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KNIFE RIVER BASIN
06339500 KNIFE RIVER NEAR GOLDEN VALLEY, ND
LOCATION.--Lat 47°09'40", long 102°03'39", in SE1/4 sec.34, T.143 N., R.90 W., Mercer County, Hydrologic Unit 10130201, on left
bank 6 ft downstream from highway bridge, 4.5 mi downstream from Elm Creek and 9 mi south of Golden Valley.
DRAINAGE AREA.--1,230 mi2, approximately.
WATER-DISCHARGE RECORDS
PERIOD OF RECORD.--May 1903 to November 1906, April 1907 to November 1915, April 1916 to October 1919, and October 1921 to
September 1924 (published as "at Broncho" or "near Broncho"), and April 1943 to current year. Monthly discharge only for some
periods published in WSP 1309.
REVISED RECORDS (WATER YEARS).--WSP 1006:0 Drainage area. WSP 1279: 1904, 1914-19(M), 1922-24(M), 1944.
GAGE.--Water-stage recorder. Datum of gage is 1,847.13 ft above sea level. See WSP 1729 or 1917 for history of changes prior to
May 1, 1946.
REMARKS.--Records fair.
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 e9.0 11 13 e9.1 e8.9 e425 20 24 14 15 1.8 .36
2 e8.5 12 14 e9.0 e8.9 e300 20 22 14 14 1.7 .42
3 e8.0 12 13 e9.1 e9.0 e250 20 19 13 16 2.4 .61
4 e8.5 12 12 e9.2 e9.1 e200 19 17 14 17 2.1 .80
5 e9.0 11 13 e9.4 e9.2 e150 19 17 13 16 1.9 1.1
6 e9.5 11 13 e9.5 e9.0 e100 18 18 14 19 1.8 1.3
7 e11 11 13 e9.3 e8.8 e85 18 18 15 19 1.6 1.2
8 12 11 13 e9.2 e8.7 80 17 23 14 25 1.5 1.2
9 11 11 12 e9.1 e8.2 51 17 22 17 34 1.3 1.4
10 11 11 11 e9.0 e7.8 55 16 30 16 38 1.1 1.3
11 11 11 11 e8.9 e7.5 52 16 33 14 49 1.1 1.3
12 12 12 11 e8.8 e7.3 39 16 39 12 50 .98 1.2
13 13 12 11 e8.9 e7.2 34 16 40 16 35 .86 1.1
14 13 12 11 e9.0 e7.0 36 21 43 25 50 .91 e1.1
15 12 12 10 e9.2 e7.1 27 22 40 26 58 .81 e1.2
16 11 14 10 e9.4 e7.0 24 21 37 29 35 .72 1.4
17 11 14 9.8 e9.1 e7.1 24 22 33 28 23 .66 1.8
18 12 14 e9.8 e9.0 e7.4 25 24 29 34 18 .63 1.5
19 12 13 e9.7 e8.8 e7.8 25 26 26 33 14 .59 1.3
20 12 14 e9.7 e8.7 e8.0 27 30 25 34 11 .55 1.2
21 12 14 e9.6 e8.8 e8.9 25 32 23 32 9.1 .58 1.4
22 11 13 e9.5 e8.9 e9.3 28 32 22 28 7.5 .53 2.3
23 11 12 e9.6 e8.8 e10 30 33 21 27 6.5 .43 2.6
24 11 12 e9.5 e8.9 e25 30 34 19 26 5.6 .42 2.6
25 11 14 e9.4 e8.7 e200 27 35 17 27 4.7 .41 2.9
26 10 13 e9.3 e8.5 e450 26 37 14 23 3.9 .41 2.9
27 11 13 e9.4 e8.3 e500 26 34 15 20 3.3 .47 2.9
28 11 12 e9.5 e8.8 e450 24 33 14 19 2.9 .53 2.9
29 10 13 e9.4 e8.9 e400 23 31 14 17 2.4 .43 2.9
30 10 13 e9.3 e9.0 --- 22 27 13 16 2.4 .41 3.1
31 10 --- e9.2 e9.0 --- 21 --- 12 --- 2.0 .35 ---
TOTAL 334.5 370 333.7 278.3 2214.2 2291 726 739 630 606.3 29.98 49.29
MEAN 10.8 12.3 10.8 8.98 76.4 73.9 24.2 23.8 21.0 19.6 .97 1.64
MAX 13 14 14 9.5 500 425 37 43 34 58 2.4 3.1
