Water Data Report 1997
03094000 MAHONING RIVER AT LEAVITTSBURG, OHIO
LOCATION.--Lat 41014'21", long 80052'51", in T.4 N., R.4 W., Trumbull County, Hydrologic Unit 05030103, on right bank
at upstream side of Leavitt Road Bridge at Leavittsburg, 300 ft downstream from Duck Creek and 1.2 mi downstream
from Eagle Creek.
DRAINAGE AREA.--575 mi2.
PERIOD OF RECORD.--October 1940 to current year. Prior to June 1941 monthly discharge only, published in WSP 1305.
REVISED RECORDS.--WSP 1907: Drainage area.
GAGE.--Water-stage recorder. Datum of gage is 871.25 ft above sea level. Prior to July 2, 1941, nonrecording gage,
and July 2, 1941, to July 22, 1952, water-stage recorder, at site 50 ft downstream at same datum.
REMARKS.--Records excellent except for periods of estimated record and Aug.6-Sept. 16, which are fair. Flow regulated
by Berlin Lake, 25 mi upstream, beginning in 1942, by Milton Reservoir, 17 mi upstream, and by Michael J. Kirwan
Reservoir, 20 mi upstream on West Branch, beginning in 1966. Diversion upstream from station from Berlin Lake for
part of municipal supply of Mahoning Valley Sanitary District (see station 03090500). Water-quality data collected
at this site. U.S. Army Corps of Engineers satellite telemeter at station.
EXTREMES FOR PERIOD OF RECORD.--Maximum discharge, 20,300 ft3/s Jan. 22, 1959, gage height, 19.37 ft; minimum daily,
60 ft3/s July 6, 1952.
EXTREMES OUTSIDE PERIOD OF RECORD.--Flood of Mar. 26, 1913 reached a stage of about 24 ft.
DISCHARGE, CUBIC FEET PER SECOND, WATER YEAR OCTOBER 1996 TO SEPTEMBER 1997
DAILY MEAN VALUES
DAY OCT NOV DEC JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP
1 928 1210 1940 1500 e1100 1460 374 246 2750 313 289 292
2 1070 697 2560 1420 e1050 1300 312 226 5140 343 287 289
3 1020 617 1850 802 1010 1780 276 387 3320 321 287 293
4 777 601 1580 712 1110 1020 245 739 2340 315 288 291
5 642 590 1380 786 2110 1220 235 488 1920 314 286 292
6 629 577 1380 957 2100 2260 230 425 1910 314 278 287
7 620 539 1390 904 1530 1950 219 480 1940 309 280 282
8 570 1100 1330 802 1350 1500 203 386 1930 307 283 296
9 415 1940 1290 635 1280 1330 195 406 1890 322 279 307
10 229 1670 1210 476 1240 2090 187 417 1760 321 277 308
11 215 1680 1350 306 1110 2310 195 376 1680 317 276 333
12 194 1520 3910 e270 716 1760 652 348 1620 313 279 312
13 179 1580 3140 e250 492 1560 2440 327 1250 307 287 287
14 171 1440 1820 e230 438 2030 1250 264 1070 302 293 275
15 167 1320 1570 e220 362 2760 545 264 972 301 292 267
16 148 1280 1540 e250 350 1670 391 345 938 300 313 268
17 141 1260 2300 e250 337 1360 689 347 957 299 401 272
18 277 1350 2950 e240 384 1590 747 309 1210 297 402 260
19 943 1450 2380 e230 1000 1570 445 478 1340 294 327 254
20 1340 1160 2080 e220 1790 1470 327 795 1550 293 289 525
21 1170 1030 2010 e215 1640 1110 276 714 1440 294 277 454
22 1070 772 1970 e210 1540 738 250 552 1080 294 278 254
23 1190 578 1830 488 1520 732 279 487 946 291 302 215
24 1540 553 2410 562 1360 627 319 356 391 299 319 198
25 1460 623 2720 630 781 435 297 706 318 298 336 191
26 1360 1820 2150 785 486 645 246 1860 355 298 316 188
27 1290 2150 1910 785 1410 574 217 1030 374 296 294 184
28 1250 1730 1710 917 2650 388 350 1030 328 293 283 184
29 1110 1460 1720 e1300 --- 331 454 1390 313 289 279 182
30 1210 1420 1670 e1200 --- 315 306 1400 302 287 272 186
31 1500 --- 1560 e1150 --- 360 --- 1480 --- 289 285 ---
TOTAL 24825 35717 60610 19702 32246 40245 13151 19058 43334 9430 9234 8226
MEAN 801 1191 1955 636 1152 1298 438 615 1444 304 298 274
MAX 1540 2150 3910 1500 2650 2760 2440 1860 5140 343 402 525
MIN 141 539 1210 210 337 315 187 226 302 287 272 182
STATISTICS OF MONTHLY MEAN DATA FOR WATER YEARS 1941 - 1997, BY WATER YEAR (WY)
MEAN 378 480 676 732 850 1023 822 635 504 387 363 392
MAX 1575 2077 2010 2595 2313 2132 2219 2267 2116 1103 1190 1705
(WY) 1991 1986 1978 1952 1959 1955 1957 1996 1989 1958 1958 1975
MIN 128 111 116 125 114 212 217 118 125 152 157 114
(WY) 1963 1964 1964 1961 1963 1969 1946 1941 1941 1941 1942 1942
SUMMARY STATISTICS FOR 1996 CALENDAR YEAR FOR 1997 WATER YEAR WATER YEARS 1941 - 1997
ANNUAL TOTAL 378899 315778
ANNUAL MEAN 1035 865 602
HIGHEST ANNUAL MEAN 981 1975
LOWEST ANNUAL MEAN 327 1963
HIGHEST DAILY MEAN 6820 May 12 5140 Jun 2 15500 Jan 22 1959
LOWEST DAILY MEAN 141 Oct 17 141 Oct 17 60 Jul 7 1952
ANNUAL SEVEN-DAY MINIMUM 174 Oct 11 174 Oct 11 73 Jul 2 1952
INSTANTANEOUS PEAK FLOW 5650 Jun 2 9300 Sep 15 1979
INSTANTANEOUS PEAK STAGE 12.15 Jun 2 15.91 Sep 15 1979
INSTANTANEOUS LOW FLOW 135 Oct 17 106 Oct 30 1966
10 PERCENT EXCEEDS 2090 1850 1420
50 PERCENT EXCEEDS 813 553 330
90 PERCENT EXCEEDS 287 250 173
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