Water Data Report 1997
03230500 BIG DARBY CREEK AT DARBYVILLE, OHIO
LOCATION.--Lat 39042'02", long 83006'37", Pickaway County, Hydrologic Unit 05060001, on right bank at upstream side
of State Highway 316, 0.4 mi northeast of Darbyville, 0.4 mi upstream from Lizzard Run, and 3.0 mi downstream
from Greenbrier Creek.
DRAINAGE AREA.--534 mi2.
WATER-DISCHARGE RECORDS
PERIOD OF RECORD.--October 1921 to December 1935, January 1938 to current year. Prior to October 1959, published as
Darby Creek at Darbyville.
REVISED RECORDS.--WSP 1083: 1922(M), 1924(M), 1927(M), 1933(M), 1938(M). WSP 1305: 1928-31(M), 1934(M), 1945(M).
WSPÂ 1505: 1932(M). WSP 1908: Drainage area.
GAGE.--Water-stage recorder. Datum of gage is 713.69 ft above sea level. Prior to Mar. 17, 1940, nonrecording gage
at same site and datum.
REMARKS.--Records fair except for periods of estimated record, which are poor. 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
1 188 61 2410 487 e400 806 358 186 4870 360 63 84
2 135 59 3360 443 e350 2590 319 184 9230 285 61 81
3 107 58 1680 415 e320 3400 295 555 19500 377 58 76
4 84 64 980 379 e2000 1790 284 1880 8560 290 87 69
5 76 59 712 447 e4000 1240 288 1140 2750 252 99 67
6 67 55 647 609 e3500 1350 301 721 1860 196 73 64
7 58 61 574 531 e2000 1350 300 540 1400 168 72 61
8 52 74 489 382 e1100 882 269 446 1050 152 76 59
9 52 84 410 338 e840 748 241 448 827 149 61 58
10 53 90 341 344 e680 1440 225 518 663 147 57 59
11 52 112 312 e250 e600 1630 214 396 546 143 55 60
12 49 99 310 e180 e520 949 e250 336 467 150 49 62
13 47 87 434 e170 e450 708 e300 308 484 136 83 61
14 47 85 618 e160 e390 1430 e350 278 1380 121 74 56
15 45 79 440 e150 e340 2560 e310 295 945 104 98 52
16 44 72 372 e200 e300 1260 e290 257 700 86 100 55
17 45 70 1970 e190 e270 856 e240 228 2220 78 1000 52
18 50 71 4210 e175 e250 835 226 214 2940 73 1600 48
19 68 72 2700 e165 e330 1090 214 243 1840 75 796 44
20 77 75 1190 e155 e540 1050 210 252 1080 71 696 57
21 69 83 783 e150 784 787 204 299 729 68 598 60
22 81 83 625 e200 986 653 197 225 547 68 581 47
23 77 76 525 e800 720 536 194 201 431 118 532 44
24 69 74 1360 e1500 513 446 189 187 354 140 326 45
25 65 80 2790 e1100 421 391 182 212 301 165 225 42
26 62 1100 1230 e860 387 400 178 242 268 137 179 41
27 62 2000 795 e800 446 363 170 376 244 114 153 45
28 65 959 665 e1800 925 337 184 261 218 97 135 42
29 61 581 697 e1400 --- 420 190 211 205 81 117 38
30 59 619 677 e800 --- 423 187 211 235 72 103 36
31 60 --- 563 e540 --- 419 --- 331 --- 65 93 ---
TOTAL 2126 7142 34869 16120 24362 33139 7359 12181 66844 4538 8300 1665
MEAN 68.6 238 1125 520 870 1069 245 393 2228 146 268 55.5
MAX 188 2000 4210 1800 4000 3400 358 1880 19500 377 1600 84
MIN 44 55 310 150 250 337 170 184 205 65 49 36
CFSM .13 .45 2.11 .97 1.63 2.00 .46 .74 4.17 .27 .50 .10
IN. .15 .50 2.43 1.12 1.70 2.31 .51 .85 4.66 .32 .58 .12
STATISTICS OF MONTHLY MEAN DATA FOR WATER YEARS 1922 - 1997, BY WATER YEAR (WY)
MEAN 107 265 479 715 787 946 825 580 449 256 159 95.0
MAX 1223 1745 2287 2808 2146 2758 2190 2766 2228 1868 1216 1652
