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Water Resources Data - Ohio, Water Year 97, Vol. 1 | Little Miami River Basin

			03241500 MASSIES CREEK AT WILBERFORCE, OHIO

LOCATION.--Lat 39043'22", long 83052'58", Greene County, Hydrologic Unit 05090202, on left bank at bridge on   
Wilberforce-Clifton Road, 0.5 mi northwest of Wilberforce, 0.6 mi downstream from unnamed right bank tributary,   
and 1.7 mi upstream from Clark Run.
DRAINAGE AREA.--63.2 mi2.
PERIOD OF RECORD.--September 1952 to current year. Prior to October 1962, published as Massie Creek at Wilberforce.
REVISED RECORDS.--WSP 1908: Drainage area.
GAGE.--Water-stage recorder. Datum of gage is 865.15 ft above sea level. Aug. 4, 1972, to Sept. 30, 1979, at site 
150 ft downstream at same datum.
REMARKS.--Records good except for periods of estimated daily discharge, which are poor. Water-quality and sediment 
data collected at this site. 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      27         15      592       66       76      115      e51       35     1270       24       21     16  
   2      21         15      417       65       74      608      e50       33     1300       21       18     15  
   3      16         14      202       61       84      368      e47      325      573       37       18     14  
   4      13         13      142       57      424      274      e47      235      267       27       18     11  
   5      12         13      120       97     e500      212      e49      137      172       21       19     10  
 
   6      12         12      110       97     e250      203      e48       95      126       17       15      9.9
   7      11         15       99       72      174      156      e43       70       99       16       13      9.4
   8      10         26       84      e58      138      133      e39       64       84       15       12      8.8
   9      11         28       72      e46      110      157       37       62       72       29       11      8.4
  10      11         27       65      e44       93      418       36       55       62       34       11     10  
 
  11      10         24       65      e42       84      242       35       48       53       24       11     11  
  12      10         21       61      e40       77      166       40       46       48       19       12      9.9
  13      10         19       65      e38       66      125       41       43       44       16       86      8.4
  14      10         18       62      e36       66      384       37       40       40       17       60      7.9
  15      10         16       57      e35       61      281       35       39       35       15       54      7.8
 
  16       9.3       16       61      e34       56      175       34       37       34       14       63      6.8
  17      10         17      559      e33       53      139       34       36       45       13      169      6.3
  18      25         20      422      e32       56      185       33       35       47       12      177      6.6
  19      22         20      203      e31       73      292       33       35       63       11      131      6.5
  20      18         20      127      e31       93      198       32       33       44       10      160      7.7
 
  21      16         21       94      e30      113      150       31       31       37       11      165      7.2
  22      13         19       77      e60      107      119       31       31       32       11       93      6.8
  23      15         18       79      228       78       93       30       31       28      159       64      6.8
  24      15         18      245      100       67       80       30       30       25      145       48      6.8
  25      13         39      166      e75       62       76       29       34       23       64       40      7.0
 
  26      13        446      107      e56       63       75       27       35       21       40       35      7.0
  27      15        291       87      227       77       69       27       33       19       32       31      6.7
  28      17        154       88      456       76       64       30       29       17      104       27      6.4
  29      15        107       94      159      ---       71       29       30       16       54       22      6.3
  30      19        187       78       96      ---       61       28       30       15       34       20      6.3
  31      17        ---       72       80      ---      e56      ---       66      ---       27       18      ---
 
 TOTAL   446.3     1669     4772     2582     3251     5745     1093     1883     4711     1073     1642    258.7
 MEAN     14.4     55.6      154     83.3      116      185     36.4     60.7      157     34.6     53.0     8.62
 MAX        27      446      592      456      500      608       51      325     1300      159      177       16
 MIN       9.3       12       57       30       53       56       27       29       15       10       11      6.3
 CFSM      .23      .88     2.44     1.32     1.84     2.93      .58      .96     2.48      .55      .84      .14
 IN.       .26      .98     2.81     1.52     1.91     3.38      .64     1.11     2.77      .63      .97      .15
 
 STATISTICS OF MONTHLY MEAN DATA FOR WATER YEARS 1952 - 1997, BY WATER YEAR (WY)                                 
 
 MEAN     15.5     42.3     65.9     79.3      102      122      107     93.1     63.2     40.9     28.7     15.0
 MAX      99.7      248      290      273      236      372      254      335      253      199      196      186
 (WY)     1991     1986     1991     1959     1975     1963     1996     1968     1981     1990     1958     1979
 MIN      1.55     1.95     2.35     4.59     6.41     13.1     19.8     12.8     6.90     1.75     1.49     1.05
 (WY)     1954     1954     1954     1977     1954     1954     1971     1954     1988     1954     1953     1953
 
 SUMMARY STATISTICS           FOR 1996 CALENDAR YEAR        FOR 1997 WATER YEAR           WATER YEARS 1952 - 1997
 
 ANNUAL TOTAL                       43092.6                    29126.0                                           
 ANNUAL MEAN                          118                         79.8                       64.4                
 HIGHEST ANNUAL MEAN                                                                        113              1973
 LOWEST ANNUAL MEAN                                                                           8.68           1954
 HIGHEST DAILY MEAN                  1310     Apr 29            1300     Jun  2            3620       Jan 21 1959
 LOWEST DAILY MEAN                      5.2   Sep 15               6.3   Sep 17                .30    Sep  3 1954
 ANNUAL SEVEN-DAY MINIMUM               6.2   Sep  9               6.6   Sep 24                .33    Sep  1 1954
 INSTANTANEOUS PEAK FLOW                                        1540     Jun  2 a          7300       Jan 21 1959
 INSTANTANEOUS PEAK STAGE                                          7.74  Jun  2              11.25    Jan 21 1959
 INSTANTANEOUS LOW FLOW                                            6.3   Sep 17                .30    Sep  3 1954
 ANNUAL RUNOFF (CFSM)                   1.86                       1.26                       1.02               
 ANNUAL RUNOFF (INCHES)                25.36                      17.14                      13.85               
 10 PERCENT EXCEEDS                   308                        174                        148                  
 50 PERCENT EXCEEDS                    58                         37                         28                  
 90 PERCENT EXCEEDS                    10                         11                          4.7                

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