RED RIVER OF THE NORTH BASIN
05056000 SHEYENNE RIVER NEAR WARWICK, ND
LOCATION.--Lat 47o48'20", long 98o42'57", on south quarter of line between secs.15 and 16, T.150 N., R.63 W., Eddy County,
Hydrologic Unit 09020203, on left bank on downstream side of county highway bridge, and 3.3 mi south of Warwick.
DRAINAGE AREA.--2,070 mi2, approximately, of which about 1,310 mi2 is probably noncontributing, including 227 mi2 in closed
basins.
WATER-DISCHARGE RECORDS
PERIOD OF RECORD.--October 1949 to current year. Monthly discharge only for some periods, published in WSP 1308.
REVISED RECORDS.--WSP 1438: 1952(M). WSP 1728: Drainage area.
GAGE.--Water-stage recorder and rubble masonry control. Elevation of gage is 1,370 ft above sea level, by barometer.
REMARKS.--Records good except for periods of estimated discharge, which are poor.
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 11 13 26 9.8 12 13 e3100 261 293 164 93 159
2 11 13 26 9.5 12 13 e2700 246 276 151 91 158
3 9.8 13 26 9.5 12 14 e2500 233 260 142 87 157
4 9.8 12 27 9.6 12 14 e2300 223 239 133 85 167
5 12 11 27 9.5 12 14 1800 234 230 125 80 184
6 9.1 11 25 9.5 12 14 998 270 235 117 76 194
7 8.8 11 23 9.5 12 15 780 326 222 112 73 181
8 8.6 10 24 9.5 12 16 795 374 214 174 70 168
9 9.0 11 23 9.5 12 16 883 456 212 213 69 163
10 8.4 12 22 9.3 12 17 1080 561 207 218 66 155
11 11 9.3 22 9.5 11 17 1310 643 208 268 67 146
12 8.4 9.6 22 9.5 11 17 1520 726 197 330 234 137
13 9.9 11 22 10 11 17 1720 845 187 331 368 137
14 20 11 22 9.8 11 18 1790 875 175 274 415 138
15 15 12 21 9.1 11 19 1580 845 163 219 354 130
16 10 12 22 9.4 11 19 1230 809 156 186 270 120
17 10 12 21 9.7 11 20 988 792 148 180 267 117
18 10 13 21 9.5 11 20 838 796 139 192 298 115
19 8.9 12 20 9.5 10 21 721 766 130 218 291 113
20 8.8 13 19 10 10 26 630 715 122 233 274 106
21 11 14 17 10 10 30 552 667 115 221 260 99
22 12 15 15 10 9.9 38 507 613 121 205 251 95
23 11 15 13 10 9.5 47 464 560 155 186 260 91
24 9.4 15 12 11 9.5 67 427 519 156 172 268 84
25 9.4 16 11 11 10 119 397 481 149 157 259 78
26 9.5 17 9.7 11 11 184 361 443 207 142 243 77
27 9.5 18 9.5 11 12 283 334 412 239 137 223 78
28 9.5 20 9.5 11 12 e500 313 384 209 124 200 77
29 12 23 9.4 11 --- e850 292 359 188 114 180 72
30 12 25 8.7 11 --- e1500 274 330 176 104 165 67
31 13 --- 9.0 11 --- e2400 --- 302 --- 97 158 ---
TOTAL 327.8 409.9 584.8 309.2 311.9 6358 33184 16066 5728 5639 6095 3763
MEAN 10.6 13.7 18.9 9.97 11.1 205 1106 518 191 182 197 125
MAX 20 25 27 11 12 2400 3100 875 293 331 415 194
MIN 8.4 9.3 8.7 9.1 9.5 13 274 223 115 97 66 67
AC-FT 650 813 1160 613 619 12610 65820 31870 11360 11180 12090 7460
STATISTICS OF MONTHLY MEAN DATA FOR WATER YEARS 1950 - 1999, BY WATER YEAR (WY)
MEAN 13.7 12.7 8.14 5.46 10.8 136 339 120 57.9 45.7 27.9 13.9
MAX 73.2 65.5 42.8 26.3 154 793 1794 854 326 299 423 125
(WY) 1983 1995 1995 1983 1981 1983 1997 1950 1954 1993 1993 1999
MIN 1.16 1.28 .76 .47 .75 1.46 15.8 10.4 1.75 .36 .090 .71
(WY) 1953 1961 1961 1990 1990 1964 1977 1990 1961 1989 1961 1961
SUMMARY STATISTICS FOR 1998 CALENDAR YEAR FOR 1999 WATER YEAR WATER YEARS 1950 - 1999
ANNUAL TOTAL 31114.2 78776.6
ANNUAL MEAN 85.2 216 65.9
HIGHEST ANNUAL MEAN 216 1999
LOWEST ANNUAL MEAN 5.31 1977
HIGHEST DAILY MEAN 1410 Mar 31 3100 Apr 1 4370 Apr 14 1969
LOWEST DAILY MEAN 3.0 Aug 6 8.4 Oct 10 .00 Aug 7 1961
ANNUAL SEVEN-DAY MINIMUM 3.5 Jul 31 9.0 Oct 6 .00 Aug 7 1961
INSTANTANEOUS PEAK FLOW a 3200 Mar 31 4660 Apr 14 1969
INSTANTANEOUS PEAK STAGE b 7.63 Mar 31 8.08 Apr 21 1997
ANNUAL RUNOFF (AC-FT) 61720 156300 47760
10 PERCENT EXCEEDS 251 560 122
50 PERCENT EXCEEDS 16 76 10
90 PERCENT EXCEEDS 6.7 9.6 1.5
a About
b Backwater from ice
e Estimated
WATER-QUALITY RECORDS
PERIOD OF RECORD.--Water years 1951, 1953, 1958 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
07... 1230 9.6 -- -- -- 917 14.5 10.1 -- -- --
DEC
08... 1345 24 -- -- -- 1170 .5 .0 -- -- --
FEB
08... 1315 13 -- -- -- 733 -- -- -- -- --
24... 1045 9.7 -- -- -- 1210 -2.5 .0 -- -- --
MAR
26... 1115 166 -- -- -- 641 8.0 .0 -- -- --
30... 1300 1590 8.0 -- 384 381 14.8 .2 100 22 12
APR
05... 1415 1720 -- -- -- 360 1.0 1.1 -- -- --
07... 1345 756 -- -- -- 468 8.5 3.5 -- -- --
14... 1100 1820 -- -- -- 440 8.0 9.6 -- -- --
MAY
18... 1445 801 -- -- -- 963 18.0 16.2 -- -- --
JUN
30... 1100 179 -- -- -- 1100 19.5 20.2 -- -- --
AUG
05... 0830 82 8.0 7.9 1140 1150 20.6 24.3 290 48 41
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
07... -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
DEC
08... -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
FEB
08... -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
24... -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
MAR
26... -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
30... 7.7 1 40 35 139 6.9 .10 64 1070 250
APR
05... -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
07... -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
14... -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
MAY
18... -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
JUN
30... -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
AUG
05... 13 4 55 170 490 17 .20 150 176 799
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
07... -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
DEC
08... -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
FEB
08... -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
24... -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
MAR
26... -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
30... 231 1 110 3.0 30 90 <.1 <1.0 <1 200
APR
05... -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
07... -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
14... -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
MAY
18... -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
JUN
30... -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
AUG
05... 734 8 80 1.0 80 110 .1 1.0 <1 290
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