Water Data Report 1997
04196000 SANDUSKY RIVER NEAR BUCYRUS, OHIO
LOCATION.--Lat 40048'13", long 83000'21", in NE 1/4 sec. 10, T.3 S., R.16 E., Crawford County, Hydrologic Unit
04100011, on right bank at downstream side of bridge on township road, 1 mi upstream from unnamed left bank
tributary, 1.5 mi west of Bucyrus, and 12 mi downstream from Loss Creek.
DRAINAGE AREA.--88.8 mi2.
PERIOD OF RECORD.--August 1925 to November 1935, July 1938 to December 1951, December 1963 to September 1981, October
1995 to current year.
REVISED RECORDS.--WSP 744: 1925-32. WSP 874: 1938. WSP 1307: 1926(M), 1928(M), 1931, 1932(M), 1934-35(M), 1939,
1940(M), 1946(M). WSP 1912: Drainage area.
GAGE.--Water-stage recorder. Datum of gage is 955.04 ft above sea level. Prior to May 11, 1940, nonrecording gage,
and May 12, 1940, to December 31, 1951, water-stage records are poor. Low flow slightly affected by operation of
reservoirs 5.3 mi to 6.0 mi upstream from station for municipal supply of Bucyrus. Water-quality and sediment
data collected at this site.
EXTREMES OUTSIDE PERIOD OF RECORD.--Flood of March 23, 1913 reached a stage of 14.5 ft, from floodmarks. Flood of
January 22, 1959, reached a stage of 11.9 ft, from floodmarks; discharge, 13,500 ft3/s.
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 35 38 993 57 e70 196 65 25 2630 15 8.9 5.4
2 22 28 652 55 e50 1040 50 38 2060 14 9.5 5.5
3 17 22 167 54 e130 354 44 282 412 12 7.7 5.2
4 14 17 116 52 e400 173 42 372 197 10 9.2 4.6
5 12 15 99 231 e1200 337 47 131 116 9.4 7.0 4.3
6 11 14 84 153 e750 983 53 189 83 8.7 6.3 3.9
7 11 18 76 e50 e400 281 44 112 63 8.2 6.4 3.8
8 9.8 21 66 e30 e200 163 35 93 51 8.2 6.2 4.7
9 13 46 56 e22 e120 138 31 203 44 155 5.8 5.2
10 11 49 48 e17 e80 650 29 110 37 71 5.2 54
11 13 73 490 e14 e60 216 26 78 32 28 5.5 54
12 11 52 2100 e12 e47 109 115 63 40 18 5.7 21
13 9.4 37 738 e10 38 80 328 52 57 14 14 12
14 8.5 30 275 e9.0 48 561 126 44 41 12 8.9 10
15 8.3 25 154 e11 e35 339 85 43 28 11 11 8.3
16 8.2 23 167 e22 e26 123 69 41 24 9.8 16 6.6
17 7.0 24 1460 e25 e30 86 65 33 22 8.6 63 6.0
18 25 25 1130 e16 54 69 70 49 27 15 57 5.7
19 35 30 220 e11 219 62 62 720 28 9.9 31 5.1
20 40 29 e80 e10 212 55 49 375 23 6.9 18 25
21 23 24 e68 e11 323 49 41 116 19 7.1 14 14
22 21 21 e62 115 269 47 38 74 16 20 13 12
23 23 18 100 355 121 38 35 57 15 24 11 10
24 23 18 1550 115 80 32 26 48 13 33 12 7.6
25 29 93 461 176 67 34 16 710 17 19 12 6.4
26 24 1420 e120 92 80 40 14 1320 25 17 11 5.4
27 19 572 e80 99 1270 40 13 232 20 49 11 4.9
28 17 151 94 567 573 34 20 109 17 36 9.1 4.6
29 16 93 157 e350 --- 51 21 81 31 19 7.2 5.1
30 53 200 96 e200 --- 51 16 79 24 13 6.3 4.6
31 86 --- 71 e120 --- 68 --- 529 --- 10 5.6 ---
TOTAL 655.2 3226 12030 3061.0 6952 6499 1675 6408 6212 691.8 414.5 324.9
MEAN 21.1 108 388 98.7 248 210 55.8 207 207 22.3 13.4 10.8
MAX 86 1420 2100 567 1270 1040 328 1320 2630 155 63 54
MIN 7.0 14 48 9.0 26 32 13 25 13 6.9 5.2 3.8
CFSM .24 1.21 4.37 1.11 2.80 2.36 .63 2.33 2.33 .25 .15 .12
IN. .27 1.35 5.04 1.28 2.91 2.72 .70 2.68 2.60 .29 .17 .14
STATISTICS OF MONTHLY MEAN DATA FOR WATER YEARS 1925 - 1997, BY WATER YEAR (WY)
MEAN 23.9 58.5 113 142 145 190 147 94.1 76.4 36.0 24.9 22.4
MAX 278 271 405 635 339 471 408 252 428 184 212 116
(WY) 1927 1973 1928 1950 1976 1978 1964 1969 1947 1966 1979 1926
MIN 1.28 1.34 1.39 3.93 2.29 32.9 9.64 4.44 1.93 .84 1.34 .38
(WY) 1935 1935 1935 1977 1934 1981 1935 1934 1934 1995 1995 1995
SUMMARY STATISTICS FOR 1996 CALENDAR YEAR FOR 1997 WATER YEAR WATER YEARS 1925 - 1997
ANNUAL TOTAL 56747.9 48149.4
ANNUAL MEAN 155 132 88.9
HIGHEST ANNUAL MEAN 145 1973
LOWEST ANNUAL MEAN 20.4 1934
HIGHEST DAILY MEAN 3700 Jan 18 2630 Jun 1 4600 Dec 14 1927
LOWEST DAILY MEAN 4.2 Sep 6 3.8 Sep 7 .34 Sep 30 1995
ANNUAL SEVEN-DAY MINIMUM 4.6 Aug 31 4.5 Sep 3 .36 Sep 24 1995
INSTANTANEOUS PEAK FLOW 3240 Jun 1 a 5800 Dec 14 1927
INSTANTANEOUS PEAK STAGE 8.45 Jun 1 9.83 Dec 14 1977
INSTANTANEOUS LOW FLOW 3.8 Sep 7 .60 Sep 28 1947
ANNUAL RUNOFF (CFSM) 1.75 1.49 1.00
ANNUAL RUNOFF (INCHES) 23.77 20.17 13.60
10 PERCENT EXCEEDS 354 332 195
50 PERCENT EXCEEDS 42 37 21
90 PERCENT EXCEEDS 9.2 8.2 2.9
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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