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

			03238500 WHITEOAK CREEK NEAR GEORGETOWN, OHIO


LOCATION.--Lat 38051'29", long 83055'43", Brown County, Hydrologic Unit 05090201, on left bank 150 ft upstream from 
diversion dam for Georgetown water treatment plant, 0.7 mi upstream from Town Run, 1.4 mi southwest of Georgetown, 
and 7.2 mi upstream from mouth.
DRAINAGE AREA.--218 mi2.
PERIOD OF RECORD.--October 1923 to November 1935, October 1939 to current year.
REVISED RECORDS.--WSP 728: 1924-31. WSP 758: 1933. WSP 1908: Drainage area. WRD OH-74-1: 1973 (P)
GAGE.--Water-stage recorder. Datum of gage is 604.20 ft above sea level. Prior to Oct. 12, 1972, nonrecording gage 
at a site 1.0 mi downstream at datum 35.24 ft lower. See WSP 2108 for history of changes prior to Dec. 8, 1940.
REMARKS.--Records good except for periods of estimated record and those below 30 ft3/s, which are poor. Water-quality 
and sediment data collected at this site. Satellite telemeter at this 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      59         23     3540      103       93     8730      260       42    11000    676        5.1     4.0 
   2      33         19      738       91       93    15300      165       52     1830    273        3.9     5.1 
   3      24         15      253       80      100     3180      129     1050      381    111        3.9     5.1 
   4      19         14      162       67     3990     1280      113      730      226     57        3.8     5.1 
   5      15         14      123     1050     4020      523      105      254      142     41        2.9     4.5 
 
   6      13         14      271      489      551     1190      105      151      107     34        2.8     2.3 
   7      10         31      252      163      304      366       99      114       85     30        1.8      .03
   8       9.5      693      149       98      245      232       79      376      137     28        2.2     1.5 
   9       9.5      289      105      e60      239      188       59     1250      343     38        2.2     2.5 
  10      10        173       79      e40      223     1460       54      284      153     64        1.6     2.6 
 
  11      10        148       68      e30      192      451       51      157       92     30        3.6     2.2 
  12       9.5       93      328      e28      164      235       56      111       64     24        8.1     2.2 
  13       9.5       60      729      e25      134      169       67       89       54     21       16       2.2 
  14       9.5       46      236      e23      132     2020       72       71       45     18       23       2.5 
  15       9.5       39      143      e22      278      880       63       54       39    195       29       2.9 
 
  16       9.5       35      128      e20      278      268       54       47      468     54       26       2.9 
  17       9.5       32     5170      e19      158      191       49       42     2160     27      106       2.9 
  18      21         47     1940      e18      116      967       47       39     2690     21      547       2.0 
  19      39        158      319      e18      116     1850       45       38     2000     17      142        .00
  20      50        103      154      e17      118      462       42       82      286     13       71        .00
 
  21      36         73      e88      e17      122      253       46       60      147     11       54        .00
  22      25         62      e66      e30      124      189       59       43      102     11       34        .00
  23      22         62      e50      423      110      145       67       33       71     77       22        .00
  24      21         59     1560      424       87      120       55       29       54     43       16        .00
  25      21        212      554     3170       80      110       44      125       45     21       13        .00
 
  26      21       2140      187      283       75      893       37      636       82     17       11        .00
  27      21        487      133      942      137      349       36      210       53     17        9.6      .00
  28      35        196      125     3890      197      202       38       99       43     14        8.8      .00
  29      42        131      139      334      ---      724       42       63       95     11        7.3      .00
  30      37        960      197      155      ---      600       39       51      338      7.1      5.6      .00
  31      27        ---      128      115      ---      449      ---      901      ---      6.9      5.1      ---
 
 TOTAL   687.0     6428    18114    12244    12476    43976     2177     7283    23332   2008.0   1188.3    52.53
 MEAN     22.2      214      584      395      446     1419     72.6      235      778     64.8     38.3     1.75
 MAX        59     2140     5170     3890     4020    15300      260     1250    11000      676      547      5.1
 MIN       9.5       14       50       17       75      110       36       29       39      6.9      1.6      .00
 
 STATISTICS OF MONTHLY MEAN DATA FOR WATER YEARS 1925 - 1997, BY WATER YEAR (WY)                                 
 
 MEAN     63.0      164      298      438      487      565      434      292      157     96.4     88.3     81.1
 MAX       580     1103     1427     1487     1281     1822     1134     1646      778      598      531     1220
 (WY)     1984     1986     1991     1950     1955     1963     1973     1996     1997     1980     1926     1979
 MIN      .071      .17     1.64     1.67     12.2     41.5     31.6     10.9     4.55     1.02     1.28      .17
 (WY)     1941     1931     1964     1977     1934     1941     1971     1934     1988     1930     1993     1985
 
 SUMMARY STATISTICS           FOR 1996 CALENDAR YEAR        FOR 1997 WATER YEAR           WATER YEARS 1925 - 1997
 
 ANNUAL TOTAL                      196784.85                  129965.83                                          
 ANNUAL MEAN                          538                        356                        263                  
 HIGHEST ANNUAL MEAN                                                                        583              1979
 LOWEST ANNUAL MEAN                                                                          82.4            1954
 HIGHEST DAILY MEAN                 13000     May 16           15300     Mar  2           19400       Mar 10 1964
 LOWEST DAILY MEAN                       .00  Aug 26                .00  Sep 19                .00    Jul 19 1930
 ANNUAL SEVEN-DAY MINIMUM                .00  Sep  7                .00  Sep 19                .00    Jul 19 1930
 INSTANTANEOUS PEAK FLOW                                       18100     Mar  1 a         22400       Mar 10 1964
 INSTANTANEOUS PEAK STAGE                                          9.36  Mar  1              20.87    May 14 1933
 INSTANTANEOUS LOW FLOW                                             .00  Sep 19                .00    Sep 15 1930
 10 PERCENT EXCEEDS                  1380                        683                        538                  
 50 PERCENT EXCEEDS                    83                         63                         43                  
 90 PERCENT EXCEEDS                     6.1                        4.3                        2.5                
 

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