USGS Water-Year Summary 2024
03111520 OHIO RIVER AT PIKE ISLAND LOCK & DAM (LOWER), WV
LOCATION - Lat 40°08'59", long 80°42'06" referenced to North American Datum of 1927, Ohio County, WV, Hydrologic Unit 05030106, at downstream side of dam, and at mile 84.2 measured downstream from Pittsburgh, PA.
DRAINAGE AREA - 24,574 mi².
SURFACE-WATER RECORDS
PERIOD OF RECORD - October 2005 to September 2012 (annual maximum and minimum gage height), October 2012 to current year (daily mean gage height).
GAGE - Water-stage recorder with satellite telemeter. Datum of gage is 610.74 ft above NAVD 88. Superseded datum 611.30 ft above NGVD 29.
EXTREMES FOR PERIOD OF RECORD - Maximum gage height, 38.05 ft, Mar. 12, 2011; minimum, 11.88 ft, Aug. 6, 2007.
CLIMATOLOGICAL RECORDS
PERIOD OF RECORD - March 2015 to current year.
INSTRUMENTATION - Electronic data logger with 15-minute record interval. Heated tipping bucket rain gage.
EXTREMES FOR PERIOD OF RECORD - Maximum daily precipitation, 4.10 in., Sept. 29, 2015; minimum precipitation, 0.00 in., on many days.