RED RIVER OF THE NORTH BASIN
05051600 WILD RICE RIVER NEAR RUTLAND, ND
LOCATION.--Lat 46o01'20", long 97o30'40", in SE1/4SE1/4 sec.36, T.130 N., R.55 W., Sargent County, Hydrologic Unit 09020105, on
right bank 1,000 ft upstream from bridge on county highway, 2 mi south of Rutland, and 10 mi upstream from Lake Tewaukon.
DRAINAGE AREA.--546 mi2, of which about 250 mi2 is probably noncontributing.
WATER-DISCHARGE RECORDS
PERIOD OF RECORD.--October 1959 to current year (seasonal records only since 1982).
REVISED RECORDS.--WSP 1728: Drainage area.
GAGE.--Water-stage recorder. Datum of gage is 1,197.73 ft above sea level. Prior to Dec. 11, 1960, nonrecording gage at same
site and datum.
REMARKS.--Records poor.
EXTREMES FOR CURRENT YEAR.-- Maximum discharge, 369 ft3/s, Sept. 6, gage height 5.28 ft, minimum daily discharge, 15 ft3/s,
Mar. 1 and 2.
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 --- --- --- --- --- e15 111 71 83 54 36 24
2 --- --- --- --- --- e15 103 69 82 61 34 24
3 --- --- --- --- --- e16 105 67 79 65 33 65
4 --- --- --- --- --- e19 107 67 76 58 31 230
5 --- --- --- --- --- e25 110 75 91 53 29 314
6 --- --- --- --- --- e30 109 92 91 48 27 358
7 --- --- --- --- --- e35 108 110 91 45 26 312
8 --- --- --- --- --- e40 106 116 98 101 25 240
9 --- --- --- --- --- e45 102 120 102 114 25 190
10 --- --- --- --- --- e50 97 140 109 115 23 158
11 --- --- --- --- --- e56 91 188 92 117 23 156
12 --- --- --- --- --- e61 90 223 79 92 29 193
13 --- --- --- --- --- e70 87 222 73 77 37 225
14 --- --- --- --- --- e80 84 209 69 69 36 221
15 --- --- --- --- --- 92 83 194 73 63 35 198
16 --- --- --- --- --- 107 81 176 64 58 33 179
17 --- --- --- --- --- 123 79 163 61 55 29 153
18 --- --- --- --- --- 131 77 154 62 59 27 125
19 --- --- --- --- --- 152 76 145 58 59 26 107
20 --- --- --- --- --- 176 79 138 55 58 25 95
21 --- --- --- --- --- 163 76 131 78 58 24 86
22 --- --- --- --- --- 153 75 126 87 54 24 79
23 --- --- --- --- --- 150 72 119 79 50 24 78
24 --- --- --- --- --- 146 73 117 65 46 24 76
25 --- --- --- --- --- 141 73 114 59 44 23 74
26 --- --- --- --- --- 137 74 107 53 42 22 90
27 --- --- --- --- --- 132 76 100 50 41 21 83
28 --- --- --- --- --- 150 77 94 53 43 27 86
29 --- --- --- --- --- 164 75 91 56 40 25 86
30 --- --- --- --- --- 172 73 87 55 40 29 78
31 --- --- --- --- --- 153 --- 83 --- 39 27 ---
TOTAL --- --- --- --- --- 2999 2629 3908 2223 1918 859 4383
MEAN --- --- --- --- --- 96.7 87.6 126 74.1 61.9 27.7 146
MAX --- --- --- --- --- 176 111 223 109 117 37 358
MIN --- --- --- --- --- 15 72 67 50 39 21 24
AC-FT --- --- --- --- --- 5950 5210 7750 4410 3800 1700 8690
STATISTICS OF MONTHLY MEAN DATA FOR WATER YEARS 1960 - 1999, BY WATER YEAR (WY)
MEAN .54 .36 .14 .004 .068 25.7 66.5 35.5 20.7 25.7 7.76 7.14
MAX 4.81 5.87 2.90 .10 1.00 138 756 419 263 379 105 146
(WY) 1963 1963 1963 1963 1976 1966 1997 1998 1998 1998 1998 1999
MIN .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000
(WY) 1960 1960 1960 1960 1960 1965 1977 1977 1973 1961 1960 1960
SUMMARY STATISTICS WATER YEARS 1960 - 1999
ANNUAL MEAN a 8.36
HIGHEST ANNUAL MEAN a 44.8 1969
LOWEST ANNUAL MEAN a .000 1977
HIGHEST DAILY MEAN 2540 Apr 4 1997
LOWEST DAILY MEAN .00 Oct 1 1959
ANNUAL SEVEN-DAY MINIMUM .00 Oct 1 1959
INSTANTANEOUS PEAK FLOW 2700 Apr 3 1997
INSTANTANEOUS PEAK STAGE 10.11 Apr 3 1997
INSTANTANEOUS LOW FLOW .00 Oct 1 1959
ANNUAL RUNOFF (AC-FT) a 6050
10 PERCENT EXCEEDS 46
50 PERCENT EXCEEDS .00
90 PERCENT EXCEEDS .00
a Based on complete water years only (1960-82)
e Estimated
WATER-QUALITY RECORDS
PERIOD OF RECORD.--Water year 1997 to current year.
WATER-QUALITY DATA, WATER YEAR OCTOBER 1998 TO SEPTEMBER 1999
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
06... 1230 54 -- -- -- 1460 10.0 12.0 -- -- --
MAR
17... 1015 126 -- -- -- 1250 1.0 1.5 -- -- --
26... 1130 136 8.1 8.2 1050 1060 13.0 10.0 470 84 63
MAY
05... 1355 76 -- -- -- 1400 12.5 18.5 -- -- --
JUN
10... 1525 109 -- -- -- 1480 21.0 24.0 -- -- --
JUL
20... 1235 59 8.0 7.7 1490 1510 28.0 25.0 640 96 98
SEP
10... 0920 170 -- -- -- 1270 15.5 14.5 -- -- --
30... 1035 76 -- -- -- 1280 7.0 11.0 -- -- --
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 SODIUM (MG/L AS (MG/L (MG/L (MG/L PER SOLVED
AS K) PERCENT AS NA) CACO3) AS CL) AS F) AS SO4) DAY) (MG/L)
(00935) (00931) (00932) (00930) (90410) (00940) (00950) (00945) (70302) (70300)
OCT
06... -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
MAR
17... -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
26... 12 1 21 58 239 27 .10 340 280 763
MAY
05... -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
JUN
10... -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
JUL
20... 18 2 26 110 316 41 .20 510 182 1140
SEP
10... -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
30... -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
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
06... -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
MAR
17... -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
26... 728 1 60 4.0 70 300 <.1 <1.0 <1 440
MAY
05... -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
JUN
10... -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
JUL
20... 1060 5 70 <1.0 110 220 <.1 <1.0 <1 590
SEP
10... -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
30... -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
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