OVERFLOW OF RED RIVER OF THE NORTH. 



51 



land along the stream; but no Red River overflow occurs below 

 Wahpeton on land outside the real high-water channel of the stream 

 during the crop-growing season. The land adjacent to the river that 

 is overflowed is flooded by water from the tributaries of the Red, or 

 by water which comes from rains. 



FLOOD RECORDS. 



During the last 40 years, the period for which definite records are 

 available, the Reel River at Grand Forks has risen above flood stage 

 (elevation 819.5, stage 40 feet, U. S. G. S. gauge) seven times, viz, 

 1882, 1883, 1893, 1897, 1904, 1916, and 1920, each time in the spring 

 soon after the annual spring thaw. Only in one case did high stages 

 occur in two consecutive years (1882 and 1883). The longest period 

 between flood stages was 12 years (1904-1916) . Elevations and dates 

 of high and low river stages at three stations, Fargo and Grand 

 Forks, N. Dak., and Emerson, Manitoba, are shown in Table 13. 

 Table 13. — Elevations and dates of flood crests and low-water stages. 





Fargo, N. Dak. 



(flood stage 



887.5). 



Difference 



(Distance 155 



miles). 



Grand Forks, N. 



Dak. (flood stage 



819.5). 



Difference 



(Distance 143 



miles). 



Emerson, Mani- 

 toba 1 (flood stage 

 779.5). 





Date. 



Eleva- 

 tion. 



Days. 



Feet. 



Date. 



Eleva- 

 tion. 



Days. 



Feet. 



Date. 



Eleva- 

 tion. 



1882 



Apr. 11 



899. 2 j 10 



70.2 



Apr. 21 

 Apr. 28 

 Apr. 24 

 Apr. 10 

 Mar. 31 

 Sept. 24 

 Apr. 11 

 Oct. 14 

 Apr. 27 

 July 1 

 Apr. 6 

 May 16 

 Apr. 18 

 July 6 

 Apr. 7 

 June 18 

 Apr. 11 

 June 13 

 Apr. 8 

 Aug. 17 

 Mar. 22 

 Nov. 5 

 Apr. 15 

 Apr. 9 

 May 14 

 Apr. 8 

 July 12 

 Apr. 9 

 May 5 

 June 17 

 Apr. 11 

 July 3 

 Apr. 17 

 Juiv 14 

 Apr. 6 

 Sept. 2 

 Mar. 28 

 Sept. 20 

 Apr. 3 

 July 9 

 Sept. 19 

 Mar. 29 



829.0 

 820.1 

 825.0 

 829.7 

 805.4 

 780.8 

 807.5 

 790.1 

 820. 1 

 793.7 

 797.0 

 805.5 

 815. 5 

 794.2 

 819.3 

 799.9 





38.9 





790.1 



1883 

















12 

 4 

 6 



35.2 

 39.1 

 26.9 

 30.8 





789.8 



1897 



Apr. 7 

 Mar. 29 

 Sept. 20 

 Apr. 6 

 Oct. 12 

 Apr. 20 

 June 28 

 Mar. 31. 

 May 17 

 Apr. 9 

 July 5 

 Mar. 30 

 June 17 

 Apr. 5 

 June 13 

 Mar. 30 

 Aug. 12 

 Mar. 19 

 Oct. 29 

 Apr. 11 

 Apr. 8 

 May 14 

 Apr. 15 

 July 8 



901.5 



871.8 

 869.2 

 875. 7 

 870.3 

 883.1 

 876.6 

 871.3 

 880.2 

 877.3 

 874.5 

 891.6 

 881.1 

 875. 7 

 876.5 

 874.8 

 871.4 

 884. 9 

 867.4 

 870.5 

 872.2 

 872.4 

 871.8 

 873. 7 



3 



2 

 4 

 5 

 2 



7; 

 3 



, 6 



9 

 1 

 8 

 1 

 6 



9 

 5 

 3 



7 

 4 

 1 



4 



71.8 



66.4 

 88.4 

 68.2 

 80.2 

 63.0 

 82.9 

 74.3 

 74.7 

 61.8 

 80.3 

 72.3 

 81.2 

 63.4 

 79.1 

 78.8 

 74.6 

 74.7 

 84.9 

 81.8 

 80.0 

 84.3 

 65.7 

 87.1 



Apr. 22 

 Apr. 4 

 Sept. 30 



790.6 



1902 



2 778. 5 



1903. . 



2 750. 











1904 





34.1 



( s ) 



786.0 









1905... 





















1906... . 





















1907 





















1908. . . 













797.4 

 796.0 

 796.8 

 810.2 



782. 5 

 788.7 

 792.2 

 788.1 

 806.1 

 786.6 

 791.9 

 791.7 

 797.7 

 798.6 

 810.3 

 820.5 

 803.6 

 811.9 

 783.0 

 790.8 



783. 9 

 796.8 

 801.8 

 785.2 

 820.4 











1909 





















1910 





















1911 











1912 











1913 



2 

 3 



4 

 8 



35.6 

 30.6 

 36.2 

 33.6 



May 16 

 Apr. 11 

 July 16 

 Apr. 17 



752. 5 

 775. 5 



1914 



750.4 

 758.3 





May 2 

 June 12 

 Apr. 9 

 JuLy 2 

 Apr. 6 

 July 12 

 Apr. 3 

 Aug. 28 

 Mar. 30 

 Sept. 20 

 Mar. 24 

 July 5 

 Sept. 19 

 Mar. 27 



875.5 

 877.7 

 887.2 

 888.2 

 892.1 

 889.4 

 886.2 

 869.8 

 871.8 

 869.8 

 872.8 

 870.3 

 868.9 

 885.5 



3 

 5 

 2 

 1 

 11 

 2 

 3 

 5 



10 

 4 



2 



83.8 

 80.0 

 ' 88.6 

 77.9 

 71.6 

 85.8 

 74.3 

 86.8 

 81.0 

 85.9 

 76.0 

 68.5 

 83.7 

 65.1 





1915 



2 

 2 

 6 

 7 

 5 

 5 

 3 

 3 

 1 

 6 

 3 



10 



38.4 

 38.0 

 40.3 

 33.8 

 38.8 

 35.6 

 35.6 

 31.7 

 36.4 

 28.5 

 36.6 

 36.0 

 40.8 



Juae 19 

 Apr. 13 

 July 9 

 Apr. 24 

 July 19 

 Apr. 11 

 Sept. 5 

 Mar. 31 

 Sept. 21 

 Apr. 9 

 July 12 

 Sept. 19 

 Apr. 8 



759.3 

 760.6 



1916 



770.0 

 786.7 



1917 



764.8 

 776.3 



1918 



747.4 

 759 1 



1919 



747.5 

 768.3 



1920 



765.2 

 749.2 

 779.6 







1 Emerson gauge established May, 1912. 



3 Datum uncertain. 



3 Pembina. 



