Water Data Report 1997
03111548 WHEELING CREEK BELOW BLAINE, OHIO LOCATION.--Lat 40004'01", long 80048'31", Belmont County, Hydrologic Unit 05030106, on left bank at bridge on Pease Township Road 320 near U.S. Route 40, 0.5 mi east of Blaine, and 4.8 mi upstream from mouth. DRAINAGE AREA.--97.7 mi2. PERIOD OF RECORD.--December 1982 to September 1987, October 1988 to current year. GAGE.--Water-stage recorder. Datum of gage is 699.11 ft above sea level. Prior to Oct. 1, 1988, at datum 1.00 ft higher. REMARKS.--Records good except for periods of estimated record, which are poor. U.S. Army Corps of Engineers satellite telemeter at station. Sediment data collected at this site. 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 68 57 287 74 107 149 142 75 164 64 27 81 2 61 55 173 74 98 1120 134 72 147 76 34 60 3 56 53 112 74 90 447 128 97 138 65 42 53 4 51 51 97 75 186 366 123 90 129 60 54 49 5 49 51 89 349 284 257 117 77 112 56 33 49 6 48 52 98 240 169 347 117 75 102 53 24 47 7 48 60 89 136 141 232 110 71 97 51 24 47 8 48 472 80 115 135 201 103 91 92 49 24 48 9 54 233 76 e86 126 188 101 154 85 54 23 52 10 62 156 71 e96 117 457 96 114 81 56 23 70 11 52 114 72 e76 111 245 94 107 78 48 22 73 12 47 92 91 e66 108 202 140 101 76 46 22 57 13 45 80 108 e58 102 182 153 98 84 45 28 64 14 46 77 85 e53 111 224 114 89 94 45 24 65 15 44 68 78 e50 114 187 103 90 74 44 44 64 16 44 65 75 e64 106 158 98 86 70 44 59 63 17 44 63 97 e58 102 151 95 88 146 43 377 63 18 70 82 93 e52 137 152 94 140 141 44 1240 63 19 159 80 80 e48 205 163 90 408 155 43 156 62 20 195 68 73 e45 187 143 86 430 93 36 315 74 21 123 64 71 e100 162 135 84 182 79 30 219 74 22 98 61 76 e240 156 126 85 141 72 44 125 64 23 89 57 74 e380 133 119 82 124 69 49 102 62 24 86 56 164 351 126 114 83 112 63 59 86 61 25 74 56 140 455 117 117 80 872 62 49 81 59 26 69 104 96 243 119 485 78 770 67 45 76 57 27 67 92 90 144 131 217 76 291 69 43 104 56 28 67 71 91 385 116 177 96 212 60 52 259 65 29 62 66 91 154 --- 175 84 184 56 53 99 212 30 61 81 82 129 --- 162 77 168 55 43 89 92 31 58 --- 77 112 --- 161 --- 153 --- 30 87 --- TOTAL 2145 2737 3076 4582 3796 7559 3063 5762 2810 1519 3922 2006 MEAN 69.2 91.2 99.2 148 136 244 102 186 93.7 49.0 127 66.9 MAX 195 472 287 455 284 1120 153 872 164 76 1240 212 MIN 44 51 71 45 90 114 76 71 55 30 22 47 CFSM .71 .93 1.02 1.51 1.39 2.50 1.05 1.90 .96 .50 1.29 .68 IN. .82 1.04 1.17 1.74 1.45 2.88 1.17 2.19 1.07 .58 1.49 .76 STATISTICS OF MONTHLY MEAN DATA FOR WATER YEARS 1982 - 1997, BY WATER YEAR (WY) MEAN 45.9 98.0 118 132 154 186 173 158 103 73.4 46.5 43.1 MAX 138 402 395 294 262 330 298 344 288 230 127 95.2 (WY) 1991 1986 1991 1991 1986 1993 1983 1996 1989 1990 1997 1990 MIN 17.9 23.7 44.4 51.5 67.9 72.7 73.9 52.8 34.7 35.8 16.6 9.53 (WY) 1989 1992 1989 1992 1992 1987 1986 1986 1992 1991 1986 1985 SUMMARY STATISTICS FOR 1996 CALENDAR YEAR FOR 1997 WATER YEAR WATER YEARS 1982 - 1997 ANNUAL TOTAL 55315 42977 ANNUAL MEAN 151 118 110 HIGHEST ANNUAL MEAN 143 1991 LOWEST ANNUAL MEAN 70.6 1992 HIGHEST DAILY MEAN 1910 May 9 1240 Aug 18 3900 Jan 28 1994 LOWEST DAILY MEAN 30 Sep 2 22 Aug 11 7.0 Sep 21 1985 ANNUAL SEVEN-DAY MINIMUM 31 Aug 30 23 Aug 6 7.4 Sep 17 1985 INSTANTANEOUS PEAK FLOW 3010 Aug 18 a 5110 Jan 28 1994 INSTANTANEOUS PEAK STAGE 6.15 Aug 18 7.93 Jan 28 1994 INSTANTANEOUS LOW FLOW 13 Aug 12 7.0 Sep 21 1985 ANNUAL RUNOFF (CFSM) 1.55 1.21 1.13 ANNUAL RUNOFF (INCHES) 21.06 16.36 15.31 10 PERCENT EXCEEDS 304 203 219 50 PERCENT EXCEEDS 91 85 71 90 PERCENT EXCEEDS 44 47 25 a Peaks above base shown in table of peak discharges and stages at continuous-record surface-water-discharge stations. e Estimated.