Water Data Report 1997
03226800 OLENTANGY RIVER NEAR WORTHINGTON, OHIO LOCATION.--Lat 40006'37", long 83001'55", Franklin County, Hydrologic Unit 05060001, on left bank 350 ft downstream from Interstate Highway 270 bridge, 1.5 mi northwest of Worthington and 2.8 mi upstream from Rush Run. DRAINAGE AREA.--497 mi2. PERIOD OF RECORD.--October 1955 to September 1984, October 1996 to September 1997. REVISED RECORDS.--WSP 1625: 1952(M). WSP 1908. Drainage area. WRD Ohio 1972: 1971(M). WRD-OH-80-1: 1976(M), 1978(M). GAGE.--Water-stage recorder. Datum of gage is 743.20 ft above sea level. REMARKS.--Records fair except for periods of estimated record, which are poor. Flow regulated by Delaware Lake 21 mi upstream. Water-quality data collected at this site. Daily suspended sediment data collected at this site. EXTREMES OUTSIDE PERIOD OF RECORD.--Flood in Jan. 1952 reached a stage of 15.3 ft, discharge 15,000 ft3/s, from information by Corps of Engineers. 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 1 757 36 1860 1080 445 1710 90 300 3640 145 43 43 2 156 34 1130 807 434 2400 52 196 2630 85 43 40 3 141 32 1360 294 157 414 49 484 581 123 43 29 4 60 31 2040 287 1230 256 55 360 337 78 118 25 5 313 131 1330 376 2520 275 71 1200 378 65 112 23 6 442 390 235 391 3030 1330 81 947 2810 60 124 23 7 179 216 214 791 2470 4300 61 243 4230 58 57 23 8 65 239 192 623 546 4100 51 455 4180 55 37 24 9 520 209 180 311 503 3890 47 434 4170 69 43 24 10 98 207 305 e240 488 3460 41 213 3810 126 38 36 11 31 201 3160 e190 478 2550 32 265 1620 192 41 30 12 27 247 1750 e150 256 1510 64 300 226 173 50 28 13 20 399 2440 e130 238 796 84 186 223 128 115 25 14 22 105 2970 e110 304 1470 54 100 185 59 56 23 15 21 86 2860 98 301 1040 42 97 172 38 164 23 16 23 326 2020 146 286 1130 36 69 331 31 113 22 17 24 464 2040 185 269 1490 38 334 367 22 1020 22 18 97 261 2650 204 96 1260 35 595 175 22 556 23 19 89 142 3960 213 256 692 36 908 275 69 804 23 20 45 138 2390 240 795 220 57 403 193 37 476 28 21 35 137 808 224 1480 152 56 681 108 33 319 32 22 31 139 789 483 1380 425 60 696 77 34 185 24 23 39 134 994 1180 1270 541 77 244 74 59 172 27 24 44 135 2270 2650 880 595 89 88 63 51 154 24 25 29 195 1590 982 96 403 92 173 58 41 97 21 26 305 1390 1820 728 79 144 379 1060 61 38 72 19 27 439 2070 2360 766 420 313 537 2160 133 109 61 16 28 248 1980 1220 1070 2060 249 377 1980 115 222 57 18 29 42 1910 1220 1330 --- 259 98 1060 76 57 49 16 30 45 1140 1160 1230 --- 240 245 438 178 42 43 17 31 38 --- 1120 451 --- 247 --- 963 --- 41 44 --- TOTAL 4425 13124 50437 17960 22767 37861 3086 17632 31476 2362 5306 751 MEAN 143 437 1627 579 813 1221 103 569 1049 76.2 171 25.0 MAX 757 2070 3960 2650 3030 4300 537 2160 4230 222 1020 43 MIN 20 31 180 98 79 144 32 69 58 22 37 16 STATISTICS OF MONTHLY MEAN DATA FOR WATER YEARS 1956 - 1997, BY WATER YEAR (WY) MEAN 118 350 560 577 751 980 700 492 390 258 149 101 MAX 697 1797 1772 2352 2368 2517 2033 1219 1297 1672 801 809 (WY) 1987 1973 1978 1992 1959 1963 1964 1967 1981 1992 1980 1979 MIN 11.9 25.7 12.1 17.7 27.2 139 40.0 53.9 15.6 30.7 32.0 17.6 (WY) 1965 1964 1964 1977 1964 1983 1971 1988 1962 1962 1986 1964 SUMMARY STATISTICS FOR 1997 WATER YEAR WATER YEARS 1956 - 1997 ANNUAL TOTAL 207187 ANNUAL MEAN 568 454 HIGHEST ANNUAL MEAN 778 1973 LOWEST ANNUAL MEAN 269 1977 HIGHEST DAILY MEAN 4300 Mar 7 10800 Jan 21 1959 LOWEST DAILY MEAN 16 Sep 27 6.5 Dec 28 1991 ANNUAL SEVEN-DAY MINIMUM 19 Sep 24 8.0 Jan 7 1992 INSTANTANEOUS PEAK FLOW 5860 Jun 2 16500 Jan 21 1959 INSTANTANEOUS PEAK STAGE 8.55 Jun 2 15.68 Jan 21 1959 INSTANTANEOUS LOW FLOW 16 Sep 27 8.5 Sep 26 1967 10 PERCENT EXCEEDS 1840 1310 50 PERCENT EXCEEDS 192 138 90 PERCENT EXCEEDS 31 26 e Estimated.
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