Water Data Report 1997
04187100 OTTAWA RIVER AT LIMA, OHIO
LOCATION.--Lat 40043'29", long 84007'35", Allen County, Hydrologic Unit 04100007, on right bank, 70 ft downstream from
Erie Lackawanna RR bridge, 300 ft upstream from bridge to Lima STP, 0.7 mi downstream from Collett Street at Lima,
Ohio.
DRAINAGE AREA.--128 mi2.
PERIOD OF RECORD.--June 1988 to current year.
GAGE.--Water-stage recorder. Datum of gage is 820.00 ft above sea level.
REMARKS.--Records fair except for periods of estimated record, which are poor. Water diverted upstream of gage for
City of Lima. Water is returned to stream below gage.
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 5.6 4.5 438 77 61 934 42 13 3650 615 14 11
2 4.5 5.1 298 75 56 1130 e35 15 3290 218 12 11
3 4.1 2.4 76 76 70 781 e31 43 1290 94 8.8 13
4 3.7 2.3 43 72 594 303 e30 62 776 30 151 14
5 5.8 2.3 27 206 1270 243 34 58 397 40 82 12
6 8.3 2.4 22 131 539 690 63 45 197 32 23 10
7 7.7 22 17 65 130 438 24 34 122 25 20 8.0
8 4.0 13 15 e50 77 208 e17 29 82 22 14 8.4
9 4.8 12 20 e39 61 199 e30 30 50 777 9.9 10
10 5.6 14 30 e34 58 671 e35 28 35 686 7.1 14
11 4.5 6.5 440 e31 51 328 e50 19 30 132 6.7 16
12 4.1 6.1 1030 e28 48 173 114 16 25 51 26 11
13 3.6 6.4 1090 e27 41 122 194 20 24 25 354 7.5
14 6.4 5.8 722 26 35 877 61 18 23 37 84 9.4
15 3.2 5.4 233 25 35 784 e30 19 17 32 16 9.1
16 2.1 5.3 129 29 28 236 e20 14 18 26 31 5.1
17 2.0 6.5 1470 40 25 e129 8.0 10 22 24 1120 7.3
18 5.8 7.0 1430 60 59 e114 12 34 98 24 1230 7.7
19 3.8 6.3 466 48 187 e100 8.2 601 154 46 647 5.7
20 5.4 6.4 155 30 174 87 e7.0 513 87 28 164 49
21 7.4 6.9 101 27 414 84 e6.0 111 49 21 75 16
22 6.6 6.8 84 e600 763 74 e5.6 51 47 37 56 12
23 8.5 6.2 100 851 271 58 e7.0 20 52 147 48 7.2
24 4.4 6.9 757 345 146 e51 7.7 25 30 43 43 9.5
25 5.1 66 473 151 111 e48 21 2160 46 22 61 11
26 8.5 174 122 71 223 e51 16 2620 184 22 61 9.1
27 8.3 58 63 172 3470 e64 14 885 240 17 32 7.7
28 4.2 15 77 440 2110 e83 15 318 72 44 26 7.3
29 2.7 16 97 97 --- 144 18 157 56 24 22 8.2
30 4.2 48 107 59 --- 185 15 159 102 28 17 6.4
31 2.9 --- 66 63 --- 148 --- 1150 --- 18 11 ---
TOTAL 157.8 545.5 10198 4045 11107 9537 970.5 9277 11265 3387 4472.5 333.6
MEAN 5.09 18.2 329 130 397 308 32.3 299 376 109 144 11.1
MAX 8.5 174 1470 851 3470 1130 194 2620 3650 777 1230 49
MIN 2.0 2.3 15 25 25 48 5.6 10 17 17 6.7 5.1
STATISTICS OF MONTHLY MEAN DATA FOR WATER YEARS 1988 - 1997, BY WATER YEAR (WY)
MEAN 35.4 80.3 131 151 170 147 188 136 100 111 45.3 51.9
MAX 192 434 586 327 425 422 291 342 376 444 144 346
(WY) 1991 1993 1991 1993 1990 1993 1995 1996 1997 1992 1997 1992
MIN 2.90 5.56 5.01 12.2 18.9 42.5 32.3 15.5 7.44 7.85 6.58 4.49
(WY) 1995 1992 1992 1992 1989 1992 1997 1994 1988 1991 1993 1994
SUMMARY STATISTICS FOR 1996 CALENDAR YEAR FOR 1997 WATER YEAR WATER YEARS 1988 - 1997
ANNUAL TOTAL 54094.2 65295.9
ANNUAL MEAN 148 179 115
HIGHEST ANNUAL MEAN 179 1997
LOWEST ANNUAL MEAN 56.5 1989
HIGHEST DAILY MEAN 2710 Jan 18 3650 Jun 1 3860 Dec 30 1990
LOWEST DAILY MEAN 2.0 Oct 17 2.0 Oct 17 .00 Oct 30 1993
ANNUAL SEVEN-DAY MINIMUM 3.1 Oct 31 3.1 Oct 31 .15 Sep 17 1994
INSTANTANEOUS PEAK FLOW 4310 Jun 1 a 4590 Dec 30 1990
INSTANTANEOUS PEAK STAGE 18.14 Jun 1 18.63 Dec 30 1990
INSTANTANEOUS LOW FLOW 2.0 Oct 17 .00 Oct 30 1993
10 PERCENT EXCEEDS 411 523 236
50 PERCENT EXCEEDS 28 34 25
90 PERCENT EXCEEDS 4.7 6.1 4.8
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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