USGS Water-Year Summary for Site 06470500

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	00010 Temperature, water(Max.,Min.,Mean)
	00060 Discharge(Mean)
	00065 Gage height(Mean)

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Water year 2024: 2023-10-01 to 2024-09-30

USGS Water-Year Summary 2024

06470500 JAMES RIVER AT LAMOURE, ND

LOCATION - Lat 46°21'20", long 98°18'15" referenced to North American Datum of 1927, in SW 1/4 SW 1/4 sec.01, T.133 N., R.61 W., La Moure County, ND, Hydrologic Unit 10160003, on left bank 80 ft downstream from bridge on State Highway 13, 0.5 mi west of LaMoure, and 12 mi upstream from Cottonwood Creek.

DRAINAGE AREA - 4,390 mi² of which 2,600 mi² probably is noncontributing.

REVISIONS HISTORY - WSP 1917: Drainage area.

SURFACE-WATER RECORDS

PERIOD OF RECORD - DAILY DISCHARGE--April 1950 to current year.

PERIOD OF RECORD.--DAILY GAGE HEIGHT--April to July 1903, October 1999 to current year. Gage-height records for 1902-11 are contained in reports of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.

GAGE -

Water-stage recorder and rubble-masonry control. Datum of gage is 1291.07 feet above North American Vertical Datum of 1988 (NAVD88) and 1,290.00 feet above the 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.

Previous locations and datums are as follows (From WSP 1729 or 1917 for history of changes prior to April 19, 1950)

1902 to 1908; Staff gage at site 80 feet upstream at different datum.

1909 to 1911; Staff gage at site 80 feet upstream at different datum.

April 19, 1950 to September 2, 1951; Wire-weight gage on bridge 80 feet upstream at present datum.

REMARKS - Accuracy of records for water years prior to 2014 are noted in the individual Annual Data Reports for those water years. Records good except for flows less than 100 ft³/s and estimated discharges.

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

REGULATION.--Flow regulated by Jamestown Reservoir, capacity, 220,980 acre-ft, since 1953, Pipestem Lake, capacity 147,110 acre-ft, since 1973 and several other lakes with a combined capacity of approximately 25,000 acre-ft.

EXTREMES OUTSIDE PERIOD OF RECORD - Prior to flood of April 14, 1969, a long-time resident said that the flood of May 16, 1950, was the highest since 1881, with stage in either 1942 or 1943 being almost as high owing to large ice jam.

WATER-QUALITY RECORDS

PERIOD OF RECORD - Water years 1957 to 2012.

PERIOD OF DAILY RECORD -

WATER TEMPERATURE: June 2, 1953 to November 22 1993, November 14, 2019 to August 11, 2020, August 18, 2022 to current.

SPECIFIC CONDUCTANCE: October 18, 1976 to September 29, 1993

REMARKS - Available periods of continuous water quality daily records are internally rated qualitatively as excellent, good, fair, or poor. For questions about periods of record and/or quality ratings, please send an email to gs-w-nd_nwisweb_data_inquiries@usgs.gov.