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USGS Water-Year Summary 2024
05112000 ROSEAU RIVER BELOW STATE DITCH 51, NEAR CARIBOU, MN
LOCATION - Lat 48°58'54", long 96°27'46" referenced to North American Datum of 1927, in SE 1/4 SW 1/4 sec.34, T.164 N., R.45 W., Kittson County, MN, Hydrologic Unit 09020314, on left bank 400 ft downstream from State ditch 51 (known locally as Caribou cutoff ditch) and 0.6 mi west of Caribou.
DRAINAGE AREA - 1,420 mi².
REVISIONS HISTORY - WSP 1308: 1938(M). WSP 1508: 1917(M), 1920, 1932(M), 1934-35(M). WSP 1913: 1954(M). Unpublished, 2009: 1935(M), 1954(M), 1999(M), 2001(M), 2006(M).
SURFACE-WATER RECORDS
PERIOD OF RECORD - April to October 1917, April 1920 to current year (no winter records in water years 1931, 1932, 1934-36, 1938-40, 1944-72). Published as "at Caribou," prior to April 1929; as "below Cutoff ditch, near Caribou" April 1929 to September 1936. Records published for both sites April 1929 to September 1930. Monthly discharge only for some periods, published in WSP 1308.
GAGE - Water-stage recorder. Datum of gage is 1,002.31 ft above sea level (NGVD of 1929, levels by Geodetic Survey of Canada). Prior to Apr. 1, 1929, non-recording gage at site at Caribou 0.6 mi upstream at datum 0.95 ft lower. Current datum of gage is 1003.73 ft. NAVD88.
COOPERATION - Red River Watershed Management Board.
REMARKS - Some regulation from wildlife management impoundments several miles upstream of gage. Occasionally, at high stages, there is some natural diversion of flow above station to headwaters of Two Rivers.
EXTREMES FOR PERIOD OF RECORD - Maximum discharge, 4,320 ft³/s, gage-height 11.91 ft, June 24, 2002; maximum daily-mean discharge, 4,320 ft³/s, June 25, 2002; minimum discharge, 0.00 ft³/s, Aug. 13, 1936 (also occurred Sept. 15, 1990).
