Water Data Report 1997
04198000 SANDUSKY RIVER NEAR FREMONT, OHIO
LOCATION.--Lat 41018'28", long 83009'32", in sec. 17, T.4 N., R.15 E., Sandusky County, Hydrologic Unit 04100011, on
left bank at downstream side of county road bridge, 2.3 mi upstream from Ballville diversion dam, 2.5 mi downstream
from Wolf Creek, and 3.5 mi southwest of Fremont.
DRAINAGE AREA.--1,251 mi2.
WATER-DISCHARGE RECORDS
PERIOD OF RECORD.--November 1898 to March 1901 (gage height and discharge measurements only, published as "at
Fremont"), October 1923 to December 1935, July 1938 to current year. Monthly discharge only for October 1923,
published in WSP 1307.
REVISED RECORDS.--WSP 744: 1931-32. WSP 874: 1938. WSP 1144: 1924-30. WSP 1387: 1925, 1928-29, 1931-35. WSP 1912:
Drainage area.
GAGE.--Water-stage recorder. Datum of gage is 626.3 ft above sea level. Nov. 18, 1898, to Mar. 10, 1901, nonrecording
gage at site 4 mi downstream at different datum. Nov. 8, 1923, to Sept. 5, 1930, nonrecording gage at present
site and datum.
REMARKS.--Records good except for periods of estimated record, which are poor, and July 8-18, which are fair. Water-
quality data collected at this site.
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
1 693 90 933 1170 e1000 9640 1550 391 14400 e967 e140 152
2 382 98 3670 925 e700 8950 1110 395 23700 e826 e209 137
3 234 176 3930 832 e620 7710 874 522 18400 571 e180 128
4 146 143 2640 814 e1500 5570 729 1500 15500 410 e160 114
5 100 115 1450 959 e10000 3450 682 2750 8820 339 e250 104
6 81 101 844 1720 e6600 3470 836 2360 3540 279 e350 97
7 76 99 656 1760 e4000 5090 783 1660 1760 255 e260 90
8 64 113 550 1130 e2300 4260 658 1340 1250 227 e209 88
9 60 109 485 720 e1200 2910 559 1080 944 4370 e160 86
10 63 135 431 e500 e880 2790 471 1020 738 8510 e125 94
11 57 138 462 e400 e700 3510 413 1080 613 4010 e103 111
12 51 174 4540 e350 e580 2860 580 894 541 1940 e85 301
13 50 225 8360 e320 e522 1720 2600 723 708 1070 149 470
14 47 234 e7400 e300 e470 3560 2260 616 767 758 640 309
15 45 207 6260 e370 e410 6140 1640 556 557 613 408 228
16 45 167 3310 e480 e360 4310 1100 490 458 551 269 178
17 46 141 5360 e400 e320 2550 1030 449 390 410 1580 140
18 55 131 10200 e370 e400 1510 1040 476 386 292 3600 114
19 79 123 e7000 e320 1760 1160 797 1720 468 236 3050 99
20 73 120 e4200 e290 2310 989 662 2770 507 216 2010 292
21 85 111 e1700 e260 3330 875 576 2960 435 228 1160 399
22 108 116 e1200 e1000 5070 795 513 1670 e1160 213 598 483
23 116 120 e930 e5000 3870 709 466 984 e679 240 447 304
24 116 114 2790 e4000 2280 610 429 710 e420 259 378 216
25 99 123 5610 e3000 1370 620 404 5720 e260 e262 391 169
26 90 300 e4500 e2500 1010 884 379 17800 e560 e245 429 138
27 81 2410 2960 e2200 11000 863 351 11300 e680 e227 345 117
28 79 3140 1450 e3000 16100 711 358 6270 e280 e204 272 104
29 81 2040 1130 e5500 --- 1140 369 2740 e250 e190 242 92
30 106 1050 1590 e3500 --- 1960 378 1830 e2100 e170 214 82
31 110 --- 1580 e2000 --- 1990 --- 2670 --- e155 178 ---
TOTAL 3518 12363 98121 46090 80662 93306 24597 77446 101271 29243 18591 5436
