USGS Water-Year Summary 2024

03611500 OHIO RIVER AT METROPOLIS, IL

LOCATION - Lat 37°08'51", long 88°44'27" referenced to North American Datum of 1927, Massac County, IL, Hydrologic Unit 05140206, at TVA Shawnee Steam Plant river coal loading facility at river mile 946.2, about 2.1 miles downstream of previous location on railroad bridge at river mile 944.1 at Metropolis, IL.

DRAINAGE AREA - 203,000 mi².

SURFACE-WATER RECORDS

PERIOD OF RECORD - January 1928 to current year. Prior to April 1928 monthly discharge only, published in WSP 1305. Gage-height records collected 9.6 miles upstream at Paducah since 1890 are contained in reports of National Weather Service. Occasional discharge measurements from 1881 to 1924 in reports of Mississippi River Commission.

GAGE - Water-stage recorder with telemetry. Datum of gage is 276.18 feet above NAVD of 1988. Prior to December 22, 1936, water-stage recorders (temporary installations) at Paducah, Kentucky, Metropolis and Joppa, Illinois, and Dam 52. Auxiliary water-stage recorder near Grand Chain, 0.5 miles upstream from Dam 53, and 18 miles downstream from base gage. Prior to May 29, 1936, auxiliary nonrecording gage at Dam 53.

COOPERATION - U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Louisville District and National Stream Quality Accounting Network.

REMARKS - 10/01/2013-09/30/2014: Records fair except for estimated daily discharges and for discharges less than 100,000 ft³/s which are poor. Flow regulated by many dams and reservoirs. Maximum daily discharge includes overflow through Bay Creek and Cache River Valleys.