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RED RIVER OF THE NORTH BASIN
05051500 RED RIVER OF THE NORTH AT WAHPETON, ND
LOCATION.--Lat 46o15'55", long 96o35'40", in NE1/4 sec.8, T.132 N., R.47 W., Richland County, Hydrologic Unit 09020104, on left
bank in Wahpeton, 800 ft downstream from confluence of Bois de Sioux and Otter Tail Rivers, and at mile 548.6.
DRAINAGE AREA.--4,010 mi2, approximately.
WATER-DISCHARGE RECORDS
PERIOD OF RECORD.--April to October 1942, March 1943 to current year. Gage-height records collected in this vicinity since 1917
are contained in reports of the National Weather Service.
GAGE.--Water-stage recorder and concrete and wooden dam. Datum of gage is 942.97 ft above sea level. Prior to Aug. 6, 1943,
National Weather Service nonrecording gage 800 ft upstream, converted to present datum. Aug. 6, 1943, to Oct. 27, 1950,
nonrecording gage at present site and datum.
REMARKS.--Records fair. Flow regulated by Orwell Reservoir, capacity, 14,100 acre-ft at elevation 1,070 ft above National
Geodetic Vertical Datum of 1929, adjustment of 1912; Lake Traverse, capacity, 137,000 acre-ft, available for flood control;
numerous other controlled lakes and ponds and several powerplants.
EXTREMES OUTSIDE PERIOD OF RECORD.--A stage of 17.0 ft, discharge, 10,500 ft3/s, occurred in the spring of 1897.
DISCHARGE, CUBIC FEET PER SECOND, WATER YEAR OCTOBER 1998 TO SEPTEMBER 1999
DAILY MEAN VALUES
DAY OCT NOV DEC JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP
1 516 726 1100 e540 e750 e740 1340 1330 1450 1490 815 776
2 510 708 1290 e520 e720 e760 1300 1300 1470 1520 789 834
3 485 722 1290 e500 e700 e780 1330 1290 1440 1580 574 922
4 459 704 1390 e500 e670 e800 1510 1300 1380 1530 330 1140
5 476 706 1420 e500 e660 e840 1710 1320 1820 1470 293 1200
6 461 756 1420 e490 e660 e900 1570 1320 3130 1430 279 1150
7 463 865 1410 e490 e650 e1000 1370 1330 4090 1410 442 1080
8 552 957 1440 e500 e640 e1150 1250 1350 3880 1460 697 1120
9 679 945 1560 e500 e620 e1300 1200 1380 2880 1450 779 1290
10 635 611 1600 e500 e620 e1400 1190 1430 2180 1470 939 1310
11 553 537 1480 e500 e620 e1500 1170 1490 2240 1430 900 1320
12 543 e500 1280 e500 e600 e1400 1160 1630 2310 1340 1160 1390
13 544 e520 1190 e510 e600 e1300 1220 1690 2260 1300 2560 1350
14 544 e580 1170 e520 e600 1350 1350 1640 2210 1410 3160 1320
15 529 e640 1140 e540 e600 1380 1380 1680 2170 1430 2940 1290
