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RED RIVER OF THE NORTH BASIN
05082500 RED RIVER OF THE NORTH AT GRAND FORKS, ND
LOCATION.--Lat 47o55'38", long 97o01'34", in sec.2, T.151 N., R.50 W., Grand Forks County, Hydrologic Unit 09020301, on right
bank 200 ft upstream from the DeMers Avenue bridge, 0.4 mi downstream from Red Lake River, and at mile 297.6.
DRAINAGE AREA.--30,100 mi2, approximately, including 3,800 mi2 in closed basins.
WATER-DISCHARGE RECORDS
PERIOD OF RECORD.--April 1882 to current year. Prior to January 1904 monthly discharge only, published in WSP 1308.
REVISED RECORDS.--WSP 855: 1936(M). WSP 1115: 1942. WSP 1175: 1897(M). WSP 1388: 1904, 1914-15, 1917-19, 1921-22, 1927, 1950.
WSP 1728: Drainage area. WRD-ND-81-1: 1882, 1897 (M).
GAGE.--Water-stage recorder. Datum of gage is 779.00 ft above sea level. Oct. 1, 1983, to Sept. 30, 1986, datum of gage was
780.00 ft at same site. Apr. 14, 1965, to Sept. 30, 1983, water-stage recorder 1.9 mi downstream at a datum of 778.35 ft.
Nov. 3, 1933, to Apr. 13, 1965, water-stage recorder 0.3 mi upstream at 778.35 ft datum. See WSP 1728 or 1913 for history of
changes prior to Nov. 3, 1933.
REMARKS.--Records good except for periods of estimated discharge, which are poor.
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 1640 3960 4810 e1690 e1660 e2100 49700 9210 10300 6640 4930 4070
2 1690 3950 5040 e1680 e1640 e2150 48200 8810 10300 6270 4830 3990
3 1700 3950 5340 e1670 e1620 e2200 46400 8490 9830 6000 4700 4920
4 1710 3920 5830 e1660 e1600 e2250 44200 8100 10000 5790 4440 7740
5 1850 3810 6010 e1650 e1580 e2300 42500 7790 9720 5790 4120 12700
6 1820 3650 5900 e1650 e1560 e2500 40900 7520 9860 7040 3910 17200
7 1870 3500 5710 e1650 e1540 e2800 39200 7710 10200 8240 3780 20600
8 1930 3360 5140 e1650 e1520 e3300 37600 8430 10900 8520 3580 22700
9 e1930 3100 4540 e1660 e1510 e3500 35800 10400 11800 8200 3320 23300
10 e1920 2880 4090 e1670 e1500 e3600 33900 13400 12500 8210 3160 22200
11 e2030 3010 3870 e1680 e1500 e3700 31800 17400 12900 8470 3140 20300
12 e2100 2860 e3800 e1690 e1500 e3700 29600 21900 13600 8780 3670 17700
13 e2100 2570 e3700 e1700 e1520 e3650 27300 25600 13900 9120 4310 14800
14 2030 2830 4350 e1720 e1530 e3600 25200 28300 13400 8790 5520 13300
15 2070 2720 4560 e1740 e1540 e3500 23300 30300 12500 7860 6550 12400
16 2090 2570 4480 e1760 e1550 e3600 21500 31000 11600 7050 6730 12000
17 2360 e2400 4090 e1780 e1560 e3800 19900 29800 10900 6530 7010 11600
18 3140 e2200 3590 e1790 e1570 e4300 18300 27900 10200 6170 7720 11100
19 5630 e2100 3070 e1800 e1600 e5100 16700 25800 9430 6220 7840 10300
20 7740 e2000 2480 e1800 e1630 e7700 15700 23500 8680 6100 7390 9420
21 8000 2000 2270 e1800 e1680 e11000 15000 21300 7750 5770 6660 8470
22 e7400 2180 2090 e1800 e1750 e13500 14400 19900 7210 5510 5980 7600
23 e6400 2770 e1950 e1790 e1820 e15500 13800 18400 7100 5560 5570 7110
24 e5700 3310 e1850 e1780 e1880 e18000 13200 16800 6850 5660 6090 6830
25 e5200 3540 e1800 e1770 e1950 e21000 12600 15300 6650 5460 7480 6630
26 4810 3820 e1750 e1760 e2000 e23500 12000 13700 6780 5240 7340 6330
27 4510 4290 e1740 e1750 e2000 e26000 11400 12100 7180 5060 6490 6300
28 4280 4670 e1730 e1740 e2050 e31000 10800 10700 7460 5080 5710 6250
29 4180 4730 e1720 e1720 --- e40000 10200 10100 7410 5290 5020 6210
