USGS Water-Year Summary 2024

06342450 BURNT CREEK NEAR BISMARCK, ND

LOCATION - Lat 46°54'54", long 100°48'48" referenced to North American Datum of 1927, in NW 1/4 SW 1/4 sec.29, T.140 N., R.80 W., Burleigh County, ND, Hydrologic Unit 10130101, on right bank, upstream of county highway bridge, and 7 mi northwest of Bismarck.

DRAINAGE AREA - 108 mi².

SURFACE-WATER RECORDS

PERIOD OF RECORD - DAILY DISCHARGE--October 1967 to current year (seasonal records only since 1982).

PERIOD OF RECORD.--DAILY GAGE HEIGHT--March 2001 to current year (seasonal records only).

GAGE - Datum of the gage is 1,690.40 feet above North American Vertical Datum of 1988 (NAVD88) and 1,688.07 feet above National Geodetic Vertical Datum of 1929 (NGVD29). 
 
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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 FOR PERIOD OF RECORD - Maximum peak flow, 10,000 ft³/s, April 18, 1979, from rating curve extended above 2,200 ft³/s on basis of indirect measurement of peak flow at U.S. Highway 83.

WATER-QUALITY RECORDS

PERIOD OF RECORD - Water year 1972 to 2012.