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	Available Parameters
	00010 Temperature, water(Max.,Min.,Mean)
	00060 Discharge(Mean)
	00065 Gage height(Mean)
	00095 Specific cond at 25C(Max.,Min.,Mean)

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

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USGS Water-Year Summary 2024

05058000 SHEYENNE RIVER BELOW BALDHILL DAM, ND

LOCATION - Lat 47°02'02", long 98°05'00" referenced to North American Datum of 1927, in sec.18, T.141 N., R.58 W., Barnes County, ND, Hydrologic Unit 09020204, on right bank 0.1 mi downstream from Baldhill Dam, 8 mi northwest of Valley City, and at mile 270.5.

DRAINAGE AREA - 7,470 mi² of which 5,560 mi² probably is noncontributing. including 3,800 sq. mi. in closed basins.

REVISIONS HISTORY - WSP 1728: Drainage area.

SURFACE-WATER RECORDS

PERIOD OF RECORD - DAILY DISCHARGE--October 1949 to current year. Monthly discharge only for some periods, published in WSP 1308.

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

GAGE -

Water-stage recorder. Datum of gage is 1201.29 ft above North American Vertical Datum 1988 (NAVD88, Survey done by USGS) and 1,200.00 ft above National Geodetic Vertical Datum 1929 (NGVD29).

From December 29, 1994, to September 18, 2000, at site 0.7 mi downstream at same datum.

REMARKS -

Fish hatchery releases through the fish-rearing ponds average 8-10 ft³/s. This flow is not included in discharge below approximately 300 ft³/s because flow measurements are made above the fish-rearing ponds. Above 300 ft³/s, flow measurements are made about 0.25 mile downstream and will include releases from the fish-rearing ponds.

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 2023 water year, when record was fair. Estimated discharges are poor, unless otherwise noted.

REGULATION.--Flow completely regulated by Lake Ashtabula (station 05057500). Records for 1955 to 1972 and December 29, 1994 to October 23, 2008 include releases at Baldhill Dam to the fish-rearing ponds of the Fish and Wildlife Service.

WATER-QUALITY RECORDS

PERIOD OF RECORD - Water year 1959 to 2012.

PERIOD OF DAILY RECORD -

WATER TEMPERATURE: April 1997 to current year.

SPECIFIC CONDUCTANCE: April 1997 to current year.

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.

EXTREMES FOR PERIOD OF RECORD - WATER TEMPERATURE: Maximum recorded, 30.4ºC, August 01, 2023; minimum recorded, -0.4ºC, November 26, 27, 2006.

SPECIFIC CONDUCTANCE: Maximum recorded, 2,640 µS, March 13-14, 2015 and March 24-25, 2019; minimum recorded, 275 µS, April 4, 2009.