USGS Streamgage 06331680
Tobacco Garden Creek near Watford City, ND
Tobacco Garden Creek near Watford City, ND is USGS streamgage 06331680, monitoring river discharge in hydrologic subbasin 10110101. It drains a watershed of about 135 square miles. Discharge records at this site go back to 1976. Typical flow runs near 0.5 cfs in July and 4 cfs in April, with the higher of the two arriving in April.
Gauge details
- Drainage area
- 135 sq mi
- Gauge elevation
- 1,943 ft
- Subbasin (HUC-8)
- 10110101
- Coordinates
- 47.99245, -103.16642
- USGS site number
- 06331680
- Records begin
- 1976-10-01 (50 years)
Typical flow by month
Long-term daily discharge percentiles from the USGS record (up to 50 years of data), averaged within each month. These describe the historical normal range — they are not a forecast and not today's reading.
| Month | Low p10 | Typical p50 | High p90 | Range |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 0.2 | 0.5 | 2.5 | |
| February | 0 | 0.7 | 60.7 | |
| March | 0.6 | 3.1 | 289.6 | |
| April | 0.7 | 4 | 253.6 | |
| May | 0.3 | 2.3 | 85 | |
| June | 0.4 | 1.4 | 94.5 | |
| July | 0.2 | 0.5 | 31.1 | |
| August | 0.2 | 0.4 | 1.7 | |
| September | 0.2 | 0.5 | 8 | |
| October | 0.5 | 0.8 | 5.4 | |
| November | 0.7 | 1.1 | 2.4 | |
| December | 0.5 | 0.8 | 2.1 |
All values in cubic feet per second (cfs).
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