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RED RIVER OF THE NORTH BASIN
05084000 FOREST RIVER NEAR FORDVILLE, ND
LOCATION.--Lat 48o11'50", long 97o43'49", on line between secs.32 and 33, T.155 N., R.55 W., Walsh County, Hydrologic Unit
09020308, on right bank 50 ft upstream from highway bridge, 0.5 mi downstream from South Branch, and 3 mi southeast of
Fordville.
DRAINAGE AREA.--456 mi2, of which about 120 mi2 is probably noncontributing.
WATER-DISCHARGE RECORDS
PERIOD OF RECORD.--April 1940 to current year.
GAGE.--Water-stage recorder. Elevation of gage is 1,035 ft above sea level, from topographic map. Prior to July 21, 1951,
nonrecording gage at site 50 ft downstream at same datum.
REMARKS.--Records good except for periods of estimated discharge, which are poor. Some regulation of high flows by temporary
retention in several retarding basins above station. Retarding basins have a combined capacity of about 14,000 acre-ft.
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 10 13 13 e8.0 e11 e9.0 458 104 79 65 16 17
2 11 13 12 e8.1 e11 e9.6 363 96 76 59 16 17
3 10 13 13 e8.3 e11 e9.6 347 89 73 55 15 18
4 11 14 11 e8.4 e11 e9.6 337 84 75 52 14 20
5 16 14 11 e8.5 e11 e9.5 304 101 101 48 14 19
6 13 12 e10 e8.6 e11 e9.5 284 115 114 43 13 18
7 11 12 e10 e8.7 e11 e9.5 284 129 100 40 13 16
8 11 12 e10 e8.8 e11 e9.5 1240 129 85 41 12 16
9 11 12 e10 e8.9 e11 e9.5 e1200 118 81 43 12 16
10 12 e12 11 e9.0 e11 e9.4 631 127 79 40 12 14
11 13 e11 11 e9.1 e11 e9.4 540 403 69 36 19 14
12 14 e11 11 e9.2 e11 e9.4 498 372 65 34 25 14
13 13 13 11 e9.3 e10 e9.4 473 255 65 33 26 14
14 13 13 12 e9.4 e10 e9.4 443 220 62 32 22 14
15 14 11 12 e9.5 e10 e9.4 411 234 60 32 20 13
16 13 e10 12 e9.6 e10 e9.8 374 269 56 34 32 13
17 14 e10 9.5 e9.7 e10 e10 345 218 52 34 35 13
18 13 9.5 e9.1 e9.8 e10 e44 318 190 49 34 42 13
19 13 14 e8.8 e10 e9.9 e50 292 168 46 33 35 13
20 12 14 e8.4 e10 e9.8 e56 268 152 44 31 30 12
21 12 14 e8.0 e10 e9.8 e230 245 138 42 29 29 12
22 11 14 e7.6 e10 e9.7 e700 219 129 40 29 27 13
23 11 15 e7.5 e11 e9.6 e560 192 122 42 31 27 12
24 11 15 e7.4 e11 e9.5 e440 167 116 38 32 27 12
25 12 15 e7.4 e11 e9.4 407 146 110 34 30 24 13
26 13 14 e7.5 e11 e9.2 421 130 109 85 26 22 16
27 12 14 e7.6 e11 e9.2 935 119 106 119 23 19 16
28 12 14 e7.7 e11 e9.2 662 112 100 103 21 18 15
29 14 14 e7.8 e11 --- 570 106 87 83 20 16 15
30 15 14 e7.8 e11 --- 545 105 83 72 18 16 16
31 14 --- e7.8 e11 --- 501 --- 83 --- 17 16 ---
TOTAL 385 386.5 299.9 299.9 287.3 6282.5 10951 4756 2089 1095 664 444
MEAN 12.4 12.9 9.67 9.67 10.3 203 365 153 69.6 35.3 21.4 14.8
MAX 16 15 13 11 11 935 1240 403 119 65 42 20
MIN 10 9.5 7.4 8.0 9.2 9.0 105 83 34 17 12 12
AC-FT 764 767 595 595 570 12460 21720 9430 4140 2170 1320 881
STATISTICS OF MONTHLY MEAN DATA FOR WATER YEARS 1940 - 1999, BY WATER YEAR (WY)
MEAN 10.4 9.29 7.71 6.71 8.01 68.7 214 71.2 34.8 28.1 13.3 9.00
MAX 57.9 23.7 19.3 16.3 38.4 323 1182 1037 255 232 280 53.3
(WY) 1983 1983 1998 1986 1998 1995 1950 1950 1964 1982 1993 1993
MIN 1.52 2.03 2.06 2.70 1.21 4.07 9.46 7.07 2.74 3.34 1.64 .91
(WY) 1941 1941 1941 1941 1963 1941 1991 1961 1940 1941 1945 1940
SUMMARY STATISTICS FOR 1998 CALENDAR YEAR FOR 1999 WATER YEAR WATER YEARS 1940 - 1999
ANNUAL TOTAL 18001.9 27940.1
ANNUAL MEAN 49.3 76.5 40.5
HIGHEST ANNUAL MEAN 193 1950
LOWEST ANNUAL MEAN 6.37 1990
HIGHEST DAILY MEAN 934 Mar 27 1240 Apr 8 10900 Apr 18 1950
LOWEST DAILY MEAN 6.0 Sep 9 7.4 Dec 24 .00 Apr 1 1940
ANNUAL SEVEN-DAY MINIMUM 6.7 Sep 5 7.5 Dec 22 .00 Apr 1 1940
INSTANTANEOUS PEAK FLOW 1820 Apr 8 16400 Apr 18 1950
INSTANTANEOUS PEAK STAGE 6.42 Apr 8 14.48 Apr 18 1950
ANNUAL RUNOFF (AC-FT) 35710 55420 29320
10 PERCENT EXCEEDS 95 232 55
50 PERCENT EXCEEDS 15 14 8.7
90 PERCENT EXCEEDS 8.7 9.4 3.6
e Estimated
WATER-QUALITY RECORDS
PERIOD OF RECORD.--Water year 1972 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
16... 1530 11 -- -- -- 740 -3.5 .5 -- -- --
FEB
03... 1535 11 -- -- -- 630 -- 1.0 -- -- --
MAR
29... 1330 633 8.1 -- 448 440 10.0 4.0 160 36 16
MAY
19... 1530 172 -- -- -- 972 23.5 20.0 -- -- --
JUN
24... 1510 38 -- -- -- 918 27.5 24.5 -- -- --
AUG
10... 1230 12 8.0 8.1 848 864 25.0 21.0 380 89 38
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
16... -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
FEB
03... -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
MAR
29... 7.5 1 28 29 106 8.5 .10 110 502 294
MAY
19... -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
JUN
24... -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
AUG
10... 5.8 1 20 45 262 13 .20 200 19.3 573
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
16... -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
FEB
03... -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
MAR
29... 271 2 150 <1.0 20 250 <.1 1.0 <1 160
MAY
19... -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
JUN
24... -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
AUG
10... 549 4 60 1.0 30 160 <.1 1.0 2 370
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