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RED RIVER OF THE NORTH BASIN
05059500 SHEYENNE RIVER AT WEST FARGO, ND
LOCATION.--Lat 46o53'28", long 96o54'24", in SE1/4SE1/4 sec.31, T.140 N., R.49 W., Cass County, Hydrologic Unit 09020204, on
right bank at downstream side of county highway bridge, 1 mi north of West Fargo, 3 mi upstream from Maple River, and at mile
24.5.
DRAINAGE AREA.--8,870 mi2, approximately, of which about 5,780 mi2 is probably noncontributing, including 3,800 mi2 in closed
basins.
WATER-DISCHARGE RECORDS
PERIOD OF RECORD.--March to November 1902 (gage heights only), April 1903 to October 1905, March to August 1919, September 1929
to current year. Published as "at or near Haggart" 1902-7, 1919. Records for March to November 1902 and November 1905 to June
1907, published in WSP 100, 171, 207, and 245, have been found to be unreliable and should not be used. Monthly discharge
only for some periods, published in WSP 1308.
REVISED RECORDS.--WSP 1388: 1904(M). WSP 1728: Drainage area. See also "PERIOD OF RECORD."
GAGE.--Water-stage recorder. Datum of gage is 877.19 ft above sea level. June 27, 1933, to September 1969 on left bank about 600
ft downstream on unimproved channel at same datum. See WSP 1728 or 1913 for history of changes prior to June 27, 1933.
REMARKS.--Records fair except those for estimated daily discharges, which are poor. Flow regulated to a large degree by Lake
Ashtabula (station 05057500), 246 mi upstream. Since March 1993 flood flows that are diverted from the Sheyenne River just
downstream from gaging station Sheyenne River above Sheyenne River Diversion near Horace (station 05059300) bypass this
station. These flows are measured at streamflow station Sheyenne River Diversion at West Fargo (station 05059480). Figures of
discharge given here include flow of the bypass. During some years, flow is diverted from just above the station into the Red
River of the North in order to maintain adequate supply for municipal uses. Figures of daily discharge do not include this
diversion.
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
1 130 211 e620 e145 e160 e248 e2010 e1630 e1320 e587 603 500
2 129 212 e590 e145 e160 e351 e2360 e1460 e1320 e584 512 481
3 e120 264 e550 e145 e165 e447 e2540 e1270 1300 e576 439 684
4 e91 246 e510 e145 e165 e600 e3100 e1140 1240 e610 395 820
5 e85 237 e460 e145 e160 e760 e3210 e1100 1250 e627 365 1080
6 e110 225 e420 e150 e160 e750 e3150 e1070 1210 638 353 1300
7 145 211 e390 e150 e160 e730 e3050 e1080 1110 661 342 1360
8 153 e250 e350 e150 e160 e670 e2970 e1100 944 703 345 1200
9 146 e350 e280 e150 e165 e620 e2900 e1070 839 730 361 1070
10 133 e440 e270 e150 e165 e578 e2850 e1330 778 769 330 954
11 166 e470 e280 e150 e170 e556 e2850 e1500 739 729 306 882
12 156 e490 e300 e150 e170 e536 e2850 e1750 833 645 315 791
13 162 e495 e325 e150 e170 e540 e2870 e2000 1130 566 254 703
14 174 e505 e325 e150 e170 e540 e2830 e2200 1680 515 194 667
15 176 e550 e300 e150 e170 e570 e2780 e2400 2130 506 198 581
16 169 e540 e260 e150 e170 e610 e2820 e2550 2100 540 281 499
17 e348 e520 e230 e150 e170 e730 e2810 e2650 1610 553 294 443
18 e501 e485 e210 e155 e170 e850 e2750 e2660 1160 549 351 411
19 e488 e455 e190 e160 e170 e1000 e2650 e2580 941 545 423 381
20 e428 e445 e160 e160 e170 e1310 e2510 e2520 862 561 472 359
21 e394 e425 e140 e160 e165 e1800 e2510 e2400 810 573 448 343
22 e378 e415 e140 e160 e165 e2110 e2450 e2300 756 593 401 328
