RED RIVER OF THE NORTH BASIN
05059000 SHEYENNE RIVER NEAR KINDRED, ND
LOCATION.--Lat 46o37'54", long 97o00'01", in SE1/4SE1/4SW1/4 sec.33, T.137 N., R.50 W., Cass County, Hydrologic Unit 09020204,
on left bank 100 ft downstream from North Dakota State Highway 46 bridge crossing, 1.5 mi southeast of Kindred, and at mile
67.9.
DRAINAGE AREA.--8,800 mi2, approximately, of which about 5,780 mi2 is probably noncontributing, including 3,800 mi2 in closed
basins.
WATER-DISCHARGE RECORDS
PERIOD OF RECORD.--July 1949 to current year.
REVISED RECORDS.--WSP 1728: Drainage area.
GAGE.--Water-stage recorder. Datum of gage is 925.55 ft above sea level. From Oct. 1, 1962, to Sept. 30, 1989, gage was located
at site 1,500 ft upstream. July 1949 to Sept. 30, 1962, nonrecording gage at same site and datum.
REMARKS.--Records good except for periods of estimated discharge, which are poor. Flow regulated to a large degree by Lake
Ashtabula (station 05057500), 202 mi upstream, and several small reservoirs.
EXTREMES OUTSIDE PERIOD OF RECORD.--Spring flood in 1947 or 1948 reached a stage of 22.1 ft from floodmarks, discharge about
3,600 ft3/s.
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 e95 178 e450 e140 e160 e250 1960 1530 1160 559 492 419
2 e90 181 e400 e140 e160 e350 2220 1320 1110 562 425 458
3 81 193 e370 e140 e160 e450 2380 1170 1070 577 393 597
4 78 196 e350 e140 e160 e600 2590 1090 1060 593 e370 788
5 112 187 e300 e140 e160 e700 2700 1060 1060 611 e360 903
6 124 177 e270 e140 e160 e680 2770 1080 996 648 e350 861
7 127 185 e240 e140 e160 e660 2830 1080 870 690 e350 828
8 131 321 231 e140 e160 e600 2830 1090 792 722 e345 851
9 129 365 e210 e140 e165 e560 2810 1070 732 751 e345 834
10 131 378 e250 e140 e165 e540 2780 1190 699 714 e335 793
11 142 381 e300 e140 e170 e520 2780 1430 804 609 e300 727
12 161 375 e340 e140 e170 e520 2780 1630 1060 516 273 689
13 161 394 e300 e140 e170 e520 2760 1850 1330 480 256 668
14 147 449 e280 e140 e170 e520 2740 2020 1550 485 247 581
15 145 468 255 e140 e175 e560 2730 2170 1550 532 246 499
16 151 433 232 e140 e175 e700 2730 2280 1280 544 286 460
17 212 412 e220 e145 e175 e800 2700 2360 1010 539 339 429
18 302 398 e180 e145 e175 e900 2610 2400 848 535 428 400
19 281 368 e130 e150 e175 e1100 2490 2400 794 572 461 383
20 272 372 e120 e150 e170 e1500 2420 2330 739 619 412 368
21 257 354 e120 e150 e170 e1800 2380 2220 697 621 350 354
22 284 412 e130 e150 e170 e2000 2360 2110 656 619 342 344
23 268 461 e140 e150 e160 e1900 2340 1930 663 627 337 336
24 224 561 e150 e150 e160 e1800 2270 1710 645 591 328 329
25 194 e600 e150 e155 e150 1710 2170 1600 616 540 328 325
26 179 e630 e150 e160 e160 1630 2100 1570 588 574 323 327
27 169 e630 e150 e160 e170 1680 1970 1530 565 609 335 324
28 163 e600 e150 e160 e200 1770 1820 1490 555 686 357 324
29 159 e540 e140 e160 --- 1690 1740 1400 551 726 393 323
30 183 e480 e140 e160 --- 1560 1680 1270 554 679 413 321
31 178 --- e140 e160 --- 1680 --- 1190 --- 607 412 ---
TOTAL 5330 11679 6988 4545 4675 32250 73440 50570 26604 18737 10931 15843
MEAN 172 389 225 147 167 1040 2448 1631 887 604 353 528
