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

			03157000 CLEAR CREEK NEAR ROCKBRIDGE, OHIO

LOCATION.--Lat 39035'18", long 82034'43", in NE 1/4 sec. 20, T.13 N., R.18 W., Hocking County, Hydrologic Unit 
05030204, on left bank at upstream side of county road bridge, 400 ft downstream from unnamed right bank tributary, 
2.0 mi upstream from mouth, and 3 mi west of Rockbridge.
DRAINAGE AREA.--89.0 mi2.
PERIOD OF RECORD.--October 1939 to current year.
REVISED RECORDS.--WSP 1305: 1940(M), 1943(M), 1945(M). WSP 1907: Drainage area.
GAGE.--Water-stage recorder. Datum of gage is 760.13 ft above sea level. Prior to May 2, 1940, nonrecording gage at 
same site and datum.
REMARKS.--Records good 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        30       25      401       59       86      589      115       51      193       34       21       40
   2        28       25      200       59       77     2010      104       46      174       50       20       37
   3        25       24      121       58       74      522       96      119      148      151       19       39
   4        23       24       87       55      280      338       90      139      131      e60       80       34
   5        23       24       73       85      524      257       92       95       95      e40       43       32
 
   6        23       25       72       78      214      334       89       84       71      e30       28       30
   7        22       43       65       62      160      208       76       73       59      e26       23       28
   8        21      128       58       54      141      176       68       93      e53      e23       21       27
   9        27       75       54       58      118      189       64      132      e48      e21       20       27
  10        28       61       52       59      107      642       59       96      e45      e24       19       46
 
  11        24       52       52       45       98      261       60       81      e42      e21       56       39
  12        22       45      100      e40       89      188       81       77       42      e19       32       31
  13        22       47      116      e38       77      160       80       70       53      e18      131       27
  14        22       40       79      e35       79      294       63       65       51      e17       86       26
  15        21       35       68      e34       78      221       59       62       41      e16      188       26
 
  16        21       33       64      e32       70      164       59       56       38      e15      145       25
  17        21       33      531      e31       63      149       61       57       63      e14      739       25
  18        31       43      246      e30       67      204       57       55      103      e14    e1300       25
  19        42       42      151      e29       76      295       56       52      116      e13     e800       24
  20        31       39      103      e28       79      193       53       54       68      e13      686       48
 
  21        28       38       85      e27       79      162       52       46       54      e12      352       42
  22        27       38       77      e40       74      143       51       43       46      e15      258       29
  23        27       35       76      e88       62      122       50       41       40      e23      167       26
  24        27       36      178       75       58      106       51       42       37      e30      124       26
  25        26       39      123      273       55      105       48       59       34       24      101       25
 
  26        26      164       90      100       60      167       45      114       33       20       81       23
  27        30      110       80      182       77      132       44       68       31      170       68       22
  28        30       74       77      451       68      117       54       54       29       73       61       22
  29        30       61       76      155      ---      136       48       50       27       38       51       21
  30        27       82       67      114      ---      122       45       49       31       27       46       20
  31        25      ---       64       98      ---      142      ---       54      ---       23       43      ---
 
 TOTAL     810     1540     3686     2572     3090     8848     1970     2177     1996     1074     5809      892
 MEAN     26.1     51.3      119     83.0      110      285     65.7     70.2     66.5     34.6      187     29.7
 MAX        42      164      531      451      524     2010      115      139      193      170     1300       48
 MIN        21       24       52       27       55      105       44       41       27       12       19       20
 CFSM      .29      .58     1.34      .93     1.24     3.21      .74      .79      .75      .39     2.11      .33
 IN.       .34      .64     1.54     1.08     1.29     3.70      .82      .91      .83      .45     2.43      .37
 
 STATISTICS OF MONTHLY MEAN DATA FOR WATER YEARS 1940 - 1997, BY WATER YEAR (WY)                                 
 
 MEAN     29.1     53.7     88.7      116      145      173      155      124     74.1     54.8     45.1     29.9
 MAX       126      327      351      324      321      585      365      554      287      280      292      213
 (WY)     1976     1986     1991     1949     1979     1945     1940     1968     1941     1948     1979     1979
 MIN      11.5     13.1     12.8     20.5     18.8     39.1     41.3     31.1     14.9     13.3     11.7     11.2
 (WY)     1964     1965     1964     1977     1954     1941     1941     1988     1988     1944     1988     1955
 
 SUMMARY STATISTICS           FOR 1996 CALENDAR YEAR        FOR 1997 WATER YEAR           WATER YEARS 1940 - 1997
 
 ANNUAL TOTAL                       49225                      34464                                             
 ANNUAL MEAN                          134                         94.4                       90.5                
 HIGHEST ANNUAL MEAN                                                                        164              1979
 LOWEST ANNUAL MEAN                                                                          28.8            1954
 HIGHEST DAILY MEAN                  1240     Apr 30            2010     Mar  2            4690       May 24 1968
 LOWEST DAILY MEAN                     17     Aug 31              12     Jul 21               3.5     Aug 27 1942
 ANNUAL SEVEN-DAY MINIMUM              18     Aug 30              14     Jul 16               6.3     Aug 25 1942
 INSTANTANEOUS PEAK FLOW                                        3590     Mar  2 a         16000       Jul 22 1948
 INSTANTANEOUS PEAK STAGE                                         10.22  Mar  2              17.68    Jul 22 1948
 INSTANTANEOUS LOW FLOW                                           12     Jul 21               3.0     Jul 31 1991
 ANNUAL RUNOFF (CFSM)                   1.51                       1.06                       1.02               
 ANNUAL RUNOFF (INCHES)                20.57                      14.41                      13.81               
 10 PERCENT EXCEEDS                   314                        175                        184                  
 50 PERCENT EXCEEDS                    71                         55                         44                  
 90 PERCENT EXCEEDS                    21                         23                         16                  
 
a Peaks above base shown in table of peak discharges and stages at continuous-record surface-water-discharge stations
e Estimated.