16 589 e620 1080 e560 e600 1500 1420 1760 2130 1420 2180 1250
17 687 e560 e920 e600 e600 1810 1400 1760 1990 1370 1600 1220
18 806 e520 e800 e630 e600 1910 1340 1740 1830 1380 1500 1200
19 899 e480 e710 e660 e600 1900 1320 1710 1790 1380 1510 1170
20 890 e450 e600 e680 e600 1840 1330 1650 1780 1340 1440 1150
21 858 e500 e520 e700 e590 1600 1360 1580 1780 1240 1350 1080
22 809 e600 e500 e740 e590 1470 1380 1470 1940 1090 1280 973
23 776 e700 e500 e760 e600 1370 1380 1330 2150 1000 1370 925
24 755 e760 e500 e800 e620 1260 1370 1310 2180 985 1260 860
25 740 e820 e500 e810 e640 1240 1370 1300 1980 962 1060 843
26 737 887 e510 e820 e660 1170 1360 1300 1700 943 876 825
27 732 909 e520 e840 e700 1100 1370 1290 1550 960 827 797
28 796 929 e520 e830 e740 1230 1360 1260 1520 1080 734 798
29 916 951 e540 e820 --- 1890 1350 1180 1510 996 648 815
30 923 984 e540 e810 --- 1810 1340 1170 1500 932 659 824
31 852 --- e540 e800 --- 1440 --- 1290 --- 892 696 ---
TOTAL 20714 21147 29980 19470 17850 41140 40500 44580 62240 39690 35647 32222
MEAN 668 705 967 628 638 1327 1350 1438 2075 1280 1150 1074
MAX 923 984 1600 840 750 1910 1710 1760 4090 1580 3160 1390
MIN 459 450 500 490 590 740 1160 1170 1380 892 279 776
AC-FT 41090 41950 59470 38620 35410 81600 80330 88420 123500 78730 70710 63910
STATISTICS OF MONTHLY MEAN DATA FOR WATER YEARS 1942 - 1999, BY WATER YEAR (WY)
MEAN 339 318 293 278 300 693 1418 1124 1074 802 443 350
MAX 1599 952 967 678 868 2629 8717 3344 2675 2787 2496 2148
(WY) 1994 1987 1999 1986 1998 1995 1997 1997 1962 1993 1993 1993
MIN 5.72 7.40 6.60 8.81 18.0 84.3 138 22.5 90.0 65.6 53.5 2.18
(WY) 1977 1977 1977 1977 1977 1977 1977 1977 1977 1977 1977 1976
SUMMARY STATISTICS FOR 1998 CALENDAR YEAR FOR 1999 WATER YEAR WATER YEARS 1942 - 1999
ANNUAL TOTAL 357039 405180
ANNUAL MEAN 978 1110 616
HIGHEST ANNUAL MEAN 1600 1997
LOWEST ANNUAL MEAN 54.0 1977
HIGHEST DAILY MEAN 4170 Jun 29 4090 Jun 7 12700 Apr 15 1997
LOWEST DAILY MEAN 175 Sep 23 279 Aug 6 1.7 Aug 28 1976
ANNUAL SEVEN-DAY MINIMUM 350 Sep 21 481 Oct 1 1.7 Aug 28 1976
INSTANTANEOUS PEAK FLOW 4220 Jun 7 12800 Apr 15 1997
INSTANTANEOUS PEAK STAGE 11.02 Jun 7 a 19.42 Apr 6 1997
INSTANTANEOUS LOW FLOW 1.7 Aug 28 1976
ANNUAL RUNOFF (AC-FT) 708200 803700 446400
10 PERCENT EXCEEDS 1590 1700 1460
50 PERCENT EXCEEDS 887 1080 382
90 PERCENT EXCEEDS 450 520 108
a Backwater from ice, from floodmark
e Estimated
WATER-QUALITY RECORDS
PERIOD OF RECORD.--Water year 1972 to current year.