MEAN 113 412 3165 1487 2881 3010 820 2498 3376 943 600 181
MAX 693 3140 10200 5500 16100 9640 2600 17800 23700 8510 3600 483
MIN 45 90 431 260 320 610 351 391 250 155 85 82
CFSM .09 .33 2.53 1.19 2.30 2.41 .66 2.00 2.70 .75 .48 .14
IN. .10 .37 2.92 1.37 2.40 2.77 .73 2.30 3.01 .87 .55 .16
STATISTICS OF MONTHLY MEAN DATA FOR WATER YEARS 1924 - 1997, BY WATER YEAR (WY)
MEAN 225 593 1101 1554 1930 2341 1826 1072 814 460 216 257
MAX 2521 4413 5495 7659 7504 8261 5524 3654 6091 3479 1660 3713
(WY) 1927 1993 1991 1930 1984 1978 1957 1969 1981 1992 1958 1981
MIN 9.94 25.4 32.6 53.5 60.3 319 144 100 43.4 30.9 22.4 13.5
(WY) 1964 1954 1964 1961 1964 1941 1946 1941 1988 1934 1952 1953
SUMMARY STATISTICS FOR 1996 CALENDAR YEAR FOR 1997 WATER YEAR WATER YEARS 1924 - 1997
ANNUAL TOTAL 550943 590644
ANNUAL MEAN 1505 1618 1027
HIGHEST ANNUAL MEAN 2167 1984
LOWEST ANNUAL MEAN 275 1934
HIGHEST DAILY MEAN 15700 Jan 19 23700 Jun 2 36000 Mar 15 1978
LOWEST DAILY MEAN 36 Sep 5 45 Oct 15 5.0 Oct 20 1963
ANNUAL SEVEN-DAY MINIMUM 38 Sep 3 48 Oct 12 6.3 Jul 9 1988
INSTANTANEOUS PEAK FLOW 24800 Jun 2 a 36500 Mar 16 1978
INSTANTANEOUS PEAK STAGE 10.59 Jun 2 16.14 Feb 24 1979
INSTANTANEOUS LOW FLOW 45 Oct 15 4.4 Feb 29 1964
ANNUAL RUNOFF (CFSM) 1.20 1.29 .82
ANNUAL RUNOFF (INCHES) 16.38 17.56 11.16
10 PERCENT EXCEEDS 4510 4090 2750
50 PERCENT EXCEEDS 475 557 275
90 PERCENT EXCEEDS 54 104 39
a Peaks above base shown in table of peak discharges and stages at continuous-record surface-water-discharge stations.
e Estimated.
04198000 SANDUSKY RIVER NEAR FREMONT, OHIO
WATER-QUALITY RECORDS
PERIOD OF RECORD.--Water years 1951-56, 1978 to current year.
PERIOD OF DAILY RECORD.--
CHLORIDE: February 1988 to September 1994.
NITROGEN, NITRITE + NITRATE: February 1988 to September 1994.
NITROGEN, AMMONIA + ORGANIC: February 1988 to September 1994.
PHOSPHORUS: February 1988 to September 1994.
SUSPENDED SEDIMENT DISCHARGE: Water years 1951-1956, 1978 to current year.
INSTRUMENTATION.--Refrigerated water-quality pumping sampler, operated by Heidelberg College Water Quality
Laboratory, from February 1988 to September 1994.
REMARKS.--Sediment samples were collected by a local observer on an approximate once daily basis. 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 half-hour intervals and the daily load
was calculated by summing the loads for these half-hour intervals. This required interpolation between measured
and estimated concentrations.
EXTREMES FOR PERIOD OF DAILY RECORD.--
SEDIMENT CONCENTRATIONS: Maximum daily mean, 2,420 mg/L, Jun. 9, 1981; minimum daily mean, 1 mg/L, on many days
during 1951-56, 1980, 1981, 1988, 1992.
SEDIMENT LOADS: Maximum daily, 124,000 tons, Jun. 14, 1981; minimum daily, less than 0.05 ton, on several days
during 1952, 1954, 1989.
EXTREMES FOR CURRENT YEAR.--
SEDIMENT CONCENTRATIONS: Maximum daily mean, 892 mg/L, July 10; minimum daily mean, 6 mg/L, Oct. 29-Nov. 1.
SEDIMENT LOADS: Maximum daily, 38,300 tons, May 26; minimum daily, 1.0 ton, Oct. 14.
