Water Data Report 1997
03237280 UPPER TWIN CREEK AT MCGAW, OHIO
Hydrologic Benchmark Station
LOCATION.--Lat 38038'37", long 83012'57", Scioto County, Hydrologic Unit 05090201, on right bank, 0.3 mi downstream
from Brown Run, 0.3 mi upstream from Tucker Run, 0.7 mi upstream from bridge on U.S. Highway 52 at McGaw, 2.7 mi
northeast of Buena Vista, and 3.2 mi upstream from mouth.
DRAINAGE AREA.--12.2 mi2.
WATER-DISCHARGE RECORDS
PERIOD OF RECORD.--June 1963 to current year.
GAGE.--Water-stage recorder. Datum of gage is 538.41 ft above sea level (revised). Ohio Department of Highways
benchmark. Prior to July 21, 1972, at site 0.7 mi downstream at datum 18.41 ft lower. July 21, 1972, to
September 30, 1984, at same site at datum 5.00 ft higher.
REMARKS.--Records poor. Periods of no flow occur most years.
EXTREMES OUTSIDE PERIOD OF RECORD.--Flood of July 3, 1960, reached a stage of 11.62 ft; discharge, 7,230 ft3/s, on
basis of contracted-opening and flow-over-road measurement of peak flow.
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 .71 1.8 125 9.7 20 e180 34 20 129 100 e.01 e.05
2 .59 1.4 32 9.1 16 e780 24 15 85 19 e.02 e.04
3 .60 1.0 19 8.3 14 e150 19 74 129 8.2 e.04 e.05
4 .42 .83 11 7.2 118 e38 15 80 57 4.7 e.05 e.05
5 .26 .62 7.4 58 92 e31 13 47 30 2.7 e.06 e.06
6 .18 .52 8.8 40 39 e39 12 30 17 1.4 e.07 e.05
7 .14 .97 7.3 26 27 e31 9.8 19 12 1.0 e.08 e.05
8 .10 51 5.9 19 22 e24 8.2 33 12 e.80 e.08 e.06
9 .09 27 4.4 e15 18 e19 7.2 64 55 e.62 e.08 e.06
10 .08 19 3.3 e11 16 e74 6.4 38 32 e.48 e.08 e.07
11 .06 14 3.3 e9.0 14 e50 6.0 25 17 e.39 e.08 e.06
12 .04 9.8 110 e7.0 13 e26 8.1 19 15 e.32 e.08 e.06
13 .03 6.2 51 e6.0 11 e25 8.6 15 16 e.25 e.10 e.06
14 .02 4.0 26 e5.4 14 54 7.2 12 14 e.20 e.12 e.05
15 .02 2.6 18 e4.8 19 50 6.8 10 11 e.17 e.15 e.05
16 .02 1.8 14 e4.3 20 32 7.0 8.1 15 e.14 e.13 e.05
17 .02 1.7 150 e4.0 18 24 7.9 7.3 103 e.12 e.25 e.05
18 .10 7.3 52 e3.7 17 54 7.4 6.5 44 e.10 e.50 e.05
19 .06 9.9 28 e3.3 16 97 7.3 6.1 25 e.09 e.33 e.04
20 .17 8.8 17 e3.1 15 59 7.0 15 17 e.08 e.20 e.04
21 .47 8.3 e9.0 e2.9 16 38 9.5 11 11 e.07 e.15 e.04
22 .59 7.4 e8.0 e6.0 14 25 11 8.7 7.6 e.06 e.11 e.04
23 .58 6.2 8.1 15 11 17 11 7.4 5.2 e.06 e.09 e.04
24 .48 5.3 82 159 10 13 10 6.9 3.4 11 e.07 e.04
