NWS FORM E-19 (COVER)

U.S. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE NATIONAL OCEANIC AND ATMOSPHERIC ADMINISTRATION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE

REPORT ON RIVER GAGE STATION

REVISED, PRINTED DATES: 04/16/2009, 08/22/2010

LOCATION: SAINT PAUL STREAM: MIDDLE LOUP RIVER BASIN: LOUP 5 HSA: GID

REFERENCES: ST. PAUL PHONOGRAPH HERALD - NEWSPAPER USGS STATION DESCRIPTION - 02/05/2009 WATER RESOURCES DATA FOR NE - USGS WS FORM E-19 - FEBRUARY 1991

ABBREVIATIONS:

BM - bench mark EPA - Environmental Protection Agency DS - downstream IBWC - International Boundary and Water Comm. US - upstream MSRC - Mississippi River Commission HW - high water MORC - Missouri River Commission LW - low water NOAA - National Oceanic and Atmospheric Admin. RB - right bank NOS - National Ocean Survey LB - left bank NWS - National Weather Service MGL - mean gulf level TVA - Tennessee Valley Authority MLW - mean low water USACE - U.S. Army Corps of Engineers MSL - mean sea level USBR - U.S. Bureau of Reclamation MLT - mean low tide USGS - U.S. Geological Survey MT - mean tide USWB - U.S. Weather Bureau WQ - water quality NGVD - National Geodetic Vertical Datum RM - reference mark NAD - North American Datum RP - reference point

LOCATION IDENTIFICATION: SPLN1 NWS INDEX NUMBER: 25-7520-06 USGS NUMBER: 06785000

MAP OF GAGE LOCATION

LATITUDE: 41 12 13 SOURCE: GPS LONGITUDE: 98 26 46

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BENCHMARKS

ELEVATION OF GAGE ZERO: 1776.610 VERTICAL DATUM: NGVD 1929 LEVELING AGENCY AND DATE: 03/30/2004 CHECKBAR: RATING AGENCY: USGS

BENCHMARK DESCRIPTION GAGE ZERO DATUM ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- --------- ------- RM10 A CHISLED SQUARE ON THE LEFT DOWNSTREAM STREAMWARD RAILROAD BRIDGE 6.567 1783.177 SUPPORT. LEVELS 04/03/01.

RM1-7 REFERENCE MARKS 1 THROUGH 7 HAVE BEEN ABANDONED.

RM8 A CHISLED X IN THE TOP OF THE LEFT DOWNSTREAM "H" BEAM OF THE LEFT RR 15.164 1791.774 BRIGE WINGWALL. LEVELS O4/03/01.

RM9 A BRASS CAP IN THE UPSTREAM LEFT END OF U.S. HIGHWAY 281 BRIDGE. LEVELS 24.100 1800.710 04/03/01.

RP2 A CHISLED ARROW ON THE RAILROAD BRIDGE ON TOP OF A 1.2 FT. WIDE STEEL 16.384 1792.994 CROSS MEMBER, SET IN THE UPSTREAM EDGE, 205 FT. FROM THE NORTH ABUTMENT. LEVELS 04/03/01.

RP4 A CHISLED ARROW 2 FT. LEFT OF THE LEFT RAILROAD PIER ON THE DOWNSTREAM OUT 13.157 1789.767 SUPPORT BEAM. LEVELS 04/03/01.

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GAGES

DCP TELEM

NESS ID: CE50F8C6 TYPE OF TELEMETRY: OWNER: USGS OWNER: REPORT TIME: 0004 PHONE NUMBER: INTERVAL: 240 INTERVAL: PAYOR/COST OF LINE: / $

