USGS Water-Year Summary 2023
05102490 RED RIVER OF THE NORTH AT PEMBINA, ND
LOCATION - Lat 48°58'25", long 97°14'29" referenced to North American Datum of 1927, in sec.04, T.163 N., R.51 W., Pembina County, ND, Hydrologic Unit 09020311, on the downstream side of the bridge crossing the Red River of the North, 0.2 mi north of Pembina.
DRAINAGE AREA - 40,200 mi² of which 3,800 mi² probably is noncontributing.
SURFACE-WATER RECORDS
PERIOD OF RECORD - March 1985 to September 2002 (annual maximum discharge and gage height only), April to May 1997, October 2002 to current year (daily gage height and maximum discharge only).
GAGE - Water stage recorder. Datum of gage is 740.75 feet above North American Vertical Datum 1988 (NAVD88. Levels by USACE, May 2017) and 739.45 feet above National Geodetic Vertical Datum 1929 (NGVD29).
EXTREMES FOR PERIOD OF RECORD - Maximum peak flow, 141,000 ft³/s, April 26, 1997, maximum peak stage, 54.94 ft. Minimum recorded stage, 7.37 ft, September 15, 2003.
WATER-QUALITY RECORDS
PERIOD OF RECORD - Water year 1994 to current year.