USGS Water-Year Summary 2024
05059600 MAPLE RIVER NEAR HOPE, ND
LOCATION - Lat 47°19'30", long 97°47'25" referenced to North American Datum of 1927, in sec.04, T.144 N., R.56 W., Steele County, ND, Hydrologic Unit 09020205, 100 ft downstream from box culvert on State Highway 38, 500 ft east of the intersection of State Highways 32 and 38, and 3 mi west of Hope.
DRAINAGE AREA - 20.2 mi² of which 2.80 mi² probably is noncontributing.
SURFACE-WATER RECORDS
PERIOD OF RECORD - DAILY DISCHARGE--October 1964 to current year (seasonal records only since 1983).
DAILY GAGE HEIGHT--March 2000 to current year (seasonal records only).
GAGE - Water-stage recorder. Datum of gage is 1297.75 ft above North American Vertical Datum 1988 (NAVD88, Survey by USGS) and 1,296.62 ft above National Geodetic Vertical Datum 1929 (NGVD29, USC and USGS RM A442).
EXTREMES FOR PERIOD OF RECORD - Maximum peak flow, 1,340 ft³/s, August 1, 2011, peak stage, 8.05 ft.
WATER-QUALITY RECORDS
PERIOD OF RECORD - Water year 1972 to 2012.