --- --- --- 41 18 14 10 15 7.1 5.3 6.4
27 --- --- --- --- 30 16 15 14 14 6.5 5.3 6.2
28 --- --- --- --- 29 17 14 14 12 6.4 5.5 6.4
29 --- --- --- --- 24 16 14 12 11 6.2 5.3 6.2
30 --- --- --- --- --- 15 16 13 11 6.5 5.4 6.2
31 --- --- --- --- --- 15 --- 12 --- 6.8 5.6 ---
TOTAL --- --- --- --- 334.2 533 474 446.8 714 459.1 197.6 187.1
MEAN --- --- --- --- 11.5 17.2 15.8 14.4 23.8 14.8 6.37 6.24
MAX --- --- --- --- 44 22 18 24 67 24 9.8 7.3
MIN --- --- --- --- 5.0 14 14 9.8 11 6.2 5.2 5.7
AC-FT --- --- --- --- 663 1060 940 886 1420 911 392 371
STATISTICS OF MONTHLY MEAN DATA FOR WATER YEARS 1954 - 2000, BY WATER YEAR (WY)
MEAN 10.2 11.0 8.62 6.98 25.8 175 109 26.4 18.9 26.0 8.22 7.62
MAX 17.4 17.7 12.1 24.5 363 1018 996 114 91.6 170 49.1 18.9
(WY) 1973 1973 1955 1974 1996 1976 1979 1965 1994 1978 1972 1954
MIN 5.28 4.66 3.55 2.33 .91 6.21 10.6 8.44 3.77 2.80 2.51 2.54
(WY) 1962 1961 1961 1962 1959 1965 1990 1958 1988 1988 1988 1990
SUMMARY STATISTICS WATER YEARS 1954 - 2000
ANNUAL MEAN a 38.8
HIGHEST ANNUAL MEAN a 110 1976
LOWEST ANNUAL MEAN a 9.24 1961
HIGHEST DAILY MEAN 6610 Apr 18 1979
LOWEST DAILY MEAN .50 Feb 17 1959
ANNUAL SEVEN-DAY MINIMUM .50 Feb 17 1959
INSTANTANEOUS PEAK FLOW 9180 Apr 18 1979
INSTANTANEOUS PEAK STAGE 13.57 Mar 27 1960
ANNUAL RUNOFF (AC-FT) a 28120
10 PERCENT EXCEEDS 41
50 PERCENT EXCEEDS 9.6
90 PERCENT EXCEEDS 4.5
a Based on complete water years only (1954-83)
e Estimated
WATER-QUALITY RECORDS
PERIOD OF RECORD.--Water year 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
26... 1025 11 -- -- -- 2130 13.0 7.0 -- -- --
FEB
23... 0940 17 -- -- -- 2190 .5 .5 -- -- --
APR
06... 0845 16 -- -- -- 2000 -3.0 4.0 -- -- --
27... 0850 15 -- -- -- 2170 4.5 12.0 -- -- --
JUN
06... 0700 13 8.3 8.4 2150 2170 16.0 13.0 490 67.0 77.0
AUG
08... 0925 6.7 8.5 8.4 2200 2200 25.0 21.0 430 60.0 69.0
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
26... -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
FEB
23... -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
APR
06... -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
27... -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
JUN
06... 9.0 7 370 62 556 9.1 .3 640 54.1 1540
AUG
08... 13.0 8 390 65 638 14.0 .3 610 28.4 1570
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
26... -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
FEB
23... -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
APR
06... -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
27... -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
JUN
06... 1510 6.0 110 <1 80.0 <10 .1 <1 <1.0 810
AUG
08... 1540 8.0 70 <1 80.0 10 <.1 4 <1.0 790
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