WATER-QUALITY DATA, WATER YEAR OCTOBER 1996 TO SEPTEMBER 1997
DIS- PH NITRO- NITRO-
CHARGE, SPE- WATER CHLO- GEN, GEN,AM-
INST. CIFIC WHOLE RIDE, NO2+NO3 MONIA + PHOS- BROM-
SAM- CUBIC CON- FIELD TEMPER- TEMPER- DIS- DIS- ORGANIC PHORUS ACIL
PLING FEET DUCT- (STAND- ATURE ATURE SOLVED SOLVED TOTAL TOTAL WATER
DATE TIME METHOD, PER ANCE ARD AIR WATER (MG/L (MG/L (MG/L (MG/L WHLREC
CODES* SECOND (US/CM) UNITS) (DEG C) (DEG C) AS CL) AS N) AS N) AS P) (UG/L)
(82398) (00061) (00095) (00400) (00020) (00010) (00940) (00631) (00625) (00665) (30234)
OCT
10... 0940 10 65 621 7.9 8.0 10.0 39 3.2 0.6 0.05 --
10... 1050 50 65 -- -- -- -- 37 3.1 1.0 0.06 --
MAY
02... 1400 10 395 671 8.4 17.0 14.5 41 1.9 0.8 0.05 --
02... 1510 50 395 -- -- -- -- 43 2.1 0.8 0.04 --
09... 1235 10 1070 590 8.0 13.5 12.0 -- -- -- -- <0.2
09... 1325 50 1060 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- <0.2
AUG
27... 1415 10 333 566 8.2 31.0 23.5 27 2.2 0.7 0.10 --
27... 1530 50 330 -- -- -- -- 28 2.1 0.7 0.12 --
CARBOX- CYCLO- DIPHEN- HEXAZI-
IN ATE AMID NONE PROPA- TER- VER- TRI-
BUTA- BUTYL- WATER WATER WATER WATER CHLOR BACIL NOLATE FLURA-
CHLOR ATE WHOLE WHOLE WHOLE WHOLE WATER WATER WATER PRO- LIN SIME-
WATER WATER RECOV- RECOV- RECOV- RECOV- WHOLE WHOLE WHOLE PAZINE TOTAL TRYNE
DATE WHLREC WHLREC ERABLE ERABLE ERABLE ERABLE RECOV. RECOV. RECOV. TOTAL RECOVER TOTAL
(UG/L) (UG/L) (UG/L) (UG/L) (UG/L) (UG/L) (UG/L) (UG/L) (UG/L) (UG/L) (UG/L) (UG/L)
(30235) (30236) (30245) (30254) (30255) (30264) (30295) (30311) (30324) (39024) (39030) (39054)
OCT
10... -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
10... -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
MAY
02... -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
02... -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
09... <0.1 <0.1 <0.2 <0.1 <0.1 <0.2 <0.1 <0.2 <0.1 0.1 <0.1 <0.1
09... <0.1 <0.1 <0.2 <0.1 <0.1 <0.2 <0.1 <0.2 <0.1 0.1 <0.1 <0.1
AUG
27... -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
27... -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
*10 - Stream cross-section sample using equal-width-increment (EWI) sampling method.
*50 - Point sample obtained from flow tank.
