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Water Resources Data - Ohio, Water Year 97, Vol. 1 | Short Creek Basin

				03111500 SHORT CREEK NEAR DILLONVALE, OHIO

LOCATION.--Lat 40011'36", long 80044'04", in sec. 30, T.4 N., R.2 W., Jefferson County, Hydrologic Unit 05030106, on 
right bank 350 ft downstream from bridge on State Highway 150, 2.1 mi east of Dillonvale, 2.2 mi downstream from 
Jug Run, and 2.9 mi upstream from Little Short Creek.
DRAINAGE AREA.--123 mi2.
PERIOD OF RECORD.--October 1941 to current year.
REVISED RECORDS.--WSP 1003: 1942-43. WSP 1907: Drainage area. WDR-OH-82-1: 1981.
GAGE.--Water-stage recorder. Datum of gage is 675.1 ft above sea level (State of Ohio benchmark). Prior to Oct. 21, 
1982, at datum 1.00 ft higher; prior to Oct. 21, 1941, nonrecording gage at same site at 676.1 ft datum.
REMARKS.--Record fair except for periods of estimated record, which are poor. Water-quality and sediment data 
collected at this site. U.S. Army Corps of Engineers satellite telemeter at station. Water year 1986 streamflow 
records published in water year 1987 report.


	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        71       56      345      103      138      144      133       68      170       84       33       44
   2        62       59      260      100      127      608      119       65      167      136       32       40
   3        55       51      170      100      122      433      112       76      157      100       35       38
   4        48       48      146      107      179      353      107       85      156       78       34       34
   5        45       46      130      109      349      287      105       70      141       68       33       33
 
   6        45       45      134      801      234      341      103       69      120       63       29       31
   7        42       50      124      270      193      281       98       65      110       58       27       30
   8        41      341      116      197      177      242       90       66      102       55       26       30
   9        50      261      110     e110      165      214       89      164       95       54       25       29
  10        63      180      103     e120      152      394       85      114       88       60       25       60
 
  11        49      142      102     e100      144      312       82      106       83       53       26       87
  12        43      121      252      e90      138      249      103       92       80       49       26       63
  13        41      109      242      e80      127      217      172       85      202       46       36       54
  14        40       97      183      e74      138      241      127       80      227       43       43       41
  15        38       88      154      e70      135      245      103       86      140       42       47       36
 
  16        38       85      137      e90      125      205       95       76      107       40       62       34
  17        38       80      145      e80      123      190       93       69      226       41      111       33
  18        50      100      157      e74      126      184       96       68      215       44      304       36
  19       177      100      134      e70      204      198       88      132      318       45      103       33
  20       247       89      118      e64      244      182       83      131      232       40      133       38
 
  21       163       85      101      e80      214      171       79       96      164       36      147       43
  22       122       82      122     e120      195      162       78       86      131       38       88       33
  23       105       78      112      182      162      152       76       76      112       46       70       30
  24       104       75      135      127      149      151       76       69       99       42       57       31
  25        88       75      202      212      140      143       74      299       90       38       52       29
 
  26        78      132      141      151      135      386       70      660       85       37       52       27
  27        75      145      127      138      147      270       68      279       86       37       48       26
  28        72      113      125      300      137      196       93      212       78       42      145       30
  29        70      101      123      193      ---      164       80      176       72       70       70      175
  30        67      104      115      164      ---      150       71      172       69       46       55       75
  31        61      ---      107      147      ---      148      ---      153      ---       36       48      ---
 
 TOTAL    2288     3138     4672     4623     4619     7613     2848     4045     4122     1667     2022     1323
 MEAN     73.8      105      151      149      165      246     94.9      130      137     53.8     65.2     44.1
 MAX       247      341      345      801      349      608      172      660      318      136      304      175
 MIN        38       45      101       64      122      143       68       65       69       36       25       26
 CFSM      .60      .85     1.23     1.21     1.34     2.00      .77     1.06     1.12      .44      .53      .36
 IN.       .69      .95     1.41     1.40     1.40     2.30      .86     1.22     1.25      .50      .61      .40
 
 STATISTICS OF MONTHLY MEAN DATA FOR WATER YEARS 1942 - 1997, BY WATER YEAR (WY)                                 
 
 MEAN     53.3     75.8      117      157      204      249      225      172      115     77.8     62.6     51.5
 MAX       195      515      414      469      459      725      489      391      422      331      610      305
 (WY)     1955     1986     1991     1950     1975     1945     1961     1967     1989     1990     1980     1974
 MIN      13.8     13.8     12.1     20.9     24.8     54.7     69.3     51.4     28.1     17.4     11.5     8.62
 (WY)     1954     1954     1944     1967     1954     1969     1946     1976     1988     1954     1945     1947
 
 SUMMARY STATISTICS           FOR 1996 CALENDAR YEAR        FOR 1997 WATER YEAR           WATER YEARS 1942 - 1997
 
 ANNUAL TOTAL                       61452                      42980                                             
 ANNUAL MEAN                          168                        118                        130                  
 HIGHEST ANNUAL MEAN                                                                        225              1980
 LOWEST ANNUAL MEAN                                                                          46.1            1954
 HIGHEST DAILY MEAN                  1670     May  9             801     Jan  6            3620       Mar  6 1945
 LOWEST DAILY MEAN                     35     Sep  3              25     Aug  9               2.8     Sep 21 1947
 ANNUAL SEVEN-DAY MINIMUM              36     Aug 30              26     Aug  6               4.9     Dec 14 1943
 INSTANTANEOUS PEAK FLOW                                        1620     Jan  5 a          8200       Jun 15 1990
 INSTANTANEOUS PEAK STAGE                                          6.14  Jan  5              12.27    Jun 15 1990
 INSTANTANEOUS LOW FLOW                                           24     Aug  9               2.8     Sep 21 1947
 ANNUAL RUNOFF (CFSM)                   1.37                        .96                       1.05               
 ANNUAL RUNOFF (INCHES)                18.59                      13.00                      14.32               
 10 PERCENT EXCEEDS                   322                        216                        269                  
 50 PERCENT EXCEEDS                   124                         97                         79                  
 90 PERCENT EXCEEDS                    48                         38                         22                  

a Peaks above base shown in table of peak discharges and stages at continuous-record surface-water-discharge stations.
e Estimated.