GAGE TYPE OWNER MAINTENANCE BEGAN ENDED GAGE LOCATION/REMARKS ----------- ----------- ----------- ---------- ---------- ------------------------------------------------------------ staff USGS USGS 05/01/1895 10/01/1897 INCLINED STAFF GAGE LOCATED ON RIGHT BANK OPPOSITE PRESENT SITE. staff USGS USGS 04/01/1899 10/01/1899 INCLINED STAFF GAGE LOCATED AT SEVERAL SITES AT ABOUT 100 FT. DOWNSTREAM. staff USGS USGS 04/01/1903 11/01/1903 VERTICAL STAFF GAGE FASTENED TO THE DOWNSTREAM PILING OF AN OLD BRIDGE AT PRESENT SITE. chain USGS USGS 08/15/1928 06/13/1934 CHAIN GAGE ON DOWNSTREAM RIGHT END OF OLD HIGHWAY BRIDGE AT PRESENT SITE. Unk USGS USGS 06/14/1934 06/23/1947 A-30 RECORDER IN WOODEN WELL AND SHLETER, ON LEFT BANK 880 FT. UPSTREAM. GAGE WAS WASHED BY HIGH WATER. staff USGS USGS 06/24/1947 07/25/1947 STAFF GAGE LOCATED LOCATED 20 FT. UPSTREAM. bubble USGS USGS 07/25/1947 04/26/1951 STEVENS A35 RECORDER IN 48" CMP WELL AND SHELTER ON LEFT BANK 580 FT. UPSTREAM. bubble USGS USGS 04/27/1951 06/04/1957 STEVENS A35 RECORDER IN 48" CMP WELL AND SHELTER ON LEFT BANK 380 FT. UPSTREAM. bubble USGS USGS 06/05/1957 04/19/1966 STEVENS A35 RECORDER IN A 48" CMP WELL AND SHELTER ON LEFT BANK 410 FT. UPSTREAM. bubble USGS USGS 04/20/1966 03/16/1978 DIGITAL ADR RECORDER AND STEVENS A-35 RECORDER IN 48" CMP WELL AND SHELTER ON LEFT BANK 430 FT. UPSTREAM. GAGE WAS WASHED OUT BY ICE ACTION ON 3/16/78. staff NWS NWS 08/13/1973 06/01/1994 NWS STAFF GAGE INSTALLED NEXT TO THE USGS STAFF GAGE AT THE SAME DATUM, IN ORDER TO AID EASIER READING OF GAGE. staff USGS USGS 03/17/1978 05/31/1978 STAFF GAGE INSTALLED ON RAILROAD BRIDGE AT PRESENT SITE. bubble USGS USGS 06/01/1978 PRESENT GAGE HOUSE INSTALLED BY USGS, CONSISTING OF BUBBLER GAGE DRIVING A-35 AND ADR RECORDERS. GAGE HOUSE IS A 5x5 FT. METAL SHELTER LOCATED ON LEFT BANK 25 FT UPSTREAM OF HIGHWAY 281 BRIDGE (NORTH END). wireweight USGS City 06/01/1978 08/01/1985 WIRE-WEIGHT ON DOWNSTREAM SIDE OF U.S. HIGHWAY 281 BRIDGE.

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GAGE TYPE OWNER MAINTENANCE BEGAN ENDED GAGE LOCATION/REMARKS ----------- ----------- ----------- ---------- ---------- ------------------------------------------------------------ bubble COE USGS 10/01/1983 USGS INSTALLED DATA COLLECTION PLATFORM (HANDAR) FOR CORPS OF ENGINEERS. wireweight USGS USGS 08/01/1985 08/13/1993 WIRE-WEIGHT LOCATED ON THE UPSTREAM SIDE OF THE U.S. HIGHWAY 281 BRIDGE. tipping NWS USGS 10/01/1990 NO DOCUMENTATION ON WHEN THIS TIPPING BUCKET RAIN GAGE WAS INSTALLED AND WHO ACTUALLY OWNS IT. IT APPEARS TO BE A NWS TIPPING BUCKET. wireweight USGS USGS 08/13/1993 09/14/1995 WIRE-WEIGHT ON THE DOWNSTREAM SIDE OF THE U.S. HIGHWAY 281 BRIDGE. staff USGS USGS 06/01/1994 NEW STAFF GAGE TO THE LEFT DOWNSTREAM END OF RAILROAD BRIDGE PIER. crest USGS USGS 04/23/1996 ELEVATION AT TOP OF CSI IS 9.47 FT GAUGE DATUM. BOTTOM OF CSI IS 3.47 FT GAUGE DATUM.

