Water Data Report 1997
03263000 GREAT MIAMI RIVER AT TAYLORSVILLE, OHIO LOCATION.--Lat 39052'27", long 84009'45", in SW 1/4 sec. 36, R.8, T.2, Montgomery County, Hydrologic Unit 05080001, on right upstream face of Taylorsville Dam, 0.8 mi north of Taylorsville, 2.1 mi east of Vandalia, 9.5 mi upstream from Stillwater River, and at mile 90.9. DRAINAGE AREA.--1,149 mi2. PERIOD OF RECORD.--January 1914 to September 1917 (published as Miami River at Tadmor), October 1921 to current year (published as Miami River at Taylorsville 1921-62). Monthly discharge only for some periods, published in WSPÂ 1305. Gage-height records collected at site at Tadmor, January 1914 to July 1920, are contained in reports of the National Weather Service. REVISED RECORDS.--WSP 743: 1924(M). WSP 853: 1930, 1937. WSP 923: 1922-24. WSP 1385: 1916. WSP 1908: Drainage area. GAGE.--Water-stage recorder. Datum of gage is 760.11 ft above sea level, levels by Miami Conservancy District. Prior to October 1921, nonrecording gage at site 1.7 mi upstream at different datum. Jan. 1, 1922, to Nov. 11, 1925, nonrecording gage at site 50 ft downstream at outlet works of Taylorsville Dam at datum 60.03 ft lower, October 1921 to September 1978 at site 650 ft downstream at datum 60.03 ft lower. REMARKS.--Records good except those for periods of estimated record, which are fair. Flood flow regulated by retarding basins on Great Miami River just downstream from station and on Loramie Creek 28 mi upstream from station beginning in 1921. Low and medium flow slightly regulated by Indian Lake, 64 mi upstream from station, and by Lake Loramie 47 mi upstream from station on Loramie Creek; combined capacity, 58,900 acre-ft. COOPERATION.--Base data furnished by Miami Conservancy District. EXTREMES OUTSIDE PERIOD OF RECORD.--Flood in March 1913 reached a stage of 25.4 ft at site at Tadmor; discharge, 127,000 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 1 369 211 4980 1420 983 4320 1900 453 9540 1080 199 168 2 291 209 5530 1270 800 7350 1450 480 16000 1780 186 165 3 230 197 3140 1150 771 6840 1150 1820 14100 2090 189 144 4 207 186 2030 1060 2800 4050 1020 3130 10600 2240 192 149 5 215 180 1510 1750 9530 3150 999 2160 5380 1300 199 159 6 203 169 1230 2370 6930 7220 1070 1510 3390 837 200 158 7 190 176 1050 1680 4050 5360 994 1210 2390 629 181 142 8 191 232 927 1210 2740 3500 896 1040 1810 518 169 139 9 187 265 827 1050 1980 2620 783 972 1350 580 157 146 10 189 327 728 974 1530 3710 768 930 1060 464 151 253 11 193 277 662 697 1200 3270 659 886 908 542 150 340 12 187 247 4120 e580 1020 2280 723 715 824 402 138 190 13 189 228 7310 e530 876 1730 1040 593 908 346 181 169 14 179 210 5170 e470 841 3140 1060 566 1390 332 169 161 15 175 201 3460 e450 838 4330 870 554 961 294 162 151 16 176 194 2710 e680 712 2700 771 532 818 264 171 141 17 180 201 8680 e540 611 1920 726 565 793 241 357 137 18 223 216 12200 e470 619 1630 762 460 697 232 585 133 19 229 211 7490 e420 696 2240 656 537 1730 193 576 129 20 219 208 4000 e390 939 1910 575 600 1460 215 490 134 21 216 205 2540 e800 1310 1540 532 647 934 269 419 144 22 212 207 1980 1860 2710 1320 517 537 715 207 424 131 23 217 205 1590 4320 2140 1160 497 488 663 343 359 130 24 208 212 7540 3240 1460 1010 521 445 564 424 322 136 25 198 293 8260 2240 1120 935 514 430 477 415 267 108 26 197 4220 4230 1510 1010 895 458 632 466 310 230 117 27 197 3440 2690 1260 4100 874 441 1060 537 266 228 111 28 193 1850 2230 3320 6000 817 462 696 565 410 212 117 29 183 1190 2420 2400 --- 2740 481 555 476 272 188 115 30 198 1340 2100 1630 --- 2970 471 479 436 243 176 106 31 203 --- 1700 1180 --- 2300 --- 1150 --- 216 184 --- TOTAL 6444 17507 115034 42921 60316 89831 23766 26832 81942 17954 7811 4523 MEAN 208 584 3711 1385 2154 2898 792 866 2731 579 252 151 MAX 369 4220 12200 4320 9530 7350 1900 3130 16000 2240 585 340 MIN 175 169 662 390 611 817 441 430 436 193 138 106 CFSM .18 .51 3.23 1.21 1.87 2.52 .69 .75 2.38 .50 .22 .13 IN. .21 .57 3.72 1.39 1.95 2.91 .77 .87 2.65 .58 .25 .15 STATISTICS OF MONTHLY MEAN DATA FOR WATER YEARS 1922 - 1997, BY WATER YEAR (WY) MEAN 301 622 1040 1520 1586 1974 1823 1155 972 647 372 257 MAX 3089 4228 4587 8024 4473 5158 5525 4603 5567 4591 2786 3608 (WY) 1927 1973 1991 1937 1950 1963 1922 1996 1958 1993 1995 1926 MIN 45.8 63.9 65.3 46.8 94.4 205 361 137 91.2 70.8 68.3 46.5 (WY) 1964 1935 1977 1977 1964 1941 1971 1941 1988 1936 1965 1963 SUMMARY STATISTICS FOR 1996 CALENDAR YEAR FOR 1997 WATER YEAR WATER YEARS 1922 - 1997 ANNUAL TOTAL 662852 494881 ANNUAL MEAN 1811 1356 1019 HIGHEST ANNUAL MEAN 2005 1973 LOWEST ANNUAL MEAN 292 1931 HIGHEST DAILY MEAN 15400 Jan 19 16000 Jun 2 30200 Jan 22 1959 LOWEST DAILY MEAN 131 Sep 15 106 Sep 30 25 Jul 18 1977 ANNUAL SEVEN-DAY MINIMUM 144 Sep 2 116 Sep 24 31 Feb 4 1977 INSTANTANEOUS PEAK FLOW 16500 Jun 2 31400 Jan 22 1959 INSTANTANEOUS PEAK STAGE 20.21 Jun 2 75.44 Jan 22 1959 INSTANTANEOUS LOW FLOW 106 Sep 30 25 Jul 18 1977 ANNUAL RUNOFF (CFSM) 1.58 1.18 .89 ANNUAL RUNOFF (INCHES) 21.46 16.02 12.05 10 PERCENT EXCEEDS 4960 3350 2460 50 PERCENT EXCEEDS 752 600 395 90 PERCENT EXCEEDS 187 173 94 e Estimated.
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