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RED RIVER OF THE NORTH BASIN
05085000 FOREST RIVER AT MINTO, ND
LOCATION.--Lat 48o16'10", long 97o22'10", in SE1/4 sec.31, T.156 N., R.52 W., Walsh County, Hydrologic Unit 09020308, on right
bank 30 ft upstream from dam in Minto, 150 ft upstream from Burlington Northern Railway bridge, and 900 ft east of U.S.
Highway 81.
DRAINAGE AREA.--740 mi2, of which about 120 mi2 is probably noncontributing.
WATER-DISCHARGE RECORDS
PERIOD OF RECORD.--April 1944 to current year.
REVISED RECORDS.--WSP 1438: 1948-50. WSP 1728: Drainage area.
GAGE.--Water-stage recorder. Datum of gage is 806.95 ft above sea level. Prior to July 15, 1954, nonrecording gage at site
400 ft upstream at same datum.
REMARKS.--Records poor. Occasionally during high stages, particularly when the channel is filled with snow, overflow occurs
0.5 mi below the municipality of Forest River and bypasses the gage 3 mi south of Minto and flows into Lake Ardoch. Bypass
flow is not included in computation of discharge record for station at Minto.
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 8.5 17 15 e8.6 e11 e9.6 514 111 88 e110 e26 18
2 9.1 16 15 e8.6 e11 e10 443 104 84 103 e25 18
3 8.7 16 15 e8.7 e11 e12 400 96 82 92 e24 18
4 8.7 15 14 e8.8 e11 e14 361 87 e83 82 e23 22
5 13 14 14 e9.0 e11 e19 341 80 e90 e72 e21 26
6 15 12 13 e9.2 e11 e20 353 75 e100 e68 e21 27
7 18 13 12 e9.3 e11 e19 448 72 e120 e63 e19 25
8 20 16 11 e9.5 e11 e17 905 72 e95 e61 e19 19
9 23 17 11 e9.6 e11 e16 1290 76 e83 e57 e20 16
10 14 15 10 e9.7 e11 e15 1550 88 e74 e53 e23 16
11 13 13 10 e9.8 e11 e14 1120 142 69 e49 e26 19
12 15 9.2 10 e9.9 e11 e14 830 436 68 e46 e28 19
13 15 9.4 9.9 e9.9 e11 e14 683 700 66 e44 e30 17
14 16 12 10 e9.9 e11 e14 577 496 65 e42 e38 13
15 18 15 11 e10 e10 e16 494 409 65 e40 e41 14
16 16 14 11 e10 e10 e23 457 374 65 e45 e30 18
17 19 13 10 e10 e10 e45 424 375 e65 e46 e37 17
18 23 e11 e10 e10 e10 e50 394 322 e63 e45 e41 16
19 19 e10 e10 e10 e10 e64 357 281 e62 e43 e46 16
20 16 e9.5 e9.6 e10 e10 e82 333 246 e60 e40 50 15
21 15 9.3 e9.2 e11 e10 e170 314 221 e59 e43 48 17
22 12 11 e8.8 e11 e10 e540 286 205 e58 e43 45 18
23 11 13 e8.5 e11 e10 e1080 258 187 e56 e44 49 e19
24 11 13 e8.3 e11 e10 e900 240 172 e54 e41 46 e22
25 11 14 e8.2 e11 e9.7 e750 220 158 e52 e41 44 22
26 11 14 e8.2 e11 e9.5 696 201 144 58 41 38 32
27 11 16 e8.1 e11 e9.5 689 177 129 98 37 e36 28
28 12 15 e8.2 e11 e9.5 727 155 117 e140 33 35 33
29 13 15 e8.3 e11 --- 877 134 106 e130 31 30 29
30 15 15 e8.4 e11 --- 651 121 96 119 e29 e26 26
31 15 --- e8.5 e11 --- 595 --- 92 --- e27 e20 ---
TOTAL 445.0 402.4 324.2 311.5 292.2 8162.6 14380 6269 2371 1611 1005 615
MEAN 14.4 13.4 10.5 10.0 10.4 263 479 202 79.0 52.0 32.4 20.5
MAX 23 17 15 11 11 1080 1550 700 140 110 50 33
MIN 8.5 9.2 8.1 8.6 9.5 9.6 121 72 52 27 19 13
AC-FT 883 798 643 618 580 16190 28520 12430 4700 3200 1990 1220
STATISTICS OF MONTHLY MEAN DATA FOR WATER YEARS 1944 - 1999, BY WATER YEAR (WY)
MEAN 9.66 9.35 5.45 3.00 3.15 72.6 311 103 47.4 34.6 16.5 9.20
MAX 59.1 23.8 20.9 15.8 50.2 438 1573 1515 267 348 328 69.0
(WY) 1983 1998 1998 1998 1998 1966 1950 1950 1964 1997 1993 1993
MIN .000 .97 .29 .000 .000 .000 21.9 10.6 4.21 1.87 .000 .000
(WY) 1991 1991 1990 1977 1961 1962 1953 1946 1991 1980 1946 1961
SUMMARY STATISTICS FOR 1998 CALENDAR YEAR FOR 1999 WATER YEAR WATER YEARS 1944 - 1999
ANNUAL TOTAL 21919.8 36188.9
ANNUAL MEAN 60.1 99.1 52.6
HIGHEST ANNUAL MEAN 268 1950
LOWEST ANNUAL MEAN 4.36 1990
HIGHEST DAILY MEAN 1310 Mar 28 1550 Apr 10 11600 Apr 19 1950
LOWEST DAILY MEAN 5.4 Sep 20 8.1 Dec 27 .00 Sep 5 1945
ANNUAL SEVEN-DAY MINIMUM 5.9 Sep 16 8.2 Dec 24 .00 Sep 5 1945
INSTANTANEOUS PEAK FLOW 1610 Apr 10 16600 Apr 18 1950
INSTANTANEOUS PEAK STAGE 5.13 Apr 10 11.80 Apr 18 1950
ANNUAL RUNOFF (AC-FT) 43480 71780 38110
10 PERCENT EXCEEDS 138 326 79
50 PERCENT EXCEEDS 17 19 8.2
90 PERCENT EXCEEDS 8.5 9.9 .50
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)
OCT
30... 0930 13 -- -- -- 815 6.0 8.0 -- -- --
DEC
17... 0945 10 -- -- -- -- -8.0 .5 -- -- --
FEB
01... 1350 11 -- -- -- 1220 -1.0 1.0 -- -- --
APR
09... 1235 1200 8.0 -- 487 464 11.5 5.5 180 42 17
MAY
20... 1620 232 -- -- -- 982 22.5 19.5 -- -- --
JUN
25... 1350 47 -- -- -- 850 29.5 23.0 -- -- --
AUG
16... 1115 35 8.4 8.1 792 802 17.5 19.0 360 82 37
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
30... -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
DEC
17... -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
FEB
01... -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
APR
09... 7.0 .8 21 23 121 9.8 .20 120 1060 327
MAY
20... -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
JUN
25... -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
AUG
16... 5.8 .9 18 37 249 19 .20 190 50.9 533
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
30... -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
DEC
17... -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
FEB
01... -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
APR
09... 292 3 60 <1.0 20 220 <.1 <1.0 1 230
MAY
20... -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
JUN
25... -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
AUG
16... 521 3 70 1.0 30 130 <.1 1.0 1 340
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