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JAMES RIVER BASIN
06470000 JAMES RIVER AT JAMESTOWN, ND
LOCATION.--Lat 46°53'22", long 98°40'58", in NW1/4NE1/4 sec.6, T.139 N., R.63 W., Stutsman County, Hydrologic Unit 10160003, on
left bank 200 ft upstream from Interstate 94 bridge at southeast corner of Jamestown and 3 mi downstream from Pipestem Creek.
DRAINAGE AREA.--2,820 mi2, approximately, of which about 1,650 mi2 is probably noncontributing.
WATER-DISCHARGE RECORDS
PERIOD OF RECORD.--June 1928 to September 1933, March to May 1935, August 1937 to September 1939, April 1943 to current year.
Monthly discharge only for some periods, published in WSP 1309.
REVISED RECORDS.--WSP 1239: 1938(M). WSP 1917: Drainage area.
GAGE.--Water-stage recorder. Datum of gage is 1,373.27 ft above sea level. Oct. 1, 1949, to Sept. 30, 1965, at former bridge 0.5
mi upstream at datum 2.00 ft higher. See WSP 1729 or 1917 for history of changes prior to Oct. 1, 1949.
REMARKS.--Records good except for periods of estimated discharge, which are fair. Flow regulated by Arrowwood, Jim, and Pipestem
Lakes, and Jamestown Reservoir, combined capacity, 393,000 acre-ft. Regulation by Jamestown Reservoir (station 06469000) 6 mi
upstream since 1953 and by Pipestem Lake, capacity 147,000 acre-ft, since 1973.
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
1 580 99 53 28 e16 e120 37 41 58 250 461 569
2 563 101 46 28 e17 e120 39 37 57 252 463 586
3 558 101 39 e27 e15 120 38 35 56 253 476 578
4 538 99 44 e27 e14 121 38 34 60 288 466 573
5 483 61 45 e27 e14 119 39 35 55 351 493 571
6 477 53 45 e26 e14 118 37 35 60 273 467 569
7 462 52 47 e24 e14 118 37 44 55 267 463 568
8 424 51 44 e22 e15 135 37 55 52 262 464 559
9 417 66 59 e22 e17 122 37 57 52 260 463 571
10 374 57 43 e23 e16 101 40 57 51 259 460 564
11 340 53 43 e23 e19 42 38 57 49 310 457 564
12 333 47 43 e25 e20 38 38 57 50 284 461 562
13 260 50 47 e24 e20 33 39 56 52 270 456 563
14 239 50 44 e24 e21 37 41 55 79 267 498 587
15 213 55 59 e23 e22 37 39 58 141 269 460 614
16 175 60 59 e22 e25 36 40 56 157 279 477 625
17 170 59 48 e23 e24 36 41 55 149 269 462 618
18 162 52 47 e23 24 37 42 54 149 292 458 619
19 122 51 46 e24 23 38 40 53 155 359 464 619
20 123 52 47 e23 23 39 38 55 229 365 463 614
21 116 54 52 e24 22 38 38 54 250 360 475 618
22 120 56 53 e24 22 38 39 54 254 360 464 630
23 120 58 50 e23 22 40 40 55 279 362 461 609
24 120 61 45 e23 23 43 39 53 252 364 459 605
25 105 62 41 e22 53 40 38 53 258 413 470 602
26 98 61 38 e21 e100 39 45 53 250 461 526 600
27 101 60 37 e21 e120 38 49 66 247 459 520 598
28 101 57 33 e19 e120 37 40 55 247 459 519 597
29 101 56 29 e18 e120 38 38 60 248 459 523 599
30 100 49 29 e17 --- 38 55 62 249 459 566 605
31 101 --- 28 e17 --- 38 --- 56 --- 461 570 ---
TOTAL 8196 1843 1383 717 975 1994 1196 1607 4300 10296 14885 17756
MEAN 264 61.4 44.6 23.1 33.6 64.3 39.9 51.8 143 332 480 592
MAX 580 101 59 28 120 135 55 66 279 461 570 630
MIN 98 47 28 17 14 33 37 34 49 250 456 559
AC-FT 16260 3660 2740 1420 1930 3960 2370 3190 8530 20420 29520 35220
STATISTICS OF MONTHLY MEAN DATA FOR WATER YEARS 1928 - 2000, BY WATER YEAR (WY)
MEAN 61.6 28.7 9.57 5.30 11.6 85.6 272 225 163 112 92.1 79.5
