RED RIVER OF THE NORTH BASIN

                                             05066500  GOOSE RIVER AT HILLSBORO, ND

LOCATION.--Lat 47o24'34", long 97o03'39", in NW1/4 sec.5, T.145 N., R.50 W., Traill County, Hydrologic Unit 09020109, on right
   bank 600 ft upstream from Foogman Dam in Hillsboro, and 27.5 mi upstream from mouth.

DRAINAGE AREA.--1,203 mi2, of which about 110 mi2 is probably noncontributing.

                                                    WATER-DISCHARGE RECORDS

PERIOD OF RECORD.--March 1931 to current year (no winter records 1932-34). Monthly discharge only for some periods, published in
   WSP 1308.

GAGE.--Water-stage recorder and masonry dam. Datum of gage is 879.52 ft above sea level. Sept. 26, 1941, to Oct. 27, 1965, at
   site 600 ft downstream at same datum. See WSP 1728 or 1913 for history of changes prior to Sept. 26, 1941.

REMARKS.--Records good except for periods of estimated discharge, which are fair.

                           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       1.4       38       71      e21       15       15     5360      219      252      210       65       44
           2       2.2       41       49      e21       15       16     4650      205      237      207       63       43
           3       3.0       41       49      e20       15       16     3760      190      235      219       60       75
           4       4.9       42      e47      e20      e15       17     2890      178      258      198       59       88
           5      12         41      e45      e19      e14      e17     2450      175      266      178       57      106

           6       9.3       39      e48      e19      e14      e17     2190      294      766      162       56      116
           7      13         37      e50      e18      e13      e16     2130      656     1580      145       57      172
           8      14         37      e51      e18       12      e17     2090     1040     1690      179       54      187
           9      13         35      e55      e17       12      e17     2060     1240     1390      257       50      175
          10      12         38       54      e17       13      e17     2080     1500     1080      347       49      159

          11      15         29       49      e17       13       18     2120     3000      835      939       49      148
          12      15         33       48       18      e14       19     2050     4170      582     1240       49      128
          13      16         34       46       18      e13       18     1810     4180      445     1050       48       93
          14      19         36       45       18      e12       18     1490     3980      356      830       49       93
          15      18         33       44       18       12       18     1240     3500      299      587       53       90

          16      21        e32       44       18       12       19     1060     3010      254      415       62       77
          17      55        e31       43       20      e12       20      891     2500      220      320       62       72
          18      68        e31       43       18      e12       20      768     1800      197      262       72       63
          19      45         30      e40       17      e13      e23      628     1560      180      216       84       60
          20      51         31      e37       17      e13      e30      541     1350      166      183       83       68

          21      68         31      e35       16       13      e45      487     1150      154      160      e76       63
          22      70         28      e33       16       13      e80      447      982      145      153      e64       57
          23      79         28      e30       16       13     e150      415      817      143      179      e54       50
          24      66         29      e28       15       13     e300      392      677      163      151       51       45
          25      51         31      e27       15       13     e800      361      573      386      131       46       40

          26      43         34      e26       15       14    e1400      333      492      381      114       43       40
          27      41         37      e25       15       15    e2500      304      429      318      103       39       39
          28      37         38      e24       15       14     4110      278      376      273      104       40       36
          29      38         41      e23       15      ---     5450      255      338      246       93       48       34
          30      37         67      e22       15      ---     6200      238      303      219       82       46       35
          31      37        ---      e21       15      ---     6130      ---      276      ---       72       42      ---

         TOTAL   974.8     1073     1252      537      372    27533    45768    41160    13716     9486     1730     2496
         MEAN     31.4     35.8     40.4     17.3     13.3      888     1526     1328      457      306     55.8     83.2
         MAX        79       67       71       21       15     6200     5360     4180     1690     1240       84      187
         MIN       1.4       28       21       15       12       15      238      175      143       72       39       34
         AC-FT    1930     2130     2480     1070      738    54610    90780    81640    27210    18820     3430     4950