25 .41 8.9 44 177 9.8 14 8.9 8.0 2.2 2.2 e.06 e.04
26 .49 37 28 40 11 92 7.8 21 2.6 1.0 e.06 e.04
27 1.8 28 21 49 14 50 11 19 1.5 1.2 e.05 e.04
28 3.5 21 18 139 12 34 46 14 e.90 1.0 e.04 e.03
29 2.7 16 15 46 --- 162 32 11 e.80 e.52 e.06 e.03
30 2.5 38 12 31 --- 70 22 10 4.8 e.20 e.05 e.03
31 2.3 --- 11 24 --- 51 --- 104 --- e.06 e.05 ---
TOTAL 19.53 346.34 949.5 942.8 636.8 2403 391.1 765.0 875.00 158.13 3.30 1.42
MEAN .63 11.5 30.6 30.4 22.7 77.5 13.0 24.7 29.2 5.10 .11 .047
MAX 3.5 51 150 177 118 780 46 104 129 100 .50 .07
MIN .02 .52 3.3 2.9 9.8 13 6.0 6.1 .80 .06 .01 .03
CFSM .05 .95 2.51 2.49 1.86 6.35 1.07 2.02 2.39 .42 .01 .00
IN. .06 1.06 2.90 2.87 1.94 7.33 1.19 2.33 2.67 .48 .01 .00
STATISTICS OF MONTHLY MEAN DATA FOR WATER YEARS 1963 - 1997, BY WATER YEAR (WY)
MEAN 2.45 6.45 17.1 18.0 23.6 31.4 29.2 21.6 7.24 3.90 3.21 3.04
MAX 16.8 29.0 81.6 46.3 60.9 90.7 66.7 93.1 35.3 30.8 38.0 32.5
(WY) 1990 1986 1979 1996 1975 1964 1965 1996 1979 1986 1979 1979
MIN .000 .000 .000 .44 4.42 4.39 4.41 1.63 .043 .071 .009 .010
(WY) 1964 1964 1964 1981 1978 1969 1971 1991 1988 1964 1993 1983
SUMMARY STATISTICS FOR 1996 CALENDAR YEAR FOR 1997 WATER YEAR WATER YEARS 1963 - 1997
ANNUAL TOTAL 9374.24 7491.92
ANNUAL MEAN 25.6 20.5 13.9
HIGHEST ANNUAL MEAN 31.9 1979
LOWEST ANNUAL MEAN 5.15 1969
HIGHEST DAILY MEAN 850 May 15 780 Mar 2 850 May 15 1996
LOWEST DAILY MEAN .00 Jul 3 .01 Aug 1 .00 Jul 12 1963
ANNUAL SEVEN-DAY MINIMUM .00 Jul 3 .03 Oct 11 .00 Sep 21 1963
INSTANTANEOUS PEAK FLOW 4430 Mar 2 a 4430 Mar 2 1997
INSTANTANEOUS PEAK STAGE 10.01 Mar 2 10.20 Mar 4 1964
INSTANTANEOUS LOW FLOW .01 Aug 1 .00 Jul 12 1963
ANNUAL RUNOFF (CFSM) 2.10 1.68 1.14
ANNUAL RUNOFF (INCHES) 28.58 22.84 15.47
10 PERCENT EXCEEDS 54 50 32
50 PERCENT EXCEEDS 7.4 8.1 3.2
90 PERCENT EXCEEDS .04 .05 .08
a Peaks above base shown in table of peak discharges and stages at continuous-record surface-water-discharge stations.
e Estimated.
WATER-QUALITY DATA, WATER YEAR OCTOBER 1995 TO SEPTEMBER 1996
DIS- PH OXYGEN, COLI- STREP-
CHARGE, SPE- WATER DIS- FORM, TOCOCCI
INST. CIFIC WHOLE SOLVED FECAL, FECAL,
CUBIC CON- FIELD TEMPER- TEMPER- TUR- OXYGEN, (PER- 0.7 KF AGAR
FEET DUCT- (STAND- ATURE ATURE BID- DIS- CENT UM-MF (COLS.
