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Water year 2025: 2025-10-01 to 2026-09-30
 
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USGS Water-Year Summary 2025
03147500 Licking River bl Dillon Dam near Dillon Falls OH
LOCATION - Lat 39°59'18", long 82°04'50" referenced to North American Datum of 1927, Muskingum County, OH, Hydrologic Unit 05040006, on left bank, 500 ft. downstream from Dillon Dam, 2 mi. northwest of Dillon Falls, and 5.8 mi. upstream from its confluence with the Muskingum River at Zanesville.
DRAINAGE AREA - 742 mi².
REVISIONS HISTORY - WSP 2107: Drainage area.
SURFACE-WATER RECORDS
PERIOD OF RECORD - Continuous discharge gage, October 1939 to September 1991; recording crest stage gage October 1991 to current year. Prior to October 1962, published as Licking River at Dillon.
GAGE - Water-stage recorder. Datum of gage is 700.00 ft (NGVD 1929), (U.S. Army Corps of Engineers bench mark). From Survey November 2023, datum of Gage is also 698.97 ft (NAVD88). Prior to Oct. 27, 1940, water-stage recorder at site 2.3 mi downstream at different datum. Oct. 27, 1940 to Sept. 30, 1962, water-stage recorder at site 2.6 mi downstream at datum 16.3 ft lower.
REMARKS -

Flow regulated by Dillon Lake since December 1960. Water-quality data collected at this 1965 to 1977. Water-temperature data collected 1961 to 1975. U.S. Army Corps of Engineers satellite telemeter at station.

Record quality ratings will not be included in the water-year summary for approved records newer than 09/30/2019. Record quality is still being rated internally. For questions about record quality ratings, please send email to gs-w-oh_NWISWeb_Data_Inquiries@usgs.gov.

EXTREMES OUTSIDE PERIOD OF RECORD - Flood in March 1913 reached a stage of 37.0 ft at site and datum in use 1940-62, from flood mark, backwater from Muskingum River.
EXTREMES FOR PERIOD OF RECORD - Maximum discharge, 47,000 ft³/s, Jan. 22, 1959, gage height, 32.46 ft.