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HISTORY

PUBLICATION/LOCATION OF RECORDS STARTING DATE ENDING DATE ------------------------------- ------------- ----------- WRD NE 10/01/1894 09/01/1915 WRD NE 08/15/1928

TYPE OF GAGE OWNER STARTING DATE ENDING DATE ------------ ----- ------------- ----------- staff USGS 05/01/1895 10/01/1897 staff USGS 04/01/1899 10/01/1899 staff USGS 04/01/1903 11/01/1903 chain USGS 08/15/1928 06/13/1934 Unk USGS 06/14/1934 06/23/1947 staff USGS 06/24/1947 07/25/1947 bubble USGS 07/25/1947 04/26/1951 bubble USGS 04/27/1951 06/04/1957 bubble USGS 06/05/1957 04/19/1966 bubble USGS 04/20/1966 03/16/1978 staff NWS 08/13/1973 06/01/1994 staff USGS 03/17/1978 05/31/1978 bubble USGS 06/01/1978 wireweight USGS 06/01/1978 08/01/1985 bubble COE 10/01/1983 wireweight USGS 08/01/1985 08/13/1993 tipping NWS 10/01/1990 wireweight USGS 08/13/1993 09/14/1995 staff USGS 06/01/1994 crest USGS 04/23/1996

ZERO ELEVATION STARTING DATE -------------- ------------- 1778.670 10/01/1894 1778.480 10/01/1899 1778.610 11/01/1903 1766.800 06/24/1947 1776.610 07/25/1947

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CRESTS

FLOOD STAGE: 8.00 ACTION STAGE: 7.00 BANKFULL STAGE: 8.00 FLOOD FLOW: 52000 ACTION FLOW: 37647

DATE OF TIME CREST FLOW FROM HIGH BASED ON CAUSED BY CREST LST (ft) (CFS) WATERMARKS OLD DATUM ICE JAM REMARKS ---------- ------ ------ ------ ---------- --------- --------- -------------------------------------------------- 06/23/1947 UNDEF 12.69 72000 01/25/1961 UNDEF 5.80 X 02/13/1961 UNDEF 5.80 X 05/22/1961 UNDEF 5.80 7200 03/23/1962 UNDEF 7.16 X 06/17/1962 UNDEF 6.68 11500 12/16/1962 UNDEF 6.98 X 09/11/1963 UNDEF 5.09 3430 02/21/1964 UNDEF 7.12 X 06/23/1964 UNDEF 5.23 4800 05/26/1965 UNDEF 7.02 14700 02/12/1966 UNDEF 7.55 X 06/09/1966 UNDEF 5.73 6620 06/15/1967 UNDEF 8.50 22900 06/25/1968 UNDEF 8.28 24900 03/21/1969 UNDEF 7.43 8600 01/27/1970 UNDEF 5.67 X 04/14/1970 UNDEF 4.54 2940 07/26/1972 UNDEF 5.89 9050 01/19/1973 UNDEF 6.15 X 07/25/1973 UNDEF 5.45 7450 12/30/1973 UNDEF 6.27 X 06/09/1974 UNDEF 5.29 4050 02/15/1975 UNDEF 6.18 X 06/22/1975 UNDEF 5.42 5700 02/14/1976 UNDEF 8.15 X 06/24/1976 UNDEF 5.05 3690 02/15/1977 UNDEF 5.94 X STAGE MAY HAVE BEEN EXCEEDED DURING PERIOD OF NO GAUGE HEIGHT RECORD FEB 6 TO 14 09/12/1977 UNDEF 5.38 6850 03/17/1978 UNDEF 12.21 23000 X X ICE JAM PROBLEMS. 03/10/1979 UNDEF 7.23 X X 03/18/1979 UNDEF 3.85 6180 03/06/1980 UNDEF 6.49 X 03/30/1980 UNDEF 3.78 4980 12/04/1980 UNDEF 5.29 X 08/06/1981 UNDEF 4.69 12400 02/21/1982 UNDEF 6.61 X 06/15/1982 UNDEF 4.38 7650 X 01/04/1983 UNDEF 4.58 X 06/28/1983 UNDEF 4.41 9580 X 06/12/1984 UNDEF 6.46 29100 09/13/1985 UNDEF 4.62 11400 02/24/1986 UNDEF 5.03 X 02/26/1986 UNDEF 4.67 6310 X

