USGS Water-Year Summary 2024

06348500 SWEETBRIAR CREEK NEAR JUDSON, ND

LOCATION - Lat 46°51'04", long 101°15'10" referenced to North American Datum of 1927, in SE 1/4 SW 1/4 sec.14, T.139 N., R.84 W., Morton County, ND, Hydrologic Unit 10130203, on right bank 40 ft downstream from bridge on county highway, 2 mi northeast of Judson, and 16 mi upstream from mouth.

DRAINAGE AREA - 157 mi². approximately.

REVISIONS HISTORY - WSP 1439: 1955(M).

SURFACE-WATER RECORDS

PERIOD OF RECORD - DAILY DISCHARGE--August 1951 to September 1979, June 2002 to current year (seasonal records only).

PERIOD OF RECORD.--DAILY GAGE HEIGHT--June 2002 to current year (seasonal records only).

GAGE -

Water-stage recorder. 

Datum of the gage is 1,887.68 feet above North American Vertical Datum of 1988 (NAVD88) and 1,886.42 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 - Accuracy of records for water years prior to 2014 are noted in the individual Annual Data Reports for those water years. For water years 2014 onward, records good except for the 2021 water year, when record was poor and estimated discharges, which are poor, unless otherwise noted.

REGULATION.--Flow regulated by Sweetbriar Reservoir 2 mi upstream since April 1964.

EXTREMES OUTSIDE PERIOD OF RECORD - Maximum stage known, 12.5 ft, April 17, 1950, from floodmark at present site, peak flow, 5,910 ft³/s from rating curve extended above 2,000 ft³/s on basis of contracted-opening measurement of peak flow.

WATER-QUALITY RECORDS

PERIOD OF RECORD - Water year 2002 to current year.