Water Data Report 1997
03223000 OLENTANGY RIVER AT CLARIDON, OHIO LOCATION.--Lat 40034'58", long 82059'20", in NW 1/4 sec. 26, T.5 S., R.16 E., Marion County, Hydrologic Unit 05060001, on left bank 900 ft downstream from bridge on State Highway 95, 0.5 mi east of Claridon, 0.8 mi downstream from Otter Creek, and 1.4 mi upstream from Beaver Run. DRAINAGE AREA.--157 mi2. PERIOD OF RECORD.--October 1946 to current year. REVISED RECORDS.--WSP 1235: 1947, 1948(P). WSP 1908: Drainage area. GAGE.--Water-stage recorder. Datum of gage is 961.72 ft above sea level. (Levels by U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.) Prior to Aug. 18, 1969, water-stage recorder at site 1,000 ft upstream at same datum. REMARKS.--Records fair except for periods of estimated record, which are poor. Small diversion at gage for irrigation of golf course. Water-quality and sediment data collected at this site. Water year 1986 stream flow records published in water year 1987 data report. U.S. Army Corps of Engineers satellite telemeter at station. 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 50 62 923 140 102 e625 103 53 1890 20 12 9.0 2 28 39 1140 127 88 e943 89 63 2830 19 10 9.3 3 19 27 599 121 101 e955 77 191 2030 19 9.9 11 4 14 21 219 118 352 442 73 399 798 18 9.4 11 5 12 19 163 239 1330 562 71 238 315 16 10 11 6 10 17 143 333 959 1460 80 147 206 15 8.9 12 7 9.7 16 134 171 303 1110 80 129 150 14 7.8 12 8 9.2 25 122 e94 182 414 65 107 114 13 7.2 12 9 8.4 41 101 e80 e120 270 59 220 92 80 6.1 12 10 8.7 48 87 e64 e100 760 54 196 77 101 5.5 13 11 10 46 298 e58 e86 677 53 126 68 50 6.0 37 12 12 47 1690 e52 e74 291 82 101 61 32 6.9 46 13 12 40 1820 e50 e64 194 283 85 60 25 7.3 26 14 9.5 32 1010 e48 e60 507 195 71 67 21 12 19 15 7.9 27 333 e46 e56 742 127 68 50 20 19 15 16 7.3 24 267 e45 e52 e432 101 70 43 17 20 13 17 6.7 23 1210 e42 e50 e280 86 60 41 15 65 11 18 9.9 23 1790 e40 e66 e200 80 54 40 13 89 9.8 19 27 23 1280 e39 248 e160 75 404 42 13 64 8.7 20 46 24 320 e38 334 135 69 629 41 15 33 8.4 21 37 25 180 e50 487 120 65 257 36 13 25 9.3 22 25 24 151 130 521 112 60 118 32 12 21 20 23 20 21 160 543 262 98 56 83 28 18 18 16 24 22 19 1310 383 148 87 54 72 27 28 15 13 25 22 39 1480 258 e115 85 48 154 25 23 14 10 26 24 953 691 e210 e116 88 44 979 24 17 13 7.8 27 22 1020 226 e180 e1080 93 41 841 26 15 12 7.2 28 18 514 217 756 e1300 88 46 249 29 72 12 6.1 29 16 190 299 598 --- 93 49 138 25 37 10 5.1 30 32 238 226 311 --- 96 48 115 21 22 9.5 4.2 31 62 --- 170 135 --- 99 --- 339 --- 15 8.8 --- TOTAL 617.3 3667 18759 5499 8756 12218 2413 6756 9288 808 567.3 404.9 MEAN 19.9 122 605 177 313 394 80.4 218 310 26.1 18.3 13.5 MAX 62 1020 1820 756 1330 1460 283 979 2830 101 89 46 MIN 6.7 16 87 38 50 85 41 53 21 12 5.5 4.2 CFSM .13 .78 3.85 1.13 1.99 2.51 .51 1.39 1.97 .17 .12 .09 IN. .15 .87 4.44 1.30 2.07 2.89 .57 1.60 2.20 .19 .13 .10 STATISTICS OF MONTHLY MEAN DATA FOR WATER YEARS 1947 - 1997, BY WATER YEAR (WY) MEAN 29.9 108 180 255 283 316 263 166 137 92.6 45.4 29.4 MAX 295 526 741 1145 625 964 745 482 854 1011 580 241 (WY) 1991 1973 1991 1950 1982 1963 1957 1996 1947 1987 1995 1981 MIN .019 2.44 2.29 9.01 8.02 55.7 43.3 17.8 5.80 5.27 1.35 .70 (WY) 1954 1964 1964 1977 1964 1983 1971 1955 1962 1962 1952 1953 SUMMARY STATISTICS FOR 1996 CALENDAR YEAR FOR 1997 WATER YEAR WATER YEARS 1947 - 1997 ANNUAL TOTAL 93589.6 69753.5 ANNUAL MEAN 256 191 158 HIGHEST ANNUAL MEAN 237 1947 LOWEST ANNUAL MEAN 72.7 1954 HIGHEST DAILY MEAN 3840 Jan 19 2830 Jun 2 11900 Jan 22 1959 LOWEST DAILY MEAN 3.8 Sep 6 4.2 Sep 30 .00 Oct 2 1953 ANNUAL SEVEN-DAY MINIMUM 4.3 Aug 16 6.7 Aug 7 .00 Oct 2 1953 INSTANTANEOUS PEAK FLOW 2980 Jun 2 a 14900 Jan 22 1959 INSTANTANEOUS PEAK STAGE 10.98 Jun 2 16.77 Jan 22 1959 INSTANTANEOUS LOW FLOW 4.2 Sep 30 .00 Oct 2 1953 ANNUAL RUNOFF (CFSM) 1.63 1.22 1.01 ANNUAL RUNOFF (INCHES) 22.18 16.53 13.68 10 PERCENT EXCEEDS 786 551 396 50 PERCENT EXCEEDS 70 59 43 90 PERCENT EXCEEDS 7.9 10 4.5 a Peaks above base shown in table of peak discharges and stages at continuous-record surface-water-discharge stations. e Estimated