USGS Water-Year Summary 2024
06353000 CEDAR CREEK NEAR RALEIGH, ND
LOCATION - Lat 46°05'30", long 101°20'00" referenced to North American Datum of 1927, in sec.09, T.130 N., R.85 W., Grant County, ND, Hydrologic Unit 10130205, on left bank at upstream side of bridge on N.D. Highway 31, 6 mi upstream from mouth, and 19 mi south of Raleigh.
DRAINAGE AREA - 1,750 mi². approximately.
SURFACE-WATER RECORDS
PERIOD OF RECORD - DAILY DISCHARGE--April to September 1939, April 1962 to current year.
PERIOD OF RECORD.--DAILY GAGE HEIGHT--October 2000 to current year.
GAGE -
Water-stage recorder.
Datum of the gage is 1,882.73 feet above North American Vertical Datum of 1988 (NAVD88) and 1,881.23 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.
EXTREMES OUTSIDE PERIOD OF RECORD - Maximum peak known from 1950 to gage start-up in April 1962: Maximum peak flow, 45,000 ft³/s, April 18, 1950, on basis of slope-area measurement 5 mi upstream, peak stage about 18 ft, site and datum then in use.
EXTREMES FOR PERIOD OF RECORD - Maximum peak flow, about 16,000 ft³/s, March 23, 2009, maximum peak stage, 20.59 ft, backwater from ice.
WATER-QUALITY RECORDS
PERIOD OF RECORD - Water year 1972 to 2012.