USGS Water-Year Summary 2023
05116000 SOURIS RIVER NEAR FOXHOLM, ND
LOCATION - Lat 48°22'20", long 101°30'18" referenced to North American Datum of 1927, in SW 1/4 SE 1/4 sec.34, T.157 N., R.84 W., Ward County, ND, Hydrologic Unit 09010008, on left bank 30 ft upstream from county highway bridge, 3 mi east of Foxholm, and at mile 414.5.
DRAINAGE AREA - 9,470 mi² of which 6,200 mi² probably is noncontributing.
REVISIONS HISTORY - WSP 1308: 1905. WSP 2113: Drainage area.
SURFACE-WATER RECORDS
PERIOD OF RECORD - DAILY DISCHARGE--October 1936 to current year. Monthly discharge only for some periods, published in WSP 1308. Published as Mouse River near Foxholm, 1904-06.
PERIOD OF RECORD.--DAILY GAGE HEIGHT--June 1904 to November 1905, March to July 1906, October 2000 to current year.
GAGE - Water-stage recorder and sheet piling weir. Datum of gage is 1,562.00 ft above NAVD88. Datum was converted to NAVD88 using the National Geodetic Surveys VDATUM transformation tool. Prior to conversion to NAVD88 datum of gage was 1,560.73 ft above NGVD29.
June 23, 1904, to July 31, 1906, nonrecording gage at site 3.2 mi upstream at different datum.
April 1, 1937, to March 25, 1938, nonrecording gage at site 600 ft downstream at datum about 0.5 ft higher.
EXTREMES FOR PERIOD OF RECORD - A maximum instantaneous reverse flow of -25 ft³/s, April 4, 1949, and a daily mean of -5.0 ft³/s, April 5, 1949, was caused by backwater from the Des Lacs River.