30 4120 4740 e1710 e1700 --- 45900 9680 9990 7140 5190 4560 6100
31 3960 --- e1700 e1680 --- 49100 --- 10300 --- 5060 4240 ---
TOTAL 107910 97390 110710 53380 46360 363850 770780 509950 294050 204670 165790 340170
MEAN 3481 3246 3571 1722 1656 11740 25690 16450 9802 6602 5348 11340
MAX 8000 4740 6010 1800 2050 49100 49700 31000 13900 9120 7840 23300
MIN 1640 2000 1700 1650 1500 2100 9680 7520 6650 5060 3140 3990
AC-FT 214000 193200 219600 105900 91960 721700 1529000 1011000 583200 406000 328800 674700
STATISTICS OF MONTHLY MEAN DATA FOR WATER YEARS 1904 - 1999, BY WATER YEAR (WY)
MEAN 1446 1240 1021 852 838 2736 10120 5522 4064 3520 1815 1550
MAX 5127 5218 3571 2030 3520 15370 56210 36510 19340 25270 17050 11340
(WY) 1995 1972 1999 1996 1998 1995 1997 1950 1962 1975 1993 1999
MIN 12.1 30.5 17.8 18.8 2.87 42.1 954 373 151 88.8 30.6 20.3
(WY) 1937 1937 1937 1937 1937 1937 1938 1934 1934 1936 1934 1936
SUMMARY STATISTICS FOR 1998 CALENDAR YEAR FOR 1999 WATER YEAR WATER YEARS 1904 - 1999
ANNUAL TOTAL 2397170 3065010
ANNUAL MEAN 6568 8397 2877
HIGHEST ANNUAL MEAN 10070 1997
LOWEST ANNUAL MEAN 244 1934
HIGHEST DAILY MEAN 29600 May 21 49700 Apr 1 127000 Apr 18 1997
LOWEST DAILY MEAN 1560 Sep 29 1500 Feb 10 1.8 Sep 2 1977
ANNUAL SEVEN-DAY MINIMUM 1640 Sep 27 1510 Feb 8 2.5 Feb 12 1937
INSTANTANEOUS PEAK FLOW a 50000 Mar 31 b 137000 Apr 18 1997
INSTANTANEOUS PEAK STAGE 44.26 Apr 1 c 54.35 Apr 22 1997
ANNUAL RUNOFF (AC-FT) 4755000 6079000 2085000
10 PERCENT EXCEEDS 16700 20800 6350
50 PERCENT EXCEEDS 3960 5240 1400
90 PERCENT EXCEEDS 1840 1700 280
a Gage height 44.11 ft
b Maximum observed, affected by breakout from Red River about 20 miles upstream of gage that entered Lake River
about 2 miles upstream from the confluence with the Red River
c From floodmark
e Estimated
WATER-QUALITY RECORDS
PERIOD OF RECORD.--Water years 1949, 1956 to current year.
REMARKS.--Quality assurance sample also collected at this location.
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
16... 1140 2080 -- -- -- 592 9.5 9.0 -- -- --
DEC
14... 1130 4210 -- -- -- -- 4.0 .0 -- -- --
FEB
25... 1445 2070 -- -- -- 622 -- 1.4 -- -- --
APR
02... 1215 48100 7.9 -- 376 358 3.0 2.5 150 37 15
MAY
21... 1045 21300 -- -- -- 856 19.2 17.0 -- -- --
JUN
30... 0950 7020 -- -- -- 577 22.5 22.1 -- -- --
AUG
23... 1400 5510 8.3 8.1 506 511 21.5 21.5 240 54 25
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
16... -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
DEC
14... -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
FEB
25... -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
APR
02... 5.5 .4 13 11 134 8.9 .20 56 30300 233
MAY
21... -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
JUN
30... -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
AUG
23... 4.3 .4 11 14 185 10 .20 81 4790 322
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
16... -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
DEC
14... -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
FEB
25... -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
APR
02... 215 3 500 <.00 20 50 <.1 2.0 1 180
MAY
21... -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
JUN
30... -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
AUG
23... 300 5 90 1.0 20 10 <.1 1.0 <1 260
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