DATE TIME PER ANCE ARD AIR WATER ITY SOLVED SATUR- (COLS./ PER
SECOND (US/CM) UNITS) (DEG C) (DEG C) (NTU) (MG/L) ATION) 100 ML) 100 ML)
(00061) (00095) (00400) (00020) (00010) (00076) (00300) (00301) (31625) (31673)
NOV
27... 1130 1.8 118 5.5 17.0 7.5 0.40 11.1 96 23 75
FEB
21... 1100 32 70 6.8 9.5 4.0 2.3 12.5 98 K11 113
BICAR- CAR- ALKA-
HARD- MAGNE- POTAS- BONATE BONATE LINITY CHLO- FLUO-
NESS CALCIUM SIUM, SODIUM, SIUM, WATER WATER WAT WH SULFATE RIDE, RIDE,
TOTAL DIS- DIS- DIS- DIS- DIS IT DIS IT TOT FET DIS- DIS- DIS-
(MG/L SOLVED SOLVED SOLVED SOLVED FIELD FIELD FIELD SOLVED SOLVED SOLVED
DATE AS (MG/L (MG/L (MG/L (MG/L MG/L AS MG/L AS MG/L AS (MG/L (MG/L (MG/L
CACO3) AS CA) AS MG) AS NA) AS K) HCO3 CO3 CACO3 AS SO4) AS CL) AS F)
(00900) (00915) (00925) (00930) (00935) (00453) (00452) (00410) (00945) (00940) (00950)
NOV
27... 42 7.1 5.8 3.2 1.8 23 0 18 25 2.7 <0.10
FEB
21... 26 4.2 3.8 2.1 1.5 16 0 14 19 1.5 <0.10
SOLIDS, NITRO- NITRO- NITRO- PHOS-
SILICA, RESIDUE GEN, GEN, GEN,AM- PHOS- PHORUS ALUM-
DIS- AT 180 NO2+NO3 AMMONIA MONIA + PHOS- PHORUS ORTHO, INUM, BARIUM, COBALT,
SOLVED DEG. C DIS- DIS- ORGANIC PHORUS DIS- DIS- DIS- DIS- DIS-
(MG/L DIS- SOLVED SOLVED TOTAL TOTAL SOLVED SOLVED SOLVED SOLVED SOLVED
DATE AS SOLVED (MG/L (MG/L (MG/L (MG/L (MG/L (MG/L (UG/L (UG/L (UG/L
SIO2) (MG/L) AS N) AS N) AS N) AS P) AS P) AS P) AS AL) AS BA) AS CO)
(00955) (70300) (00631) (00608) (00625) (00665) (00666) (00671) (01106) (01005) (01035)
NOV
27... 8.3 67 -- -- -- -- -- -- <10 18 <3
FEB
21... 9.1 54 0.470 0.020 <0.20 <0.010 <0.010 <0.010 20 15 <3
MANGA- MOLYB- SELE- STRON- VANA-
IRON, LITHIUM NESE, DENUM, NICKEL, NIUM, SILVER, TIUM, DIUM, SEDI-
DIS- DIS- DIS- DIS- DIS- DIS- DIS- DIS- DIS- MENT,
SOLVED SOLVED SOLVED SOLVED SOLVED SOLVED SOLVED SOLVED SOLVED SUS-
DATE (UG/L (UG/L (UG/L (UG/L (UG/L (UG/L (UG/L (UG/L (UG/L PENDED
AS FE) AS LI) AS MN) AS MO) AS NI) AS SE) AS AG) AS SR) AS V) (MG/L)
(01046) (01130) (01056) (01060) (01065) (01145) (01075) (01080) (01085) (80154)
NOV
27... 22 <4 <1 <10 <1 <1 <1.0 50 <6 5
FEB
21... 29 <4 1 <10 <1 <1 <1.0 31 <6 3
a Peaks above base shown in table of peak discharges and stages at continuous-record surface-water-discharge stations
K Results based on colony count outside the ideal range
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