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

			03220000 MILL CREEK NEAR BELLEPOINT, OHIO

LOCATION.--Lat 40014'54", long 83010'26", Delaware County, Hydrologic Unit 05060001, on left bank at upstream side of 
county road bridge, 1.2 mi west of Bellepoint, 1.5 mi upstream from mouth, and 2.3 mi downstream from Blues Creek.
DRAINAGE AREA.--178 mi2.
PERIOD OF RECORD.--October 1942 to current year. Monthly discharge only for some periods, published in WSP 1305.
REVISED RECORDS.--WSP 1908: Drainage area.
GAGE.--Water-stage recorder. Datum of gage is 865.14 ft above sea level (levels by students of The Ohio State 
University, City of Columbus bench mark). Prior to Jan. 1, 1948, nonrecording gage at same site and datum.
REMARKS.--Records fair except for periods of estimated record, which are poor. Water-quality data collected at this 
site. U.S. Army Corps of Engineers satellite telemeter at station.
EXTREMES OUTSIDE PERIOD OF RECORD.--A stage of 18.0 ft occurred in March 1913.

	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        48       17     1570       99       91      270       94       52     4860     20        8.0      7.1
   2        29       29     1220       90       87     1530       74       59    11900     17        7.7      6.5
   3        20       22      337       85      105      935       63      593     3310     17        7.1      6.7
   4        17       19      173       81      830      377       57      899      544     16        8.1      6.8
   5        15       17      121      144     1880      378       58      305      271     14       16        7.2
 
   6        15       16      115      347      806     1330       71      160      151     13       12        7.1
   7        14       18      110      128      261      549       79      135      103     11       10        7.3
   8        13       27      100       82      167      240       59       97       77      9.6      9.1      7.2
   9        13       33       80       70      121      199       48      189       60     12        8.4      6.8
  10        15       28       68      e60      101      924       43      145       49     13        7.6      6.8
 
  11        15       29       67      e52      e88      461       40       89       41     15        6.7      7.9
  12        14       26      661      e48      e76      207       46       69       36     12        7.3      7.7
  13        14       26      793      e44      e68      137      133       59       38     11        8.7      7.8
  14        13       23      304      e42      e64      850      107       53       45      9.5     15        6.9
  15        12       21      157      e39      e60      895       68       50       30      8.0     15        6.9
 
  16        13       20      156      e36      e56      264       56       46       38      8.0     25        6.7
  17        15       19     2060      e33      e52      160       51       42      187      8.0    275        6.5
  18        19       20     1960      e31      e62      164       47       44       55      8.3    124        7.1
  19        40       22      478      e30      224      421       44      103       39      9.4     57        7.0
  20        24       21      168      e28      348      243       40      120       33      7.8     44        7.3
 
  21        21       21      109      e45      516      163       36       79       27      7.7     71        6.9
  22        20       21       94     e200      418      125       36       54       21      7.1     36        7.6
  23        19       22       86      747      198       99       36       45       17     14       27        6.7
  24        19       20     1360      486      119       82       36       40       16     28       19        6.6
  25        20       27     1150      405       96       75       36       53       15     15       14        7.2
 
  26        17     1070      241      173       86       74       35      514       14     11       14        7.1
  27        17     1160      141      211      617       72       35      245       13     12       12        6.4
  28        16      257      135      719      726       69       39       93       13     12       10        6.5
  29        16      125      212      445      ---       74       45       67       12     10        9.0      6.8
  30        15      302      173      163      ---      273       48       63       13     11        8.6      5.9
  31        16      ---      122      119      ---      116      ---      607      ---      9.1      7.9      ---
 
 TOTAL     574     3478    14521     5282     8323    11756     1660     5169    22028    376.5    900.2    209.0
 MEAN     18.5      116      468      170      297      379     55.3      167      734     12.1     29.0     6.97
 MAX        48     1160     2060      747     1880     1530      133      899    11900       28      275      7.9
 MIN        12       16       67       28       52       69       35       40       12      7.1      6.7      5.9
 CFSM      .10      .65     2.63      .96     1.67     2.13      .31      .94     4.13      .07      .16      .04
 IN.       .12      .73     3.03     1.10     1.74     2.46      .35     1.08     4.60      .08      .19      .04
 
 STATISTICS OF MONTHLY MEAN DATA FOR WATER YEARS 1944 - 1997, BY WATER YEAR (WY)                                 
 
 MEAN     26.7      100      176      258      285      335      289      177      148     80.5     40.0     24.5
 MAX       449      553     1130     1227      768      963      874      746      734      769      332      303
 (WY)     1987     1973     1991     1950     1975     1978     1972     1996     1997     1992     1979     1979
 MIN       .90     1.99     2.17     3.82     8.09     36.1     29.6     10.5     5.19     1.33     1.75     1.00
 (WY)     1954     1964     1964     1977     1964     1983     1971     1955     1988     1944     1965     1944
 
 SUMMARY STATISTICS           FOR 1996 CALENDAR YEAR        FOR 1997 WATER YEAR           WATER YEARS 1944 - 1997
 
 ANNUAL TOTAL                      106834.3                    74276.7                                           
 ANNUAL MEAN                          292                        203                        161                  
 HIGHEST ANNUAL MEAN                                                                        258              1996
 LOWEST ANNUAL MEAN                                                                          51.4            1954
 HIGHEST DAILY MEAN                  6500     Jan 19           11900     Jun  2           12600       Jan 22 1959
 LOWEST DAILY MEAN                      5.9   Sep  4               5.9   Sep 30                .00    Sep 25 1944
 ANNUAL SEVEN-DAY MINIMUM               6.6   Aug 31               6.6   Sep 24                .13    Sep 21 1944
 INSTANTANEOUS PEAK FLOW                                       21800     Jun  2 a         21800       Jun  2 1997
 INSTANTANEOUS PEAK STAGE                                         14.45  Jun  2              14.45    Jun  2 1997
 INSTANTANEOUS LOW FLOW                                            5.9   Sep 30                .00    Sep 25 1944
 ANNUAL RUNOFF (CFSM)                   1.64                       1.14                        .90               
 ANNUAL RUNOFF (INCHES)                22.33                      15.52                      12.29               
 10 PERCENT EXCEEDS                   821                        451                        362                  
 50 PERCENT EXCEEDS                    67                         44                         28                  
 90 PERCENT EXCEEDS                     9.4                        7.8                        3.9                
 
a Peaks above base shown in table of peak discharges and stages at continuous-record surface-water-discharge stations.
e Estimated.