MIN 8.0 11 9.2 8.3 7.0 21 16 12 12 2.0 .35 .36
AC-FT 663 734 662 552 4390 4540 1440 1470 1250 1200 59 98
STATISTICS OF MONTHLY MEAN DATA FOR WATER YEARS 1903 - 2000, BY WATER YEAR (WY)
MEAN 16.7 11.2 7.27 9.01 42.5 345 305 89.4 138 48.0 34.1 15.1
MAX 245 69.7 23.0 140 299 1729 2448 1031 1193 255 725 97.5
(WY) 1983 1983 1983 1974 1982 1972 1952 1970 1914 1969 1918 1978
MIN .46 1.93 .52 .026 .000 2.30 6.98 1.42 1.03 1.91 .28 .12
(WY) 1993 1962 1962 1962 1959 1964 1981 1923 1961 1992 1959 1992
SUMMARY STATISTICS FOR 1999 CALENDAR YEAR FOR 2000 WATER YEAR WATER YEARS 1903 - 2000
ANNUAL TOTAL 33261.6 8602.27
ANNUAL MEAN 91.1 23.5 88.1
HIGHEST ANNUAL MEAN 235 1982
LOWEST ANNUAL MEAN 5.38 1991
HIGHEST DAILY MEAN 2140 Mar 17 500 Feb 27 10300 Apr 17 1950
LOWEST DAILY MEAN 4.8 Aug 11 .35 Aug 31 .00 Sep 6 1905
ANNUAL SEVEN-DAY MINIMUM 5.7 Aug 5 .42 Aug 26 .00 Jan 22 1959
INSTANTANEOUS PEAK FLOW 550 Feb 27 11200 May 9 1970
INSTANTANEOUS PEAK STAGE a Feb 27 b 26.70 Mar 26 1943
ANNUAL RUNOFF (AC-FT) 65970 17060 63860
10 PERCENT EXCEEDS 200 34 119
50 PERCENT EXCEEDS 14 12 10
90 PERCENT EXCEEDS 7.7 1.3 2.1
a Unknown
b From floodmark
e Estimated
WATER-QUALITY RECORDS
PERIOD OF RECORD.--Water years 1950, 1964-65, 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)
DEC
15... 1000 10 -- -- -- 2780 -11.0 .0 -- -- --
JAN
20... 1230 8.9 -- -- -- 2890 -20.0 .0 -- -- --
APR
24... 1120 34 8.4 8.5 2570 2640 10.0 11.0 410 68.0 58.0
MAY
25... 1230 17 -- -- -- 2280 20.0 15.0 -- -- --
JUL
10... 1200 39 -- -- -- 3150 25.0 20.0 -- -- --
AUG
28... 1320 .51 8.0 -- 2530 2460 25.0 23.0 360 51.0 56.0
SEP
29... 1100 3.0 -- -- -- 2330 9.0 10.2 -- -- --
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)
DEC
15... -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
JAN
20... -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
APR
24... 13.0 11 490 71 574 9.3 .6 890 176 1920
MAY
25... -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
JUL
10... -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
AUG
28... 14.0 11 470 73 594 8.1 .5 790 2.46 1790
SEP
29... -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
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)
DEC
15... -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
JAN
20... -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
APR
24... 1870 <1.0 70 1 50.0 20 <.1 2 <1.0 1000
MAY
25... -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
JUL
10... -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
AUG
28... 1750 8.0 80 <1 60.0 30 <.1 9 <1.0 1000
SEP
29... -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
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