RED RIVER OF THE NORTH BASIN

                        05113360  LONG CREEK AT WESTERN CROSSING OF INTERNATIONAL BOUNDARY, SASKATCHEWAN
                                                 (International gaging station)

LOCATION.--Lat 49o00'01", long 103o21'08", in SE1/4 sec.1, T.1, R.11 W., second meridian, Hydrologic Unit 09010001, on right
   bank 10 mi south of Outram, Saskatchewan.

DRAINAGE AREA.--1,320 mi2.

                                                    WATER-DISCHARGE RECORDS

PERIOD OF RECORD.--March 1959 to current year.

GAGE.--Water-stage recorder and artificial control. Datum of gage is 1,894.00 ft above sea level (international boundary
   survey).

REMARKS.--Records good except for estimated period, which are considered fair.

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      .00      .00     e.00     e.00     e.92     1800       30       42       78     32       6.1
           2       .00      .00      .00     e.00     e.00    e1.2      1210       28       40       74     30       6.4
           3       .00      .00      .00     e.00     e.00    e1.2       805       26       40       69     28       6.6
           4       .00      .00      .00     e.00     e.00    e1.1       554       28       47       68     26       6.1
           5       .00      .00      .00     e.00     e.00     e.92      427       27       61       71     25       5.6

           6       .00      .00      .00     e.00     e.00     e.74      334       26       61       68     23       5.2
           7       .00      .00      .00     e.00     e.00     e.67      311       24       52       68     22       4.9
           8       .00      .00      .00     e.00     e.00     e.64      291       22       47       79     21       4.4
           9       .00      .00      .00     e.00     e.00     e.60      268       22       50      101     21       4.5
          10       .00      .00      .00     e.00     e.00     e.64      245       25      145      114     21       4.2

          11       .00      .00      .00     e.00     e.00     e.71      212       39      381       86     20       3.7
          12       .00      .00      .00     e.00     e.00     e.74      177       70      452       67     19       2.6
          13       .00      .00      .00     e.00     e.00     e.81      165       97      410       56     14       1.6
          14       .00      .00      .00     e.00     e.00     e.99      141      102      374       49     15       1.1
          15       .00      .00      .00     e.00     e.00    e1.9       104      100      357       47     18        .74

          16       .00      .00      .00     e.00     e.00    e2.4        90       94      312       51     18        .56
          17       .00      .00      .00     e.00     e.00    e2.2        81       85      258       72     18        .46
          18       .00      .00      .00     e.00     e.00    e2.7        75       72      213       92     16        .35
          19       .00      .00      .00     e.00     e.00    e3.9        68       94      177      102     15        .25
          20       .00      .00      .00     e.00     e.00    e5.0        64      163      147      104     14        .25

          21       .00      .00      .00     e.00     e.00  e134          59      144      126       98     12        .21
          22       .00      .00      .00     e.00     e.00  e339          54      120      121       90     11        .18
          23       .00      .00      .00     e.00     e.00  e749          49      101      125       83     10        .14
          24       .00      .00      .00     e.00     e.00  e791          46       87      116       74      9.8      .14
          25       .00      .00      .00     e.00     e.00  e918          42       75      111       65      9.0      .21

          26       .00      .00      .00     e.00     e.00 e1590          40       68      105       57      8.3      .46
          27       .00      .00      .00     e.00     e.00  2160          41       59       99       50      7.8      .39
          28       .00      .00      .00     e.00     e.00  1800          38       51       91       46      7.1      .32
          29       .00      .00      .00     e.00      ---  1570          35       46       87       42      6.8      .32
          30       .00      .00      .00     e.00      ---  1790          32       48       83       37      6.7      .25
          31       .00      ---      .00     e.00      ---  2150         ---       46      ---       34      6.5      ---

         TOTAL    0.00     0.00     0.00     0.00     0.00 14020.98     7858     2019     4730     2192    511.0    68.23
         MEAN     .000     .000     .000     .000     .000      452      262     65.1      158     70.7     16.5     2.27
         MAX       .00      .00      .00      .00      .00     2160     1800      163      452      114       32      6.6
         MIN       .00      .00      .00      .00      .00      .60       32       22       40       34      6.5      .14
         AC-FT     .00      .00      .00      .00      .00    27810    15590     4000     9380     4350     1010      135

         STATISTICS OF MONTHLY MEAN DATA FOR WATER YEARS 1960 - 1999, BY WATER YEAR (WY)

         MEAN     1.00      .29      .14     .057     1.24     79.5      201     54.2     29.0     30.0     6.19     2.73
         MAX      25.1     4.17     2.75     1.75     26.5      545     1052      578      360      415      115     61.4
         (WY)     1979     1979     1994     1994     1981     1994     1979     1970     1976     1978     1993     1978
         MIN      .000     .000     .000     .000     .000     .000     .000     .000     .000     .000     .000     .000
         (WY)     1960     1960     1960     1960     1960     1964     1961     1961     1961     1961     1960     1960

         SUMMARY STATISTICS           FOR 1998 CALENDAR YEAR        FOR 1999 WATER YEAR           WATER YEARS 1960 - 1999

         ANNUAL TOTAL                        3303.91                   31399.21
         ANNUAL MEAN                            9.05                      86.0                       33.7
         HIGHEST ANNUAL MEAN                                                                        150              1976
         LOWEST ANNUAL MEAN                                                                            .000          1988
         HIGHEST DAILY MEAN                   484     Mar 30            2160     Mar 27            4350       Apr  1 1976
         LOWEST DAILY MEAN                       .00  Jan  1                .00  Oct  1                .00    Oct  1 1959
         ANNUAL SEVEN-DAY MINIMUM                .00  Jan  1                .00  Oct  1                .00    Oct  1 1959
         INSTANTANEOUS PEAK FLOW                                      a 2160     Mar 27            4690       Apr  1 1976
         INSTANTANEOUS PEAK STAGE                                        b 9.88  Mar 26              12.05    Apr  1 1976
         ANNUAL RUNOFF (AC-FT)               6550                      62280                      24430
         10 PERCENT EXCEEDS                    14                        142                         36
         50 PERCENT EXCEEDS                      .00                       1.6                         .00
         90 PERCENT EXCEEDS                      .00                        .00                        .00

         a  Maximum daily discharge, maximum instantaneous discharge not determined
         b  Backwater from ice
         e  Estimated

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