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Water year 2018: 2018-10-01 to 2019-09-30

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USGS Water-Year Summary 2018

06332000 WHITE EARTH RIVER AT WHITE EARTH, ND

LOCATION - Lat 48°22'32", long 102°46'02" referenced to North American Datum of 1983, in SE 1/4 SW 1/4 sec.36, T.157 N., R.94 W., Mountrail County, ND, Hydrologic Unit 10110101, 15' upstream from county bridge, and 0.3 miles southeast of White Earth, ND.

DRAINAGE AREA - 780 mi² of which 290 mi² probably is noncontributing.

SURFACE-WATER RECORDS

PERIOD OF RECORD - DAILY DISCHARGE--September 1954 to January 1982, April 2014 to current year.

PERIOD OF RECORD.--DAILY GAGE HEIGHT--April 2014 to current year.

GAGE - Water stage recorder. Datum of gage is 2,070.00 ft above National Geodetic Vertical Datum of 1929. Prior to October 25, 1959, non-recording gage at site 0.2 mi upstream at datum 1.64 ft higher. Bridge was rebuilt during summer of 2016.

REMARKS -

04/15/14-09/30/14: Records fair except those for estimated daily discharges, which are poor.

10/01/14-09/30/15: Records good except those for estimated daily discharges, which are poor.

10/01/15-09/30/16: Records good except those for estimated daily discharges, which are poor.

10/01/16-09/30/17: Records good except those for estimated daily discharges, which are poor.

REGULATION.--Some regulation by White Earth Dam located approximately 12 mi upstream beginning August 1970, maximum capacity, 3,200 acre-ft.

EXTREMES FOR WATER YEAR 2014.--Maximum peak flow, 109 ft³/s, April 29, maximum peak stage, 4.12 ft.

EXTREMES OUTSIDE PERIOD OF RECORD - Flood of 1929 reached a stage of 21.8 ft, previous site and datum, from information provided by local residents.