WATER-QUALITY DATA, WATER YEAR OCTOBER 1998 TO SEPTEMBER 1999
DIS- DIS- SAMPLE PH PH SPE-
CHARGE, CHARGE, LOC- WATER WATER CIFIC SPE- HARD-
IN INST. ATION, WHOLE WHOLE CON- CIFIC NESS
CUBIC CUBIC CROSS OXYGEN, FIELD LAB DUCT- CON- TEMPER- TEMPER- TOTAL
FEET FEET SECTION DIS- (STAND- (STAND- ANCE DUCT- ATURE ATURE (MG/L
DATE TIME PER PER (FT FM SOLVED ARD ARD LAB ANCE AIR WATER AS
SECOND SECOND R BK) (MG/L) UNITS) UNITS) (US/CM) (US/CM) (DEG C) (DEG C) CACO3)
(00060) (00061) (72103) (00300) (00400) (00403) (90095) (00095) (00020) (00010) (00900)
OCT
05... 1555 -- 463 -- -- -- -- -- 406 13.0 11.0 --
DEC
11... 0925 -- 1490 -- -- -- -- -- 813 4.5 .5 --
JAN
26... 0910 -- 824 -- -- -- -- -- 123 -10.0 .5 --
FEB
09... 1310 620 -- 30.0 13.2 7.6 -- -- 431 -- .0 --
09... 1315 -- -- 70.0 13.0 7.7 -- -- 432 -- .0 --
09... 1320 -- -- 100.0 13.0 7.7 -- -- 430 -- .0 --
MAR
16... 1635 -- 1530 -- -- -- -- -- 829 2.0 2.0 --
27... 0900 -- 1130 -- -- 8.0 -- 513 561 4.5 4.0 260
MAY
04... 1645 -- 1330 -- -- -- -- -- 490 22.0 16.0 --
JUN
10... 0840 -- 2100 -- -- -- -- -- 497 21.0 22.0 --
JUL
15... 1400 -- 1410 -- -- 8.0 8.0 560 558 27.0 26.0 270
SEP
02... 1605 -- 843 -- -- -- -- -- 588 16.0 21.0 --
ANC
MAGNE- POTAS- SODIUM UNFLTRD CHLO- FLUO- SOLIDS,
CALCIUM SIUM, SIUM, AD- SODIUM, TIT 4.5 RIDE, RIDE, SULFATE DIS-
DIS- DIS- DIS- SORP- DIS- LAB DIS- DIS- DIS- SOLVED
SOLVED SOLVED SOLVED TION SOLVED (MG/L SOLVED SOLVED SOLVED (TONS
DATE (MG/L (MG/L (MG/L RATIO SODIUM (MG/L AS (MG/L (MG/L (MG/L PER
AS CA) AS MG) AS K) PERCENT AS NA) CACO3) AS CL) AS F) AS SO4) DAY)
(00915) (00925) (00935) (00931) (00932) (00930) (90410) (00940) (00950) (00945) (70302)
OCT
05... -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
DEC
11... -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
JAN
26... -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
FEB
09... -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
09... -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
09... -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
MAR
16... -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
27... 51 33 4.6 .4 11 15 196 14 .10 83 1200
MAY
04... -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
JUN
10... -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
JUL
15... 50 35 3.8 .4 11 15 213 11 .20 93 1320
SEP
02... -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
SOLIDS, SOLIDS,
RESIDUE SUM OF MANGA- MOLYB- SELE- STRON-
AT 180 CONSTI- ARSENIC IRON, LEAD, LITHIUM NESE, MERCURY DENUM, NIUM, TIUM,
DEG. C TUENTS, DIS- DIS- DIS- DIS- DIS- DIS- DIS- DIS- DIS-
DIS- DIS- SOLVED SOLVED SOLVED SOLVED SOLVED SOLVED SOLVED SOLVED SOLVED
DATE SOLVED SOLVED (UG/L (UG/L (UG/L (UG/L (UG/L (UG/L (UG/L (UG/L (UG/L
(MG/L) (MG/L) AS AS) AS FE) AS PB) AS LI) AS MN) AS HG) AS MO) AS SE) AS SR)
(70300) (70301) (01000) (01046) (01049) (01130) (01056) (71890) (01060) (01145) (01080)
OCT
05... -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
DEC
11... -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
JAN
26... -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
FEB
09... -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
09... -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
09... -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
MAR
16... -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
27... 392 319 2 40 <1.0 20 30 <.1 <1.0 <1 240
MAY
04... -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
JUN
10... -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
JUL
15... 348 336 5 60 1.0 20 10 <.1 1.0 <1 250
SEP
02... -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
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