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Water-Year Summary for Site 05116150

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Available Parameters
00060 Discharge(Mean)  
00065 Gage height(Mean)  

Water year 2025: 2025-10-01 to 2026-09-30
 
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USGS Water-Year Summary 2025
05116150 DES LACS RIVER NR KENMARE, ND
LOCATION - Lat 48°35'23", long 101°59'49" referenced to North American Datum of 1927, in NE 1/4 NE 1/4 sec.23, T.159 N., R.88 W., Ward County, ND, Hydrologic Unit 09010002,
DRAINAGE AREA - 687 mi².  
SURFACE-WATER RECORDS
PERIOD OF RECORD -

DAILY DISCHARGE--1988-1993, 2023 to current.

Station operated under station 483517101595000 DES LACS RIVER NEAR BADEN, ND for the following periods providing daily gage height and annual peaks:  Discharge provided 2017 only:

May 13, 2011 - October 2, 2011

April 26, 2013 - October 22, 2013

March 24, 2017 - October 31, 2017

GAGE - Water-stage recorder. Datum of the gage is 1778.47 feet above North American Vertical Datum of 1988 (NAVD88) and 1777 feet above National Geodetic Vertical Datum of 1929 (NGVD29). 

For a detailed gage datum history, please use the blue ‘questions or comments’ tab on the bottom of the site’s monitoring location page.

REMARKS - Record quality ratings may not be included in the water-year summary for approved records newer than 09/30/2018. Record quality is still being rated internally. For questions about record quality ratings, please send email to gs-w-nd_NWISWeb_Data_Inquiries@usgs.gov.

Accuracy of records for water years prior to 2014 are noted in the individual Annual Data Reports for those water years.

WATER-QUALITY RECORDS
PERIOD OF RECORD - Water year 1988 to 1993.