RED RIVER OF THE NORTH BASIN
05092000 RED RIVER OF THE NORTH AT DRAYTON, ND
LOCATION.--Lat 48o34'20", long 97o08'50", in SE1/4SE1/4SE1/4 sec.24, T.159 N., R.51 W., Pembina County, Hydrologic Unit
09020311, on downstream side of bridge on North Dakota State Highway 66, at the North Dakota-Minnesota border, 1.5 mi
northeast of Drayton, and at mile 206.7.
DRAINAGE AREA.--34,800 mi2, approximately, includes 3,800 mi2 in closed basins.
WATER-DISCHARGE RECORDS
PERIOD OF RECORD.--April 1936 to June 1937, April 1941 to current year (fragmentary prior to April 1949).
REVISED RECORDS.--WSP 1388: 1949-50. WSP 1728: Drainage area.
GAGE.--Water-stage recorder and concrete control. Datum of gage is 755.00 ft above sea level (Minnesota highway bench mark).
Prior to Nov. 30, 1954, nonrecording gage at site 1.5 mi upstream at datum 1.59 ft higher.
REMARKS.--Records fair.
EXTREMES OUTSIDE PERIOD OF RECORD.--Flood of April 1897 reached a stage of about 41 ft at site and datum in use prior to Nov.
30, 1954.
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 4260 5140 e1800 e1800 e2300 36700 15400 13900 11500 5040 5300
2 1610 4160 5250 e1800 e1700 e2300 40000 13700 12800 11000 4910 4630
3 1610 4070 5360 e1800 e1700 e2300 45300 12000 12200 10300 4790 4470
4 1630 3980 5570 e1800 e1700 e2400 50500 10600 11900 9700 4660 4650
5 1680 3900 6030 e1800 e1700 e2450 53500 9700 11900 8750 4540 6620
6 1740 3810 6390 e1800 e1700 e2500 55600 9390 11800 7980 4510 10500
7 1790 3720 6600 e1800 e1700 e2600 57400 9550 11900 8010 4490 14200
8 1840 3630 6600 e1800 e1700 e2750 58900 9940 12200 8900 4480 17300
9 1870 3550 6260 e1800 e1700 e2900 59100 10100 12400 9620 4480 19700
10 1880 3460 5660 e1800 e1700 e3200 57700 11100 13000 9720 4470 21400
11 1890 3350 5020 e1800 e1700 e3500 55600 13700 13800 9600 4470 22500
12 1890 3230 4560 e1800 e1700 e3800 53300 16800 14700 9610 4450 22700
13 1890 3130 4380 e1900 e1700 e4000 49900 20300 15500 9740 4440 21600
14 1890 3020 4400 e2000 e1700 e4000 44600 23600 15800 9930 4490 19800
15 1920 2920 4500 e2000 e1700 e4000 41100 26200 15500 10000 5290 17700
16 1990 2820 4620 e2100 e1800 e3900 38900 28200 14800 9920 6560 16400
17 2080 2750 4710 e2100 e1900 e3700 37200 29500 13800 9530 7370 15300
18 2380 2310 4550 e2100 e1900 e3600 35900 30500 12700 8770 7710 14300
19 3240 2020 4140 e2100 e2000 e3600 34600 31200 11700 7980 8230 13400
20 4670 2020 3630 e2100 e2000 e3500 33300 31600 11000 7440 8620 12500
21 6660 2270 3270 e2100 e2100 e4100 31900 30900 10500 7070 8510 11400
22 7930 2570 2910 e2100 e2100 e5500 30400 29700 10100 6650 7950 10400
23 8180 2760 2640 e2000 e2100 e8000 28800 28100 9720 6220 7310 9260
24 7720 2960 2520 e2000 e2200 e11000 27000 26300 9820 5920 6950 8210
25 6940 3300 e2400 e2000 e2200 e14000 25100 25200 10000 5840 7290 7480
26 6180 3700 e2300 e1900 e2300 e17000 23000 23900 10400 5710 8520 7040
