Water Data Report 1997
03261500 GREAT MIAMI RIVER AT SIDNEY, OHIO LOCATION.--Lat 40017'13", long 84009'00", Shelby County, Hydrologic Unit 05080001, on right bank 50 ft upstream from North Street Bridge in Sidney, and 0.5 mi downstream from Tawawa Creek. DRAINAGE AREA.--541 mi2. PERIOD OF RECORD.--February 1914 to current year. Prior to October 1962, published as Miami River at Sidney. REVISED RECORDS.--WSP 1305: 1914(M), 1922(M). WSP 1908: Drainage area. GAGE.--Water-stage recorder. Datum of gage is 924.70 ft above sea level. Prior to Sept. 18, 1919, nonrecording gage at site 50 ft downstream at datum 1.76 ft higher. September 18, 1919 to August, 1925, nonrecording gage at site 50 ft downstream at present datum. REMARKS.--Records good except those for periods of estimated record, which are poor. Water supply for city of Sidney is pumped from the Great Miami River 1,200 ft upstream and from wells adjacent to Great Miami River upstream from station. The pumpage averaged 4.86 ft3/s in 1997 and is returned as sewage 1.2 mi downstream from the station. Some regulation by Indian Lake, 28 mi upstream, capacity, 45,900 acre-ft; water diverted into Miami and Erie Canal at Port Jefferson, 2.8 mi upstream, prior to 1926; amount of diversion not published. Sediment data collected at this site. COOPERATION.--Gage-height tapes, and 8 discharge measurements furnished by Miami Conservancy District. EXTREMES OUTSIDE PERIOD OF RECORD.--Flood of Mar. 25, 1913, reached a stage of 19.6 ft, present datum; discharge, 44,000 ft3/s, computed by Miami Conservancy District. 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 1 129 101 2270 651 456 1990 942 191 5490 895 79 82 2 103 84 2370 559 400 3370 635 226 6670 1040 71 79 3 87 78 1590 514 418 2640 540 858 5550 1430 69 71 4 113 74 1070 493 1830 1860 479 1450 4030 977 105 93 5 85 71 748 936 4010 2220 471 907 2770 521 117 74 6 72 70 553 1130 2970 3300 509 637 1930 328 96 63 7 69 79 479 727 2100 2430 474 557 1330 239 82 58 8 67 110 428 e400 1490 1830 410 433 857 201 69 57 9 68 150 385 e300 1030 1440 406 452 567 188 65 63 10 74 131 314 e250 689 1880 327 483 448 308 63 67 11 74 122 804 e220 e500 1520 268 402 388 215 63 70 12 70 112 3010 e200 e400 1120 335 285 341 168 64 71 13 67 98 3460 e190 e350 820 530 279 434 153 68 65 14 62 90 2820 e180 e300 1660 466 242 468 142 71 61 15 61 87 2090 e240 e280 1850 366 235 377 125 75 59 16 62 91 1730 e200 e250 1270 330 280 284 121 73 57 17 60 84 5000 e170 e240 860 346 177 246 112 284 56 18 73 86 e4000 e150 288 770 360 206 283 105 425 55 19 108 84 e2300 e140 399 999 288 238 542 89 277 54 20 94 85 e1800 e130 555 767 249 335 415 101 208 53 21 96 89 e1000 e200 919 640 236 277 290 98 246 56 22 80 89 e900 900 1370 577 230 244 244 102 213 64 23 76 97 e800 1950 1030 517 258 202 234 129 197 55 24 80 93 3990 1540 670 459 257 177 193 186 148 55 25 75 237 3050 1100 538 374 218 199 175 136 135 55 26 76 1950 2030 731 492 398 214 717 180 112 136 52 27 76 1570 1440 659 2460 373 198 511 250 111 116 53 28 73 900 1210 1710 2500 364 218 299 195 135 98 50 29 70 539 1220 1150 --- 1660 236 227 163 121 93 48 30 86 621 975 744 --- 1470 189 218 155 102 90 44 31 117 --- 760 550 --- 1220 --- 691 --- 89 79 --- TOTAL 2503 8072 54596 19014 28934 42648 10985 12635 35499 8779 3975 1840 MEAN 80.7 269 1761 613 1033 1376 366 408 1183 283 128 61.3 MAX 129 1950 5000 1950 4010 3370 942 1450 6670 1430 425 93 MIN 60 70 314 130 240 364 189 177 155 89 63 44 STATISTICS OF MONTHLY MEAN DATA FOR WATER YEARS 1926 - 1997, BY WATER YEAR (WY) MEAN 154 321 511 735 774 969 874 544 434 309 173 131 MAX 1717 1876 2373 3846 2187 2507 2500 2010 2073 2181 1173 2365 (WY) 1927 1973 1991 1930 1950 1927 1957 1996 1958 1992 1973 1926 MIN 21.9 36.3 41.3 42.1 49.5 106 164 70.6 36.1 24.6 28.5 21.2 (WY) 1964 1935 1935 1977 1964 1941 1946 1934 1988 1934 1963 1963 SUMMARY STATISTICS FOR 1996 CALENDAR YEAR FOR 1997 WATER YEAR WATER YEARS 1926 - 1997 ANNUAL TOTAL 296731 229480 ANNUAL MEAN 811 629 493 HIGHEST ANNUAL MEAN 963 1927 LOWEST ANNUAL MEAN 141 1931 HIGHEST DAILY MEAN 6820 Jan 19 6670 Jun 2 17400 Mar 21 1927 LOWEST DAILY MEAN 54 Sep 6 44 Sep 30 8.0 Sep 23 1935 ANNUAL SEVEN-DAY MINIMUM 56 Sep 1 51 Sep 24 15 Sep 19 1935 INSTANTANEOUS PEAK FLOW 7100 Jun 1 a 20700 Mar 20 1927 INSTANTANEOUS PEAK STAGE 10.50 Jun 1 15.91 Jan 21 1959 INSTANTANEOUS LOW FLOW 44 Sep 30 1.5 Aug 13 1963 10 PERCENT EXCEEDS 2370 1810 1260 50 PERCENT EXCEEDS 319 250 181 90 PERCENT EXCEEDS 72 69 45 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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