CANNONBALL RIVER BASIN
06354000 CANNONBALL RIVER AT BREIEN, ND
LOCATION.--Lat 46o22'33", long 100o56'03", in sec.36, T.134 N., R.82 W., Morton County, Hydrologic Unit 10130206, on left bank
at downstream side of bridge on State Highway 6, 1,100 ft downstream from Dogtooth Creek, and 0.6 mi southeast of Breien.
DRAINAGE AREA.--4,100 mi2, approximately.
WATER-DISCHARGE RECORDS
PERIOD OF RECORD.--August 1934 to current year.
REVISED RECORDS.--WSP 786: 1934. WSP 1146: 1943. WSP 1279: 1936-37(M), 1947(M). WSP 1509: 1955(M).
GAGE.--Water-stage recorder. Datum of gage is 1,673.54 ft above sea level. From June 12, 1973, to July 1, 1985, at site 450 ft
downstream. Prior to June 12, 1973, at site 50 ft upstream at datum 3.00 ft higher. June 13, 1973, to April 8, 1980, at datum
2.00 ft higher.
REMARKS.--Records fair except for periods of estimated discharge, which are poor. Some storage in several small lakes above
station.
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 25 94 191 e54 e22 e4000 261 190 219 154 e30 90
2 27 92 188 e50 e22 e6800 260 180 200 191 e25 e70
3 28 80 180 e46 e22 5400 263 178 211 135 e22 e60
4 42 80 e150 e42 e22 4050 267 316 258 168 e19 77
5 173 80 e130 e38 e22 3360 275 704 209 220 e16 85
6 277 79 e100 e36 e25 2730 333 886 188 175 e14 79
7 181 81 e90 e34 e30 2040 400 751 204 136 e12 57
8 135 84 e80 e32 e28 1570 438 500 226 651 e10 49
9 99 89 e90 e30 e26 1260 417 416 227 360 e9.0 45
10 90 e72 e100 e28 e24 1080 431 1810 264 299 e8.5 42
11 110 e60 e115 e26 e28 850 589 2370 269 187 e7.5 45
12 146 e65 e120 e25 e35 699 729 1170 270 149 180 46
13 128 e70 e115 e24 e50 649 682 643 248 117 2260 44
14 118 e70 e110 e23 e70 640 627 538 227 101 5800 43
15 115 e75 e105 e22 e100 684 617 1610 225 99 e2000 42
16 145 e80 e100 e21 e120 848 603 1560 225 81 e1000 40
17 335 e85 e95 e20 e150 974 531 937 193 82 e400 38
18 697 e90 e90 e19 e130 834 457 634 190 79 307 35
19 356 e85 e85 e19 e110 751 402 611 170 83 263 34
20 208 e90 e80 e18 e90 619 359 626 137 78 194 34
21 150 e100 e78 e19 e75 532 326 567 143 77 176 33
22 126 e120 e76 e20 e70 495 304 507 137 70 184 32
23 117 155 e74 e20 e65 477 278 460 126 73 193 32
24 111 201 e72 e20 e60 434 260 462 114 63 170 30
25 106 218 e70 e20 e200 387 241 416 103 59 155 28
26 107 218 e68 e21 e1000 359 230 358 133 62 140 28
27 111 195 e66 e22 e3000 331 222 321 111 60 128 27
28 108 174 e64 e22 e2500 316 209 294 120 50 117 28
29 115 162 e62 e22 --- 299 198 274 100 48 146 29
30 106 181 e60 e22 --- 280 194 255 115 40 140 27
31 100 --- e58 e22 --- 264 --- 235 --- 32 111 ---
TOTAL 4692 3325 3062 837 8096 44012 11403 20779 5562 4179 14237.0 1349
MEAN 151 111 98.8 27.0 289 1420 380 670 185 135 459 45.0
MAX 697 218 191 54 3000 6800 729 2370 270 651 5800 90
MIN 25 60 58 18 22 264 194 178 100 32 7.5 27
AC-FT 9310 6600 6070 1660 16060 87300 22620 41220 11030 8290 28240 2680
STATISTICS OF MONTHLY MEAN DATA FOR WATER YEARS 1934 - 1999, BY WATER YEAR (WY)
MEAN 35.7 28.6 17.0 15.3 78.6 902 880 357 384 200 68.1 34.3
MAX 281 238 98.8 342 1058 5428 10070 2399 2384 1409 459 267
(WY) 1978 1983 1999 1973 1982 1997 1950 1975 1937 1969 1999 1977
MIN .21 .63 .38 .000 .000 3.29 17.1 6.48 3.10 .17 .12 .010
(WY) 1961 1961 1935 1941 1935 1965 1961 1992 1936 1936 1974 1974
SUMMARY STATISTICS FOR 1998 CALENDAR YEAR FOR 1999 WATER YEAR WATER YEARS 1934 - 1999
ANNUAL TOTAL 49666 121533.0
ANNUAL MEAN 136 333 251
HIGHEST ANNUAL MEAN 994 1950
LOWEST ANNUAL MEAN 9.90 1961
HIGHEST DAILY MEAN 1070 Jun 26 6800 Mar 2 63100 Apr 19 1950
LOWEST DAILY MEAN 17 Aug 14 7.5 Aug 11 .00 Jan 11 1935
ANNUAL SEVEN-DAY MINIMUM 18 Sep 23 11 Aug 5 .00 Jan 11 1935
INSTANTANEOUS PEAK FLOW 9870 Aug 14 a 94800 Apr 19 1950
INSTANTANEOUS PEAK STAGE 13.13 Aug 14 b 22.30 Apr 19 1950
ANNUAL RUNOFF (AC-FT) 98510 241100 181500
10 PERCENT EXCEEDS 358 663 424
50 PERCENT EXCEEDS 71 118 28
90 PERCENT EXCEEDS 28 25 .75
a From rating extended above 16,000 ft3/s on basis of indirect measurement of peak flow
b From floodmark
e Estimated
WATER-QUALITY RECORDS
PERIOD OF RECORD.--Water years 1946-50, 1970-72, 1974 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... 1205 97 -- -- -- 899 9.0 7.1 -- -- --
JAN
15... 1245 22 -- -- -- 1640 6.0 .0 -- -- --
MAR
19... 1435 685 -- -- -- 840 18.5 8.5 -- -- --
APR
05... 1225 288 8.5 8.1 1440 1440 4.5 5.5 410 75 55
28... 1115 190 -- -- -- 2230 14.5 13.0 -- -- --
MAY
11... 1305 2320 -- -- -- 747 10.0 8.5 -- -- --
26... 1250 350 -- -- -- 2640 20.0 19.2 -- -- --
JUN
28... 1305 110 -- -- -- 2280 22.5 20.0 -- -- --
AUG
13... 1255 564 -- -- -- 952 23.0 17.6 -- -- --
SEP
03... 1215 56 8.2 8.4 1960 1880 -- -- 540 78 83
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... -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
JAN
15... -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
MAR
19... -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
APR
05... 9.5 4 46 170 258 12 .30 560 809 1040
28... -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
MAY
11... -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
26... -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
JUN
28... -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
AUG
13... -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
SEP
03... 18 5 51 270 300 15 .40 810 219 1450
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... -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
JAN
15... -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
MAR
19... -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
APR
05... 1040 <1 50 <1.0 40 40 <.1 2.0 1 830
28... -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
MAY
11... -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
26... -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
JUN
28... -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
AUG
13... -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
SEP
03... 1460 1 20 <1.0 90 10 <.1 4.0 <1 1000
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