Red River of the North at Wahpeton, ND - 05051500

Important information about this monitoring location

Real-time discharge values displayed on this graph are for the Red River only. Daily discharge values are available both for the Red River only and for the Red River and Ottertail River Diversion, combined. They are labeled "Red River Only" and "Combined", respectively. Daily discharge values labeled "Combined" include the combined flows from the Red River at Wahpeton, ND (05051500) and the Otter Tail River Diversion at Breckenridge, MN (05046475) beginning in the water year 2005.

Location details and information

Metadata Element	Location Metadata	Metadata Code
Agency	U.S. Geological Survey	USGS
Site identification number	05051500	_n/a
Site name	RED RIVER OF THE NORTH AT WAHPETON, ND	_n/a
Site type	Stream	ST
DMS latitude	461558	_n/a
DMS longitude	0963554	_n/a
Decimal latitude	46.26607	_n/a
Decimal longitude	-96.5986848	_n/a
Latitude-longitude method	Interpolated from MAP.	M
Latitude-longitude accuracy	Accurate to + or - 5 sec.	F
Latitude-longitude datum	North American Datum of 1927	NAD27
Decimal Latitude-longitude datum	North American Datum of 1983	NAD83
District	North Dakota	38
State	North Dakota	38
County	Richland County	077
Country	US	_n/a
Land net location description	S08 T132N R47W 5	_n/a
Name of location map	WAHPETON, ND	_n/a
Scale of location map		_n/a
Altitude of Gage/land surface	943.89 feet	_n/a
Method altitude determined	GNSS2 - Level 2 Quality Survey Grade Global Navigation Satellite System	X
Altitude accuracy	.14 feet	_n/a
Altitude datum	North American Vertical Datum of 1988	NAVD88
Subbasin hydrologic unit	Upper Red	09020104
Drainage basin		_n/a
Topographic setting		_n/a
Flags for instruments at site	NNNNYNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNN	_n/a
Date of first construction		_n/a
Date site established or inventoried		_n/a
Drainage area	4010 square miles	_n/a
Contributing drainage area		_n/a
Time Zone abbreviation	CST	_n/a
Site honors Daylight Saving Time	Y	_n/a
Data reliability		_n/a
Data-other GW files	YNNNNNNN	_n/a
National aquifer		_n/a
Local aquifer		_n/a
Local aquifer type		_n/a
Well depth		_n/a
Hole depth		_n/a
Source of depth data		_n/a
Project number		_n/a

Operated in cooperation with:

Red River Joint Water Resource District

USGS - Federal Priority Streamgages