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Water Resources Data - Ohio, Water Year 97, Vol. 1 | Ohio Brush Creek Basin

			03237500 OHIO BRUSH NEAR WEST UNION, OHIO

LOCATION.--Lat 38048'13", long 83025'16", Adams County, Hydrologic Unit 05090201, on right bank at downstream side of 
bridge on State Highway 348, 0.3 mi downstream from Cedar Run, 7.0 mi east of West Union, and 7.1 mi upstream 
from Beasley Fork.
DRAINAGE AREA.--387 mi2.
PERIOD OF RECORD.--August 1926 to November 1935, September 1940 to current year.
REVISED RECORDS.--WSP 1908: Drainage area. 
GAGE.--Water-stage recorder. Datum of gage is 510.6 ft above sea level. Prior to Nov. 22, 1940, nonrecording gage at 
same site and datum.
REMARKS.--Records fair except for periods of estimated records, which are poor. Water-quality and sediment data 
collected at this site.

	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       120       42     5100      262      353    22000      610      123     9050  1210         .60     1.1 
   2        73       35     1210      242      321    49400      432      128     1780   714         .33      .96
   3        49       31      518      225      324     5400      360     1310     1720   691         .91     1.1 
   4        35       27      335      212     6680     4170      309     1130      835   346        1.4      1.3 
   5        27       26      260     1790     4830     4240      273      478      516   157        2.0      1.3 
 
   6        22       26      611      944     1240     4030      275      308      360    96        2.5      1.5 
   7        19      198      443      459      770     1530      242      240      273    67        3.2      1.4 
   8        17     2190      296      324      605      762      196      240      243    51        3.3      1.3 
   9        17      571      235     e260      517      589      167     1630      420    39        3.3      1.6 
  10        16      317      195     e220      460     2340      150      525      276    32        3.3      1.6 
 
  11        16      241      182     e180      410      994      140      319      187    26        3.3      1.1 
  12        17      181     1290     e160      362      607      144      241      148    21        3.1       .83
  13        21      141     1110     e140      314      450      271      201      139    18        5.0       .64
  14        18      119      464     e130      366     2610      227      167      127    14        6.7       .35
  15        16      106      320     e110      712     1380      163      143      110    11        9.1       .19
 
  16        15       95      275      e96      554      692      139      123      197     7.7      6.9       .18
  17        14       87     8900      e88      380      509      133      107     1600     6.0     20       e1.0 
  18        16      117     1730      e86      323     2120      128       98     3830     4.6    266        e.98
  19        38      288      752      e84      314     2690      118     1890     2010     3.6    215        e.90
  20       133      185      427      e82      296     1090      109     1560      616     2.6     82        e.80
 
  21        75      144     e280      e80      288      692      141      332      357     1.9     60        e.86
  22        51      146     e230     e100      310      514      234      191      247     1.9     60        e.96
  23        38      153     e200      720      249      385      179      139      179     1.5     32        e.96
  24        32      126     2000      647      209      314      132      114      138     1.7     15        e.80
  25        30      262      947     4400      193      313      112      110      108    67        6.6      e.78
 
  26        33     2600      479      721      196     1900      100     1080       92    31        2.4      e.78
  27        81      850      378     1450      448      765       93      471      192    12        1.4      e.76
  28       130      385      356     5010      387      493      114      235      115     4.6      1.4      e.70
  29       105      274      355      890      ---     2020      133      168       81     2.3      1.6      e.66
  30        73     1640      360      502      ---     1090      109      146       62     1.3      1.6      e.64
  31        54      ---      292      429      ---      977      ---     1080      ---      .96     1.4       ---
 
 TOTAL    1401    11603    30530    21043    22411   117066     5933    15027    26008  3643.66   821.34    28.03
 MEAN     45.2      387      985      679      800     3776      198      485      867      118     26.5      .93
 MAX       133     2600     8900     5010     6680    49400      610     1890     9050     1210      266      1.6
 MIN        14       26      182       80      193      313       93       98       62      .96      .33      .18
 CFSM      .12     1.00     2.54     1.75     2.07     9.76      .51     1.25     2.24      .30      .07      .00
 IN.       .13     1.12     2.93     2.02     2.15    11.25      .57     1.44     2.50      .35      .08      .00
 
 STATISTICS OF MONTHLY MEAN DATA FOR WATER YEARS 1927 - 1997, BY WATER YEAR (WY)                                 
 
 MEAN     97.5      265      538      745      823     1030      740      553      255      186      150      130
 MAX       651     1447     2252     2637     1989     3909     2030     2230      936     1222     1000     2053
 (WY)     1976     1986     1991     1950     1951     1964     1948     1996     1928     1932     1935     1979
 MIN       .13      .28     2.28     12.1     24.9     96.5      106     27.5     3.18     1.46     1.04      .43
 (WY)     1954     1954     1954     1977     1954     1941     1971     1930     1988     1988     1988     1953
 
 SUMMARY STATISTICS           FOR 1996 CALENDAR YEAR        FOR 1997 WATER YEAR           WATER YEARS 1927 - 1997
 
 ANNUAL TOTAL                      260899.9                   255515.03                                          
 ANNUAL MEAN                          713                        700                        458                  
 HIGHEST ANNUAL MEAN                                                                        951              1979
 LOWEST ANNUAL MEAN                                                                         158              1954
 HIGHEST DAILY MEAN                 14100     Jan 24           49400     Mar  2           49400       Mar  2 1997
 LOWEST DAILY MEAN                      3.7   Sep 12                .18  Sep 16                .00    Sep 13 1955
 ANNUAL SEVEN-DAY MINIMUM               4.0   Sep  9                .60  Sep 12                .00    Sep 13 1955
 INSTANTANEOUS PEAK FLOW                                       77700     Mar  2 a         77700       Mar  2 1997
 INSTANTANEOUS PEAK STAGE                                         31.15  Mar  2              31.15    Mar  2 1997
 INSTANTANEOUS LOW FLOW                                             .18  Sep 16                .00    Sep 13 1955
 ANNUAL RUNOFF (CFSM)                   1.84                       1.81                       1.18               
 ANNUAL RUNOFF (INCHES)                25.08                      24.56                      16.07               
 10 PERCENT EXCEEDS                  1860                       1340                       1000                  
 50 PERCENT EXCEEDS                   231                        167                        109                  
 90 PERCENT EXCEEDS                    14                          1.5                        5.2

a Peaks above base shown in table of peak discharges and stages at continuous-record surface-water-discharge stations.
e Estimated.