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Water Resources Data - Ohio, Water Year 97, Vol. 1 | Little Muskingum River Basin

			03115400 LITTLE MUSKINGUM RIVER AT BLOOMFIELD, OHIO

LOCATION.--Lat 39033'47", long 81012'14", in sec. 22, T.3 N., R.6 W., Washington County, Hydrologic Unit 05030201, on 
left bank 400 ft upstream from bridge on State Highway 260 at Bloomfield, 2.2 mi downstream from Wilson Run.
DRAINAGE AREA.--210 mi2.
PERIOD OF RECORD.--October 1958 to September 1981, October 1995 to September 1996.
REVISED RECORDS.--WSP 1705: 1959.
GAGE.--Water-stage recorder. Datum of gage is 645.99 ft above sea level.
REMARKS.--Records good except for periods of estimated record, which are poor. Water-quality and 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       210       85     1470      227      270     1500      305      189      203     19       10       14  
   2       145       77     1100      208      223    10800      255      158     1160     68        7.5     12  
   3       115       68      494      192      199     4300      225      191     5250     57        5.6     12  
   4        88       60      322      175      276     1920      203      321      984     36        5.2     12  
   5        69       55      252      394     1020      884      182      273      390     24        5.5     12  
 
   6        59       52      285      812      584      946      168      229      246     17        6.1     10  
   7        52       57      266      373      366      659      149      188      182     13        5.8     10  
   8        47     2150      228      265      300      437      125      171      144     11        4.7      9.5
   9        44     1400      199      241      259      327      112      594      116     10        3.7      8.9
  10        42      600      171      287      227     1860      101      375       94     10        3.2     11  
 
  11        39      385      164      212      208      973       93      301       79     10        2.8     25  
  12        35      277      577     e150      195      498      129      247       70      8.3      2.5     37  
  13        30      218     1020     e130      174      343      411      212       66      7.3      2.6     28  
  14        27      184      516     e120      188      340      262      178       69      6.8      4.9     19  
  15        25      152      333     e110      239      344      202      163       62      6.0      6.1     14  
 
  16        23      131      271      e98      242      270      175      139       50      5.2     11       11  
  17        21      118      278      e88      211      238      165      120       56      4.4    204        8.9
  18        24      130      281      e82      219      235      154      112       54      4.1   1410        8.0
  19       149      214      238      e78      480      455      136      113       69      3.6    240        7.2
  20       145      202      200      e76      569      347      123      117       62      3.5    150        7.7
 
  21       126      172      145      e74      408      281      112       93       44      3.2    278       37  
  22       111      151      176      e86      327      245      106       75       35      5.3    147       51  
  23        96      130      176     e140      243      208      100       66       29     13      108       29  
  24        92      120      471      152      206      186      112       60       25     78       68       19  
  25        83      113      729      341      181      167      152      173       21     28       50       14  
 
  26        72      247      367      263      170     2490      131     2040       19     15       41       11  
  27        76      350      286      223      203      994      115      483       17     10       33        9.2
  28        91      255      259     2230      179      492      286      241       16     38       27        9.1
  29       123      212      265      913      ---      435      310      174       14    114       23      153  
  30       123      246      318      431      ---      416      222      152       13     31       19      132  
  31       103      ---      261      325      ---      372      ---      139      ---     16       16        ---
 
 TOTAL    2485     8611    12118     9496     8366    33962     5321     8087     9639    675.7   2901.2    741.5
 MEAN     80.2      287      391      306      299     1096      177      261      321     21.8     93.6     24.7
 MAX       210     2150     1470     2230     1020    10800      411     2040     5250      114     1410      153
 MIN        21       52      145       74      170      167       93       60       13      3.2      2.5      7.2
 CFSM      .38     1.37     1.86     1.46     1.42     5.22      .84     1.24     1.53      .10      .45      .12
 IN.       .44     1.53     2.15     1.68     1.48     6.02      .94     1.43     1.71      .12      .51      .13
 
 STATISTICS OF MONTHLY MEAN DATA FOR WATER YEARS 1958 - 1997, BY WATER YEAR (WY)                                 
 
 MEAN     76.7      160      329      401      483      584      465      310      195     95.2     90.2     87.0
 MAX       476      518      918     1008      995     1387     1004      899      966      421      401      719
 (WY)     1980     1971     1979     1979     1979     1963     1964     1968     1981     1996     1979     1975
 MIN       .43     2.28     16.3     28.0     59.0      119     78.8     48.4     12.2      .98      .90      .36
 (WY)     1967     1964     1964     1977     1964     1969     1971     1976     1966     1966     1962     1966
 
 SUMMARY STATISTICS           FOR 1996 CALENDAR YEAR        FOR 1997 WATER YEAR           WATER YEARS 1958 - 1997
 
 ANNUAL TOTAL                      152562.8                   102403.4                                           
 ANNUAL MEAN                          417                        281                        272                  
 HIGHEST ANNUAL MEAN                                                                        461              1979
 LOWEST ANNUAL MEAN                                                                         170              1966
 HIGHEST DAILY MEAN                  4200     Jan 19           10800     Mar  2           13300       Mar  5 1963
 LOWEST DAILY MEAN                      2.0   Sep  5               2.5   Aug 12                .00    Sep 18 1967
 ANNUAL SEVEN-DAY MINIMUM               3.3   Aug 31               3.5   Aug  8                .10    Sep 13 1966
 INSTANTANEOUS PEAK FLOW                                       14900     Mar  2 a         21200       Mar  5 1963
 INSTANTANEOUS PEAK STAGE                                         28.30  Mar  2              28.30    Mar  2 1997
 INSTANTANEOUS LOW FLOW                                            1.9   Aug 13                .00    Sep 18 1967
 ANNUAL RUNOFF (CFSM)                   1.98                       1.34                       1.30               
 ANNUAL RUNOFF (INCHES)                27.03                      18.14                      17.60               
 10 PERCENT EXCEEDS                  1010                        481                        640                  
 50 PERCENT EXCEEDS                   204                        145                         97                  
 90 PERCENT EXCEEDS                    26                         10                          5.1                
 
a Peaks above base shown in table of peak discharges and stages at continuous-record surface-water-discharge stations.
e Estimated.