USGS Water-Year Summary 2024

05102500 RED RIVER OF THE NORTH AT EMERSON, MANITOBA

LOCATION - Lat 49°00'30", long 97°12'40" referenced to North American Datum of 1927, UNSPECIFIED, Hydrologic Unit is unknown, in sec.2, T.1, R.2 E., Hydrologic Unit 09020311, on right bank 1,500 ft downstream from Canadian National Railway bridge in Emerson, 0.8 mi downstream from international boundary, 3.6 mi downstream from Pembina River, and at mile 154.3.

DRAINAGE AREA - 40,200 mi². includes 3,800 mi² in closed basins.

SURFACE-WATER RECORDS

PERIOD OF RECORD - March to November 1902 (gage heights only), May 1912 to September 1929 (monthly discharge only, published in WSP 1308), October 1929 to current year.

GAGE - Water-stage recorder. Datum of gage is Geodetic Survey of Canada Datum of 1929. See WSP 1728 or 1913 for history of changes prior to April 10, 1953.

COOPERATION -

This station is one of the international gaging stations maintained by Canada under agreement with the United States. Records provided by Water Survey of Canada.

EXTREMES FOR WATER YEAR 2014.--Maximum peak flow, 35,300 ft³/s, April 19, estimated daily, peak stage, 781.82 ft, backwater from ice; maximum peak stage, 782.22 ft, April 18, backwater from ice.

EXTREMES FOR WATER YEAR 2015.--Maximum peak flow, 19,100 ft³/s, May 23, peak stage, 768.07 ft; maximum peak stage, 768.08 ft, May 23, backwater.

EXTREMES FOR WATER YEAR 2016.--Maximum peak flow, 20,400 ft³/s, March 18, peak stage, 772.87 ft.

EXTREMES FOR WATER YEAR 2017.--Maximum peak flow, 38,500 ft³/s, April 3, peak stage, 783.37 ft.