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DATE OF TIME CREST FLOW FROM HIGH BASED ON CAUSED BY CREST LST (ft) (CFS) WATERMARKS OLD DATUM ICE JAM REMARKS ---------- ------ ------ ------ ---------- --------- --------- -------------------------------------------------- 03/18/1987 UNDEF 4.57 7920 02/18/1988 UNDEF 5.42 X 07/01/1988 UNDEF 4.17 5400 03/10/1989 UNDEF 6.84 X 07/15/1989 UNDEF 4.71 10100 X 01/21/1990 UNDEF 6.00 X 06/16/1990 UNDEF 4.61 7420 02/13/1991 UNDEF 5.96 X 05/25/1991 UNDEF 4.12 5880 X 01/18/1992 UNDEF 5.95 X 05/16/1992 UNDEF 4.47 8250 03/07/1993 UNDEF 8.32 X FROM FLOOD MARK. BACKWATER FROM ICE. 07/27/1993 UNDEF 6.00 24100 02/20/1994 UNDEF 6.30 X BACKWATER FROM ICE. 03/06/1994 UNDEF 3.70 6250 05/28/1995 UNDEF 5.21 14900 02/22/1996 UNDEF 5.81 X BACKWATER FROM ICE. 06/16/1996 UNDEF -0.99 7540 02/20/1997 UNDEF 5.58 X 02/21/1997 UNDEF -0.99 15600 06/15/1998 UNDEF 4.22 6820 01/24/1999 UNDEF 5.12 06/27/1999 UNDEF -0.99 7610 03/14/2000 UNDEF 6.20 X 07/04/2000 UNDEF 3.85 4690 03/15/2001 UNDEF 4.55 9100 03/13/2002 UNDEF 4.74 X 08/27/2002 UNDEF 3.86 4540 02/03/2003 UNDEF 4.42 X 05/05/2003 UNDEF 3.93 5160 09/23/2004 UNDEF 4.15 6070 12/08/2005 UNDEF 5.30 X Backwater from ice. 09/10/2006 UNDEF 4.45 8300 02/20/2007 UNDEF 6.48 X Due to backwack from ice 05/30/2007 UNDEF 4.89 11900 05/24/2008 UNDEF 5.55 20000 MAXIMUM PEAK STAGE AND MAXIMUM PEAK FLOW FOR THE YEAR.

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LOW WATER RECORDS

DATE OF STAGE FLOW LOW WATER (ft) (CFS) REMARKS ---------- ------- ------ --------------------------------------------- 11/28/1955 100 12/08/1956 100 12/22/1960 143 12/12/1961 100 07/09/1963 124 08/02/1964 138 11/30/1964 250 07/11/1966 111 12/24/1966 160 06/22/1968 123 12/14/1968 145 07/10/1970 59 07/16/1972 177 07/18/1973 170 07/21/1974 101 08/11/1975 145 09/07/1976 120 11/29/1976 98 07/05/1978 180 08/09/1979 246 08/09/1980 23 08/10/1980 23 07/14/1981 58 08/04/1982 190 08/20/1983 280 09/01/1984 269 07/10/1985 239 07/20/1986 246 08/02/1987 257 06/28/1988 176 02/02/1989 250 RESULT OF FREEZE OUT. 07/05/1990 233 12/22/1990 180 11/02/1991 225 08/06/1993 625 06/30/1994 309 07/14/1995 211 07/06/1996 319 07/10/1997 232 07/19/1998 232 12/22/1998 306 07/01/2000 202 09/06/2001 304 08/16/2002 96 09/07/2003 203 08/08/2008 378 LOWEST DAILY MEAN FOR THE YEAR.

