Water Data Report 1997
03262000 LORAMIE CREEK AT LOCKINGTON, OHIO
LOCATION.--Lat 40012'35", long 84014'32", in NE 1/4 sec. 30, T.7 N., R.6 E., Shelby County, Hydrologic Unit 05080001,
on left bank at downstream side of county road bridge, l,300 ft downstream from Lockington Dam, 0.5 mi northwest
of Lockington, and at mile 1.9.
DRAINAGE AREA.--257 mi2.
PERIOD OF RECORD.--October 1915 to current year.
REVISED RECORDS.--WSP 923: 1916. WSP 1908: Drainage area.
GAGE.--Water-stage recorder and concrete control. Datum of gage is 800.03 ft above sea level. Prior to July 3, 1924,
nonrecording gage at same site at datum 75.96 ft higher. July 3, 1924, to Aug. 17, 1926, nonrecording gage, and
Aug. 18 to Sept. 30, 1926, water-stage recorder, at same site at datum 74.96 ft higher.
REMARKS.--Records good except for periods of estimated record and Oct 1-24, which are poor. Slight regulation by Lake
Loramie 18 mi upstream, capacity, 13,000 acre-ft. Flood flow regulated by Lockington retarding basin beginning
in 1921.
COOPERATION.--Gage-height tapes and 8 discharge measurements furnished by Miami Conservancy District.
EXTREMES FOR PERIOD OF RECORD.--Maximum discharge, 10,400 ft3/s May 7, 1916, gage height, 86.4 ft, present datum,
from rating curve extended above 5,400 ft3/s.
EXTREMES OUTSIDE PERIOD OF RECORD.--Flood of March 25, 1913, reached a stage of 91.6 ft, present datum; discharge,
25,600 ft3/s, at site upstream from Turtle Creek, drainage area, 211 mi2, 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 29 10 1520 e360 e250 966 265 47 3800 152 18 19
2 20 10 961 e300 e220 2140 192 62 4510 182 20 19
3 24 9.3 407 e270 e210 1270 140 504 4010 949 20 21
4 15 9.0 200 e300 e1000 594 127 721 1880 573 18 19
5 12 7.6 135 e400 e2100 1310 137 341 648 248 24 13
6 16 3.8 110 e580 e1500 2000 165 254 349 147 21 14
7 29 4.8 91 e350 e1000 926 126 165 240 104 17 12
8 28 26 77 e280 e600 505 116 131 200 82 14 9.9
9 27 39 61 e200 e350 387 104 147 164 67 13 17
10 23 32 50 e150 e250 905 90 120 135 86 12 42
11 23 e28 487 e130 e150 535 83 86 117 68 13 33
12 27 e25 2030 e110 e90 313 156 60 107 50 10 23
13 15 e23 1900 e100 e66 212 290 55 312 40 17 18
14 19 e21 859 e94 136 1250 188 51 240 37 24 15
15 31 e20 415 e110 106 890 146 53 149 34 20 15
16 24 e19 404 e130 62 411 129 48 112 29 18 13
17 18 e18 2980 e100 45 255 124 42 97 29 50 11
18 45 e17 2520 e90 51 319 84 43 491 24 78 11
19 37 e17 e400 e82 88 502 71 55 1010 27 85 11
20 29 e16 e300 e74 122 318 73 74 469 36 72 13
21 24 e16 e210 e100 452 232 68 63 238 28 87 12
22 17 e16 e180 e400 795 185 70 49 201 25 77 11
23 12 16 166 e1100 399 142 70 41 162 31 61 10
24 9.6 16 2620 e700 229 123 67 36 116 101 43 12
25 9.6 192 1630 e500 163 122 63 39 94 87 32 11
26 10 1230 e1000 e450 179 126 58 69 133 54 32 10
27 10 459 e700 e350 2170 118 54 69 180 40 31 11
28 9.5 183 e640 e900 1980 106 60 51 130 46 28 9.6
29 9.2 111 e600 e600 --- 1160 62 41 101 35 29 7.2
30 8.6 218 e500 e400 --- 433 47 49 82 31 24 7.4
31 8.7 --- e420 e300 --- 399 --- 803 --- 22 20 ---
TOTAL 619.2 2812.5 24573 10010 14763 19154 3425 4369 20477 3464 1028 450.1
MEAN 20.0 93.8 793 323 527 618 114 141 683 112 33.2 15.0
MAX 45 1230 2980 1100 2170 2140 290 803 4510 949 87 42
MIN 8.6 3.8 50 74 45 106 47 36 82 22 10 7.2
STATISTICS OF MONTHLY MEAN DATA FOR WATER YEARS 1921 - 1997, BY WATER YEAR (WY)
MEAN 49.1 128 231 336 350 458 389 210 182 127 63.6 48.4
MAX 540 1025 1203 1728 1119 1235 1301 1017 1754 1088 682 1093
(WY) 1987 1973 1991 1937 1950 1978 1922 1933 1958 1992 1995 1926
MIN 2.92 4.64 4.59 4.35 9.19 21.4 43.0 11.9 9.23 5.35 3.37 2.46
(WY) 1964 1964 1964 1977 1964 1941 1971 1941 1988 1936 1936 1983
SUMMARY STATISTICS FOR 1996 CALENDAR YEAR FOR 1997 WATER YEAR WATER YEARS 1921 - 1997
ANNUAL TOTAL 122189.3 105144.8
ANNUAL MEAN 334 288 214
HIGHEST ANNUAL MEAN 413 1973
LOWEST ANNUAL MEAN 53.0 1931
HIGHEST DAILY MEAN 4920 Jan 19 4510 Jun 2 6400 Jun 11 1958
LOWEST DAILY MEAN 3.8 Nov 6 3.8 Nov 6 .85 Oct 6 1991
ANNUAL SEVEN-DAY MINIMUM 7.8 Nov 1 7.8 Nov 1 1.6 Sep 14 1983
INSTANTANEOUS PEAK FLOW 4610 Jun 2 6590 Mar 27 1921
INSTANTANEOUS PEAK STAGE 83.46 Jun 2 85.00 Jun 10 1958
INSTANTANEOUS LOW FLOW 3.8 Nov 6 .85 Oct 6 1991
10 PERCENT EXCEEDS 873 798 544
50 PERCENT EXCEEDS 80 86 43
90 PERCENT EXCEEDS 14 13
e Estimated
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