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RED RIVER OF THE NORTH BASIN
05056100 MAUVAIS COULEE NEAR CANDO, ND
LOCATION.--Lat 48o26'53", long 99o06'08", in SE1/4NE1/4SE1/4 sec.1, T.157 N., R.66 W., Towner County, Hydrologic Unit 09020201,
on left bank 0.3 mi upstream from highway bridge, about 4 mi upstream from West Fork, and 5.5 mi southeast of Cando.
DRAINAGE AREA.--387 mi2, of which about 10 mi2 is probably noncontributing.
WATER-DISCHARGE RECORDS
PERIOD OF RECORD.--May 1956 to current year (seasonal records only since 1982).
GAGE.--Water-stage recorder. Elevation of gage is 1,445 ft above sea level, from topographic map. Prior to July 2, 1957,
nonrecording gage at present site and datum.
REMARKS.--Records good except for period of estimated discharge, which are fair.
EXTREMES OUTSIDE PERIOD OF RECORD.--Flood of June 16, 1954, reached a stage of 9.83 ft, and flood of Apr. 20, 1956, reached a
stage of 10.71 ft, from floodmarks set by local resident.
EXTREMES FOR CURRENT YEAR.--Maximum discharge, 2,250 ft3/s, Apr. 12, gage height, 11.14 ft; minimum recorded daily discharge,
0.03 ft3/s, Mar. 6-7.
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 --- --- --- --- --- e.04 e73 121 261 24 157 12
2 --- --- --- --- --- e.04 e66 107 235 22 124 11
3 --- --- --- --- --- e.04 e75 93 205 21 99 9.3
4 --- --- --- --- --- e.04 e140 84 178 21 79 8.6
5 --- --- --- --- --- e.04 e275 87 148 19 63 8.7
6 --- --- --- --- --- e.03 e520 103 127 18 51 8.4
7 --- --- --- --- --- e.03 e1130 128 113 18 44 7.8
8 --- --- --- --- --- e.04 e1300 151 98 20 38 7.4
9 --- --- --- --- --- e.04 e1550 176 93 19 35 6.8
10 --- --- --- --- --- e.04 e1850 223 84 17 31 6.2
11 --- --- --- --- --- e.04 e2100 319 80 16 32 6.1
12 --- --- --- --- --- e.04 e2200 389 86 15 31 5.9
13 --- --- --- --- --- e.04 2170 583 90 15 30 5.6
14 --- --- --- --- --- e.05 1880 991 89 14 29 5.3
15 --- --- --- --- --- e.06 1550 1230 83 20 29 5.1
16 --- --- --- --- --- e.06 1290 1180 75 22 34 4.8
17 --- --- --- --- --- e.06 1070 1170 67 28 34 4.7
18 --- --- --- --- --- e.06 880 1250 60 36 33 4.5
19 --- --- --- --- --- e.06 724 1170 53 63 32 4.4
20 --- --- --- --- --- e.06 595 1000 49 97 33 4.5
21 --- --- --- --- --- e.06 487 856 48 119 33 4.8
22 --- --- --- --- --- e.06 398 752 46 145 33 4.3
23 --- --- --- --- --- e.06 349 677 43 151 32 3.9
24 --- --- --- --- --- e.06 313 615 39 155 29 3.4
25 --- --- --- --- --- e.07 279 558 35 173 27 3.2
26 --- --- --- --- --- e.15 246 510 33 202 25 3.3
27 --- --- --- --- --- e.74 215 453 30 226 23 3.1
28 --- --- --- --- --- e5.0 183 402 29 242 20 2.9
29 --- --- --- --- --- e15 158 353 26 247 17 2.9
30 --- --- --- --- --- e62 138 309 25 232 16 2.7
31 --- --- --- --- --- e80 --- 282 --- 196 13 ---
TOTAL --- --- --- --- --- 164.11 24204 16322 2628 2613 1306 171.6
MEAN --- --- --- --- --- 5.29 807 527 87.6 84.3 42.1 5.72
MAX --- --- --- --- --- 80 2200 1250 261 247 157 12
MIN --- --- --- --- --- .03 66 84 25 14 13 2.7
AC-FT --- --- --- --- --- 326 48010 32370 5210 5180 2590 340
STATISTICS OF MONTHLY MEAN DATA FOR WATER YEARS 1956 - 1999, BY WATER YEAR (WY)
MEAN 2.41 1.18 .28 .020 .18 23.4 196 60.1 11.5 14.9 13.6 4.50
MAX 27.1 10.4 3.86 .34 5.01 198 946 527 87.6 226 274 62.3
(WY) 1966 1981 1981 1981 1981 1992 1997 1999 1999 1997 1993 1965
MIN .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000
(WY) 1959 1960 1957 1957 1957 1958 1991 1961 1961 1959 1959 1959
SUMMARY STATISTICS WATER YEARS 1956 - 1999
ANNUAL MEAN 19.7
HIGHEST ANNUAL MEAN 71.7 1974
LOWEST ANNUAL MEAN .004 1961
HIGHEST DAILY MEAN 2980 Apr 21 1997
LOWEST DAILY MEAN .00 Aug 21 1956
ANNUAL SEVEN-DAY MINIMUM .00 Aug 21 1956
INSTANTANEOUS PEAK FLOW 3000 Apr 21 1997
INSTANTANEOUS PEAK STAGE 11.68 Apr 21 1997
