Water Data Report 1997
04206000 CUYAHOGA RIVER AT OLD PORTAGE, OHIO
LOCATION.--Lat 41008'08", long 81032'50", Summit County, Hydrologic Unit 04110002, on right bank 230 ft upstream from
North Portage Path bridge at Old Portage, 1.2 mi downstream from Little Cuyahoga River, and 4 mi northwest of
Akron City Hall.
DRAINAGE AREA.--404 mi2.
PERIOD OF RECORD.--September 1921 to December 1935, March 1939 to current year.
REVISED RECORDS.--WSP 1307: 1924(M). WSP 1912: Drainage area. WDR OH-79-2: 1974 (M), 1976 (M).
GAGE.--Water-stage recorder. Datum of gage is 740.11 ft above sea level, unadjusted. Prior to Dec. 21, 1923,
nonrecording gage at same site and datum.
REMARKS.--Records good except for periods of estimated record, which are fair. Natural flow of stream affected by
diversions, storage reservoirs, and powerplants. At Lake Rockwell, 17.7 mi upstream from gage, an average of 66
ft3/s was diverted for municipal supply of city of Akron. Sewage from city enters river 2.9 mi downstream from
station. Some diversion from the Tuscarawas River Basin drainage into this basin at Portage Lakes (see REMARKS
for station 03117000 in volume 1 of this report). Sediment data collected
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
1 604 266 1610 719 625 1480 592 397 2110 248 114 136
2 616 224 1490 705 561 2330 571 363 2510 242 125 131
3 533 217 1240 666 531 2100 552 577 2370 199 130 139
4 400 295 1260 630 817 1660 516 645 2590 183 222 133
5 364 479 1270 732 1250 1560 486 572 2580 177 143 129
6 341 826 1140 729 1130 1790 444 590 2210 172 127 110
7 387 729 977 676 1030 1550 391 571 1710 158 121 145
8 330 501 823 637 1030 1320 335 616 1290 149 116 175
9 318 532 733 591 910 1290 306 677 921 291 112 176
10 556 975 642 562 769 1560 282 652 689 386 108 325
11 450 948 1340 466 636 1400 273 614 558 177 94 313
12 390 916 2080 412 593 1230 680 567 519 149 98 277
13 353 860 1880 e380 498 1190 1060 512 582 147 135 265
14 341 810 1710 e350 493 1560 920 477 423 143 111 267
15 337 737 1690 e320 480 1570 769 542 353 134 127 252
16 302 693 1530 e390 437 1340 798 475 313 136 314 242
17 286 644 1830 e340 399 1310 997 461 339 135 572 220
18 793 765 1700 e320 450 1250 810 461 483 131 416 220
19 1070 795 1410 e300 647 1060 656 570 436 125 304 215
20 1220 741 1210 e290 889 892 543 616 377 121 243 1040
21 1230 777 1040 e280 959 758 503 583 374 105 205 627
22 1180 797 949 e400 981 732 507 617 341 114 193 393
23 1250 769 923 571 947 680 477 656 283 131 195 339
24 1210 701 1410 601 849 604 511 611 260 169 250 314
25 1050 854 1300 805 746 627 485 1250 205 142 449 272
26 866 1520 1030 773 667 700 432 1340 305 150 329 234
27 717 1350 1090 863 1210 662 422 897 272 151 284 220
28 650 1140 1110 1100 1390 627 555 696 243 158 233 199
29 882 1150 1000 931 --- 610 500 749 209 142 180 194
30 1380 1180 886 779 --- 596 452 690 198 126 161 182
31 498 --- 802 680 --- 641 --- 898 --- 214 143 ---
TOTAL 20904 23191 39105 17998 21924 36679 16825 19942 26053 5205 6354 7884
MEAN 674 773 1261 581 783 1183 561 643 868 168 205 263
MAX 1380 1520 2080 1100 1390 2330 1060 1340 2590 386 572 1040
MIN 286 217 642 280 399 596 273 363 198 105 94 110
CFSM 1.67 1.91 3.12 1.44 1.94 2.93 1.39 1.59 2.15 .42 .51 .65
IN. 1.92 2.14 3.60 1.66 2.02 3.38 1.55 1.84 2.40 .48 .59 .73
STATISTICS OF MONTHLY MEAN DATA FOR WATER YEARS 1922 - 1997, BY WATER YEAR (WY)
MEAN 218 329 476 571 667 881 737 475 316 232 183 211
MAX 1205 1307 1516 1807 1592 1416 1520 1253 1371 676 772 1150
(WY) 1927 1986 1928 1952 1976 1927 1940 1996 1989 1976 1992 1926
MIN 50.8 56.5 48.3 83.3 86.1 282 166 77.0 72.4 50.4 56.9 47.1
(WY) 1934 1964 1964 1961 1963 1931 1935 1934 1988 1954 1962 1964
SUMMARY STATISTICS FOR 1996 CALENDAR YEAR FOR 1997 WATER YEAR WATER YEARS 1922 - 1997
ANNUAL TOTAL 267581 242064
ANNUAL MEAN 731 663 440
HIGHEST ANNUAL MEAN 669 1927
LOWEST ANNUAL MEAN 181 1934
HIGHEST DAILY MEAN 2820 Jan 19 2590 Jun 4 6040 Jan 22 1959
LOWEST DAILY MEAN 99 Aug 19 94 Aug 11 24 Sep 24 1964
ANNUAL SEVEN-DAY MINIMUM 117 Jul 23 111 Aug 8 40 Oct 30 1944
INSTANTANEOUS PEAK FLOW 2790 Dec 11 6500 Jan 21 1959
INSTANTANEOUS PEAK STAGE 7.75 Dec 11 13.29 Sep 14 1979
INSTANTANEOUS LOW FLOW 73 Aug 11 26 Sep 2 1945
ANNUAL RUNOFF (CFSM) 1.81 1.64 1.09
ANNUAL RUNOFF (INCHES) 24.64 22.29 14.81
10 PERCENT EXCEEDS 1650 1330 1040
50 PERCENT EXCEEDS 551 571 268
90 PERCENT EXCEEDS 150 148 77
e Estimated.
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