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

			3202000 RACCOON CREEK AT ADAMSVILLE, OHIO

LOCATION.--Lat 38051'32", long 82021'43", in SE 1/4 sec. 26, T.6N., R.16W., Gallia County, Hydrologic Unit 05090101, 
on right bank downstream of Cora Road, approximately 1 mi south of State Route 588.
DRAINAGE AREA.--595 mi2.
PERIOD OF RECORD.--June 1915 to December 1935, October 1938 to September 1985, October 1991 to current year.
REVISED RECORDS--WSP 873: 1916-18, 1920, 1922, 1924, 1926-27, 1931, 1933, 1935(M). WSP 1908: Drainage area. WSP 2108: 
1968-70(M).
GAGE.--Water-stage recorder. Datum of gage is 567.74 ft above sea level. Prior to July 8, 1984, water-stage recorder 
1.7 mi upstream at datum 2.30 ft higher.
REMARKS.--Records fair except for periods of estimated record, which are poor. Sediment data collected at this site.
REVISIONS.--The datum of gage is revised to 567.74 ft above sea level, superseding figures published in WRD-OH-1 for 
1992-1995.

	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       205      100     2100      756     1520    e4000     1520      452     1420      121       95       69
   2       156       88     2400      680     1100   e12000     1290      409     2160      548       67       58
   3       114       81     2250      623      942   e16000     1090      711     3010      781       53       54
   4        85       77     1720      576      961   e14000      940     1360     2580      700       49       49
   5        69       72     1110      584     2500   e13000      843     1490     1460      428       49       50
 
   6        59       68      804    e2100     2840   e10000      782     1310      977      309       59       46
   7        52       78      702    e1400     2910    e7000      725      988      722      200       48       40
   8        48     1170      633    e1100     2580    e3000      656      795      572      149       39       37
   9        45     1600      552     e900     1850    e1500      575      995      503      125       39       34
  10        45     1600      478     e700     1220    e3000      509     1340      461      135       37       48
 
  11        43     1090      433     e640     1030    e6000      463     1320      385      101       35       52
  12        41      673     1090     e560      923    e3000      470     1000      329       95       31       38
  13        40      500     2670     e500      830    e2400      567      799      299       84       31       36
  14        38      394     2300     e450      850    e2100      772      683      285       78       32       36
  15        40      325     1680     e500      967    e2700      803      597      249       70      118       33
 
  16        41      279     1130     e580      884    e2000      667      514      214       62      286       32
  17        40      247     1570     e500     e820    e1700      596      447      202       56      232       30
  18        41      247     2150     e380     e760    e1600      552      408      192       51      193       28
  19        57      272     2340     e350     e740    e2900      512      370      198       48      678       27
  20        87      312     1920     e320     e800    e2800      471      501      361       44      918       36
 
  21        95      331     1300     e290     e840    e2700      456      673      394       41      820       39
  22       119      333      866     e300     e880     1920      472      902      276       38      578       30
  23       109      311      746     e350     e800    e1500      449      604      197       38      434       31
  24        87      311     1220     e500     e720    e1200      424      426      156       39      309       32
  25        77      361     1640    e1000     e660      949      382      381      130       38      251       30
 
  26        75      794     1680    e1900     e640    e1500      354      530      122       36      181       25
  27        98      926     1360    e1400     e740    e2300      342      764      216       37      135       22
  28       103      890     1070    e4000     e800    e1900      462      818      185       44      114       24
  29       108      705      934    e3500      ---     1770      503      605      120       81      104       25
  30       106      730      911    e3200      ---    e1700      488      458      103      207       94       24
  31       107      ---      874    e2600      ---    e1700      ---      460      ---      156       84      ---
 
 TOTAL    2430    14965    42633    33239    33107   129839    19135    23110    18478     4940     6193     1115
 MEAN     78.4      499     1375     1072     1182     4188      638      745      616      159      200     37.2
 MAX       205     1600     2670     4000     2910    16000     1520     1490     3010      781      918       69
 MIN        38       68      433      290      640      949      342      370      103       36       31       22
 CFSM      .13      .85     2.35     1.83     2.02     7.16     1.09     1.27     1.05      .27      .34      .06
 IN.       .15      .95     2.71     2.11     2.11     8.26     1.22     1.47     1.18      .31      .39      .07
 
 STATISTICS OF MONTHLY MEAN DATA FOR WATER YEARS 1916 - 1997, BY WATER YEAR (WY)                                 
 
 MEAN      122      298      666      942     1195     1510     1191      889      407      239      204      129
 MAX       986     1812     2562     2739     2989     4188     3231     4200     2244     1752     1548     1252
 (WY)     1976     1920     1979     1950     1939     1997     1939     1968     1941     1958     1926     1979
 MIN      2.63     5.49     7.92     24.0     44.7      248      224     79.6     29.3     11.3     7.16     3.35
 (WY)     1931     1964     1964     1931     1954     1941     1971     1930     1930     1930     1922     1930
 
 SUMMARY STATISTICS           FOR 1996 CALENDAR YEAR        FOR 1997 WATER YEAR           WATER YEARS 1916 - 1997
 
 ANNUAL TOTAL                      339465                     329184                                             
 ANNUAL MEAN                          928                        902                        650                  
 HIGHEST ANNUAL MEAN                                                                       1095              1916
 LOWEST ANNUAL MEAN                                                                         186              1954
 HIGHEST DAILY MEAN                  5400     Jan 27           16000     Mar  3           19600       May 28 1968
 LOWEST DAILY MEAN                     38     Oct 14              22     Sep 27               1.1     Oct 17 1964
 ANNUAL SEVEN-DAY MINIMUM              40     Oct 12              26     Sep 24               1.3     Oct 14 1964
 INSTANTANEOUS PEAK FLOW                                       16500     Mar  3 a         19600       May 28 1968
 INSTANTANEOUS PEAK STAGE                                         29.11  Mar  3              29.11    Mar  3 1997
 INSTANTANEOUS LOW FLOW                                           22     Sep 27               1.1     Oct 17 1964
 ANNUAL RUNOFF (CFSM)                   1.59                       1.54                       1.11               
 ANNUAL RUNOFF (INCHES)                21.59                      20.93                      15.09               
 10 PERCENT EXCEEDS                  2310                       2100                       1720                  
 50 PERCENT EXCEEDS                   581                        471                        242                  
 90 PERCENT EXCEEDS                    67                         40                         24                  
 
a Peaks above base shown in table of peak discharges and stages at continuous-record surface-water-discharge stations.
e Estimated.