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

			03124500 SUGAR CREEK AT STRASBURG, OHIO

LOCATION.--Lat 40035'15", long 81031'24", in NW 1/4 sec. 1, T.9 N., R.3 W., Tuscarawas County, Hydrologic Unit 
05040001, on left bank 150 ft upstream from bridge on State Highway 21, 0.8 mi upstream from Broad Run, and       
0.1 mi southeast of Strasburg.
DRAINAGE AREA.--311 mi2.
PERIOD OF RECORD.--August 1931 to March 1933, January 1935 to July 1939, October 1961 to current year.
REVISED RECORDS.--WSP 1305: 1932-33(M). WSP 1907: Drainage area.
GAGE.--Water-stage recorder. Datum of gage is 896.24 ft above sea level. July 29, 1931, to Mar. 31, 1933, and 
Dec. 10, 1934, to July 31, 1939, nonrecording gage, and Oct. 1, 1961, to May 26, 1964, water-stage recorder at 
datum 2.00 ft higher.
REMARKS.--Records good except for periods of estimated record, which are fair. Flood flow regulated by Beach City 
Lake 5.0 mi upstream, since August 1937. Part of municipal water supply for city of Canton, starting May 1962, 
is pumped from well field 4.3 mi upstream; pumpage is returned to Nimishillen Creek. Mean pumpage for water year 
1997, 16.9 ft3/s. Water-quality 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       226      125     e760     e307     e249     e445      259      176     1060      141       44       36
   2       151      103    e1680     e286     e220     e532      212      173     1830      157       45       36
   3       116       93    e1580     e282     e205    e1130      200      232     1920      150       46       33
   4        97       84     e744     e273     e316     e903      190      379     1890      126       45       33
   5        85       77     e484     e321    e1570     e647      183      306     1490      110       47       31
 
   6        77       76     e454     e514    e1480    e1280      186      253      505      101       43       30
   7        72       80     e417     e345     e603    e1620      171      248      326       91       37       29
   8        68      315     e343     e258     e392    e1140      151      211      263      110       35       29
   9        68      808     e293     e241     e321     e580      143      269      222      110       35       28
  10        86      575     e258     e251     e277     e949      110      283      191      132       33       40
 
  11       103      403     e321     e160     e251    e1340      134      242      170      105       32       74
  12        83      267    e1480     e140     e233     e790      160      219      159       87       35       59
  13        71      229    e1720     e120     e196     e554      439      196      299       78       39       52
  14        64      189    e1760     e110     e202     e626      356      183      331       70       45       40
  15        62      144    e1710     e100     e222    e1220      258      201      223       67       49       35
 
  16        60      165    e1680     e120     e188     e775      217      208      177       64       82       32
  17        57      158    e1510     e150     e147     e526      233      183      487       59      129       31
  18        76      189    e1740      e94     e190     e451      256      199      474       59      174       29
  19       605      268    e1450      e84     e623     e420      220      771      942       59      102       29
  20       671      217     e671      e78     e718     e371      195      890      874       56       69       30
 
  21       437      181     e398      e74     e609      354      173      472      443       51       79       50
  22       289      159     e395     e120     e650      329      166      324      304       55       71       49
  23       216      142     e345     e371     e466      277      165      257      244       76       54       35
  24       210      133     e850     e279     e330      189      174      218      204       77       48       29
  25       179      133    e1590     e590     e273      253      193      463      177       88       53       30
 
  26       143     e583     e970     e771     e249      292      168     1520      161       71       73       27
  27       122    e1300     e343     e408     e422      308      156     1670      166       63       58       26
  28       114     e814     e577     e858     e707      264      197     1000      174       61       49       25
  29       120     e428     e469    e1030      ---      259      241      493      156       71       43       24
  30       123     e335     e414     e469      ---      263      192      420      145       62       40       21
  31       151      ---     e345     e304      ---      269      ---      386      ---       49       38      ---
 
 TOTAL    5002     8773    27751     9508    12309    19356     6098    13045    16007     2656     1772     1052
 MEAN      161      292      895      307      440      624      203      421      534     85.7     57.2     35.1
 MAX       671     1300     1760     1030     1570     1620      439     1670     1920      157      174       74
 MIN        57       76      258       74      147      189      110      173      145       49       32       21
 
 STATISTICS OF MONTHLY MEAN DATA FOR WATER YEARS 1932 - 1997, BY WATER YEAR (WY)                                 
 
 MEAN     94.1      190      326      404      495      652      494      315      238      191      155      102
 MAX       583      929     1001     2025     1174     1297      953     1089     1008     2128     1219     1048
 (WY)     1991     1986     1978     1937     1981     1963     1980     1996     1981     1969     1935     1979
 MIN      .000     4.08     7.70     36.9     32.2      151     90.2     72.6     25.3     11.8     11.2     3.34
 (WY)     1964     1964     1964     1977     1964     1987     1935     1986     1988     1965     1962     1966
 
 SUMMARY STATISTICS           FOR 1996 CALENDAR YEAR        FOR 1997 WATER YEAR           WATER YEARS 1932 - 1997
 
 ANNUAL TOTAL                      170573                     123329                                             
 ANNUAL MEAN                          466                        338                        305                  
 HIGHEST ANNUAL MEAN                                                                        520              1980
 LOWEST ANNUAL MEAN                                                                         160              1988
 HIGHEST DAILY MEAN                  1850     Jan 21            1920     Jun  3           10200       Aug  7 1935
 LOWEST DAILY MEAN                     32     Sep  5              21     Sep 30                .00    Sep 29 1963
 ANNUAL SEVEN-DAY MINIMUM              33     Aug 31              26     Sep 24                .00    Sep 29 1963
 INSTANTANEOUS PEAK FLOW                                        1970     Jun  3           19700       Aug  7 1935
 INSTANTANEOUS PEAK STAGE                                          5.66  Jun  3              14.70    Aug  7 1935
 INSTANTANEOUS LOW FLOW                                           21     Sep 30                .00    Sep 29 1963
 10 PERCENT EXCEEDS                  1580                        853                        800                  
 50 PERCENT EXCEEDS                   248                        196                        132                  
 90 PERCENT EXCEEDS                    68                         44                         26                  
 
e Estimated.