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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