Water Data Report 1997
04192500 MAUMEE RIVER NEAR DEFIANCE, OHIO
LOCATION.--Lat 41017'31", long 84016'52", in NW 1/4 sec. 22, T.4 N., R.5 E., Defiance County, Hydrologic Unit 04100009,
on left bank 40 ft upstream from Independence Dam, 4 mi downstream from mouth of Auglaize River, and 4.5 mi east
of Defiance.
DRAINAGE AREA.--5,545 mi2.
WATER-DISCHARGE RECORDS
PERIOD OF RECORD.--October 1924 to December 1935, March 1939 to September 1974, October 1978 to current year.
REVISED RECORDS.--WSP 974: 1926-27, 1930. WSP 1387: 1925-28, 1946. WRD Ohio, 1970: Drainage Area.
GAGE.--Water-stage recorder. Datum of gage is 658.56 ft above sea level. Prior to Nov. 13, 1924, nonrecording gage
at same site and datum.
REMARKS.--Records fair except for periods estimated record, which are poor. Flow affected by regulation of Auglaize
River at hydroelectric plant of the Hydro-Corporation, 7 mi upstream. Operation of hydroelectric plant there was
discontinued Jan. 10, 1963, to Sept. 7, 1985. Low flow slightly regulated by powerplant at Ft. Wayne, Indiana.
Slight diversion 275 ft upstream into Miami and Erie Canal through a 24-inch conduit, which bypasses station.
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
1 930 347 10600 5940 e3500 58800 e7000 1480 21600 5850 1160 1020
2 682 367 14300 4960 e3400 47800 5570 1310 43900 11500 908 e1100
3 1340 341 12100 4720 4520 34800 4440 2490 53400 7020 738 e1400
4 1020 381 8710 4240 7090 27000 4200 7590 48400 5440 652 e1700
5 630 562 6230 8700 17200 19900 4150 9490 33500 4150 682 e1300
6 476 497 4670 12800 23300 14700 e5800 8740 19800 2380 1010 e840
7 402 916 4040 10500 20600 13700 5780 7000 13600 2700 703 e700
8 416 7020 3820 6990 14700 11600 5240 5430 9550 2380 700 e760
9 417 12200 3470 4550 10100 9230 3820 4060 6050 19900 643 e1000
10 370 9990 3360 3180 7440 10000 3690 3310 4120 20800 589 e4000
11 348 8090 4750 2000 5800 11700 3230 3360 3090 17300 558 9510
12 339 6500 17900 1470 4460 10200 2360 2870 2570 12300 e560 5640
13 275 4260 26300 1170 3530 7480 3940 2390 2390 8780 e900 3300
14 248 2190 22900 1130 e2800 22000 6080 2190 2750 4640 1570 2480
15 233 2380 17400 1640 e2500 40300 5120 2040 3050 2110 2500 e2000
16 226 1610 11900 1810 e2100 32800 3990 1890 2280 1300 1750 e1700
17 201 1260 9970 1680 e1900 24500 3050 1730 1790 1380 12400 e2300
18 248 1130 14200 1510 e1800 16900 3090 1570 1850 1220 17400 e4000
19 269 1290 10000 1240 e4500 12500 2530 4000 1980 1090 13800 e7000
20 456 1310 e8000 1340 10200 10100 2430 13100 2010 1200 9890 e20000
21 405 1080 6380 1450 23400 8420 2320 10700 3430 1100 e7000 e18000
22 403 1040 5280 3200 29200 6860 2090 7130 6920 1950 e4000 e14000
23 956 936 5950 11100 27000 5710 1900 4550 6150 11800 2770 e10000
24 438 1050 22200 16300 20500 4450 1870 3180 5740 10300 2630 e7600
25 497 1260 27400 e10000 15300 4350 1740 15100 4320 7340 3160 e5000
26 668 3650 18700 e8000 12400 5010 1430 40000 4800 5400 4760 e3500
27 624 9550 13600 e6000 33900 5210 1600 39800 5590 3810 3980 e2900
28 535 8630 9900 e5600 55600 4860 1420 26200 5930 3390 2140 e2500
29 679 6220 8610 e5000 --- 5130 1260 17800 4790 2130 1570 e2000
30 1240 6170 7640 e4300 --- 7630 1330 15400 3220 1770 1630 e1600
31 738 --- 7060 e3900 --- e8600 --- 12200 --- 1200 1100 ---
TOTAL 16709 102227 347340 156420 368740 502240 102470 278100 328570 183630 103853 138850
