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Water-Year Summary for Site 03159500

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Available Parameters
00060 Discharge(Mean)  
00608 Ammonia, wf(Mean)  
00625 NH3+orgN, wu(Mean)  
00631 NO3+NO2, wf(Mean)  
00665 Phosphorus, wu(Mean)  
00671 Orthophosphate, wf(Mean)  
62961 Ammonia, dissolved(Mean)  
80154 Suspnd sedmnt conc(Mean)  
80155 Suspnd sedmnt disch(Mean)  
91007 Phosphorus, wu(Mean)  
91057 NH3+orgN, wu(Mean)  
91060 Orthophosphate, diss(Mean)  
91061 NO3+NO2, dissolved(Mean)  

Water year 2024: 2024-10-01 to 2025-09-30
 
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USGS Water-Year Summary 2024
03159500 Hocking River at Athens OH
LOCATION - Lat 39°19'44", long 82°05'16" referenced to North American Datum of 1927, Athens County, OH, Hydrologic Unit 05030204, on right bank 0.8 mi east of business section of Athens, 3 mi downstream from Margaret Creek, and 1.4 mi downstream from Coates Run.
DRAINAGE AREA - 943 mi².
REVISIONS HISTORY - WSP 523: 1918-19(M). WSP 743: 1922(M). WSP 873: 1920, 1922, 1924-28, 1937. WSP 1113: 1932. WDR-OH-90-1: 1979(M), 1983(M), 1985(M), 1986(M). WDR-OH-01: 1998 (M),(January 1999). All 2012 water year revisions supercede figures published and(or) revised in all reports prior to the 2013 water year. Daily discharges, peak maximum discharges and statistics have been revised for water year 2012 and are in the table and graph below.
SURFACE-WATER RECORDS
PERIOD OF RECORD - May 1915 to current year.
GAGE - Water-Stage recorder. Datum of gage is 610.78 ft (NAVD 1988). Prior to February 2015, datum was 611.26 ft (NGVD 1929). Prior to Aug. 17, 1931, nonrecording gage; Aug. 18, 1931-June 19, 1970, at present site at datum 3.55 ft higher; June 19, 1970-Sept. 30, 1971, and Oct. 1, 1976-Mar. 31, 1993, water-stage recorder at site 5.3 mi. downstream at datum 11.26 ft lower, published as "Below Athens"(03159510).
REMARKS -

Records fair for 2014 except estimated records, which are poor. Dec. 12, 2014 to Aug. 10, 2015: records fair except estimated records, which are poor. Aug. 10, 2015 to Dec. 8, 2015: records good except for estimated records, which are poor. Dec. 9, 2015 to Dec. 20, 2016: records good except for estimated records, which are poor.  Dec. 20, 2016 to Mar. 3, 2017: discharge records fair except for estimated records, which are poor.  Mar. 3, 2017 to Aug. 10, 2017: discharge records good except for estimated records, which are poor.  Aug. 10, 2017 to Oct. 12, 2017: discharge records fair except for estimated records, which are poor.  Oct. 13, 2017 to Nov. 29, 2017: discharge records rated good.  Nov. 30, 2017 to Mar. 27, 2018: discharge records rated fair except for estimated records, which are poor.  Mar. 28, 2018 to June 22, 2018: discharge records rated good.  June 23, 2018 to July 11, 2018: discharge records rated poor.  July 12, 2018 to Nov. 16, 2018: discharge records rated good.  Water-quality data formerly collected at this site. Some regulation by upstream reservoirs.

Record quality ratings may not be included in the water-year summary for approved records newer than 09/30/2018. 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 Mar. 1907 reached a stage of about 27 ft. from flood marks, site and datum then in use; discharge 50,000 ft³/s, estimated by U. S. Army Corps. of Engineers.