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Water Resources Data - Ohio, Water Year 97, Vol. 2 | Cuyahoga River Basin

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					04206220 YELLOW CREEK AT BOTZUM, OHIO


LOCATION.--Lat 41009'47", long 81035'02", Summit County, Hydrologic Unit 04110002, on right downstream bank near    
Bath Road truss bridge over Yellow Creek, 0.5 mi upstream from confluence with Cuyahoga River, 0.7 mi west of       
Akron sewage treatment plant.
DRAINAGE AREA.--30.7 mi2.
PERIOD OF RECORD.--October 1, 1991, to current year.
GAGE.--Water-stage recorder. Elevation of gage is 743 ft above sea level, from topographic map.
REMARKS.--Records fair except for periods of estimated record, which are poor. (Formerly named Yellow Creek at Bath 
Road near Botzum, Ohio)


			  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      17         32      286       32       33       60       41       28      756     18        6.1      7.1
   2      14         25      110       37       32      172       34       27      359     18        6.2      6.8
   3      12         22       56       36       35       75       31      133      159     15        6.1      7.6
   4      11         20       48       34      192       58       30      100       89     13       13        6.6
   5      10         19       40       60      194      109       32       57       61     12        9.7      6.2
 
   6      11         18       42       44       72      162       33       61       48     11        7.0      6.0
   7      10         20       36       33       49       82       30       43       41     11        6.1      5.9
   8       9.2       83       35       31       43       70       25       40       37     11        5.9      6.0
   9      15         77       32       30       38       69       22       46       33     28        5.8      6.0
  10      25        112       30       31       35      151       22       45       29     17        6.0     23  
 
  11      19         62      350      e23       33       72       22       41       26     14        6.6     14  
  12      14         41      261      e20       32       53      224       36       25     12        6.7      8.7
  13      12         33       98      e19      e29       46      108       32       45     11       18        7.5
  14      11         28       63      e18      e31      234       56       30       33     10       11        7.4
  15      10         25       50      e18       31       97       42       51       25      9.7      8.5      7.2
 
  16      10         24       67       78      e24       60       38       36       23      9.0     50        7.0
  17       9.9       29      322      e41      e21       50       47       32       24      8.7     54        7.1
  18     116         64      111      e33      e49       51       43       29       53      8.6     28        7.0
  19     188         37       61      e29      143       46       36       50       35      7.9     15        6.8
  20     174         29      e40      e26       93       43       31       42       26      7.5     11      133  
 
  21      82         25      e37      e25       75       38       28       30       22      7.5     11       24  
  22      55         23      e35      158       53       47       31       25       20      8.4     12       15  
  23      44         21       72      155       38       43       29       23       18      8.7     16       13  
  24      37         24      282      106       34       42       42       23       17      8.6     15       12  
  25      28        107       79     e244       31       55       32      387       17      8.1     33        9.8
 
  26      22        329      e49     e122       37       82       27      143       30      8.1     17        8.2
  27      20         90       46     e104      303       46       27       56       19      8.3     12        7.8
  28      21         53       48      162       90       39       49       39       16      7.5      9.8      7.3
  29      21         41       47      e60      ---       41       34       40       15      7.1      8.4      7.5
  30     170         60       45      e42      ---       42       28       39       15      6.5      7.8      7.6
  31      52        ---       35      e36      ---       54      ---      209      ---      6.2      7.3      ---
 
 TOTAL  1250.1     1573     2913     1887     1870     2289     1274     1973     2116    337.4    430.0    399.1
 MEAN     40.3     52.4     94.0     60.9     66.8     73.8     42.5     63.6     70.5     10.9     13.9     13.3
 MAX       188      329      350      244      303      234      224      387      756       28       54      133
 MIN       9.2       18       30       18       21       38       22       23       15      6.2      5.8      5.9
 CFSM     1.31     1.71     3.06     1.98     2.18     2.41     1.38     2.07     2.30      .35      .45      .43
 IN.      1.51     1.91     3.53     2.29     2.27     2.77     1.54     2.39     2.56      .41      .52      .48
 
 STATISTICS OF MONTHLY MEAN DATA FOR WATER YEARS 1992 - 1997, BY WATER YEAR (WY)                                 
 
 MEAN     16.8     40.7     40.0     60.3     45.6     59.9     59.1     35.2     34.8     22.6     16.2     18.4
 MAX      40.3     76.2     94.0     98.2     66.8      108     95.4     63.6     70.5     74.8     41.1     48.3
 (WY)     1997     1993     1997     1993     1997     1993     1994     1997     1997     1992     1992     1992
 MIN      6.31     9.23     12.1     17.8     25.4     31.0     35.0     20.5     15.7     10.1     5.68     4.85
 (WY)     1995     1992     1992     1992     1995     1995     1995     1992     1992     1993     1993     1995
 
 SUMMARY STATISTICS           FOR 1996 CALENDAR YEAR        FOR 1997 WATER YEAR           WATER YEARS 1992 - 1997
 
 ANNUAL TOTAL                       17784.6                    18311.6                                           
 ANNUAL MEAN                           48.6                       50.2                       37.4                
 HIGHEST ANNUAL MEAN                                                                         50.2            1997
 LOWEST ANNUAL MEAN                                                                          22.1            1995
 HIGHEST DAILY MEAN                   513     Jan 19             756     Jun  1             765       Jan 28 1994
 LOWEST DAILY MEAN                      3.2   Jan 13               5.8   Aug  9               2.4     Sep  5 1995
 ANNUAL SEVEN-DAY MINIMUM               3.6   Jan  7               6.3   Aug  6               2.6     Sep  1 1995
 INSTANTANEOUS PEAK FLOW                                        1030     Jun  1 a          1470       Jul 31 1992
 INSTANTANEOUS PEAK STAGE                                         14.59  Jun  1              15.60    Jul 31 1992
 INSTANTANEOUS LOW FLOW                                            5.4   Aug  9               2.4     Sep  2 1995
 ANNUAL RUNOFF (CFSM)                   1.58                       1.63                       1.22               
 ANNUAL RUNOFF (INCHES)                21.55                      22.19                      16.56               
 10 PERCENT EXCEEDS                   110                        108                         77                  
 50 PERCENT EXCEEDS                    27                         32                         20                  
 90 PERCENT EXCEEDS                     7.5                        7.7                        6.2                
 
a Peaks above base shown in table of peak discharges and stages at continuous-record surface-water-discharge stations.
e Estimated.