DE-ISO DEETHYL
ATRA- PROPYL ATRA- METRI- METOLA-
ZINE ATRAZIN ZINE, ALA- BUZIN CHLOR
SIMA- PROME- PROME- WATER WATER, WATER, CHLOR CYAN- AME- WATER WATER
ZINE TONE TRYNE UNFLTRD WHOLE, WHOLE, TOTAL AZINE TRYNE WHOLE WHOLE
DATE TOTAL TOTAL TOTAL REC TOTAL TOTAL RECOVER TOTAL TOTAL TOT.REC TOT.REC
(UG/L) (UG/L) (UG/L) (UG/L) (UG/L) (UG/L) (UG/L) (UG/L) (UG/L) (UG/L) (UG/L)
(39055) (39056) (39057) (39630) (75980) (75981) (77825) (81757) (82184) (82611) (82612)
OCT
10... -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
10... -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
MAY
02... -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
02... -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
09... 1.1 <0.2 <0.1 10 <0.2 0.36 0.4 2.6 <0.1 0.7 6.5
09... 0.6 <0.2 <0.1 5.4 <0.2 0.27 0.2 1.6 <0.1 0.4 3.6
AUG
27... -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
27... -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
SEDIMENT
SEDI- PARTICLE
MENT, SIZE
SUS- <.0625MM
DATE PENDED SILTCLAY
(MG/L) (PERCENT)
(80154) (80250)
OCT
10... 12 --
10... -- --
MAY
02... 28 92.8
02... -- --
09... 50 --
09... -- --
AUG
27... 62 --
27... -- --
04198000 SANDUSKY RIVER NEAR FREMONT, 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)
OCTOBER NOVEMBER DECEMBER
1 693 100 190 90 6 1.4 933 197 538
2 382 71 74 98 7 1.8 3670 439 4440
3 234 51 32 176 14 6.5 3930 364 3870
4 146 36 14 143 10 3.8 2640 291 2080
5 100 25 6.8 115 12 3.7 1450 236 930
6 81 16 3.6 101 16 4.3 844 188 430
7 76 13 2.7 99 16 4.3 656 131 233
8 64 12 2.1 113 15 4.6 550 89 133
9 60 12 1.9 109 14 4.2 485 61 80
10 63 11 1.9 135 13 4.8 431 45 52
11 57 10 1.6 138 12 4.6 462 47 67
12 51 9 1.3 174 16 7.5 4540 423 6280
13 50 9 1.2 225 25 15 8360 510 11500
14 47 8 1.0 234 20 13 e7400 410 8190
15 45 9 1.2 207 17 9.4 6260 327 5550
16 45 10 1.2 167 14 6.5 3310 244 2210
17 46 10 1.2 141 13 4.8 5360 271 4380
18 55 10 1.5 131 11 3.9 10200 305 8450
19 79 10 2.1 123 9 3.1 e7000 249 4700
20 73 10 2.0 120 8 2.7 e4200 203 2300
21 85 10 2.3 111 10 3.0 e1700 165 758
22 108 9 2.7 116 8 2.4 e1200 135 436
23 116 8 2.6 120 8 2.6 e930 110 275
24 116 9 2.7 114 9 2.9 2790 251 2610
25 99 9 2.3 123 12 3.9 5610 412 6250
26 90 8 2.0 300 27 28 e4500 304 3690
27 81 8 1.7 2410 354 2570 2960 182 1490
28 79 7 1.5 3140 364 3100 1450 100 402
29 81 6 1.4 2040 267 1480 1130 59 181
30 106 6 1.7 1050 197 563 1590 69 300
31 110 6 1.8 --- --- --- 1580 72 308
TOTAL 3518 --- 366.0 12363 --- 7865.7 98121 --- 83113
DAY JANUARY FEBRUARY MARCH
1 1170 71 223 e1000 126 339 9640 523 13800
2 925 69 172 e700 80 151 8950 503 12300
3 832 68 152 e620 66 110 7710 498 10400
4 814 74 163 e1500 186 755 5570 417 6290
5 959 93 250 e10000 791 21400 3450 345 3220
6 1720 129 600 e6600 768 13700 3470 347 3350
7 1760 122 581 e4000 509 5500 5090 365 5010
8 1130 104 317 e2300 338 2100 4260 202 2350
9 720 89 173 e1200 224 725 2910 117 934
10 e500 76 102 e880 150 356 2790 101 778
11 e400 64 70 e700 110 208 3510 169 1610
12 e350 55 52 e580 83 130 2860 203 1560
13 e320 47 40 e522 63 89 1720 143 675
14 e300 40 32 e470 52 65 3560 292 3490
15 e370 37 37 e410 43 48 6140 584 9770
16 e480 53 68 e360 36 35 4310 384 4530
17 e400 50 54 e320 31 26 2550 251 1760
