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Pembina River in North Dakota

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5 mi

Public land: USGS PAD-US

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Pembina River is a 51.7 mile river. Streamflow is measured at the USGS gauge Pembina River at Neche, ND (site 05100000). The National Hydrography Dataset places it at stream order 6. Reach geometry comes from the USGS National Hydrography Dataset.

Typical flow by month

1903 to 2026

Pembina River typically runs highest in April, at a median 447 cfs, and lowest in February, at 6.4 cfs. The highest flow on record for any single day is 14,600 cfs, in 2009.

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Typical flow by month at Pembina River at Neche, ND, in cfs
MonthTypical (cfs)Usual range (cfs)
January9.92.9 to 23
February6.42.0 to 17
March123.0 to 41
April447180 to 1,435
May380162 to 1,070
June261120 to 511
July11355 to 288
August6719 to 165
September5714 to 121
October5625 to 115
November3815 to 76
December185.9 to 36

Typical is the median of each month’s daily median values, and the usual range runs from the median 25th to the median 75th percentile, across about 118 years of record. Statistics published by the US Geological Survey for Pembina River at Neche, ND (site 05100000). Conditions on any given day can fall well outside the usual range. Check the current reading before you go.

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