Water Data Report 1997
03245500 LITTLE MIAMI RIVER AT MILFORD, OHIO LOCATION.--Lat 39010'17", long 84017'53", Clermont County, Hydrologic Unit 05090202, on right bank 500 ft downstream from Wooster Pike Bridge on U.S. Highway 50 in Milford, 1.2 mi upstream from East Fork, 6.4 mi downstream from North Branch Creek, and at mile 12.9. DRAINAGE AREA.--1,203 mi2. PERIOD OF RECORD.--July 1915 to September 1917, October 1917 to May 1920 (gage heights only), March 1925 to September 1936, October 1938 to current year. Monthly discharge only for some periods, published in WSP 1305, published as "at Miamiville" 1915-20. REVISED RECORDS.--WSP 728: 1931. WSP 743: 1932. WSP 873: 1925-36. WSP 1908: Drainage area. GAGE.--Water-stage recorder. Datum of gage is 494.35 ft above sea level. June 22, 1915, to May 14, 1920, nonrecording gage at site 4 mi upstream at different datum. Mar. 11, 1925, to Aug.16,1928, nonrecording gage at bridge 500 ft upstream at datum 5.72 ft higher. Aug. 17, 1928, to Sept. 30, 1977, water-stage recorder at same site at datum 5.00 ft higher. REMARKS.--Records good except for periods of estimated discharge, which are fair. Some regulation since 1948 by Cowan Lake, capacity 12,000 acre-ft, 45 mi upstream on Cowan Creek, tributary to Todd Fork, and Caesar Creek Lake capacity 242,200 acre-ft 41.3 mi upstream on Caesar Creek. U.S. Army Corps of Engineers satellite telemeter at station. Water-quality and sediment data collected at this site. EXTREMES OUTSIDE PERIOD OF RECORD.--Flood in March 1913 reached a stage of 30.5 ft, present datum, from information by U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. 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 1 671 491 10900 900 1460 6570 1500 588 28300 1290 260 233 2 558 492 5750 880 1370 14300 1040 873 9410 1600 242 229 3 499 653 5150 866 1360 6600 763 8420 6940 3960 233 234 4 471 549 2590 1000 8240 5020 620 4350 6340 2660 230 249 5 373 427 2130 1530 8380 3080 669 2600 5350 878 220 221 6 284 440 2620 1410 5760 2680 778 1970 4600 585 220 208 7 255 471 2140 885 4450 2060 e740 1650 3020 485 212 201 8 240 676 1830 666 2830 1530 e640 2250 3160 438 202 227 9 238 769 1320 e540 2820 1870 e610 3190 5880 396 202 283 10 243 754 1090 e450 2290 6400 545 1760 4160 461 215 365 11 239 722 981 e380 1530 3880 519 1100 3690 470 210 308 12 231 506 1230 e360 1240 4710 711 862 1680 385 258 261 13 224 442 1600 e350 1080 4120 973 769 1470 352 366 243 14 219 371 1140 e330 1040 5390 734 692 1420 461 947 222 15 216 333 1000 e320 1060 5560 615 602 983 529 911 245 16 216 316 1140 e310 910 5000 560 596 1300 393 809 263 17 209 309 12300 e310 807 4120 539 560 2350 334 928 257 18 476 344 6110 e300 858 2580 523 529 9440 300 4220 255 19 588 351 4890 e300 844 5120 499 498 5440 282 2330 222 20 443 360 3860 e300 883 4000 479 508 3850 261 1960 201 21 356 363 3370 e290 988 3220 527 490 1890 242 2420 230 22 336 375 1880 e1500 1060 1900 560 450 1300 285 2390 234 23 406 371 1880 e3000 960 1280 495 418 1080 1380 1030 199 24 372 338 6400 e1500 763 1160 467 401 811 1670 622 197 25 331 603 4260 3580 636 1030 456 1170 578 822 485 194 26 291 6000 3150 1450 613 985 438 3170 548 541 369 192 27 292 4210 2130 4290 922 1040 426 1730 552 376 322 181 28 300 2930 1470 10400 1030 829 477 1700 501 354 298 167 29 376 1420 1570 4750 --- 2610 490 858 552 341 278 165 30 478 2320 1460 3530 --- 1750 444 679 676 359 260 161 31 478 --- 1240 2160 --- 1910 --- 3420 --- 293 245 --- TOTAL 10909 28706 98581 48837 56184 112304 18837 48853 117271 23183 23894 6847 MEAN 352 957 3180 1575 2007 3623 628 1576 3909 748 771 228 MAX 671 6000 12300 10400 8380 14300 1500 8420 28300 3960 4220 365 MIN 209 309 981 290 613 829 426 401 501 242 202 161 CFSM .29 .80 2.64 1.31 1.67 3.01 .52 1.31 3.25 .62 .64 .19 IN. .34 .89 3.05 1.51 1.74 3.47 .58 1.51 3.63 .72 .74 .21 STATISTICS OF MONTHLY MEAN DATA FOR WATER YEARS 1916 - 1997, BY WATER YEAR (WY) MEAN 353 806 1318 1900 2111 2461 2114 1667 1025 702 481 362 MAX 2775 4189 5494 7131 4951 8212 5396 7594 4686 3542 3014 3711 (WY) 1927 1986 1991 1949 1950 1945 1940 1996 1973 1958 1926 1979 MIN 47.0 60.2 73.4 88.6 145 218 369 138 117 78.0 77.6 43.0 (WY) 1954 1954 1935 1977 1954 1941 1941 1934 1925 1930 1930 1953 SUMMARY STATISTICS FOR 1996 CALENDAR YEAR FOR 1997 WATER YEAR WATER YEARS 1916 - 1997 ANNUAL TOTAL 930395 594406 ANNUAL MEAN 2542 1629 1276 HIGHEST ANNUAL MEAN 2364 1996 LOWEST ANNUAL MEAN 301 1954 HIGHEST DAILY MEAN 26400 Apr 29 28300 Jun 1 72400 Jan 22 1959 LOWEST DAILY MEAN 196 Sep 15 161 Sep 30 27 Sep 18 1954 ANNUAL SEVEN-DAY MINIMUM 212 Sep 2 180 Sep 24 37 Sep 12 1964 INSTANTANEOUS PEAK FLOW 39700 Jun 1 a 84100 Jan 22 1959 INSTANTANEOUS PEAK STAGE 19.34 Jun 1 27.30 Jan 22 1959 INSTANTANEOUS LOW FLOW 161 Sep 30 27 Sep 18 1954 ANNUAL RUNOFF (CFSM) 2.11 1.35 1.06 ANNUAL RUNOFF (INCHES) 28.77 18.38 14.42 10 PERCENT EXCEEDS 6680 4270 3010 50 PERCENT EXCEEDS 1000 679 495 90 PERCENT EXCEEDS 267 239 112 a Peaks above base shown in table of peak discharges and stages at continuous-record surface-water-discharge stations. e Estimated.
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