ANNUAL RUNOFF (AC-FT) 14260
10 PERCENT EXCEEDS 43
50 PERCENT EXCEEDS .10
90 PERCENT EXCEEDS .00
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- BARO- OXYGEN, PH PH SPE-
CHARGE, METRIC DIS- WATER WATER CIFIC SPE-
INST. PRES- SOLVED WHOLE WHOLE CON- CIFIC
CUBIC SURE (PER- OXYGEN, FIELD LAB DUCT- CON- TEMPER- TEMPER-
FEET (MM CENT DIS- (STAND- (STAND- ANCE DUCT- ATURE ATURE
DATE TIME PER OF SATUR- SOLVED ARD ARD LAB ANCE AIR WATER
SECOND HG) ATION) (MG/L) UNITS) UNITS) (US/CM) (US/CM) (DEG C) (DEG C)
(00061) (00025) (00301) (00300) (00400) (00403) (90095) (00095) (00020) (00010)
MAR
11... 0951 .04 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -7.0 .0
22... 1255 .06 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 2.0 .0
30... 1430 62 -- -- 9.1 7.0 7.4 676 560 9.5 2.5
APR
07... 1800 1130 -- -- -- -- -- -- 549 10.5 2.0
12... 1430 2230 728 81 9.3 7.7 7.6 503 476 10.0 7.5
22... 1600 390 -- -- -- -- -- -- 638 8.5 12.5
MAY
04... 1200 98 707 112 10.3 8.2 8.0 905 913 19.5 15.5
JUN
09... 1120 91 720 92 7.5 8.1 8.2 1080 1100 22.5 22.3
AUG
02... 1500 121 735 8 5.3 7.8 -- 1080 1100 25.0 21.7
ANC
HARD- MAGNE- POTAS- SODIUM UNFLTRD CHLO- FLUO-
NESS CALCIUM SIUM, SIUM, AD- SODIUM, TIT 4.5 RIDE, RIDE, SULFATE
TOTAL DIS- DIS- DIS- SORP- DIS- LAB DIS- DIS- DIS-
(MG/L SOLVED SOLVED SOLVED TION SOLVED (MG/L SOLVED SOLVED SOLVED
DATE AS (MG/L (MG/L (MG/L RATIO SODIUM (MG/L AS (MG/L (MG/L (MG/L
CACO3) AS CA) AS MG) AS K) PERCENT AS NA) CACO3) AS CL) AS F) AS SO4)
(00900) (00915) (00925) (00935) (00931) (00932) (00930) (90410) (00940) (00950) (00945)
MAR
11... -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
22... -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
30... 260 55 29 11 1 22 35 96 22 .10 220
APR
07... -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
12... 200 43 23 10 .6 16 19 131 13 .10 110
22... -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
MAY
04... 390 80 46 13 1 21 51 251 22 .20 250
JUN
09... 480 91 62 12 1 23 67 299 19 .20 320
AUG
02... 480 86 64 13 1 22 66 308 15 .20 310
NITRO- NITRO- NITRO- NITRO- NITRO- PHOS- SOLIDS,
GEN, GEN,AM- GEN, GEN, NITRO- GEN, PHORUS SOLIDS, RESIDUE
AMMONIA MONIA + NITRATE NO2+NO3 GEN, NITRO- NITRITE ORTHO, PHOS- DIS- AT 180
DIS- ORGANIC DIS- DIS- ORGANIC GEN, DIS- DIS- PHORUS SOLVED DEG. C
SOLVED TOTAL SOLVED SOLVED TOTAL TOTAL SOLVED SOLVED TOTAL (TONS DIS-
DATE (MG/L (MG/L (MG/L (MG/L (MG/L (MG/L (MG/L (MG/L (MG/L PER SOLVED
AS N) AS N) AS N) AS N) AS N) AS N) AS N) AS P) AS P) DAY) (MG/L)
(00608) (00625) (00618) (00631) (00605) (00600) (00613) (00671) (00665) (70302) (70300)
MAR
11... -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
22... -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
30... .364 1.3 2.38 2.42 .96 3.7 .044 .425 .504 74.8 445
APR
07... -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
12... .075 2.7 1.92 2.00 2.6 4.7 .073 .259 .651 2000 333
22... -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
MAY
04... .041 1.5 -- .066 1.4 1.5 <.010 .133 .205 173 657
JUN
09... .045 1.6 -- <.050 1.5 -- .011 .265 .339 194 786
AUG
02... <.020 1.7 -- <.050 -- -- <.010 .527 .535 244 747
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)
MAR
11... -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
22... -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
30... 443 1 120 <1.0 30 430 <.1 9.0 1 190
APR
07... -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
12... 307 3 70 <1.0 20 40 <.1 <1.0 1 170
22... -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
MAY
04... 614 4 40 1.0 50 100 <.1 1.0 <1 410
JUN
09... 752 6 40 1.0 60 250 <.1 <1.0 <1 440
AUG
02... 741 6 50 <1.0 70 70 <.1 <1.0 <1 470
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