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USGS Water-Year Summary 2024
06340500 KNIFE RIVER AT HAZEN, ND
LOCATION - Lat 47°17'07", long 101°37'18" referenced to North American Datum of 1927, in SE 1/4 SE 1/4 sec.18, T.144 N., R.86 W., Mercer County, ND, Hydrologic Unit 10130201, on left bank at downstream side of highway bridge, 0.5 mi south of Hazen, and 3 mi upstream from Antelope Creek.
DRAINAGE AREA - 2,240 mi². approximately.
REVISIONS HISTORY - WSP 1146: 1943. WSP 1279: 1930-31, 1932-33(M). WSP 1917: Drainage area.
SURFACE-WATER RECORDS
PERIOD OF RECORD - DAILY DISCHARGE--October to November 1928, June 1929 to September 1933, September 1937 to current year. Monthly discharge only for some periods, published in WSP 1309.
PERIOD OF RECORD.--DAILY GAGE HEIGHT--October 1999 to current year.
PERIOD OF RECORD.--DAILY GAGE HEIGHT--October 1999 to current year.
GAGE - Datum of the gage is 1,713.54 feet above North American Vertical Datum of 1988 (NAVD88) and 1,712.35 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.
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 OUTSIDE PERIOD OF RECORD - According to local residents, the floods of 1943 and 1950 were not exceeded during the period 1884 to 1942.
EXTREMES FOR PERIOD OF RECORD - Maximum peak flow, 35,300 ft³/s, June 24, 1966, peak stage, 27.01 ft; maximum peak stage, 27.79 ft, March 24, 2009, from floodmark, backwater from ice.
WATER-QUALITY RECORDS
PERIOD OF RECORD - Water years 1950, 1951, 1969 to 2012.
PERIOD OF DAILY RECORD - SUSPENDED-SEDIMENT CONCENTRATION AND DISCHARGE--March 1946 to June 1969. Daily suspended-sediment discharge for October 1948 to June 1969 furnished by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.
EXTREMES FOR PERIOD OF DAILY RECORD - SUSPENDED-SEDIMENT CONCENTRATION: Maximum daily mean, 6,900 mg/L, June 5, 1948; minimum daily mean, 29 mg/L, September 29, 1948.
SUSPENDED-SEDIMENT DISCHARGE: Maximum daily, 104,000 tons/day, June 25, 1966; minimum daily, 0.0 tons/day, many days in many years.
SUSPENDED-SEDIMENT DISCHARGE: Maximum daily, 104,000 tons/day, June 25, 1966; minimum daily, 0.0 tons/day, many days in many years.
