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

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				      04212100 GRAND RIVER NEAR PAINESVILLE, OHIO
LOCATION.--Lat 41043'08", long 81013'41", Lake County, Hydrologic Unit 04110004, on downstream left abutment of bridge 
on State Highway 84 (Walnut Avenue), 0.9 mi downstream from Big Creek in Painesville.
DRAINAGE AREA.--685 mi2.
PERIOD OF RECORD.--October 1974 to current year.
GAGE.--Water-stage recorder. Datum of gage is 596.37 ft above sea level. Previously published, in error, as        
620.37 ft above sea level.
REMARKS.--Records good except periods of estimated record, which are poor. 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      1340     1230     4750      942     1090     5670     1410      597     5870      113       17       35
   2       847     1010     4880      993      913     5820     1200      531    10000      132       16       32
   3       493      805     3240     1100      973     4300      922     1050    13400      127       15       32
   4       293      627     2320     1100     1670     2710      682     2040    11500       97       16       30
   5       210      552     1860     1090     5000     1970      537     1160     6500       79       16       26
 
   6       159      535     1410     1670     4860     3350      475     2730     4030       69       14       28
   7       129      482     1160     1370     2910     3570      399     2440     2350       62       12       27
   8       105     1130      975     1030     2120     3030      329     1640     1090       55       12       25
   9       111     4270      851      799     1770     3040      296     1670      551       53       11       29
  10       462     5900      773      717     1190     4920      267     2140      367       50       11       42
 
  11       468     5080     1620      587      779     4060      262     1920      282       45       12       79
  12       389     3980     4070     e500      592     2470     1260     1350      357       40       16       56
  13       307     3470     4130     e450      884     1850     3480      980      362       38       17       74
  14       233     3140     3240     e420      782     4290     2990      746      571       37       19      107
  15       178     2640     2860     e540      493     5880     2120      662      593       36       16       83
 
  16       146     2080     2390     e600      408     3680     1760      876      342       35       19       60
  17       122     1820     3600     e520      435     2630     1250     1010      809       31       41       45
  18       566     4470     4090     e480      516     2160      891      930      891       28       43       39
  19      4400     5890     2770     e450     1930     1440      739     1940     1030       25       65       33
  20      7170     4290     1780     e430     3820      976      660     4900     1080       24      103      121
 
  21      5240     2740     e740     e420     3560      726      540     3070      603       23      155       94
  22      3630     1730     e560    e1600     3020      614      598     1600      365       28      168      135
  23      2640     1240     e450     2570     2180      574      706     1010      251       26      196      261
  24      2210     1070    e3000     2230     1390      612      704      666      193       25      110      154
  25      1610     2210     3920     2470      930      757      666      673      153       24      118       90
 
  26      1120     6580     2390     2800      694     1490      598      926      129       23      125       73
  27       808     5620     1820     1850     8310     1520      505     1350      113       24       85       56
  28       622     3290     1650     2320     9510     1160      591     1100      124       23       65       46
  29       515     2180     1940     2390      ---      962      577      852      132       21       57       40
  30       727     2020     1600     1670      ---     1290      614      632      140       20       49       46
  31      1190      ---     1210     1320      ---     1600      ---      789      ---       18       41      ---
 
 TOTAL   38440    82081    72049    37428    62729    79121    28028    43980    64178     1431     1660     1998
 MEAN     1240     2736     2324     1207     2240     2552      934     1419     2139     46.2     53.5     66.6
 MAX      7170     6580     4880     2800     9510     5880     3480     4900    13400      132      196      261
 MIN       105      482      450      420      408      574      262      531      113       18       11       25
 CFSM     1.81     3.99     3.39     1.76     3.27     3.73     1.36     2.07     3.12      .07      .08      .10
 IN.      2.09     4.46     3.91     2.03     3.41     4.30     1.52     2.39     3.49      .08      .09      .11
 
 STATISTICS OF MONTHLY MEAN DATA FOR WATER YEARS 1975 - 1997, BY WATER YEAR (WY)                                 
 
 MEAN      528     1291     1633     1430     1847     2058     1443      849      713      284      261      448
 MAX      1880     4026     3816     3327     4044     3753     2598     3214     2851     1106     1106     1854
 (WY)     1991     1986     1978     1993     1981     1993     1987     1989     1986     1987     1980     1990
 MIN      42.1     67.1      363      109      322      577      450      106     39.8     30.5     17.0     11.0
 (WY)     1992     1979     1992     1977     1987     1990     1975     1987     1988     1991     1991     1995
 
 SUMMARY STATISTICS           FOR 1996 CALENDAR YEAR        FOR 1997 WATER YEAR           WATER YEARS 1975 - 1997
 
 ANNUAL TOTAL                      574422                     513123                                             
 ANNUAL MEAN                         1569                       1406                       1061                  
 HIGHEST ANNUAL MEAN                                                                       1406              1997
 LOWEST ANNUAL MEAN                                                                         668              1992
 HIGHEST DAILY MEAN                 13200     Jan 19           13400     Jun  3           15300       Nov  6 1985
 LOWEST DAILY MEAN                     23     Sep  5              11     Aug  9               5.1     Aug  4 1991
 ANNUAL SEVEN-DAY MINIMUM              26     Aug 31              13     Aug  5               5.3     Aug  2 1991
 INSTANTANEOUS PEAK FLOW                                       14800     Jun  3 a         18700       Jun 11 1986
 INSTANTANEOUS PEAK STAGE                                         11.33  Jun  3              13.16    Dec 25 1979
 INSTANTANEOUS LOW FLOW                                            9.7   Aug 10               5.1     Aug  4 1991
 ANNUAL RUNOFF (CFSM)                   2.29                       2.05                       1.55               
 ANNUAL RUNOFF (INCHES)                31.19                      27.87                      21.04               
 10 PERCENT EXCEEDS                  4210                       3860                       2860                  
 50 PERCENT EXCEEDS                   833                        739                        430                  
 90 PERCENT EXCEEDS                    85                         31                         41                  


a Peaks above base shown in table of peak discharges and stages at continuous-record surface-water-discharge stations.
e Estimated.