Water Data Report 1997
03109500 LITTLE BEAVER CREEK NEAR EAST LIVERPOOL, OHIO LOCATION.--Lat 40040'33", long 80032'27", Columbiana County, Hydrologic Unit 05030101, on right bank at downstream side of Grimms Bridge, 1.5 mi upstream from Island Run, 4 mi upstream from mouth, and 4 mi northeast of East Liverpool. DRAINAGE AREA.--496 mi2. PERIOD OF RECORD.--May 1915 to current year. REVISED RECORDS.--WSP 873: 1937(M). WSP 1305: 1916-18(M), 1921-22(M), 1924-30(M), 1933(M), 1936(M). WSP 1907: 1950(P), drainage area. GAGE.--Water-stage recorder. Datum of gage is 702.77 ft above sea level. Prior to Sept. 22, 1926, nonrecording gage at same site and datum. REMARKS.--Records good except for periods of estimated records, which are fair. Water-quality and sediment data collected at this site. Satellite telemeter at station. 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 1 216 296 2050 480 500 698 567 395 1200 303 74 97 2 165 240 2160 476 464 1550 493 375 2760 442 68 90 3 136 214 1160 483 464 1650 457 459 3250 331 67 84 4 119 195 893 467 700 1220 431 546 2050 250 76 77 5 109 185 753 556 1800 1140 416 449 1380 214 93 75 6 102 181 774 730 1130 2940 411 429 1040 193 83 70 7 97 190 739 537 806 2140 385 428 822 177 68 69 8 94 1050 644 444 693 1380 348 393 690 171 60 66 9 94 1980 590 433 623 1090 338 503 587 170 57 70 10 123 1420 544 455 559 2790 326 490 514 197 55 185 11 181 1000 921 584 514 2140 313 453 455 176 56 389 12 129 712 5780 930 487 1350 537 415 452 153 66 437 13 106 550 5260 e780 419 1070 1800 387 1830 140 99 261 14 96 467 2520 e620 460 1920 1100 360 1890 129 137 172 15 89 401 1500 e540 452 2120 731 359 921 122 108 139 16 86 371 1190 e700 413 1280 619 347 623 115 165 124 17 83 361 1380 e600 395 1060 649 318 821 108 777 108 18 104 404 1420 e520 429 966 616 312 969 105 572 102 19 521 432 1020 e490 1110 867 535 749 2010 103 307 94 20 1170 383 827 e460 1500 771 476 697 1070 97 198 328 21 967 343 683 e440 1180 702 437 504 729 90 195 514 22 630 319 692 e520 1080 688 420 418 574 98 177 252 23 525 298 672 965 801 635 419 364 474 114 145 176 24 562 286 1070 789 662 578 418 331 409 114 130 151 25 422 291 1090 1180 579 554 386 3410 363 106 189 139 26 326 1310 746 1190 547 899 351 5310 332 99 243 127 27 280 1370 679 798 903 811 329 2160 321 97 172 114 28 285 787 668 1640 1060 652 546 1290 285 98 158 116 29 364 623 655 936 --- 602 561 968 254 105 132 602 30 321 610 608 628 --- 570 434 946 233 91 115 394 31 368 --- 537 543 --- 611 --- 793 --- 79 104 --- TOTAL 8870 17269 40225 20914 20730 37444 15849 25358 29308 4787 4946 5622 MEAN 286 576 1298 675 740 1208 528 818 977 154 160 187 MAX 1170 1980 5780 1640 1800 2940 1800 5310 3250 442 777 602 MIN 83 181 537 433 395 554 313 312 233 79 55 66 CFSM .58 1.16 2.62 1.36 1.49 2.44 1.07 1.65 1.97 .31 .32 .38 IN. .67 1.30 3.02 1.57 1.55 2.81 1.19 1.90 2.20 .36 .37 .42 STATISTICS OF MONTHLY MEAN DATA FOR WATER YEARS 1916 - 1997, BY WATER YEAR (WY) MEAN 179 326 545 711 864 1132 911 658 394 253 174 145 MAX 1380 2102 2012 3993 1957 2493 2187 1876 1784 1554 1567 1453 (WY) 1955 1986 1991 1937 1956 1945 1940 1929 1989 1990 1980 1926 MIN 25.7 38.2 50.7 63.9 50.8 241 202 79.9 40.8 29.6 22.0 17.4 (WY) 1964 1931 1931 1931 1934 1969 1946 1934 1934 1930 1930 1932 SUMMARY STATISTICS FOR 1996 CALENDAR YEAR FOR 1997 WATER YEAR WATER YEARS 1916 - 1997 ANNUAL TOTAL 282201 231322 ANNUAL MEAN 771 634 523 HIGHEST ANNUAL MEAN 899 1937 LOWEST ANNUAL MEAN 207 1931 HIGHEST DAILY MEAN 7500 Jan 19 5780 Dec 12 18900 Jan 25 1937 LOWEST DAILY MEAN 38 Sep 5 55 Aug 10 12 Aug 22 1918 ANNUAL SEVEN-DAY MINIMUM 41 Aug 30 64 Aug 6 12 Sep 13 1932 INSTANTANEOUS PEAK FLOW 7400 May 26 a 25000 Jul 19 1941 INSTANTANEOUS PEAK STAGE 10.23 May 26 17.40 Jul 19 1941 INSTANTANEOUS LOW FLOW 54 Aug 10 12 Sep 15 1918 ANNUAL RUNOFF (CFSM) 1.55 1.28 1.05 ANNUAL RUNOFF (INCHES) 21.17 17.35 14.32 10 PERCENT EXCEEDS 1720 1300 1240 50 PERCENT EXCEEDS 493 457 250 90 PERCENT EXCEEDS 92 99 51 a Peaks above base shown in table of peak discharges and stages at continuous-record surface-water-discharge stations. e Estimated.