MAX 302 630 450 160 200 2000 2830 2400 1550 751 492 903
MIN 78 177 120 140 150 250 1680 1060 551 480 246 321
AC-FT 10570 23170 13860 9020 9270 63970 145700 100300 52770 37160 21680 31420
STATISTICS OF MONTHLY MEAN DATA FOR WATER YEARS 1949 - 1999, BY WATER YEAR (WY)
MEAN 89.6 104 89.7 78.9 91.7 340 871 540 293 250 144 96.6
MAX 693 589 339 205 317 1256 3957 3053 1938 1466 2231 528
(WY) 1995 1995 1995 1995 1996 1987 1997 1950 1950 1975 1993 1999
MIN 24.6 22.7 17.6 17.5 21.7 35.1 71.7 53.6 48.4 26.7 17.5 25.1
(WY) 1957 1956 1956 1991 1956 1956 1991 1990 1961 1988 1988 1959
SUMMARY STATISTICS FOR 1998 CALENDAR YEAR FOR 1999 WATER YEAR WATER YEARS 1949 - 1999
ANNUAL TOTAL 158977 261592
ANNUAL MEAN 436 717 249
HIGHEST ANNUAL MEAN 770 1997
LOWEST ANNUAL MEAN 48.0 1991
HIGHEST DAILY MEAN 1900 Mar 8 2830 Apr 7 5610 Apr 29 1997
LOWEST DAILY MEAN 78 Oct 4 78 Oct 4 9.2 Aug 16 1990
ANNUAL SEVEN-DAY MINIMUM 94 Sep 29 101 Oct 1 11 Dec 26 1990
INSTANTANEOUS PEAK FLOW 2840 Apr 8 5970 Apr 27 1997
INSTANTANEOUS PEAK STAGE 16.20 Apr 8 a 22.33 Apr 8 1997
ANNUAL RUNOFF (AC-FT) 315300 518900 180600
10 PERCENT EXCEEDS 1120 1960 535
50 PERCENT EXCEEDS 255 425 90
90 PERCENT EXCEEDS 120 145 34
a Backwater from ice
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- PH SPE-
CHARGE, WATER CIFIC SPE- HARD- MAGNE-
INST. WHOLE CON- CIFIC NESS CALCIUM SIUM,
CUBIC FIELD DUCT- CON- TEMPER- TEMPER- TOTAL DIS- DIS-
FEET (STAND- ANCE DUCT- ATURE ATURE (MG/L SOLVED SOLVED
DATE TIME PER ARD LAB ANCE AIR WATER AS (MG/L (MG/L
SECOND UNITS) (US/CM) (US/CM) (DEG C) (DEG C) CACO3) AS CA) AS MG)
(00061) (00400) (90095) (00095) (00020) (00010) (00900) (00915) (00925)
OCT
01... 1215 92 -- -- 918 12.0 11.0 -- -- --
DEC
09... 1315 204 -- -- 1000 .0 -1.0 -- -- --
JAN
26... 1705 168 -- -- 1050 -4.0 .5 -- -- --
MAR
23... 1015 1900 -- -- 684 3.5 -.5 -- -- --
26... 1010 1680 8.2 767 766 5.0 2.0 270 58 30
MAY
03... 1645 1110 -- -- 650 22.0 15.0 -- -- --
JUN
14... 1435 1640 -- -- 875 20.0 21.0 -- -- --
SEP
02... 1120 462 7.8 915 938 15.5 18.0 330 71 38
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
01... -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
DEC
09... -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
JAN
26... -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
MAR
23... -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
26... 10 2 31 59 228 19 .20 170 2510 553
MAY
03... -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
JUN
14... -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
SEP
02... 10 2 34 83 290 17 .20 190 747 599
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
01... -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
DEC
09... -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
JAN
26... -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
MAR
23... -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
26... 483 4 30 <1.0 50 100 <.1 <1.0 <1 350
MAY
03... -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
JUN
14... -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
SEP
02... 584 7 50 1.0 60 30 .1 1.0 <1 390
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