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CONDITIONS AFFECTING FLOW

MILES ABOVE MOUTH: 74.0 DRAINAGE AREA: 3130.0 POOL STAGE: 0.0

STREAM BED: COMPOSED MAINLY OF SHIFTING SAND.

REACH: UPSTREAM TO HIGHWAY 11 BRIDGE, AND DOWNSTREAM TO MOUTH.

REGULATION: THE PRINCIPAL DIVERSIONS FOR IRRIGATION ABOVE THE STATION ARE THROUGH THE SARGENT IRRIGATION DISTRICT CANAL, MIDDLE LOUP POWER AND IRRIGATION DISTRICT CANALS, AND THE FARWELL IRRIGATION DISTRICT CANALS. OTHER SMALL DIVERSIONS AND NUMEROUS PUMPS EXIST.

DIVERSION: DIVERSION BY IRRIGATION DISTRICTS AND PUBLIC POWER.

WINTER: CHANNEL SUBJECT TO FREEZING AND ICE JAMS.

TOPOGRAPHY: BANKS ARE LINED WITH TREES AND WILLOWS, NO VEGETATION IN THE STREAM BED. BOTH BANKS ARE SUBJECT TO LIMITED OVERFLOW AT EXTREME STAGES.

REMARKS:

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DAMAGE

STAGE AREAS AFFECTED ------- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 8.00 LOWLAND FLOODING BEGINS. NO URBAN AREAS OR IMPORTANT ROADS OR HIGHWAYS ARE IN THE FLOODPLAIN.

12.00 WIDESPREAD FLOODING OF LOWLANDS...WOODED AREAS...AND AGRICULTURAL LAND ADJACENT TO THE RIVER WILL OCCUR.

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RIVER STAGE DATA

| 16-| |-----| |-----| |-----| |-----| | 14-| |-----| |-----| |-----| |-----| 12.69 06/23/1947 | 12-| 12.21 03/17/1978 12.00 - WIDESPREAD FLOODING OF LOWLANDS...WOODED AREAS...AND AGRICULTURAL LAND ADJACENT TO |-----| THE RIVER WILL OCCUR. |-----| |-----| |-----| | 10-| |-----| |-----| |-----| |-----| 8.50 06/15/1967 | 8-| 8.32 03/07/1993 8.00 - LOWLAND FLOODING BEGINS. NO URBAN AREAS OR IMPORTANT ROADS OR HIGHWAYS ARE IN THE |-----| FLOODPLAIN. |-----| 7.55 02/12/1966 |-----| 7.16 03/23/1962 |-----| 6.68 06/17/1962 | 6-| 6.30 02/20/1994 |-----| 6.00 01/21/1990 |-----| 5.58 02/20/1997 |-----| 5.12 01/24/1999 |-----| 4.74 03/13/2002 | 4-| 4.38 06/15/1982 |-----| 3.93 05/05/2003 |-----| |-----| |-----| | 2-| |-----| |-----| |-----| |-----| | 0-| |-----| |-----| |-----| -0.99 06/16/1996 |-----| | -2-| |-----| |-----| |-----| |-----|

REACH: UPSTREAM TO HIGHWAY 11 BRIDGE, AND DOWNSTREAM TO MOUTH. ELEVATION ZERO: 1776.61

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CONTACTS

SQ CONTACT/REMARKS PHONE -- -------------------------------------------------- ------------------ 1 USGS ORD OFFICE 308-728-5601 MAINTENANCE.

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