27 5400 4050 e2200 e1900 e2300 e20000 21000 22400 10900 5480 9430 6660
28 4820 4400 e2000 e1900 e2300 e23000 19900 20700 11300 5240 9320 6380
29 4500 4740 e1900 e1900 --- e25000 18600 18900 11500 5080 8600 6260
30 4420 5010 e1900 e1900 --- e28000 17100 17100 11700 5110 7590 6180
31 4350 --- e1800 e1800 --- e33000 --- 15400 --- 5120 6410 ---
TOTAL 108230 101870 129210 59500 52800 251900 1181900 621680 369240 251440 195880 364240
MEAN 3491 3396 4168 1919 1886 8126 39400 20050 12310 8111 6319 12140
MAX 8180 5010 6600 2100 2300 33000 59100 31600 15800 11500 9430 22700
MIN 1610 2020 1800 1800 1700 2300 17100 9390 9720 5080 4440 4470
AC-FT 214700 202100 256300 118000 104700 499600 2344000 1233000 732400 498700 388500 722500
STATISTICS OF MONTHLY MEAN DATA FOR WATER YEARS 1949 - 1999, BY WATER YEAR (WY)
MEAN 1904 1633 1349 1135 1111 3311 15430 9554 5600 5077 2551 2064
MAX 5194 5653 4168 2255 2598 16290 54710 58890 23420 28240 21580 12140
(WY) 1995 1972 1999 1998 1998 1998 1997 1950 1962 1975 1993 1999
MIN 317 277 149 174 201 280 1275 938 676 348 243 329
(WY) 1991 1977 1977 1990 1977 1962 1981 1977 1977 1988 1977 1988
SUMMARY STATISTICS FOR 1998 CALENDAR YEAR FOR 1999 WATER YEAR WATER YEARS 1949 - 1999
ANNUAL TOTAL 2700520 3687890
ANNUAL MEAN 7399 10100 4249
HIGHEST ANNUAL MEAN 11280 1997
LOWEST ANNUAL MEAN 536 1977
HIGHEST DAILY MEAN 28200 May 24 59100 Apr 9 124000 Apr 24 1997
LOWEST DAILY MEAN 1610 Oct 2 1610 Oct 2 110 Dec 23 1989
ANNUAL SEVEN-DAY MINIMUM 1660 Sep 30 1670 Oct 1 118 Dec 28 1989
INSTANTANEOUS PEAK FLOW 59500 Apr 9 124000 Apr 24 1997
INSTANTANEOUS PEAK STAGE 41.66 Apr 9 45.55 Apr 24 1997
INSTANTANEOUS LOW FLOW 7.7 Oct 16 1936
ANNUAL RUNOFF (AC-FT) 5356000 7315000 3078000
10 PERCENT EXCEEDS 19200 25600 9800
50 PERCENT EXCEEDS 4500 5480 1840
90 PERCENT EXCEEDS 2050 1800 480
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)
JAN
21... 1300 2120 -- -- -- 740 -3.0 .5 -- -- --
APR
07... 1600 55500 8.2 -- 394 388 13.0 5.5 160 39 16
MAY
24... 1050 26200 -- -- -- 811 22.5 17.0 -- -- --
JUL
01... 0930 11500 -- -- -- 646 22.5 22.0 -- -- --
AUG
17... 1300 7640 8.3 8.1 544 548 23.5 20.0 240 53 26
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)
JAN
21... -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
APR
07... 5.7 .4 14 13 122 12 .20 63 37600 251
MAY
24... -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
JUL
01... -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
AUG
17... 4.9 .6 16 21 200 14 .20 78 7010 340
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)
JAN
21... -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
APR
07... 222 4 90 1.0 20 20 <.1 <1.0 <1 190
MAY
24... -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
JUL
01... -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
AUG
17... 317 5 80 <1.0 20 10 <.1 1.0 <1 260
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