MEAN 539 3408 11200 5046 13170 16200 3416 8971 10950 5924 3350 4628
MAX 1340 12200 27400 16300 55600 58800 7000 40000 53400 20800 17400 20000
MIN 201 341 3360 1130 1800 4350 1260 1310 1790 1090 558 700
STATISTICS OF MONTHLY MEAN DATA FOR WATER YEARS 1925 - 1997, BY WATER YEAR (WY)
MEAN 1330 2779 4581 5961 6902 9527 8478 5171 3593 2074 957 1109
MAX 8314 16410 18040 30150 22460 33940 23210 27270 20370 10700 4739 11470
(WY) 1955 1973 1967 1950 1959 1982 1957 1943 1981 1992 1958 1926
MIN 63.9 110 158 219 363 1455 789 359 214 211 111 88.1
(WY) 1929 1954 1964 1945 1964 1941 1925 1925 1988 1930 1932 1955
SUMMARY STATISTICS FOR 1996 CALENDAR YEAR FOR 1997 WATER YEAR WATER YEARS 1925 - 1997
ANNUAL TOTAL 2067417 2629149
ANNUAL MEAN 5649 7203 4355
HIGHEST ANNUAL MEAN 8286 1950
LOWEST ANNUAL MEAN 849 1931
HIGHEST DAILY MEAN 41400 Jan 20 58800 Mar 1 98800 Mar 15 1982
LOWEST DAILY MEAN 201 Oct 17 201 Oct 17 3.0 Sep 4 1925
ANNUAL SEVEN-DAY MINIMUM 243 Oct 13 243 Oct 13 27 Aug 31 1925
INSTANTANEOUS PEAK FLOW 61300 Mar 1 104000 Mar 15 1982
INSTANTANEOUS PEAK STAGE 10.37 Mar 1 15.87 Mar 15 1982
INSTANTANEOUS LOW FLOW 201 Oct 17 2.0 Sep 3 1925
10 PERCENT EXCEEDS 15600 17800 12400
50 PERCENT EXCEEDS 2320 4000 1390
90 PERCENT EXCEEDS 381 682 221
e Estimated.
04192500 MAUMEE RIVER NEAR DEFIANCE, OHIO WATER-QUALITY RECORDS PERIOD OF RECORD.--January to September 1997. PERIOD OF DAILY RECORD.-- SUSPENDED SEDIMENT DISCHARGE: January to September 1997. INSTRUMENTATION.--Sampler located downstream from streamflow-gaging station, at Florida, Ohio. REMARKS.--Sediment samples were collected by a local observer on an approximate once daily basis beginning January 8, 1997. Sediment loads were calculated using the mean-interval method (Porterfield, George, 1972, Computation of Fluvial-Sediment Discharge: U.S. Geological Survey, Techniques of Water-Resources Investigations, Book 3, Chap. C3, 66 p.). For days with unsteady concentration, discharge, or both, the day was subdivided into hourly intervals and the daily load was calculated by summation of hourly loads. This required interpolation between measured and estimated concentrations. EXTREMES FOR PERIOD OF DAILY RECORD.-- SEDIMENT CONCENTRATIONS: Maximum daily mean, 1,340 mg/L, Feb. 28, 1997; minimum daily mean, 15 mg/L, Feb. 18, 1997. SEDIMENT LOADS: Maximum daily, 201,000 tons, Feb. 28, 1997; minimum daily, 24 tons, Aug. 11, 1997. EXTREMES FOR CURRENT YEAR.-- SEDIMENT CONCENTRATIONS: Maximum daily mean, 1,340 mg/L, Feb. 28; minimum daily mean, 15 mg/L, Feb. 18. SEDIMENT LOADS: Maximum daily, 201,000 tons, Feb. 28; minimum daily, 24 tons, Aug. 11. WATER-QUALITY DATA, WATER YEAR OCTOBER 1996 TO SEPTEMBER 1997 DIS- CHARGE, SPE- SEDIMENT INST. CIFIC SEDI- PARTICLE SAM- CUBIC CON- TEMPER- TEMPER- MENT, SIZE PLING FEET DUCT- ATURE ATURE SUS- <.0625MM DATE TIME METHOD, PER ANCE AIR WATER PENDED SILTCLAY CODES* SECOND (US/CM) (DEG C) (DEG C) (MG/L) (PERCENT) (82398) (00061) (00095) (00020) (00010) (80154) (80250) MAY 22... 1425 10 6820 518 19.0 15.5 130 99.6 JUL 17... 1005 10 1390 478 26.0 25.5 82 -- SEP 16... 1440 10 1700# 430 31.0 22.0 74 -- * 10 - Stream cross-section sample obtained by equal-width-increment (EWI) sampling method. # Estimated daily discharge, instantaneous discharge is not available.
