USGS Water-Year Summary 2025

06468170 JAMES RIVER NEAR GRACE CITY, ND

LOCATION - Lat 47°33'29", long 98°51'45" referenced to North American Datum of 1927, in sec.18, T.147 N., R.64 W., Foster County, ND, Hydrologic Unit 10160001, on left bank on upstream side of county highway bridge and 2.5 mi northwest of Grace City.

DRAINAGE AREA - 1,060 mi² of which 650 mi² probably is noncontributing.

SURFACE-WATER RECORDS

PERIOD OF RECORD - DAILY DISCHARGE--June 1968 to current year.

PERIOD OF RECORD.--DAILY GAGE HEIGHT--October 2000 to current year.

GAGE -

Water-stage recorder. 

Datum of gage is 1458.63 feet above North American Vertical Datum of 1988 (NAVD88) and 1,457.60 feet above the National Geodetic Vertical Datum of 1929 (NGVD29, determined from USC & GS TT4T 1948, elevation 1507.301 feet above 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.

EXTREMES FOR PERIOD OF RECORD - Maximum peak flow, 8,140 ft³/s, April 11, 2011, peak stage, 17.54 ft, from floodmark.

WATER-QUALITY RECORDS

PERIOD OF RECORD - Water year 1972 to 2012.