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BULLETIX 1017, U. S. DEPARTMENT OE AGRICULTURE. 
has been recorded since May, 1912, by the Manitoba Hydrometric 
Surrey. A list of these available records of stream discharge is given 
in Table 3. 
Table 3. — Maximum stream discharges on Red River watershed. 
Stream. 
Mustinka River... 
Bois de Sioux River 
Otter Tail River... 
North Dakota Wild 
Rice River. 
Red River 
Shevenne River 
X>o 
Minnesota Wild 
Rice River. 
Thief River 
Red LakeRiverand 
Thief River. 
Clearwater River... 
Red Lake River 
Red River 
Two Rivers 
Pembina River .... 
Red River......... 
Station. 
Wheaton 
Fairmount 
Fergus Falls 
Mouth, Wild Rice. 
Fargo-Moorhead. . . 
VallevCity 
Haggart... 
Twin Valley 
Thief River Falls.. 
....do 
Red Lake Falls... 
Crookston 
Grand Forks 
Hallock 
Xeche. 
E merson .Manitoba 
Water- 
shed 
area, 
square 
miles. 
1,480 
1,300 
2,210 
6,435 
4,185 
5,600 
835 
1,080 
3,600 
1,330 
5,320 
25, 755 
635 
3, 320 
35, 895 
Period. 
1917-1919 
1919-1920 
1900-1917 
1919-1920 
1902-1919 
1919 
1902-1907, 
1919 
1909-1917 
1909-1917 
1909-1919 
1901-1919 
1SS2-1919 
1911-1914 
1903-1915, 
1919 
1912-1919 
Maximum discharge. 
Rate. 
Sec.-ft. 
2,240 
255 
i, 080 
1,779 
7,720 
2, 750 
2,220 
9,120 
4,100 
7,600 
6,700 
14;400 
43,000 
1,200 
3,870 
46,180 
Authoritv. 
Date. 
Apr. 1, 1917 
Mar. 
June 
24, 1920 
13, 1904 
Mar. 24,1920 
July 
Apr. 
Apr. 
11,1916 
18, 1919 
28,1919 
Julv 22,1909 
Apr. 
July 
23,1916 
3, 1919 
....do 
Apr. 17,1916 
Apr. 10,1897 
Apr. 13,1913 
May 2,1904 
Apr. 24,1916 
U. S. Geological Sur- 
vey and TJ. S. De- 
partment of Agri- 
culture. 
TJ. S. Department 
of Agriculture. 
TJ. S. Engineers and 
TJ. S. Geological 
Survey. 
TJ. S. Department 
of Agriculture. 
Do. 
Do. 
U.S. Geological Sur- 
vey and IT. S. De- 
partment of Agri- 
culture. 
TJ. S. Geological Sur- 
vey. 
Do. 
Do. 
Do. 
TJ. S. Engineers and 
TJ. S. Geological 
Survev. 
TJ. S. Geological Sur- 
vey. 
Do. 
Manitoba Hydro- 
metric Survey. 
As indicated in the table, the Geological Survey has made most of 
the stream-flow measurements. This work was done in connection 
with the determination of the water supply of the United States. 4 
A limited number of measurements of stream flow were made by 
the Department of Agriculture in connection with the survey of Red 
River during 1919 and 1920. Of these the principal measurements 
were: The Shevenne River at Valley City and at Haggart, X. Dak.,* 
during March and April, 1919; the Wild Rice River at Wild Rice, 
X. Dak., March, 1920; and the Bois de Sioux River at Fairmount, 
X. Dak.. March, 1920. These records are valuable because quite high 
stages occurred during the periods mentioned and because no pre- 
vious gagings had been made at three of the stations. 
The records of stream flow at Grand Forks are shown in Table 4. 
The quantities of run-off were computed from daily gage readings 
except for January, February. March, and December, 1882, to 1900, 
for which periods no gage records are available. For those months 
U. S, Geol. Survey, Water Supply Papers 405, 435, 455, etc. 