MAX 946 276 82.4 47.9 111 731 2434 2559 1266 1024 761 908
(WY) 1994 1994 1995 1995 1930 1966 1950 1950 1997 1995 1995 1993
MIN .29 .35 .66 .29 .60 1.74 1.00 1.06 1.27 .67 .23 .20
(WY) 1990 1939 1939 1991 1939 1944 1939 1939 1931 1933 1933 1933
SUMMARY STATISTICS FOR 1999 CALENDAR YEAR FOR 2000 WATER YEAR WATER YEARS 1928 - 2000
ANNUAL TOTAL 153643.7 65148
ANNUAL MEAN 421 178 95.5
HIGHEST ANNUAL MEAN 521 1997
LOWEST ANNUAL MEAN 2.38 1938
HIGHEST DAILY MEAN 1090 May 10 630 Sep 22 6170 May 13 1950
LOWEST DAILY MEAN 7.6 Feb 23 14 Feb 4 .00 Jun 28 1933
ANNUAL SEVEN-DAY MINIMUM 7.7 Feb 17 15 Feb 2 .00 Oct 26 1989
INSTANTANEOUS PEAK FLOW 649 Sep 21 6390 May 13 1950
INSTANTANEOUS PEAK STAGE 7.40 Sep 21 a 15.82 May 13 1950
INSTANTANEOUS LOW FLOW .00 Jun 28 1933
ANNUAL RUNOFF (AC-FT) 304800 129200 69190
10 PERCENT EXCEEDS 801 530 288
50 PERCENT EXCEEDS 495 57 8.2
90 PERCENT EXCEEDS 9.3 23 1.2
a Site and datum then in use
e Estimated
WATER-QUALITY RECORDS
PERIOD OF RECORD.--Water years 1950-51, 1958 to current year.
WATER-QUALITY DATA, WATER YEAR OCTOBER 1999 TO SEPTEMBER 2000
DIS- PH PH
CHARGE, WATER WATER SPE- HARD- MAGNE-
INST. WHOLE WHOLE CIFIC NESS CALCIUM SIUM,
CUBIC FIELD LAB CON- TEMPER- TEMPER- TOTAL DIS- DIS-
FEET (STAND- (STAND- DUCT- ATURE ATURE (MG/L SOLVED SOLVED
DATE TIME PER ARD ARD ANCE AIR WATER AS (MG/L (MG/L
SECOND UNITS) UNITS) (US/CM) (DEG C) (DEG C) CACO3) AS CA) AS MG)
(00061) (00400) (00403) (00095) (00020) (00010) (00900) (00915) (00925)
OCT
15... 0930 225 -- -- 910 8.0 9.2 -- -- --
NOV
16... 1330 58 -- -- 941 10.0 5.6 -- -- --
JAN
05... 1440 27 -- -- 1250 2.0 .5 -- -- --
FEB
15... 1200 22 -- -- 1720 <-5.0 .5 -- -- --
MAR
15... 1400 35 -- -- 1140 -3.5 5.0 -- -- --
APR
05... 1050 39 7.9 -- 1100 14.0 8.0 500 100 60.0
MAY
03... 0830 35 -- -- 1090 18.0 15.5 -- -- --
JUN
15... 1045 141 -- -- 1100 17.0 20.0 -- -- --
AUG
09... 1505 481 -- 8.2 826 31.0 27.0 320 60.0 42.0
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
15... -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
NOV
16... -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
JAN
05... -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
FEB
15... -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
MAR
15... -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
APR
05... 16.0 2 84.0 26 319 26.0 .2 330 90.5 864
MAY
03... -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
JUN
15... -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
AUG
09... 14.0 2 80.0 34 282 19.0 .2 200 819 631
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
15... -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
NOV
16... -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
JAN
05... -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
FEB
15... -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
MAR
15... -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
APR
05... 809 2.0 70 1 70.0 760 .1 <1 3.0 490
MAY
03... -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
JUN
15... -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
AUG
09... 585 6.0 50 2 50.0 310 .1 2 <1.0 380
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