RED RIVER OF THE NORTH BASIN

                                       05099100  SNOWFLAKE CREEK NEAR SNOWFLAKE, MANITOBA
                                                 (International gaging station)

LOCATION.--Lat 49o01'17", long 98o36'13", in SW1/4 sec.10, T.1, R.9 W., first meridian, Hydrologic Unit 09020313, at traffic
   bridge, 2.5 mi east, and 1.5 mi south of Snowflake, Manitoba.

DRAINAGE AREA.--348 mi2.

                                                    WATER-DISCHARGE RECORDS

PERIOD OF RECORD.--March 1961 to current year.

GAGE.--Water-stage recorder since March 1968 and nonrecording gage prior thereto. Datum of gage is Geodetic Survey of Canada
   Datum of 1929. Prior to Jan. 1, 1987, recording gage at same site at datum of 1221.66 ft above Geodetic Survey of Canada
   Datum of 1929. Prior to Apr. 2, 1964, nonrecording gage at present site and datum. Apr. 2, 1964, to May 10, 1965,
   nonrecording gage at site 0.5 mi downstream at present datum.

COOPERATION.--This station is one of the international gaging stations maintained by Canada under agreement with the United
   States. Records provided by the Water Survey of Canada.

                           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       .00      .03     e.08     e.00     e.00     e.00      291     18       14       1.1      15       4.7
           2       .00      .00     e.10     e.00     e.00     e.00      267     17       14        .95     13       4.4
           3       .00      .00     e.11     e.00     e.00     e.00      230     11        8.9     1.0      11       4.4
           4       .00      .00     e.06     e.00     e.00     e.00      278      7.0     19       1.1       9.0     4.7
           5       .00      .00     e.00     e.00     e.00     e.00      289     13        6.4      .67      7.6     5.2

           6       .00      .00     e.00     e.00     e.00     e.00      280     18        1.9      .14      6.1     5.0
           7       .00      .00     e.00     e.00     e.00     e.00      293      9.5      2.2      .00      6.3     5.8
           8       .00      .00     e.00     e.00     e.00     e.00      328     18        3.3     2.0       4.4     4.7
           9       .00      .00     e.00     e.00     e.00     e.00      353     23        7.8     2.5       4.4     4.0
          10       .00      .00     e.00     e.00     e.00     e.00      367     21        8.8     1.7       3.8     2.1

          11       .02      .00     e.00     e.00     e.00     e.00      349     36        7.9     1.2       3.8     1.7
          12       .21     e.00     e.00     e.00     e.00     e.00      334     42        6.6      .60      3.1     2.9
          13       .17     e.00     e.00     e.00     e.00     e.00      329     41        5.2      .35      2.8     3.2
          14       .13     e.00     e.00     e.00     e.00     e.00      308     43        2.5      .18      2.4     2.0
          15       .11     e.00     e.00     e.00     e.00     e.00      286     59        1.7     2.6       2.6     1.1

          16       .09     e.00     e.00     e.00     e.00     e.67      256     54        1.6     3.5       4.8      .78
          17       .08     e.00     e.00     e.00     e.00    e1.3       246     47        1.6     4.6       3.5     1.7
          18       .08     e.00     e.00     e.00     e.00    e1.3       236     41        1.3     4.7       3.4     1.7
          19       .07     e.00     e.00     e.00     e.00    e1.4       213     40        1.7    18         3.7     1.6
          20       .08     e.00     e.00     e.00     e.00    e4.0       195     40        1.9    24         3.6    e1.2

          21       .08     e.00     e.00     e.00     e.00    e6.8       174     34        3.0    27         3.9     e.35
          22       .07     e.00     e.00     e.00     e.00    e8.5       149     40        2.4    30         4.1     e.04
          23       .07     e.00     e.00     e.00     e.00    e7.0       131     40        5.5    32         4.0      .00
          24       .06     e.00     e.00     e.00     e.00    e3.0       109     39        3.7    33         4.1      .00
          25       .06     e.00     e.00     e.00     e.00   e19          86     33        2.1    34         4.3      .00

          26       .05     e.03     e.00     e.00     e.00   e52          67     33        1.7    32         5.3      .00
          27       .05     e.03     e.00     e.00     e.00  e139          52     23        1.2    31         4.7      .00
          28       .05     e.05     e.00     e.00     e.00  e161          40     21        1.1    28         4.4      .00
          29       .08     e.06     e.00     e.00      ---  e119          30     15        1.2    24         4.3      .00
          30       .08     e.07     e.00     e.00      ---    90          22      5.3      1.6    21         4.6      .00
          31       .06      ---     e.00     e.00      ---   280         ---      8.7      ---    18         4.9      ---

         TOTAL    1.75     0.27     0.35     0.00     0.00   893.97     6588    890.5    141.8   380.89    162.9    63.27
         MEAN     .056     .009     .011     .000     .000     28.8      220     28.7     4.73     12.3     5.25     2.11
         MAX       .21      .07      .11      .00      .00      280      367       59       19       34       15      5.8
         MIN       .00      .00      .00      .00      .00      .00       22      5.3      1.1      .00      2.4      .00
         AC-FT     3.5       .5       .7      .00      .00     1770    13070     1770      281      755      323      125

         STATISTICS OF MONTHLY MEAN DATA FOR WATER YEARS 1961 - 1999, BY WATER YEAR (WY)

         MEAN     5.79     2.46      .29     .041      .17     9.38      139     92.5     22.4     22.4     10.1     5.83
         MAX      70.5     39.9     7.67     1.36     4.90     74.6      668      945      123      529      139     99.7
         (WY)     1995     1995     1995     1995     1981     1995     1995     1997     1974     1997     1997     1993
         MIN      .000     .000     .000     .000     .000     .000      .22     .061     .000     .000     .000     .000
         (WY)     1962     1962     1962     1962     1962     1962     1973     1988     1962     1961     1961     1961

         SUMMARY STATISTICS           FOR 1998 CALENDAR YEAR        FOR 1999 WATER YEAR           WATER YEARS 1961 - 1999

         ANNUAL TOTAL                       25977.78                    9123.70
         ANNUAL MEAN                           71.2                       25.0                       26.5
         HIGHEST ANNUAL MEAN                                                                        197              1997
         LOWEST ANNUAL MEAN                                                                            .38           1988
         HIGHEST DAILY MEAN                  1070     Apr  2             367     Apr 10            2160       Apr 30 1997
         LOWEST DAILY MEAN                       .00  Jan  1                .00  Oct  1                .00    Mar  1 1961
         ANNUAL SEVEN-DAY MINIMUM                .00  Jan  1                .00  Oct  1                .00    Mar  1 1961
         INSTANTANEOUS PEAK FLOW                                         381     Apr  9            2710       Jul 12 1997
         INSTANTANEOUS PEAK STAGE                                       1227.62  Mar 26            1232.08    Apr 24 1997
         ANNUAL RUNOFF (AC-FT)              51530                      18100                      19210
         10 PERCENT EXCEEDS                   155                         45                         46
         50 PERCENT EXCEEDS                      .46                        .67                        .04
         90 PERCENT EXCEEDS                      .00                        .00                        .00

         e  Estimated

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