23 e401 e435 e150 e165 e170 e2250 e2420 e2150 668 600 386 317
24 e322 e530 e160 e165 e170 e2300 e2410 e1980 639 603 371 311
25 276 e600 e160 e165 e180 e2350 e2280 e1710 630 585 361 311
26 246 e660 e160 e165 e180 e2320 e2160 e1600 610 542 360 307
27 220 e680 e155 e165 e203 e1630 e2070 e1580 e597 550 357 301
28 202 e680 e150 e165 e230 e2030 e1960 e1560 e597 581 363 284
29 195 e670 e150 e165 --- e2630 e1880 e1510 e582 638 381 288
30 194 e655 e145 e160 --- e2420 e1730 e1470 e584 684 413 303
31 206 --- e145 e160 --- e1870 --- e1390 --- 658 435 ---
TOTAL 7044 13351 8675 4795 4783 36706 77730 54710 30969 18801 11409 18259
MEAN 227 445 280 155 171 1184 2591 1765 1032 606 368 609
MAX 501 680 620 165 230 2630 3210 2660 2130 769 603 1360
MIN 85 211 140 145 160 248 1730 1070 582 506 194 284
AC-FT 13970 26480 17210 9510 9490 72810 154200 108500 61430 37290 22630 36220
STATISTICS OF MONTHLY MEAN DATA FOR WATER YEARS 1903 - 1999, BY WATER YEAR (WY)
MEAN 77.5 89.4 75.0 63.8 72.5 276 801 488 271 214 127 84.8
MAX 713 674 359 267 287 1184 3312 3235 1785 1358 2218 609
(WY) 1995 1995 1995 1997 1996 1999 1997 1997 1950 1975 1993 1999
MIN 9.88 12.4 7.48 6.37 5.47 6.76 65.2 54.0 25.2 14.7 7.46 7.43
(WY) 1937 1937 1937 1940 1937 1940 1991 1959 1934 1934 1936 1976
SUMMARY STATISTICS FOR 1998 CALENDAR YEAR FOR 1999 WATER YEAR WATER YEARS 1903 - 1999
ANNUAL TOTAL 174447 287232
ANNUAL MEAN 478 787 219
HIGHEST ANNUAL MEAN 804 1997
LOWEST ANNUAL MEAN 37.1 1934
HIGHEST DAILY MEAN 2630 Jun 30 3210 Apr 5 4800 Apr 19 1997
LOWEST DAILY MEAN 73 Sep 4 85 Oct 5 a 1.0 Sep 23 1976
ANNUAL SEVEN-DAY MINIMUM 82 Sep 3 116 Oct 1 2.0 Sep 17 1976
INSTANTANEOUS PEAK FLOW b 3210 Apr 5 c 4810 Apr 19 1997
INSTANTANEOUS PEAK STAGE 19.78 Apr 5 d 22.90 Apr 9 1997
ANNUAL RUNOFF (AC-FT) 346000 569700 159000
10 PERCENT EXCEEDS 1200 2290 493
50 PERCENT EXCEEDS 325 499 78
90 PERCENT EXCEEDS 127 156 21
a Caused by diversion to Red River of the North
b All flow through diversion channel
c All flow going through diversion channel, gage height, 22.68 ft
d Maximum gage height in diversion channel, backwater from ice
e Estimated
WATER-QUALITY RECORDS
PERIOD OF RECORD.--Water year 1998 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)
DEC
07... 1550 395 -- -- -- 994 -1.0 -1.0 -- -- --
JAN
27... 1045 167 -- -- -- 1020 -6.0 .5 -- -- --
MAY
03... 1220 345 -- -- -- 625 23.5 14.0 -- -- --
JUN
07... 1405 531 -- -- -- 859 24.0 23.0 -- -- --
JUL
09... 1420 324 -- -- -- 924 17.5 22.0 -- -- --
AUG
31... 1415 450 8.0 8.2 993 1010 26.0 23.0 370 77 42
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)
DEC
07... -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
JAN
27... -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
MAY
03... -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
JUN
07... -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
JUL
09... -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
AUG
31... 11 2 35 94 324 19 .20 210 809 666
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)
DEC
07... -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
JAN
27... -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
MAY
03... -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
JUN
07... -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
JUL
09... -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
AUG
31... 648 7 40 <1.0 70 20 <.1 1.0 2 430
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