18 e370 44 44 e400 30 33 1510 156 642
19 e320 38 33 1760 130 686 1160 96 303
20 e290 34 26 2310 142 886 989 73 196
21 e260 30 21 3330 180 1720 875 60 142
22 e1000 42 113 5070 297 4060 795 49 105
23 e5000 304 4110 3870 192 2030 709 40 77
24 e4000 341 3680 2280 120 753 610 33 54
25 e3000 291 2350 1370 76 285 620 34 58
26 e2500 248 1670 1010 62 169 884 65 156
27 e2200 211 1250 11000 731 28600 863 51 119
28 e3000 212 1720 16100 828 36400 711 36 70
29 e5500 420 6240 --- --- --- 1140 83 343
30 e3500 316 2990 --- --- --- 1960 158 837
31 e2000 199 1080 --- --- --- 1990 154 826
TOTAL 46090 --- 28413 80662 --- 121359 93306 --- 85755
DAY APRIL MAY JUNE
1 1550 134 562 391 30 32 14400 444 18400
2 1110 102 307 395 29 31 23700 495 31800
3 874 77 183 522 38 57 18400 341 17000
4 729 59 116 1500 102 451 15500 245 10300
5 682 46 85 2750 171 1270 8820 173 4180
6 836 50 112 2360 110 711 3540 129 1250
7 783 37 78 1660 84 377 1760 98 464
8 658 26 46 1340 65 237 1250 77 260
9 559 18 28 1080 47 139 944 62 158
10 471 17 21 1020 37 101 738 50 99
11 413 16 17 1080 35 103 613 47 78
12 580 23 48 894 26 63 541 52 76
13 2600 154 1120 723 20 39 708 63 123
14 2260 135 827 616 18 30 767 55 114
15 1640 80 359 556 18 26 557 48 73
16 1100 54 163 490 17 23 458 55 67
17 1030 56 158 449 17 20 390 53 55
18 1040 106 298 476 18 25 386 47 49
19 797 70 151 1720 129 703 468 46 58
20 662 48 85 2770 178 1330 507 45 62
21 576 32 51 2960 223 1790 435 43 50
22 513 22 31 1670 164 745 e1160 254 796
23 466 16 21 984 116 311 e679 406 745
24 429 17 20 710 95 182 e420 218 247
25 404 20 21 5720 535 14600 e260 145 101
26 379 22 22 17800 794 38300 e560 188 284
27 351 24 22 11300 410 12800 e680 252 463
28 358 27 26 6270 263 4520 e280 197 149
29 369 29 29 2740 182 1360 e250 185 125
30 378 32 33 1830 147 728 e2100 553 3140
31 --- --- --- 2670 233 1910 --- --- ---
TOTAL 24597 --- 5040 77446 --- 83014 101271 --- 90766
DAY JULY AUGUST SEPTEMBER
1 e967 428 1120 e140 83 31 152 53 22
2 e826 266 594 e209 70 40 137 40 15
3 571 223 344 e180 52 25 128 35 12
4 410 195 216 e160 53 23 114 35 11
5 339 148 135 e250 71 48 104 36 10
6 279 120 91 e350 62 59 97 36 9.4
7 255 115 79 e260 57 40 90 34 8.3
8 227 113 69 e209 61 34 88 32 7.5
9 4370 838 16500 e160 50 22 86 31 7.2
10 8510 892 21300 e125 36 12 94 31 7.9
11 4010 465 5150 e103 33 9.2 111 31 9.2
12 1940 282 1510 e85 34 7.9 301 90 98
13 1070 179 523 149 45 19 470 163 208
14 758 149 303 640 80 139 309 111 93
15 613 137 226 408 71 78 228 76 47
16 551 103 153 269 68 50 178 49 24
17 410 88 97 1580 187 975 140 36 14
18 292 85 67 3600 324 3190 114 31 9.6
19 236 76 48 3050 297 2450 99 27 7.2
20 216 70 41 2010 230 1250 292 82 72
21 228 73 45 1160 183 575 399 114 132
22 213 79 46 598 146 236 483 119 158
23 240 82 53 447 118 142 304 81 66
24 259 79 55 378 104 106 216 69 41
25 e262 81 57 391 90 95 169 58 26
26 e245 79 52 429 78 90 138 47 17
27 e227 74 45 345 67 62 117 34 11
28 e204 74 41 272 61 44 104 30 8.4
29 e190 81 41 242 59 38 92 30 7.5
30 e170 89 41 214 57 33 82 30 6.7
31 e155 97 41 178 55 26 --- --- ---
TOTAL 29243 --- 49083 18591 --- 9949.1 5436 --- 1165.9
YEAR 590644 565889.7
e Estimated
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