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Water year 2023: 2022-10-01 to 2023-09-30

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USGS Water-Year Summary 2023

06470000 JAMES RIVER AT JAMESTOWN, ND

LOCATION - Lat 46°53'23", long 98°40'54" referenced to North American Datum of 1983, in sec.06, T.139 N., R.63 W., Stutsman County, ND, Hydrologic Unit 10160003, on left bank 200 ft upstream from Interstate 94 bridge at southeast corner of Jamestown and 3 mi downstream from Pipestem Creek.

DRAINAGE AREA - 2,820 mi² of which 1,650 mi² probably is noncontributing.

REVISIONS HISTORY - WSP 1239: 1938(M). WSP 1917: Drainage area.

SURFACE-WATER RECORDS

PERIOD OF RECORD - DAILY DISCHARGE--July 1928 to September 1933, March to May 1935, September 1937 to September 1939, April 1943 to current year. Monthly discharge only for some periods, published in WSP 1309.

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

GAGE - Water-stage recorder. Datum of the gage is 1,374.46 feet above North American Vertical Datum of 1988 (NAVD88) and 1373.27 feet above the National Geodetic Vertical Datum of 1929 (NGVD29).

Previous locations and datums are as follows (From WSP 1729 or 1917 for history of changes prior to October 1, 1949):

October 1, 1949, to September 30, 1965, at former bridge 0.5 mi upstream at datum of 1,376.5 ft NAVD88.

1937 to October 1, 1949; Staff gage, tape or wire-weight gages at bridge 80 ft upstream at present datum.

1928 to 1935; Staff gage, tape or wire-weight gages at bridge 80 ft upstream at datum of 1,369.5 ft NAVD88.

REMARKS - 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 estimated discharges, which are poor, unless otherwise noted.

REGULATION.--Flow regulated by Jamestown Reservoir, capacity, 220,980 acre-ft, since 1953, Pipestem Lake, capacity 147,110 acre-ft, since 1973 and several other lakes with a combined capacity of approximately 25,000 acre-ft.

EXTREMES FOR PERIOD OF RECORD - Maximum peak flow, 6,390 ft³/s, May 13, 1950, peak stage, 15.82 ft, site and datum then in use.

WATER-QUALITY RECORDS

PERIOD OF RECORD - Water years 1950-51, 1958-2012.

PERIOD OF DAILY RECORD - WATER TEMPERATURE: November 8, 2019 to August 10, 2020.