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

			03142000 WILLS CREEK AT CAMBRIDGE, OHIO

LOCATION.--Lat 40000'52", long 81035'14", Guernsey County, Hydrologic Unit 05040005, on left bank at upstream side of 
bridge on Campbell Avenue in Cambridge, 0.9 mi downstream from Leatherwood Creek.
DRAINAGE AREA.--406 mi2.
PERIOD OF RECORD.--June 1926 to September 1928, May 1937 to current year.
REVISED RECORDS.--WSP 853: 1929(M). WSP 893: 1928. WSP 973: 1942.
GAGE.--Water-stage recorder. Datum of gage is 772.34 ft above sea level. Prior to Oct. 6, 1927, nonrecording gage at 
site 1.5 mi downstream at different datum. Oct. 6, 1927, to Sept. 30, 1928, and May 22, 1937, to Oct. 18, 1938, 
nonrecording gage at present site and datum.
REMARKS.--Records good except for periods of estimated record, which are poor. Flow regulated by Senecaville Lake on 
Seneca Fork, 22 mi upstream, beginning in 1937. Water is diverted 2.7 mi upstream from station for municipal 
supply of city of Cambridge; diversion not included in figures of daily discharge. Water-quality data collected 
at this site.
EXTREMES OUTSIDE PERIOD OF RECORD.--Flood of Aug. 8, 1935, reached a stage of 25.4 ft.

	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       229       42     1300      395      527      299      407      365      411       80       19       35
   2       329       33     1800      353      481     1910      514      190     1020      256       18       33
   3       313       35     1050      343      450     3280      525      158     2200      372       17       29
   4       315       33      845      334      579     3460      493      316     2790      168       24       20
   5       199       31      760      819     1480     2730      297      230     2380       53       22       18
 
   6        44       32      762     2090     1270     1950      235      166     1260       43       23       19
   7        32       45      748     1620      766     1710      208      220      990       38       19       19
   8        34      571      690      811      648     1250      169      256      896       36       17       18
   9        42     1390      653      773      592     1080      149      621      848       38       23       21
  10        52      599      630      790      545     1980      140      540      826       45       23       42
 
  11        60      325      612      511      516     2510      131      375      806       43       21       57
  12        48      231      533      345      369     1700      186      324      781       35       16       53
  13        40      560     1050     e230      245     1130      564      307      824       27       29       34
  14        37      700      816     e170      235     1250      385      408      538       26       36       27
  15        37      681      545     e140      287     1330      456      425      304       29       59       25
 
  16        38      672      471     e120      284     1150      464      224      289       38      136       25
  17        39      652      408     e100      207     1050      444      119      614       25      213       25
  18        67      697      770      e88      247      783      321      114      621       18     1040       26
  19       227      806      608      e78      349      689      240      171      982       18     1010       26
  20       215      746      365      e72      464      655      166      314      893       17      271      116
 
  21       128      688      244      e68      421      580      140      467      425       15      674      270
  22        96      547      255     e150      379      540      133      402      208       20      367      105
  23       238      453      261      558      297      502      127      363      177       33      266       56
  24       353      439      513      397      237      480      120      169      121       29      134       44
  25       267      440      988      548      207      330      125      176       64       26       90       39
 
  26       145      637      510      462      194      860      119     1070       55       26       79       33
  27        61      845      511      341      250     1150      117      784       51       25       62       24
  28        51      604      526     1310      262      556      132      629       48       33       55       25
  29        54      516      518     1790      ---      436      165      638       42       38       48       32
  30        53      529      550     1290      ---      527      327      602       45       31       41       63
  31        52      ---      497      598      ---      463      ---      345      ---       24       38      ---
 
 TOTAL    3895    14579    20789    17694    12788    38320     7999    11488    21509     1705     4890     1359
 MEAN      126      486      671      571      457     1236      267      371      717     55.0      158     45.3
 MAX       353     1390     1800     2090     1480     3460      564     1070     2790      372     1040      270
 MIN        32       31      244       68      194      299      117      114       42       15       16       18
 
 STATISTICS OF MONTHLY MEAN DATA FOR WATER YEARS 1926 - 1997, BY WATER YEAR (WY)                                 
 
 MEAN      113      322      520      610      796      888      765      531      375      197      158      120
 MAX       835     1912     1615     1674     1789     2361     1710     1890     1602     1048     1937     1139
 (WY)     1976     1986     1991     1950     1939     1945     1940     1996     1981     1928     1980     1974
 MIN      3.18     4.31     7.55     48.1     25.0      109     87.7     30.5     20.6     11.6     3.77     3.59
 (WY)     1954     1954     1954     1954     1954     1969     1941     1941     1988     1966     1962     1963
 (+)      5.61     5.36     5.07      5.0      5.14    5.52      5.67     5.60     5.56     5.79    5.62     5.12

 SUMMARY STATISTICS           FOR 1996 CALENDAR YEAR        FOR 1997 WATER YEAR           WATER YEARS 1926 - 1997
 
 ANNUAL TOTAL                      248928                     157015                                             
 ANNUAL MEAN                          680    (+) 5.34            430     (+) 5.42           445                  
 HIGHEST ANNUAL MEAN                                                                        762              1979
 LOWEST ANNUAL MEAN                                                                         118              1954
 HIGHEST DAILY MEAN                  3930     May 11            3460     Mar  4            8130       Mar 11 1964
 LOWEST DAILY MEAN                     19     Sep  1              15     Jul 21                .70    Oct  6 1960
 ANNUAL SEVEN-DAY MINIMUM              20     Aug 29              20     Aug  2               1.6     Sep 13 1966
 INSTANTANEOUS PEAK FLOW                                        3580     Mar  4            8500       Jun  6 1963
 INSTANTANEOUS PEAK STAGE                                         14.03  Mar  4              24.51    Aug 13 1980
 INSTANTANEOUS LOW FLOW                                           15     Jul 21                .70    Oct  6 1960
 10 PERCENT EXCEEDS                  1850                       1010                       1200                  
 50 PERCENT EXCEEDS                   439                        271                        185                  
 90 PERCENT EXCEEDS                    33                         27                         18                  

  e  Estimated.
 (+) Diversion, in cubic feet per second, furnished by City of Cambridge.