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RED RIVER OF THE NORTH BASIN
05090000 PARK RIVER AT GRAFTON, ND
LOCATION.--Lat 48o25'29", long 97o24'42", in NE1/4 sec.13, T.157 N., R.53 W., Walsh County, Hydrologic Unit 09020310, on right
bank just upstream of U.S. Highway 81 bridge in Grafton, and 3.5 mi downstream from South Branch Park River.
DRAINAGE AREA.--695 mi2, approximately.
WATER-DISCHARGE RECORDS
PERIOD OF RECORD.--April 1931 to current year. Monthly discharge only for some periods, published in WSP 1308.
REVISED RECORDS.--WSP 955: 1941. WSP 1438: 1932, 1933(M), 1936-37(M), 1939(M), 1944. WSP 1728: Drainage area.
GAGE.--Water-stage recorder. Datum of gage is 811.00 ft above sea level. Prior to Oct. 1, 1984, gage located on right bank 30 ft
upstream of Wakeman Avenue bridge. Datum of gage was 807.39 ft. Prior to Sept. 30, 1940, nonrecording gage at site 30 ft
downstream at same datum. Oct. 1, 1940, to Sept. 17, 1946, nonrecording gage at site 2 mi downstream above masonry dam at
same datum. Sept. 18, 1946, to July 25, 1952, nonrecording gage at site 30 ft downstream at same datum.
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 .19 .90 18 e2.3 e2.9 e2.8 1070 101 132 47 10 5.4
2 .00 .71 11 e2.3 e2.9 e2.8 855 83 119 44 9.3 5.0
3 .00 .58 10 e2.3 e2.9 e2.8 646 76 86 53 8.5 4.4
4 .00 .56 10 e2.2 e2.9 e2.7 427 70 90 53 7.9 5.1
5 .52 .52 7.9 e2.2 e2.9 e2.7 371 77 86 47 8.3 5.7
6 1.1 .75 6.4 e2.2 e2.9 e2.7 354 82 84 40 7.9 5.8
7 1.3 1.2 e6.1 e2.2 e2.9 e2.7 423 111 89 33 7.1 5.7
8 .96 1.4 e5.8 e2.2 e2.9 e2.8 1150 126 82 28 6.7 4.5
9 .94 1.7 e5.6 e2.2 e2.9 e2.8 1950 133 95 28 7.6 4.5
10 .94 3.4 e5.4 e2.3 e2.9 e2.8 2180 178 119 26 7.9 4.1
11 .81 2.2 e5.3 e2.3 e2.9 e2.9 1650 337 124 24 9.9 3.6
12 .48 1.5 e5.6 e2.3 e2.9 e2.9 1350 595 143 24 21 3.4
13 .48 1.8 e6.0 e2.4 e2.8 e3.0 999 564 141 23 28 3.3
14 .48 2.2 e6.6 e2.4 e2.8 e3.1 689 549 122 29 28 2.6
15 .48 2.1 e7.6 e2.4 e2.7 e3.2 557 509 108 26 28 2.0
16 .38 2.7 e6.9 e2.6 e2.6 e3.4 473 493 96 24 32 1.9
17 .03 3.0 e5.8 e2.6 e2.5 e3.8 405 460 82 24 29 1.9
18 .07 3.7 e5.0 e2.6 e2.5 e4.6 349 399 72 23 21 1.9
19 .58 3.1 e4.0 e2.7 e2.4 e6.2 307 339 63 23 15 1.9
20 .85 2.8 e3.6 e2.8 e2.4 e8.0 282 276 58 23 14 1.9
21 1.3 3.5 e3.2 e2.8 e2.4 e11 262 224 58 22 13 1.5
22 1.4 3.8 e2.5 e2.8 e2.4 e20 246 193 54 20 14 1.4
23 1.3 4.2 e2.4 e2.8 e2.5 e130 234 176 59 17 13 1.4
24 1.2 4.6 e2.3 e2.9 e2.6 e190 196 167 50 17 13 1.4
25 1.0 10 e2.2 e2.9 e2.7 e260 170 166 37 15 10 1.4
26 .96 17 e2.1 e2.9 e2.7 e350 156 150 56 13 8.9 1.4
27 .88 18 e2.2 e2.9 e2.8 e400 144 137 55 12 8.8 1.1
28 .92 18 e2.2 e2.9 e2.8 e470 134 121 43 12 6.6 .96
29 .93 18 e2.2 e2.8 --- e600 124 103 47 12 5.5 .96
30 1.4 19 e2.3 e2.8 --- e1100 120 93 47 11 5.4 .96