(WY) 1927 1986 1991 1959 1975 1963 1957 1996 1997 1993 1980 1979
MIN 3.91 13.6 18.5 23.4 37.2 84.0 133 42.6 14.9 9.08 9.82 6.43
(WY) 1964 1954 1964 1945 1934 1931 1925 1934 1934 1934 1930 1964
SUMMARY STATISTICS FOR 1996 CALENDAR YEAR FOR 1997 WATER YEAR WATER YEARS 1922 - 1997
ANNUAL TOTAL 328162 218645
ANNUAL MEAN 897 599 470
HIGHEST ANNUAL MEAN 840 1996
LOWEST ANNUAL MEAN 79.1 1934
HIGHEST DAILY MEAN 10600 Jan 19 19500 Jun 3 38400 Jan 22 1959
LOWEST DAILY MEAN 37 Sep 12 36 Sep 30 1.4 Sep 17 1932
ANNUAL SEVEN-DAY MINIMUM 39 Sep 7 41 Sep 24 2.0 Oct 7 1963
INSTANTANEOUS PEAK FLOW 23700 Jun 3 a 49000 Jan 22 1959
INSTANTANEOUS PEAK STAGE 16.06 Jun 3 e 17.94 Jan 22 1959
INSTANTANEOUS LOW FLOW 36 Sep 30 1.4 Sep 17 1932
ANNUAL RUNOFF (CFSM) 1.68 1.12 .88
ANNUAL RUNOFF (INCHES) 22.86 15.23 11.97
10 PERCENT EXCEEDS 2330 1350 1130
50 PERCENT EXCEEDS 404 252 157
90 PERCENT EXCEEDS 55 59 25
a Peaks above base shown in table of peak discharges and stages at continuous-record surface-water-discharge stations.
e Estimated.
03230500 BIG DARBY CREEK AT DARBYVILLE, OHIO
WATER-QUALITY RECORDS
PERIOD OF RECORD.--1965-1977, 1988, May 6, 1992, to current year.
PERIOD OF DAILY RECORD.--
SUSPENDED-SEDIMENT DISCHARGE: November 12, 1992, to current year.
REMARKS.--Suspended-sediment samples were collected by a local observer approximately once per day. Sediment samples
were also collected by a pumping sampler until January 27. Pumped samples were collected for every 1-ft rise and
2-ft drop in stage. Suspended-sediment loads were calculated using the mean-interval method (Porterfield, George,
1972, Computation of Fluvial-Sediment Discharge: U.S. Geological Survey, Techniques of Water-Resources
Investigations, book 3, chap. C3, 66 p.). For days with unsteady concentration, discharge, or both, the day was
subdivided into quarter-hour intervals and the daily load was calculated by summing the loads for these quarter-
hour intervals. This required interpolation between measured and estimated concentrations.
EXTREMES FOR PERIOD OF DAILY RECORD.--
SEDIMENT CONCENTRATIONS: Maximum daily mean, 844 mg/L, June 3, 1997; minimum daily mean, 1 mg/L,
Oct. 25-27, 1995.
SEDIMENT LOADS: Maximum daily, 45,500 tons, June 3, 1997; minimum daily, 0.25 ton, Oct. 11, 1993.
EXTREMES FOR CURRENT YEAR.--
SEDIMENT CONCENTRATIONS: Maximum daily mean, 844 mg/L, June 3; minimum daily mean, 3 mg/L, Nov. 9.
SEDIMENT LOADS: Maximum daily, 45,500 tons, June 3; minimum daily, 0.59 ton, Nov. 6.
WATER-QUALITY DATA, WATER YEAR OCTOBER 1996 TO SEPTEMBER 1997
DIS-
CHARGE, SPE-
INST. CIFIC SEDI-
SAM- CUBIC CON- TEMPER- TEMPER- MENT,
PLING FEET DUCT- ATURE ATURE SUS-
DATE TIME METHOD, PER ANCE AIR WATER PENDED
CODES* SECOND (US/CM) (DEG C) (DEG C) (MG/L)
(82398) (00061) (00095) (00020) (00010) (80154)
OCT
07... 1035 10 55 718 19.0 13.0 18
DEC
17... 1520 10 2670 450 2.0 6.0 249
MAY
15... 1240 10 306 672 15.0 13.5 11
JUN
03... 1740 10 20700 210 15.5 17.0 795
03... 1815 10 20200 -- -- -- 793
* 10 - STREAM CROSS-SECTION SAMPLE OBTAINED BY EQUAL-WIDTH-INCREMENT (EWI) SAMPLING METHOD.