04192500 MAUMEE RIVER NEAR DEFIANCE, OHIO
SEDIMENT DISCHARGE, SUSPENDED (TONS/DAY), WATER YEAR OCTOBER 1996 TO SEPTEMBER 1997
MEAN MEAN MEAN
MEAN CONCEN- SEDIMENT MEAN CONCEN- SEDIMENT MEAN CONCEN- SEDIMENT
DISCHARGE TRATION DISCHARGE DISCHARGE TRATION DISCHARGE DISCHARGE TRATION DISCHARGE
DAY (CFS) (MG/L) (TONS/DAY) (CFS) (MG/L) (TONS/DAY) (CFS) (MG/L) (TONS/DAY)
JANUARY FEBRUARY MARCH
1 --- --- --- e3500 48 454 58800 933 148000
2 --- --- --- e3400 45 409 47800 637 82400
3 --- --- --- 4520 41 509 34800 459 43100
4 --- --- --- 7090 56 1200 27000 352 25600
5 --- --- --- 17200 255 12900 19900 262 14100
6 --- --- --- 23300 553 34900 14700 192 7640
7 --- --- --- 20600 403 22400 13700 146 5400
8 6990 288 5450 14700 310 12400 11600 123 3850
9 4550 216 2660 10100 219 5980 9230 114 2820
10 3180 171 1470 7440 163 3270 10000 117 3200
11 2000 136 735 5800 142 2210 11700 138 4360
12 1470 108 429 4460 105 1270 10200 149 4070
13 1170 86 273 3530 72 688 7480 144 2890
14 1130 78 240 e2800 51 385 22000 343 25000
15 1640 75 336 e2500 37 247 40300 711 77300
16 1810 73 356 e2100 29 162 32800 449 40000
17 1680 70 320 e1900 22 113 24500 319 21200
18 1510 68 277 e1800 15 74 16900 221 10100
19 1240 66 220 n4500 34 481 12500 164 5510
20 1340 64 232 10200 185 5820 10100 116 3170
21 1450 61 239 23400 746 48000 8420 90 2030
22 3200 95 1020 29200 585 46100 6860 82 1520
23 11100 283 9060 27000 421 30800 5710 72 1110
24 16300 279 12200 20500 280 15600 4450 65 785
25 e10000 169 4550 15300 209 8630 4350 54 645
26 e8000 115 2480 12400 165 5490 5010 64 864
27 e6000 88 1420 33900 1060 116000 5210 68 956
28 e5600 66 1010 55600 1340 201000 4860 54 713
29 e5000 60 811 --- --- --- 5130 66 945
30 e4300 56 647 --- --- --- 7630 183 3830
31 e3900 52 545 --- --- --- e8600 171 3970
TOTAL 104560 --- 46980 368740 --- 577492 502240 --- 547078
DAY APRIL MAY JUNE
1 e7000 116 2200 1480 46 181 21600 262 15900
2 5570 86 1290 1310 38 136 43900 430 52100
3 4440 65 778 2490 42 309 53400 423 60900
4 4200 52 584 7590 94 2060 48400 316 41400
5 4150 51 590 9490 233 5940 33500 225 20400
6 e5800 79 1230 8740 188 4460 19800 167 8930
7 5780 100 1570 7000 122 2320 13600 136 4950
8 5240 69 979 5430 85 1260 9550 120 3100
9 3820 50 518 4060 61 672 6050 83 1380
10 3690 39 388 3310 52 463 4120 50 562
11 3230 35 304 3360 50 453 3090 41 344
