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

			03140000 MILL CREEK NEAR COSHOCTON, OHIO

LOCATION.--Lat 40021'46", long 81051'45", Coshocton County, Hydrologic Unit 05040003, on left bank 0.5 mi downstream 
from Little Mill Creek and 6 mi north of Coshocton.
DRAINAGE AREA.--27.2 mi2.
PERIOD OF RECORD.--October 1936 to current year. Monthly discharge only for October 1936, published in WSP 1305.
REVISED RECORDS.--WSP 1143: 1946, 1947-48(P). WSP 1907: Drainage area.
GAGE.--Water-stage recorder and concrete control. Datum of gage is 782.00 ft above sea level.
REMARKS.--Records fair except for periods of estimated record, which are poor. 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       6.2      4.7      304       27       27       33       24       14    134       11        2.5     2.0 
   2       4.7      4.5      110       26       23      238       22       13     81       23        2.3     1.9 
   3       3.7      4.2       62       25       23      105       21       42     56       11        2.6     1.8 
   4       3.3      4.0       48       24      146       75       20       31     46        8.0      3.3     1.6 
   5       3.2      4.0       41       41      154       64       20       25     36        7.0      3.7     1.6 
 
   6       3.0      4.5       45       33       72       79       19       25     29        6.3      2.8     1.5 
   7       2.8      6.2       36       27       55       58       16       20     25        5.5      2.2     1.5 
   8       2.7     98         31       23       47       53       15       25     22        5.5      2.0     1.5 
   9       3.1     47         27      e18       40       53       14       32     19        9.1      1.9     1.5 
  10       5.1     48         25      e20       36      181       13       25     16        6.7      1.8     3.8 
 
  11       3.3     37         86      e17       33       85       13       23     14        4.7      1.7     3.7 
  12       2.8     29        211      e16       31       61       37       21     14        4.0      1.6     3.2 
  13       2.4     23        108      e15       26       52       38       19     19        3.7      1.9     2.5 
  14       2.4     20         65      e14       28      155       26       18     25        3.5      2.1     1.7 
  15       2.3     17         51      e13       27       95       23       21     13        3.2      6.4     1.5 
 
  16       2.3     15         45      e19       23       65       22       16     24        2.9      7.0     1.4 
  17       2.2     15        236      e16       23       57       23       15     72        5.0     29       1.4 
  18      41       19        104      e15       32       53       20       17    164        7.1      7.8     1.3 
  19      37       15         65      e13       54       50       19       48     83        3.5      4.4     1.3 
  20      17       14         47      e12       54       44       17       27     53        2.8      9.4     1.3 
 
  21      13       12         40      e11       57       39       16       21     35        2.5      7.6     1.3 
  22       9.8     11         34      e27       50       35       17       18     27        2.3      4.5     1.3 
  23       9.8     10         44      e24       38       30       15       16     21        2.5      3.8     1.2 
  24       8.9      9.9      185       46       33       27       16       15     18        3.2      3.1     1.2 
  25       7.2     11         75      147       29       27       14      183     15        3.6      3.0     1.2 
 
  26       6.5    139         54       43       30       36       13      148     14        2.8      3.1     1.1 
  27       6.4     48         48       58       41       28       13       61     12        3.3      2.9     1.1 
  28       6.3     34         44      143       32       27       21       43     11        9.9      2.5     1.0 
  29       6.0     28         39       61      ---       29       15       36      9.6      8.5      2.3      .91
  30       5.5     34         33       34      ---       27       14       33      8.8      3.8      2.1      .79
  31       5.7      ---       30       30      ---       28      ---       41      ---      3.0      2.0      ---
 
 TOTAL   235.6    766.0     2373     1038     1264     1989      576     1092   1116.4    178.9    133.3    49.10
 MEAN     7.60     25.5     76.5     33.5     45.1     64.2     19.2     35.2     37.2     5.77     4.30     1.64
 MAX        41      139      304      147      154      238       38      183      164       23       29      3.8
 MIN       2.2      4.0       25       11       23       27       13       13      8.8      2.3      1.6      .79
 CFSM      .28      .94     2.81     1.23     1.66     2.36      .71     1.30     1.37      .21      .16      .06
 IN.       .32     1.05     3.25     1.42     1.73     2.72      .79     1.49     1.53      .24      .18      .07
 
 STATISTICS OF MONTHLY MEAN DATA FOR WATER YEARS 1937 - 1997, BY WATER YEAR (WY)                                 
 
 MEAN     6.86     15.3     29.6     41.8     49.6     58.6     53.8     32.8     23.7     15.2     7.59     6.48
 MAX      56.4     92.1      138      206      106      174      134     79.5      102      161     73.9     96.1
 (WY)     1978     1986     1991     1937     1951     1963     1979     1996     1957     1969     1980     1979
 MIN       .10      .42      .60     1.49     2.69     15.2     7.87     5.59     1.28      .57      .28      .14
 (WY)     1964     1954     1964     1977     1954     1969     1971     1986     1988     1944     1962     1963
 
 SUMMARY STATISTICS           FOR 1996 CALENDAR YEAR        FOR 1997 WATER YEAR           WATER YEARS 1937 - 1997
 
 ANNUAL TOTAL                       14150.77                   10811.30                                          
 ANNUAL MEAN                           38.7                       29.6                       28.0                
 HIGHEST ANNUAL MEAN                                                                         54.5            1979
 LOWEST ANNUAL MEAN                                                                           7.66           1954
 HIGHEST DAILY MEAN                   590     Jan 19             304     Dec  1            2360       Jul  5 1969
 LOWEST DAILY MEAN                       .78  Sep  2                .79  Sep 30                .00    Sep 28 1954
 ANNUAL SEVEN-DAY MINIMUM                .83  Aug 31               1.0   Sep 24                .06    Aug 25 1962
 INSTANTANEOUS PEAK FLOW                                         614     Dec  1 a          8720       Jul  5 1969
 INSTANTANEOUS PEAK STAGE                                          7.80  Dec  1              15.38    Sep 14 1979
 INSTANTANEOUS LOW FLOW                                             .71  Sep 30                .00    Sep 28 1954
 ANNUAL RUNOFF (CFSM)                   1.42                       1.09                       1.03               
 ANNUAL RUNOFF (INCHES)                19.35                      14.79                      14.00               
 10 PERCENT EXCEEDS                    96                         61                         64                  
 50 PERCENT EXCEEDS                    19                         19                         11                  
 90 PERCENT EXCEEDS                     2.3                        2.2                        1.0                

a Peaks above base shown in table of peak discharges and stages at continuous-record surface-water-discharge stations.
e Estimated.