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Water Data Report 1997


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



                                    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.
 


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