12 2360 33 213 2870 51 393 2570 34 236
13 3940 32 345 2390 50 321 2390 32 204
14 6080 38 632 2190 40 237 2750 29 218
15 5120 45 614 2040 42 231 3050 31 253
16 3990 43 462 1890 48 247 2280 28 169
17 3050 49 398 1730 53 244 1790 28 133
18 3090 44 365 1570 49 208 1850 32 161
19 2530 41 282 4000 75 996 1980 31 163
20 2430 39 257 13100 385 14300 2010 31 170
21 2320 38 240 10700 274 8040 3430 64 643
22 2090 36 204 7130 139 2710 6920 460 8980
23 1900 37 187 4550 85 1050 6150 391 6600
24 1870 38 193 3180 69 595 5740 188 2910
25 1740 39 185 15100 162 9980 4320 157 1820
26 1430 38 146 40000 739 80300 4800 158 2070
27 1600 38 163 39800 457 49100 5590 165 2490
28 1420 37 142 26200 355 25200 5930 139 2220
29 1260 33 111 17800 248 11900 4790 133 1690
30 1330 34 122 15400 244 10100 3220 156 1370
31 --- --- --- 12200 191 6360 --- --- ---
TOTAL 102470 --- 15692 278100 --- 240766 328570 --- 242466
DAY JULY AUGUST SEPTEMBER
1 5850 218 3870 1160 38 117 1020 54 148
2 11500 388 12100 908 47 116 e1100 46 137
3 7020 216 4130 738 48 95 e1400 37 141
4 5440 161 2360 652 36 63 e1700 45 205
5 4150 166 1840 682 36 66 e1300 60 210
6 2380 164 1050 1010 37 99.7 e840 51 116
7 2700 162 1180 703 28 53 e700 44 83
8 2380 169 1230 700 29 55 e760 34 69
9 19900 1200 69500 643 25 44 e1000 35 94
10 20800 953 53800 589 17 27 e4000 58 626
11 17300 536 25100 558 16 24 9510 170 4390
12 12300 423 14100 e560 22 33 5640 126 1960
13 8780 290 7090 e900 26 64 3300 79 698
14 4640 161 2030 1570 39 177 2480 76 503
15 2110 108 628 2500 49 328 e2000 76 413
16 1300 82 288 1750 38 180 e1700 72 329
17 1380 77 287 12400 284 11800 e2300 69 426
18 1220 70 230 17400 440 20700 e4000 82 886
19 1090 62 182 13800 318 11900 e7000 95 1790
20 1200 53 171 9890 177 4800 e20000 125 6750
21 1100 43 126 e7000 98 1860 e18000 383 18600
22 1950 67 417 e4000 68 740 e14000 272 10300
23 11800 172 5860 2770 63 467 e10000 158 4270
24 10300 222 6330 2630 59 418 e7600 113 2320
25 7340 103 2050 3160 61 531 e5000 84 1130
26 5400 80 1160 4760 70 898 e3500 75 704
27 3810 86 879 3980 72 769 e2900 70 546
28 3390 84 770 2140 64 365 e2500 74 497
29 2130 74 426 1570 61 262 e2000 75 405
30 1770 57 273 1630 61 268 e1600 74 322
31 1200 48 156 1100 57 170 --- --- ---
TOTAL 183630 --- 219613 103853 --- 57489.7 138850 --- 59068
YEAR 2111013 2006644.7
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