Rivermatics

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.

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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.

Historical monthly discharge percentiles in cubic feet per second
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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