RED RIVER OF THE NORTH BASIN

                                       05070000  RED RIVER OF THE NORTH NEAR THOMPSON, ND

LOCATION.--Lat 47o45'32", long 96o56'37", in NW1/4NE1/4 sec.5, T.149 N.,R.49 W., Grand Forks County, Hydrologic Unit 09020301,
   on left bank 50 ft upstream of county highway, 7.6 miles east of Thompson, and at river mile 317.7.

DRAINAGE AREA.--Not determined.

                                                      GAGE-HEIGHT RECORDS

PERIOD OF RECORD.--Mar. to Sept. 1999; gage heights and maximum discharge only.

GAGE.--Water stage recorder. Datum of gage is 779.00 ft above sea level (levels by Grand Forks County Highway Department).

REMARKS.--Gage heights for Mar. 3, 12, 16, 17, 19, 21, and 24 estimated based on once daily readings.

EXTREMES FOR CURRENT YEAR.--Maximum discharge, about 31,000 ft3/s, gage height, 53.57 ft on Mar. 31; minimum gage height, 17.77
   ft, Aug. 10 and 11.

                                  GAGE HEIGHT, FEET, WATER YEAR OCTOBER 1998 TO SEPTEMBER 1999
                                                        DAILY MEAN VALUES

         DAY       OCT      NOV      DEC      JAN      FEB      MAR      APR      MAY      JUN      JUL      AUG      SEP

           1       ---      ---      ---      ---      ---      ---    53.49      ---    24.75    22.57    20.24    19.25
           2       ---      ---      ---      ---      ---      ---    53.23      ---    24.35    22.05    20.17    19.23
           3       ---      ---      ---      ---      ---   e20.13    52.61    24.22    23.95    21.69    20.01    19.79
           4       ---      ---      ---      ---      ---      ---    52.00    23.88    23.89    21.51    19.68    22.08
           5       ---      ---      ---      ---      ---      ---    51.46    23.55    23.78    21.71    19.30    26.00

           6       ---      ---      ---      ---      ---      ---    50.54    23.36    23.88    23.83    19.02    29.62
           7       ---      ---      ---      ---      ---      ---    49.66    23.51    24.38    25.42    18.89    32.48
           8       ---      ---      ---      ---      ---      ---    48.48    24.29    25.61    25.37    18.56    34.30
           9       ---      ---      ---      ---      ---      ---    47.72    25.83    26.66    24.71    18.16    35.15
          10       ---      ---      ---      ---      ---      ---    46.56    28.15    27.17    24.36    17.87    35.07

          11       ---      ---      ---      ---      ---      ---    45.20    32.14    27.39    24.66    17.80    34.07
          12       ---      ---      ---      ---      ---   e22.67    43.63    36.93    27.88    24.98    18.25    32.32
          13       ---      ---      ---      ---      ---      ---    41.89    40.17    28.09    25.14    18.89    30.33
          14       ---      ---      ---      ---      ---      ---    40.13    41.94    27.54    24.58    19.82    28.59
          15       ---      ---      ---      ---      ---      ---    38.39    42.97    26.75    23.71    20.80    27.30

          16       ---      ---      ---      ---      ---   e21.61    36.83    43.30    26.17    22.90    21.28    26.49
          17       ---      ---      ---      ---      ---   e21.61    35.49    42.96    25.78    22.23    22.02    25.92
          18       ---      ---      ---      ---      ---      ---    34.27    42.07    25.39    21.82    22.99    25.30
          19       ---      ---      ---      ---      ---   e24.91    33.22    40.82    24.86    21.72    23.42    24.53
          20       ---      ---      ---      ---      ---      ---    32.25    39.42    24.23    21.57    23.14    23.69

          21       ---      ---      ---      ---      ---   e31.07    31.41    37.87    23.58    21.29    22.35    22.88
          22       ---      ---      ---      ---      ---      ---    30.66    36.24    22.98    21.06    21.55    22.28
          23       ---      ---      ---      ---      ---      ---    29.96    34.61    22.70    21.18    21.05    21.89
          24       ---      ---      ---      ---      ---   e40.01    29.36    32.98    22.43    21.22    20.81    21.57
          25       ---      ---      ---      ---      ---    43.13      ---    31.40    22.30    20.98    21.13    21.28

          26       ---      ---      ---      ---      ---    45.56    27.86    29.86    22.52    20.73    21.08    20.99
          27       ---      ---      ---      ---      ---    48.85      ---    28.51    23.13    20.55    20.83    20.78
          28       ---      ---      ---      ---      ---    51.89      ---    27.36    23.59    20.54    20.53    20.62
          29       ---      ---      ---      ---      ---    53.16      ---    26.46    23.54    20.63    20.11    20.47
          30       ---      ---      ---      ---      ---    53.25      ---    25.80    23.15    20.57    19.71    20.35
          31       ---      ---      ---      ---      ---    53.48      ---    25.28      ---    20.42    19.40      ---

         MEAN      ---      ---      ---      ---      ---      ---      ---      ---    24.75    22.44    20.29    25.49
         MAX       ---      ---      ---      ---      ---      ---      ---      ---    28.09    25.42    23.42    35.15
         MIN       ---      ---      ---      ---      ---      ---      ---      ---    22.30    20.42    17.80    19.23

         e  Estimated

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