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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