Water Data Report 1997
03264000 GREENVILLE CREEK NEAR BRADFORD, OHIO
LOCATION.--Lat 40006'08", Long 84025'48", in NW 1/4 sec. 34, T.9 N., R.4 E., Miami County, Hydrologic Unit 05080001,
on left bank at downstream side of bridge on State Highway 721, 0.8 mi downstream from small left bank tributary,
1.8 mi south of Bradford, and 6 mi upstream from mouth.
DRAINAGE AREA.--193 mi2.
PERIOD OF RECORD.--October 1930 to current year. Prior to April 1931, monthly discharge only, published in WSP 1305.
REVISED RECORDS.--WSP 803: 1933(M). WSP 1235: 1936, 1937(M). WSP 1908: Drainage area. WRD-OH-82-1: 1980.
GAGE.--Water-stage recorder. Datum of gage is 948.9 ft above sea level. Prior to Oct. 1, 1942, nonrecording gage at
same site and datum. Apr. 6, 1962 to Nov. 13, 1963, water-stage recorder at site 200 ft downstream at same datum.
REMARKS.--Records good except for periods of estimated record, which are poor. Some diurnal fluctuation caused by
mill 8 mi upstream from station; daily flows are not affected appreciably. Sediment data collected at this site.
COOPERATION.--Gage-height tapes and 11 discharge measurements furnished by Miami Conservancy District.
EXTREMES OUTSIDE PERIOD OF RECORD.--Flood in March 1913 reached a stage of 12.1 ft; discharge, 18,200 ft3/s, at site
with drainage area of 213 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 39 36 993 260 183 494 e300 124 4590 365 50 34
2 35 33 864 243 168 1500 e250 126 4850 344 47 31
3 30 30 386 225 172 1240 227 505 3440 197 46 29
4 29 29 239 209 742 623 210 713 1440 147 45 28
5 27 29 182 442 1840 757 219 419 765 123 42 28
6 26 28 168 501 840 1430 233 302 552 107 39 28
7 25 29 151 296 491 713 195 222 440 116 36 28
8 25 71 141 e180 369 487 166 186 388 106 34 28
9 25 89 122 e130 e250 418 152 180 372 144 34 27
10 25 75 107 e100 e210 708 144 157 334 163 34 30
11 25 69 117 e90 e190 513 138 139 286 121 33 38
12 27 59 543 e80 e170 376 209 133 255 102 33 38
13 26 52 700 e76 e160 325 411 125 259 94 37 32
14 25 46 382 e72 e150 959 273 122 245 86 40 29
15 24 42 252 e70 e140 882 209 115 203 81 41 28
16 24 36 275 e70 138 449 183 105 182 74 42 27
17 24 36 1580 e80 133 364 169 100 174 67 64 27
18 37 43 1610 e100 133 360 157 99 287 63 71 25
19 51 44 669 e90 163 e600 145 121 298 61 55 25
20 44 e42 388 e70 200 e450 139 153 211 58 60 25
21 36 e40 290 e100 356 e300 133 115 180 55 66 28
22 36 e38 229 540 678 e220 133 104 175 60 55 26
23 35 e37 247 1540 395 e200 130 100 171 62 48 25
24 35 e40 1810 622 278 e180 126 96 150 60 44 27
25 30 94 1760 427 219 e160 131 138 138 93 42 27
26 28 835 628 288 213 e150 126 441 137 70 39 25
27 29 522 417 275 941 e140 113 304 134 64 38 24
28 29 264 400 648 853 e250 116 213 121 63 38 24
29 29 179 479 365 --- e700 142 178 113 58 38 23
30 32 225 368 243 --- e500 138 169 109 56 36 23
31 36 --- 303 200 --- e350 --- 1000 --- 53 36 ---
TOTAL 948 3192 16800 8632 10775 16798 5417 7004 20999 3313 1363 837
MEAN 30.6 106 542 278 385 542 181 226 700 107 44.0 27.9
MAX 51 835 1810 1540 1840 1500 411 1000 4850 365 71 38
MIN 24 28 107 70 133 140 113 96 109 53 33 23
CFSM .16 .55 2.81 1.44 1.99 2.81 .94 1.17 3.63 .55 .23 .14
IN. .18 .62 3.24 1.66 2.08 3.24 1.04 1.35 4.05 .64 .26 .16
STATISTICS OF MONTHLY MEAN DATA FOR WATER YEARS 1931 - 1997, BY WATER YEAR (WY)
MEAN 56.2 112 179 248 278 331 320 219 184 109 69.5 48.6
MAX 496 724 772 1430 844 826 783 935 1142 502 723 425
(WY) 1987 1994 1991 1937 1950 1963 1964 1933 1958 1987 1979 1989
MIN 10.7 14.9 13.5 14.9 15.9 48.2 58.7 27.7 21.6 13.9 8.93 10.7
(WY) 1964 1935 1964 1945 1935 1941 1935 1941 1934 1934 1988 1941
SUMMARY STATISTICS FOR 1996 CALENDAR YEAR FOR 1997 WATER YEAR WATER YEARS 1931 - 1997
ANNUAL TOTAL 114321 96078
ANNUAL MEAN 312 263 179
HIGHEST ANNUAL MEAN 302 1950
LOWEST ANNUAL MEAN 52.8 1941
HIGHEST DAILY MEAN 3940 Jan 19 4850 Jun 2 7920 May 14 1933
LOWEST DAILY MEAN 24 Oct 15 23 Sep 29 5.3 Sep 17 1963
ANNUAL SEVEN-DAY MINIMUM 25 Oct 11 25 Sep 24 6.4 Aug 25 1988
INSTANTANEOUS PEAK FLOW 5470 Jun 1 a 9320 May 14 1933
INSTANTANEOUS PEAK STAGE 9.56 Jun 1 10.31 Mar 5 1963
INSTANTANEOUS LOW FLOW 23 Sep 29 4.8 Sep 17 1963
ANNUAL RUNOFF (CFSM) 1.62 1.36 .93
ANNUAL RUNOFF (INCHES) 22.03 18.52 12.59
10 PERCENT EXCEEDS 798 609 395
50 PERCENT EXCEEDS 140 133 74
90 PERCENT EXCEEDS 30 28 21
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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