SEDIMENT DISCHARGE, SUSPENDED (TONS/DAY), WATER YEAR OCTOBER 1996 TO SEPTEMBER 1997
MEAN MEAN MEAN
MEAN CONCEN- SEDIMENT MEAN CONCEN- SEDIMENT MEAN CONCEN- SEDIMENT
DISCHARGE TRATION DISCHARGE DISCHARGE TRATION DISCHARGE DISCHARGE TRATION DISCHARGE
DAY (CFS) (MG/L) (TONS/DAY) (CFS) (MG/L) (TONS/DAY) (CFS) (MG/L) (TONS/DAY)
OCTOBER NOVEMBER DECEMBER
1 188 60 30 61 37 6.1 2410 364 2520
2 135 51 19 59 34 5.4 3360 307 2810
3 107 36 11 58 32 5.0 1680 115 551
4 84 22 5.1 64 29 5.1 980 58 156
5 76 15 3.2 59 9 1.5 712 34 66
6 67 13 2.3 55 4 .59 647 32 55
7 58 12 1.9 61 4 .70 574 52 80
8 52 10 1.4 74 4 .79 489 50 66
9 52 7 1.1 84 3 .75 410 39 43
10 53 28 4.0 90 6 1.4 341 40 36
11 52 18 2.6 112 10 3.1 312 44 37
12 49 24 3.1 99 11 2.9 310 29 25
13 47 18 2.3 87 11 2.5 434 36 44
14 47 12 1.6 85 11 2.4 618 40 67
15 45 18 2.2 79 10 2.2 440 34 40
16 44 10 1.2 72 10 2.0 372 34 34
17 45 20 2.4 70 10 1.9 1970 199 1240
18 50 21 2.8 71 10 1.9 4210 247 2810
19 68 20 3.6 72 8 1.6 2700 139 1090
20 77 18 3.8 75 6 1.2 1190 74 243
21 69 17 3.2 83 8 1.8 783 50 106
22 81 16 3.5 83 19 4.3 625 34 58
23 77 15 3.2 76 11 2.3 525 27 39
24 69 14 2.7 74 7 1.4 1360 66 275
25 65 13 2.4 80 14 3.2 2790 207 1580
26 62 13 2.1 1100 215 747 1230 99 344
27 62 12 2.0 2000 173 952 795 65 141
28 65 16 2.8 959 79 211 665 54 98
29 61 40 6.6 581 47 75 697 45 85
30 59 41 6.6 619 39 68 677 38 69
31 60 48 7.7 --- --- --- 563 32 48
TOTAL 2126 --- 147.4 7142 --- 2115.03 34869 --- 14856
JANUARY FEBRUARY MARCH
1 487 27 35 e400 45 49 806 118 260
2 443 28 34 e350 28 27 2590 524 3710
3 415 35 39 e320 28 24 3400 418 3910
4 379 44 45 e2000 487 2630 1790 144 724
5 447 38 46 e4000 477 5150 1240 69 232
6 609 30 49 e3500 270 2550 1350 90 351
7 531 30 43 e2000 94 506 1350 96 353
8 382 33 34 e1100 48 142 882 52 125
9 338 41 38 e840 37 84 748 42 88
10 344 46 43 e680 32 59 1440 117 467
11 e250 45 31 e600 27 44 1630 165 765
12 e180 40 19 e520 19 27 949 70 184
13 e170 35 16 e450 18 22 708 47 89
14 e160 30 13 e390 17 18 1430 122 565
15 e150 26 11 e340 20 19 2560 155 1080
16 e200 24 13 e300 23 18 1260 93 322
17 e190 23 12 e270 11 7.8 856 69 160
18 e175 22 10 e250 12 7.9 835 58 133
19 e165 21 9.1 e330 21 19 1090 51 151
20 e155 19 8.1 e540 33 47 1050 48 137
21 e150 18 7.5 784 44 93 787 37 79
22 e200 29 16 986 68 182 653 28 50
23 e800 69 149 720 51 101 536 24 35
24 e1500 180 729 513 35 49 446 17 20
25 e1100 149 441 421 24 27 391 15 16
26 e860 84 196 387 17 17 400 15 16
27 e800 113 243 446 17 21 363 14 14
28 e1800 147 716 925 65 167 337 13 12