31 .98 --- e2.3 e2.9 --- 1240 --- 90 --- 11 5.5 ---
TOTAL 22.86 152.92 168.5 78.9 76.4 4839.7 18273 7178 2497 804 410.8 87.08
MEAN .74 5.10 5.44 2.55 2.73 156 609 232 83.2 25.9 13.3 2.90
MAX 1.4 19 18 2.9 2.9 1240 2180 595 143 53 32 5.8
MIN .00 .52 2.1 2.2 2.4 2.7 120 70 37 11 5.4 .96
AC-FT 45 303 334 156 152 9600 36240 14240 4950 1590 815 173
STATISTICS OF MONTHLY MEAN DATA FOR WATER YEARS 1931 - 1999, BY WATER YEAR (WY)
MEAN 5.18 3.56 2.41 1.38 2.58 79.3 422 119 46.1 34.1 13.7 7.19
MAX 69.9 31.3 17.4 13.9 45.7 654 2051 2071 576 441 569 151
(WY) 1983 1981 1983 1983 1981 1995 1950 1950 1964 1997 1993 1957
MIN .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 2.05 .000 .000 .000 .000
(WY) 1934 1934 1933 1932 1933 1936 1991 1939 1961 1990 1932 1932
SUMMARY STATISTICS FOR 1998 CALENDAR YEAR FOR 1999 WATER YEAR WATER YEARS 1931 - 1999
ANNUAL TOTAL 47843.23 34589.16
ANNUAL MEAN 131 94.8 61.5
HIGHEST ANNUAL MEAN 353 1950
LOWEST ANNUAL MEAN 1.38 1990
HIGHEST DAILY MEAN 3190 Mar 30 2180 Apr 10 11700 Apr 19 1950
LOWEST DAILY MEAN .00 Oct 2 .00 Oct 2 .00 Aug 10 1931
ANNUAL SEVEN-DAY MINIMUM .23 Sep 28 .34 Oct 12 .00 Aug 21 1931
INSTANTANEOUS PEAK FLOW 2180 Apr 10 a 12600 Apr 19 1950
INSTANTANEOUS PEAK STAGE 11.74 Apr 10 b 20.13 Apr 19 1950
ANNUAL RUNOFF (AC-FT) 94900 68610 44540
10 PERCENT EXCEEDS 269 268 79
50 PERCENT EXCEEDS 6.6 5.8 1.8
90 PERCENT EXCEEDS .96 1.2 .00
a From rating curve extended above 9,000 ft3/s
b Site and datum then in use
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
22... 1320 1.4 -- -- -- 1450 15.0 7.5 -- -- --
FEB
01... 1620 2.9 -- -- -- 2050 -- 1.0 -- -- --
APR
03... 0935 646 7.8 -- 477 475 -- 2.5 160 41 15
MAY
20... 0920 273 -- -- -- 1080 19.0 17.0 -- -- --
JUN
25... 0925 36 -- -- -- 1050 24.0 22.0 -- -- --
AUG
16... 1600 33 8.2 8.0 1480 1500 23.0 20.0 540 120 59
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
22... -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
FEB
01... -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
APR
03... 7.1 1 27 30 105 15 .20 110 560 321
MAY
20... -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
JUN
25... -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
AUG
16... 12 2 32 120 280 100 .40 420 93.0 1050
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
22... -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
FEB
01... -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
APR
03... 282 2 90 <1.0 20 130 <.1 1.0 1 210
MAY
20... -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
JUN
25... -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
AUG
16... 1000 4 70 1.0 70 590 <.1 7.0 2 590
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