USGS Water-Year Summary 2024
05100000 PEMBINA RIVER AT NECHE, ND
LOCATION - Lat 48°59'23", long 97°33'24" referenced to North American Datum of 1927, in NW 1/4 NW 1/4 sec.31, T.164 N., R.53 W., Pembina County, ND, Hydrologic Unit 09020316, on right bank at bridge on State Highway 18 and at northwest corner of Neche.
DRAINAGE AREA - 3,410 mi². approximately.
REVISIONS HISTORY -
WSP 1308: 1904-8, 1910-15, 1920, 1921, 1923, 1924. WSP 1388: 1904(M), 1914, 1915(M), 1931(M), 1933, 1938(M). WSP 1728: Drainage area.
Revisions: Revised the peak gage height, the gage height associated with the peak discharge, and the peak discharge for water years 2018, 2019, and 2020 on February 14, 2022, based on datum correction found for the primary reference gage by levels on August 18, 2021.
SURFACE-WATER RECORDS
PERIOD OF RECORD - DAILY DISCHARGE--May 1903 to September 1908, June 1909 to September 1915, April 1919 to current year. Monthly discharge only for some periods, published in WSP 1308.
PERIOD OF RECORD.--DAILY GAGE HEIGHT--March-June 1950, March-May 1965, 1966, 1969, and 1997. October 2000 to current year.
GAGE -
Datum of the gage is 810.84 feet above North American Vertical Datum of 1988 (NAVD88) and 809.69 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 FOR PERIOD OF RECORD - Maximum peak flow, 17,500 ft³/s, peak stage, 21.47 ft, May 21, 2013, from measurement of flow. Maximum peak stage, 24.51 ft, April 21, 1997, backwater from ice.
WATER-QUALITY RECORDS
PERIOD OF RECORD - Water year 1972 to current year.