29 e1400 80 301 --- --- --- 420 27 30
30 e800 63 136 --- --- --- 423 23 27
31 e540 52 76 --- --- --- 419 9 10
TOTAL 16120 --- 3558.7 24362 --- 12107.7 33139 --- 14115
APRIL MAY JUNE
1 358 7 6.7 186 13 6.6 4870 298 3910
2 319 7 5.9 184 7 3.7 9230 334 8780
3 295 9 7.4 555 46 98 19500 844 45500
4 284 9 6.5 1880 213 1100 8560 319 8530
5 288 12 9.0 1140 90 290 2750 107 814
6 301 16 13 721 44 85 1860 70 354
7 300 18 15 540 43 63 1400 61 231
8 269 12 8.8 446 41 50 1050 54 152
9 241 10 6.6 448 35 43 827 46 104
10 225 14 8.4 518 31 44 663 35 63
11 214 13 7.7 396 28 30 546 40 59
12 e250 15 9.9 336 25 23 467 36 46
13 e300 20 16 308 27 23 484 49 67
14 e350 15 14 278 24 18 1380 164 612
15 e310 12 9.9 295 17 13 945 81 211
16 e290 15 12 257 21 14 700 62 138
17 e240 15 9.7 228 6 3.5 2220 338 2090
18 226 10 6.0 214 4 2.4 2940 499 4290
19 214 6 3.4 243 6 4.0 1840 160 855
20 210 11 6.1 252 11 7.6 1080 75 219
21 204 12 6.7 299 11 9.4 729 54 107
22 197 7 3.8 225 5 3.2 547 42 62
23 194 8 4.4 201 6 3.2 431 33 39
24 189 11 5.7 187 7 3.7 354 25 24
25 182 7 3.6 212 19 13 301 25 20
26 178 8 3.7 242 14 9.3 268 27 19
27 170 13 5.7 376 27 31 244 36 24
28 184 19 9.4 261 10 7.1 218 30 18
29 190 10 5.1 211 9 4.9 205 23 13
30 187 17 8.6 211 8 4.8 235 46 31
31 --- --- --- 331 25 44 --- --- ---
TOTAL 7359 --- 238.7 12181 --- 2055.4 66844 --- 77382
JULY AUGUST SEPTEMBER
1 360 86 89 63 50 8.6 84 43 10
2 285 61 47 61 43 7.1 81 36 7.9
3 377 114 120 58 39 6.1 76 38 7.8
4 290 59 46 87 39 9.3 69 31 5.8
5 252 51 35 99 37 10 67 29 5.3
6 196 44 24 73 35 7.0 64 29 5.0
7 168 36 16 72 55 11 61 23 3.8
8 152 32 13 76 63 13 59 26 4.2
9 149 27 11 61 54 9.0 58 28 4.4
10 147 25 9.9 57 44 6.8 59 33 5.3
11 143 24 9.4 55 36 5.3 60 33 5.4
12 150 24 9.6 49 29 3.9 62 36 6.1
13 136 22 8.1 83 48 12 61 30 4.9
14 121 22 7.3 74 40 8.0 56 24 3.6
15 104 24 6.7 98 51 14 52 20 2.8
16 86 20 4.7 100 39 11 55 33 5.0
17 78 17 3.7 1000 145 479 52 43 6.0
18 73 15 3.0 1600 176 776 48 38 4.9
19 75 22 4.4 796 96 210 44 39 4.6
20 71 32 6.0 696 103 205 57 42 6.6
21 68 36 6.7 598 73 118 60 39 6.4
22 68 33 6.1 581 65 102 47 31 4.0
23 118 63 25 532 71 102 44 24 2.9
24 140 53 20 326 64 57 45 26 3.2
25 165 38 17 225 57 34 42 26 3.0
26 137 35 13 179 47 23 41 21 2.4
27 114 30 9.2 153 51 21 45 20 2.4
28 97 28 7.3 135 43 16 42 20 2.3
29 81 39 8.5 117 39 12 38 22 2.3
30 72 49 9.4 103 31 8.7 36 21 2.0
31 65 45 8.0 93 29 7.3 --- --- ---
TOTAL 4538 --- 604.0 8300 --- 2313.1 1665 --- 140.3
YEAR 218645 129633.33
e Estimated.
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