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RED RIVER OF THE NORTH BASIN
05064900 BEAVER CREEK NEAR FINLEY, ND
LOCATION.--Lat 47o35'40", long 97o42'18", in NE1/4 sec.31, T.148 N., R.55 W., Steele County, Hydrologic Unit 09020109, on right
bank 500 ft upstream from bridge on county highway, and 7 mi northeast of Finley.
DRAINAGE AREA.--160 mi2, approximately.
WATER-DISCHARGE RECORDS
PERIOD OF RECORD.--October 1964 to current year.
GAGE.--Water-stage recorder and concrete broad-crested weir. Datum of gage is 1,170.08 ft above sea level.
REMARKS.--Records good except those below 1.0 ft3/s, which are fair, and those for estimated daily discharges, which are poor.
Since June 1987, some regulation by flood control dam 2.0 mi upstream.
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 .00 e.70 e.05 e.00 e.00 e.02 274 19 36 35 .86 .74
2 .00 e.60 e.04 e.00 e.00 e.03 259 19 35 30 .74 .94
3 .00 e.50 e.04 e.00 e.00 e.03 241 20 34 26 .93 1.9
4 .00 e.35 e.03 e.00 e.00 e.03 214 21 274 22 .73 3.3
5 .00 e.25 e.03 e.00 e.00 e.04 154 51 276 21 .66 5.8
6 .00 e.22 e.02 e.00 e.00 e.04 68 133 261 19 .51 5.1
7 .00 e.17 e.02 e.00 e.00 e.04 162 116 241 18 .59 4.5
8 .00 e.15 e.02 e.00 e.00 e.05 220 86 208 47 e.70 3.8
9 .00 e.12 e.01 e.00 e.00 e.05 228 78 64 207 e.90 3.0
10 .00 e.10 e.01 e.00 e.00 e.06 220 211 48 261 e.95 2.1
11 .00 e.08 e.01 e.00 e.00 e.10 206 285 42 235 e1.1 1.7
12 .00 e.07 e.00 e.00 e.00 e.20 187 247 39 114 e1.3 1.5
13 .00 e.06 e.00 e.00 e.00 e.50 145 231 35 48 e1.5 1.5
14 e.00 e.05 e.00 e.00 e.00 e1.0 89 199 30 33 e2.0 1.1
15 e.00 e.04 e.00 e.00 e.00 e2.5 77 141 26 24 e4.5 .89
16 e.00 e.02 e.00 e.00 e.00 e5.0 67 136 23 20 e7.0 .89
17 e.80 e.01 e.00 e.00 e.00 e10 59 103 21 16 e10 .84
18 e10 e.01 e.00 e.00 e.00 e20 53 81 20 14 e9.0 .62
19 e8.0 e.01 e.00 e.00 e.00 e50 49 69 20 13 e3.0 .54
20 e1.5 e.01 e.00 e.00 e.00 e80 46 61 19 11 1.3 .44
21 e2.2 e.02 e.00 e.00 e.00 e100 45 55 88 8.7 1.1 .36
22 e3.0 e.03 e.00 e.00 e.00 e100 41 52 175 8.3 1.0 .31
23 e2.0 e.04 e.00 e.00 e.00 e90 37 47 54 7.5 1.2 .28
24 e1.0 e.08 e.00 e.00 e.00 e80 34 45 59 6.5 1.1 .27
25 e.60 e.10 e.00 e.00 e.00 e90 31 42 51 6.0 1.2 .28
26 e1.5 e.09 e.00 e.00 e.01 e150 27 40 49 5.1 1.0 .44
27 e1.0 e.08 e.00 e.00 e.02 e230 24 37 40 4.4 .90 .45
28 e.60 e.07 e.00 e.00 e.02 e280 22 36 37 3.5 .77 e.45
29 e.80 e.06 e.00 e.00 --- 282 20 33 39 2.6 e.70 e.40
30 e1.0 e.05 e.00 e.00 --- 283 19 32 40 1.9 .66 e.35
31 e.90 --- e.00 e.00 --- 279 --- 37 --- 1.3 .66 ---
TOTAL 34.90 4.14 0.28 0.00 0.05 2133.69 3318 2763 2384 1269.8 58.56 44.79
MEAN 1.13 .14 .009 .000 .002 68.8 111 89.1 79.5 41.0 1.89 1.49
MAX 10 .70 .05 .00 .02 283 274 285 276 261 10 5.8
MIN .00 .01 .00 .00 .00 .02 19 19 19 1.3 .51 .27
AC-FT 69 8.2 .6 .00 .1 4230 6580 5480 4730 2520 116 89
STATISTICS OF MONTHLY MEAN DATA FOR WATER YEARS 1965 - 1999, BY WATER YEAR (WY)
MEAN 1.92 1.23 .28 .063 .46 27.9 62.1 15.6 7.69 10.3 3.86 2.22
MAX 30.3 25.4 4.33 1.06 7.91 151 252 89.1 79.5 104 43.4 21.2
(WY) 1995 1995 1995 1995 1998 1995 1996 1999 1999 1993 1994 1993
MIN .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 .19 .042 .001 .000 .000 .000
(WY) 1968 1968 1965 1965 1965 1965 1981 1977 1980 1972 1969 1967
SUMMARY STATISTICS FOR 1998 CALENDAR YEAR FOR 1999 WATER YEAR WATER YEARS 1965 - 1999
ANNUAL TOTAL 1978.43 12011.21
ANNUAL MEAN 5.42 32.9 11.1
HIGHEST ANNUAL MEAN 36.2 1995
LOWEST ANNUAL MEAN .12 1977
HIGHEST DAILY MEAN 171 Mar 27 285 May 11 1540 Apr 19 1979
LOWEST DAILY MEAN .00 Jan 3 .00 Oct 1 .00 Nov 21 1964
ANNUAL SEVEN-DAY MINIMUM .00 Jan 3 .00 Oct 1 .00 Nov 21 1964
INSTANTANEOUS PEAK FLOW 360 Jun 4 a 1900 Apr 19 1979
INSTANTANEOUS PEAK STAGE 4.83 Jun 4 b 10.79 Apr 11 1996
ANNUAL RUNOFF (AC-FT) 3920 23820 8060
10 PERCENT EXCEEDS 10 115 21
50 PERCENT EXCEEDS .09 .90 .18
90 PERCENT EXCEEDS .00 .00 .00
a Gage height, 8.35 ft, backwater from ice
b Backwater from ice
e Estimated
WATER-QUALITY RECORDS
PERIOD OF RECORD.--Water year 1965 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)
MAR
27... 1155 232 8.1 -- 372 340 4.5 .0 130 30 13
MAY
12... 1320 247 -- -- -- 875 11.0 11.0 -- -- --
JUN
14... 0940 31 -- -- -- -- 11.0 17.5 -- -- --
JUL
20... 1420 11 -- -- -- 991 28.5 27.0 -- -- --
AUG
10... 1000 .95 8.2 8.1 1260 1270 24.5 22.5 510 110 58
SEP
13... 1015 1.4 -- -- -- 1350 11.0 12.0 -- -- --
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)
MAR
27... 6.0 .6 20 16 100 11 .10 70 144 230
MAY
12... -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
JUN
14... -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
JUL
20... -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
AUG
10... 7.2 2 31 110 355 18 .20 360 2.36 919
SEP
13... -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
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
27... 207 1 130 <1.0 20 170 .1 <1.0 <1 200
MAY
12... -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
JUN
14... -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
JUL
20... -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
AUG
10... 877 8 20 <1.0 70 210 .1 2.0 <1 570
SEP
13... -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
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