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USGS 05117500 SOURIS RIVER ABOVE MINOT, ND

  Stream Site

DESCRIPTION:
Latitude 48°14'45",   Longitude 101°22'15"   NAD27
Ward County, North Dakota, Hydrologic Unit 09010008
Drainage area: 10,600 square miles
Contributing drainage area: 3,900 square miles,
Datum of gage: 1,546.88 feet above   NAVD88.
AVAILABLE DATA:
Data Type Begin Date End Date Count
 Current / Historical Observations     (availability statement)    1994-10-01  2025-10-25  
 Daily Data
    Temperature, water, degrees Celsius  2019-05-16  2023-10-11  3918 
    Discharge, cubic feet per second  1903-05-01  2025-10-24  44738 
    Gage height, feet  1935-03-24  2025-10-24  30117 
    Specific conductance, water, unfiltered, microsiemens per centimeter at 25 degrees Celsius  2019-05-16  2023-10-11  3474 
    Dissolved oxygen, water, unfiltered, milligrams per liter  2019-05-16  2023-10-11  3762 
 Daily Statistics 
    Temperature, water, degrees Celsius  2019-05-16  2023-10-11 1306 
    Discharge, cubic feet per second  1903-05-01  2025-07-30 44652 
    Gage height, feet  1935-03-24  2025-07-30 30031 
    Specific conductance, water, unfiltered, microsiemens per centimeter at 25 degrees Celsius  2019-05-16  2023-10-11 1158 
    Dissolved oxygen, water, unfiltered, milligrams per liter  2019-05-16  2023-10-11 1254 
 Monthly Statistics 
    Temperature, water, degrees Celsius  2019-05  2023-10  
    Discharge, cubic feet per second  1903-05  2025-07  
    Gage height, feet  1935-03  2025-07  
    Specific conductance, water, unfiltered, microsiemens per centimeter at 25 degrees Celsius  2019-05  2023-10  
    Dissolved oxygen, water, unfiltered, milligrams per liter  2019-05  2023-10  
 Annual Statistics 
    Temperature, water, degrees Celsius  2019  2024  
    Discharge, cubic feet per second  1903  2025  
    Gage height, feet  1935  2025  
    Specific conductance, water, unfiltered, microsiemens per centimeter at 25 degrees Celsius  2019  2024  
    Dissolved oxygen, water, unfiltered, milligrams per liter  2019  2024  
 Peak streamflow 1904-04-20  2024-03-22  121 
 Field measurements 1935-03-24  2025-09-30  1493 
 Field/Lab water-quality samples (Legacy QW is frozen as of March 2024, newer data may be found on MLP) 1969-09-15  2024-01-09  510 
 Water-Year Summary 2006  2024  19 
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