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

				03271800 TWIN CREEK NEAR INGOMAR, OHIO

LOCATION.--Lat 39042'28", long 84031'30", in sec. 15, T.5 N., R.3 E., Preble County, Hydrologic Unit 05080002, on left 
bank at downstream side of bridge on Halderman Road, 0.5 mi downstream from Bantas Fork, 1.4 mi west of Ingomar, 
and 4.8 mi upstream from Aukerman Creek.
DRAINAGE AREA.--197 mi2.
PERIOD OF RECORD.--October 1962 to current year. Occasional low-flow measurements water years 1959, 1961-62.
GAGE.--Water-stage recorder. Datum of gage is 815.42 ft above sea level.
REMARKS.--Records good except for periods of estimated record which are fair. 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 Jan. 21, 1959, reached a stage of 18.8 ft; discharge, 30,300 ft3/s, 
computed by Miami Conservancy District. Flood of Mar. 25, 1913, reached a stage of 28.0 ft.

	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        28       19     1960      204      136      442      199       78     6800      281     18       e6.6
   2        22       20      772      191      128     2720      163      114     2750      242     17       e6.4
   3        17       19      372      176      148      782      147     1210      860      420     17       e6.6
   4        16       18      235      159     1930      474      136      626      509      153     16       e6.4
   5        15       17      188      436     1570      368      145      324      343       97     15       e5.8
 
   6        14       17      194      302      595      549      161      234      252       74     14       e5.6
   7        14       19      174      191      372      334      129      167      204       63     14       e5.6
   8        13       27      151     e130      280      260      108      154      172       56     13       e6.0
   9        13       33      120     e100     e200      451       98      151      157       88    e12       e5.8
  10        13       34       99      e80     e170     1080       91      124      134      176    e12       e6.6
 
  11        13       32       99      e76     e150      460       89      106      115       87    e12       e6.8
  12        13       29      360      e70     e130      290      118      102      109       64    e12       e6.6
  13        13       26      609      e74     e120      232      181       95      105       54    e21       e6.2
  14        12       24      299      e80     e110     1260      124       89       94       50    e19       e6.0
  15        11       22      209      e94     e100      567      104       88       80       46    e18       e5.4
 
  16        11       21      516      e84      e90      325       98       75       80       41    e18       e5.2
  17        12       22     3960      e74      e86      259       96       71      117       36    e25       e5.0
  18        18       27     1200      e70      100      437       89       70      280       34    e56       e4.9
  19        26       28     e500      e68      145      700       86       69      266       34    e48       e4.9
  20        26       28     e200      e66      201      395       82       64      155       28    e76       e4.9
 
  21        25       27     e150      e80      341      295       79       58      116       26    e50       e4.9
  22        19       26     e130     1050      434      235       78       55      101       31    e25       e4.9
  23        19       24     e200      867      227      180       74       53       93       30    e17       e4.9
  24        18       23     3220      358      167      152       73       54       78       29    e13       e4.9
  25        18       62      787      285      144      145       72       61       71       26    e12       e4.9
 
  26        18     1440      388      175      147      140       64       98       87       24    e11       e4.9
  27        20      435      275      333      912      124       64      112       86       25    e11       e4.9
  28        19      216      357      590      505      122       75       96       67       25    e10       e5.0
  29        18      153      436      229      ---      510       69       83       85       25     e8.0     e5.2
  30        18      470      298      172      ---      325       65       77      141       23     e7.0     e5.0
  31        17      ---      242      148      ---      260      ---     1320      ---       20     e6.8      ---
 
 TOTAL     529     3358    18700     7012     9638    14873     3157     6078    14507     2408    623.8    166.8
 MEAN     17.1      112      603      226      344      480      105      196      484     77.7     20.1     5.56
 MAX        28     1440     3960     1050     1930     2720      199     1320     6800      420       76      6.8
 MIN        11       17       99       66       86      122       64       53       67       20      6.8      4.9
 CFSM      .09      .57     3.06     1.15     1.75     2.44      .53     1.00     2.45      .39      .10      .03
 IN.       .10      .63     3.53     1.32     1.82     2.81      .60     1.15     2.74      .45      .12      .03
 
 STATISTICS OF MONTHLY MEAN DATA FOR WATER YEARS 1963 - 1997, BY WATER YEAR (WY)                                 
 
 MEAN     50.8      147      267      234      298      401      357      293      165      106     60.0     22.8
 MAX       758      699     1170      685      886      990      837      938      539      499      531      137
 (WY)     1987     1986     1991     1996     1975     1963     1996     1996     1996     1979     1979     1989
 MIN      4.00     6.35     6.14     6.45     18.5     70.3     59.4     34.0     10.9     5.20     4.13     3.57
 (WY)     1964     1964     1964     1977     1964     1992     1971     1976     1988     1988     1988     1964
 
 SUMMARY STATISTICS           FOR 1996 CALENDAR YEAR        FOR 1997 WATER YEAR           WATER YEARS 1963 - 1997
 
 ANNUAL TOTAL                      134690.8                    81050.6                                           
 ANNUAL MEAN                          368                        222                        200                  
 HIGHEST ANNUAL MEAN                                                                        324              1996
 LOWEST ANNUAL MEAN                                                                          78.4            1988
 HIGHEST DAILY MEAN                  8680     Apr 29            6800     Jun  1           11000       Dec 30 1990
 LOWEST DAILY MEAN                      8.8   Sep 15               4.9   Sep 18               2.5     Sep 12 1964
 ANNUAL SEVEN-DAY MINIMUM               9.5   Sep  9               4.9   Sep 18               2.8     Sep  9 1964
 INSTANTANEOUS PEAK FLOW                                        7790     Jun  1 a         19300       Mar  4 1963
 INSTANTANEOUS PEAK STAGE                                          9.58  Jun  1              14.40    Mar  4 1963
 INSTANTANEOUS LOW FLOW                                            4.9   Sep 18               2.5     Sep 12 1964
 ANNUAL RUNOFF (CFSM)                   1.87                       1.13                       1.01               
 ANNUAL RUNOFF (INCHES)                25.43                      15.30                      13.77               
 10 PERCENT EXCEEDS                   860                        455                        442                  
 50 PERCENT EXCEEDS                   104                         86                         63                  
 90 PERCENT EXCEEDS                    15                         11                          9.8                
 
a Peaks above base shown in table of peak discharges and stages at continuous-record surface-water-discharge stations.
e Estimated.