Water Data Report 1997
03129000 TUSCARAWAS RIVER AT NEWCOMERSTOWN, OHIO LOCATION.--Lat 40015'41", long 81036'33", in T.5 N., R.3 W., Tuscarawas County, Hydrologic Unit 05040001, on right bank 150 ft upstream from highway bridge, 0.2 mi south of Newcomerstown, 2 mi upstream from Buckhorn Creek, and 4 mi downstream from Dunlap Creek. DRAINAGE AREA.--2,443 mi2. PERIOD OF RECORD.--September 1921 to current year. REVISED RECORDS.--WSP 728: 1929(M). WSP 873: 1935. WSP 1907: Drainage area. GAGE.--Water-stage recorder. Datum of gage is 780.00 ft above sea level. Gage located 1.5 mi upstream from 1921 to Oct. 1, 1934. From 1921 to Sept. 28, 1925, non-recording gage at 785.03 ft above sea level. From Sept. 28, 1925 to Oct. 1, 1934, recording gage at 785.03 ft above sea level. Gage moved to current location Oct. 1, 1934. From Oct. 1, 1934 to July 17, 1935, recording gage at 780.03 ft above sea level. From July 18, 1935 to Feb. 13, 1939, non-recording gage at 780.03 ft above sea level. From Feb. 13, 1939 to present, recording gage at 780.00 ft above sea level. REMARKS.--Records good except for periods of estimated record, which are fair. Diversion from basin at Portage Lakes (see REMARKS for station 03117000). Flow regulated by eight flood-control reservoirs at points 40 mi to 64 mi upstream. Water-quality data collected at this site. U.S. Army of Corps of Engineers satellite telemeter at station. EXTREMES OUTSIDE PERIOD OF RECORD.--Flood in March 1913 reached a stage of about 21.5 ft, at site and datum used prior to Oct. 1, 1934, discharge, 83,000 ft3/s computed by U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. 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 2940 2030 5810 3940 2840 4770 2850 2250 6470 1380 622 641 2 1800 1800 8530 2940 2380 5130 2750 2100 8470 1450 605 603 3 1410 1670 9300 2970 2190 7630 2500 2190 8610 1620 607 590 4 1180 1540 8550 2930 2410 8170 2340 2900 8440 1440 600 595 5 1020 1450 6820 2900 5680 6870 2240 3260 8520 1240 617 575 6 941 1420 5820 3700 7950 7330 2180 2990 7820 1110 668 545 7 886 1500 4650 4350 6740 8860 2130 2730 6430 1020 617 523 8 846 3090 3900 4020 4420 8870 2030 2580 4810 1010 559 514 9 836 5770 3500 3460 3520 7710 1890 2790 5130 1010 535 505 10 924 6130 3440 3160 3110 8420 1790 3300 5220 1130 522 550 11 1040 5700 3420 2800 2820 9360 1710 3180 4750 1160 510 717 12 984 5030 7080 2140 2720 8870 1720 2920 4010 1020 519 809 13 884 3950 9370 1890 2510 7550 3340 2720 4220 931 598 819 14 813 3580 9380 e1800 2360 6950 5090 2530 4390 862 834 718 15 764 3180 8870 e1700 2380 7380 4260 2480 3980 829 739 632 16 817 2960 8210 e1800 2310 7410 3330 2560 2970 808 779 581 17 902 2880 7680 e1600 2110 5690 3010 2490 3180 792 1170 552 18 973 2850 8980 e1500 2010 4570 3090 2300 4560 775 1570 532 19 2440 3170 8750 e1500 2630 4100 3140 3460 6390 821 2000 513 20 4520 3290 7090 e1450 4750 3790 2810 5280 6330 955 1790 522 21 4920 3020 6130 e1400 5060 3390 2540 4950 5170 790 1630 876 22 4480 2760 5960 e1700 4900 3130 2290 3990 4020 728 1560 1170 23 3520 2580 6080 2460 4430 2990 2200 3450 3100 844 1320 875 24 2980 2470 6800 3040 3460 2780 2160 2900 2640 854 1020 684 25 2710 2420 7940 3620 2930 2590 2130 3170 2310 811 934 597 26 2180 3700 7580 4560 2700 2660 2120 8830 2050 773 1200 564 27 1770 6820 5810 3650 2780 3260 1970 9310 1900 738 1240 532 28 1590 7440 4930 4400 4440 3390 2030 9080 1810 724 980 511 29 1560 5830 4920 6430 --- 2990 2500 7730 1630 758 904 483 30 1610 4200 5410 5770 --- 2840 2510 6220 1470 708 783 472 31 1730 --- 4730 3820 --- 2790 --- 5940 --- 666 701 --- TOTAL 55970 104230 205440 93400 98540 172240 76650 122580 140800 29757 28733 18800 MEAN 1805 3474 6627 3013 3519 5556 2555 3954 4693 960 927 627 MAX 4920 7440 9380 6430 7950 9360 5090 9310 8610 1620 2000 1170 MIN 764 1420 3420 1400 2010 2590 1710 2100 1470 666 510 472 STATISTICS OF MONTHLY MEAN DATA FOR WATER YEARS 1922 - 1997, BY WATER YEAR (WY) MEAN 955 1709 2618 3356 3920 4975 4318 3098 2146 1499 1149 962 MAX 4257 7201 8471 16130 9762 11090 7909 9194 8339 7663 8648 4882 (WY) 1991 1986 1928 1937 1959 1945 1948 1996 1981 1969 1935 1926 MIN 227 253 255 354 422 969 1155 541 430 291 233 245 (WY) 1931 1931 1931 1931 1934 1931 1925 1934 1988 1930 1930 1930 SUMMARY STATISTICS FOR 1996 CALENDAR YEAR FOR 1997 WATER YEAR WATER YEARS 1922 - 1997 ANNUAL TOTAL 1460725 1147140 ANNUAL MEAN 3991 3143 2552 HIGHEST ANNUAL MEAN 4227 1980 LOWEST ANNUAL MEAN 967 1931 HIGHEST DAILY MEAN 12400 Jan 20 9380 Dec 14 45000 Jan 26 1937 LOWEST DAILY MEAN 491 Sep 5 472 Sep 30 170 Aug 6 1930 ANNUAL SEVEN-DAY MINIMUM 512 Aug 31 544 Sep 4 197 Dec 18 1930 INSTANTANEOUS PEAK FLOW 9890 May 27 46800 Jan 26 1937 INSTANTANEOUS PEAK STAGE 7.55 May 27 20.65 Jan 26 1937 INSTANTANEOUS LOW FLOW 472 Sep 30 216 Aug 15 1944 10 PERCENT EXCEEDS 9270 7080 6620 50 PERCENT EXCEEDS 2950 2590 1470 90 PERCENT EXCEEDS 818 678 416 e Estimated.
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