         STATISTICS OF MONTHLY MEAN DATA FOR WATER YEARS 1931 - 1999, BY WATER YEAR (WY)

         MEAN     15.8     11.6     7.24     4.18     7.31      172      516      139     68.7     64.3     24.2     17.8
         MAX       436      188     79.9     31.8      217     1220     3412     2275      457      729      515      326
         (WY)     1995     1995     1995     1995     1998     1995     1997     1950     1999     1993     1993     1994
         MIN      .000     .000     .000     .000     .000     .000     6.51     1.12     1.35     .000     .000     .000
         (WY)     1939     1939     1939     1939     1939     1940     1938     1939     1938     1940     1938     1938

         SUMMARY STATISTICS           FOR 1998 CALENDAR YEAR        FOR 1999 WATER YEAR           WATER YEARS 1931 - 1999

         ANNUAL TOTAL                       47929.3                   146097.8
         ANNUAL MEAN                          131                        400                         90.0
         HIGHEST ANNUAL MEAN                                                                        400              1999
         LOWEST ANNUAL MEAN                                                                           3.47           1937
         HIGHEST DAILY MEAN                  2120     Feb 28            6200     Mar 30           14400       Apr 21 1979
         LOWEST DAILY MEAN                      1.4   Oct  1               1.4   Oct  1                .00    Mar  1 1936
         ANNUAL SEVEN-DAY MINIMUM               2.3   Sep 27               6.5   Oct  1                .00    Mar  1 1936
         INSTANTANEOUS PEAK FLOW                                        6350     Mar 30           14800       Apr 21 1979
         INSTANTANEOUS PEAK STAGE                                         13.77  Mar 30              16.76    Apr 21 1979
         ANNUAL RUNOFF (AC-FT)              95070                     289800                      65200
         10 PERCENT EXCEEDS                   289                       1240                        132
         50 PERCENT EXCEEDS                    41                         51                          5.8
         90 PERCENT EXCEEDS                     5.4                       15                           .10

         e  Estimated

                                                     WATER-QUALITY RECORDS

PERIOD OF RECORD.--Water year 1969 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
            26...       1045      42       --       --       --     1330      1.5      9.0       --       --       --
          DEC
            10...       1410      55       --       --       --     1190      2.5      1.0       --       --       --
          FEB
            10...       1410      14       --       --       --     1330      4.0      1.0       --       --       --
          APR
            01...       1050    5130      7.9       --      402      382       .5      3.0      160       39      15
          MAY
            10...       1305    1500       --       --       --     1070     11.0     14.0       --       --       --
          JUL
            23...       1035     186       --       --       --     1180     27.0     24.0       --       --       --
          AUG
            20...       1105      72      8.1      7.9     1330     1330     20.0     21.5      620      140      65
            26...       1015      46       --       --       --     1290     25.5     23.0       --       --       --


                                                                 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)

               OCT
                 26...        --       --       --       --       --       --       --       --       --       --
               DEC
                 10...        --       --       --       --       --       --       --       --       --       --
               FEB
                 10...        --       --       --       --       --       --       --       --       --       --
               APR
                 01...       7.0       .4      14       13       109      6.9       .10      91     3950      285
               MAY
                 10...        --       --       --       --       --       --       --       --       --       --
               JUL
                 23...        --       --       --       --       --       --       --       --       --       --
               AUG
                 20...       7.1      1        23       84       321     30         .20     410      187      961
                 26...        --       --       --       --       --       --       --       --       --       --


                           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
                 26...        --       --       --       --       --       --       --       --       --       --
               DEC
                 10...        --       --       --       --       --       --       --       --       --       --
               FEB
                 10...        --       --       --       --       --       --       --       --       --       --
               APR
                 01...       238       2       60      <1.0      20       170      <.1      1.0      <1       190
               MAY
                 10...        --       --       --       --       --       --       --       --       --       --
               JUL
                 23...        --       --       --       --       --       --       --       --       --       --
               AUG
                 20...       930       6       20       1.0      80       100       .1      4.0       2       660
                 26...        --       --       --       --       --       --       --       --       --       --

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