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Water Resources Data - Ohio, Water Year 97, Vol. 1 | Great Miami River Basin

			03266560 MAD RIVER AT WEST LIBERTY, OHIO

LOCATION.--Lat 40015'08", long 83044'59", Logan County, on left bank upstream from the SR 245 bridge, on east side of 
West Liberty, 0.4 mi east of intersection of SR 245 and SR 68.
DRAINAGE AREA.--36.6 mi2.
PERIOD OF RECORD.--December 1993 to current year.
GAGE.--Water-stage recorder. Datum of gage is 1,078.00 ft above sea level.
REMARKS.--Records fair except for periods of estimated record, which are poor.

	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        34       34      184       51       45       69       65       47      580       57       35       20
   2        31       33       84       50       44      210       62       46      704       52       35       20
   3        30       32       60       48       43       90       60      222      188       68       33       19
   4        30       32       51       47      230       76       58      105      144       51       41       18
   5        29       31       42       66      151      139       65       74      110       48       29       18
 
   6        29       31       38       53       80      133       63       72       90       44       27       18
   7        29       32       37      e44       65       85       57       60       81       36       26       18
   8        29       36       34      e40       59       76       54       63       77       36       27       18
   9        29       34       32      e35       54       80       52       65       70       39       27       17
  10        29       34       31      e33       51      123       52       57       66       36       26       18
 
  11        29       33      123      e31       49       82       52       53       64       33       26       18
  12        28       32      111      e30       48       72       67       52       60       32       26       18
  13        28       32       78      e29       44       68       64       50       65       33       27       17
  14        28       31       53      e29       45      154       56       49       57       35       25       16
  15        28       31       46      e30       44       93       52       49       53       34       22       16
 
  16        28       31       56      e32       42       77       53       46       51       33       23       16
  17        28       31      335      e30       41       72       52       46       50       32       47       16
  18        34       31      105      e28       48       77       50       49       52       32       33       16
  19        32       31       70      e26       60       80       48       60       49       34       27       15
  20        30       31       56      e25       59       73       45       50       45       31       30       15
 
  21        30       32       51      e33       67       69       47       46       43       31       29       15
  22        30       31       51       99       61       65       47       44       41       35       27       16
  23        32       31       69       78       52       62       46       43       40       40       25       16
  24        31       31      277      e50       48       59       45       43       39       35       26       14
  25        30       60       82      e40       45       60       45       61       37       33       25       14
 
  26        30      170       65      e40       51       62       42       69       37       32       24       15
  27        30       65       61       58      160       58       43       53       36       35       23       14
  28        30       49       65      109       80       56       46       48       34       40       22       15
  29        31       45       61       52      ---      113       43       48       34       43       22       14
  30        40       71       56       47      ---       79       42       47       36       43       21       14
  31        36      ---       53       46      ---       74      ---      101      ---       36       21      ---
 
 TOTAL     942     1228     2517     1409     1866     2686     1573     1918     3033     1199      857      494
 MEAN     30.4     40.9     81.2     45.5     66.6     86.6     52.4     61.9      101     38.7     27.6     16.5
 MAX        40      170      335      109      230      210       67      222      704       68       47       20
 MIN        28       31       31       25       41       56       42       43       34       31       21       14
 CFSM      .83     1.12     2.22     1.24     1.82     2.37     1.43     1.69     2.76     1.06      .76      .45
 IN.       .96     1.25     2.56     1.43     1.90     2.73     1.60     1.95     3.08     1.22      .87      .50
 
  STATISTICS OF MONTHLY MEAN DATA FOR WATER YEARS 1994 - 1997, BY WATER YEAR (WY)                                 
 
 MEAN     23.0     27.9     42.6     47.5     47.5     55.9     63.6     79.6     66.5     36.8     29.2     22.1
 MAX      30.4     40.9     81.2     70.8     66.6     86.6     96.5      140      101     50.2     41.3     33.4
 (WY)     1997     1997     1997     1996     1997     1997     1996     1996     1997     1996     1995     1996
 MIN      13.3     14.0     14.6     15.9     17.1     31.4     45.4     36.8     25.5     20.6     16.6     14.6
 (WY)     1995     1995     1995     1995     1995     1995     1995     1994     1994     1994     1994     1994
 
 SUMMARY STATISTICS           FOR 1996 CALENDAR YEAR        FOR 1997 WATER YEAR           WATER YEARS 1994 - 1997
 
 ANNUAL TOTAL                       23191                      19722                                             
 ANNUAL MEAN                           63.4                       54.0                       47.8                
 HIGHEST ANNUAL MEAN                                                                         56.6            1996
 LOWEST ANNUAL MEAN                                                                          32.9            1995
 HIGHEST DAILY MEAN                   422     May 11             704     Jun  2             704       Jun  2 1997
 LOWEST DAILY MEAN                     16     Jan 12              14     Sep 24               7.2     Jan  9 1995
 ANNUAL SEVEN-DAY MINIMUM              16     Jan  9              14     Sep 24               7.7     Jan  3 1995
 INSTANTANEOUS PEAK FLOW                                        1200     Jun  2            1200       Jun  2 1997
 INSTANTANEOUS PEAK STAGE                                          8.43  Jun  2               8.43    Jun  2 1997
 INSTANTANEOUS LOW FLOW                                           14     Sep 24               5.0     Jan 10 1995
 ANNUAL RUNOFF (CFSM)                   1.73                       1.48                       1.31               
 ANNUAL RUNOFF (INCHES)                23.57                      20.05                      17.76               
 10 PERCENT EXCEEDS                   124                         80                         80                  
 50 PERCENT EXCEEDS                    45                         44                         34                  
 90 PERCENT EXCEEDS                    27                         23                         15                  

e Estimated.