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Water year 2019: 2018-10-01 to 2019-09-30

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USGS Water-Year Summary 2019

03230310 LITTLE DARBY CREEK AT WEST JEFFERSON OH

LOCATION - Lat 39°57'04", long 83°16'10" referenced to North American Datum of 1927, Madison County, OH, Hydrologic Unit 05060001, at bridge on Middle Pike, 0.4 mi north of West Jefferson, and 7.2 mi upstream from Big Darby Creek.

DRAINAGE AREA - 162 mi².

SURFACE-WATER RECORDS

PERIOD OF RECORD - Low flow site 1979 - 1983. Continuous-record stream gage from October 1992 to September 2005 and from April 2009 to current year. Stage-only gage from October 2005 to March 2009.

GAGE - Water-stage recorder. Datum of gage is 878.96 ft (NAVD 1988). Previously, datum of gage was 785 ft (NGVD 1929).

REMARKS -

2014 WY; records fair except for estimated periods, which were poor. Oct. 14, 2014 to Dec. 1, 2014; records poor. Dec. 2, 2014 to Dec. 8, 2015; records fair except for estimated periods, which were poor. Dec. 8, 2015 to Sept. 17, 2016: discharge records fair. Sept. 18, 2016 to Oct. 1, 2016: discharge records poor. Oct. 2, 2016 to Nov. 17, 2016: discharge records fair. Nov. 18, 2016 to Oct. 20, 2017: discharge records fair except for periods of estimated record, which are poor. All estimated discharge record is rated poor, all other discharge records are rated as follows: Oct. 20, 2017- Aug. 9, 2018 rated fair; Aug. 9, 2018- Dec. 18, 2018 rated poor.

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.

DISCHARGE, CUBIC FEET PER SECOND
YEAR 2018-10-01 to 2019-09-30
DAILY MEAN VALUES
[e, Value has been estimated.]

Day	Oct
	2018
1	63.4
2	56.5
3	137
4	145
5	94.9
6	76.7
7	64.3
8	52.8
9	48.3
10	53.0
11	50.6
12	45.3
13	39.8
14	35.7
15	34.4
16	31.5
17	27.9
18	e25.3
19	e24.0
20	e23.3
21	e21.6
22	e20.2
23	e20.2
24	e20.2
25	e18.5
26	18.9
27	32.6
28	32.8
29	32.8
30	28.9
31	28.9
Total	1,405
Mean	45.3
Max	145
Min	18.5
Ac-ft	2,787

Day	Nov
2018
1	676
2	2,530
3	2,010
4	874
5	508
6	577
7	531
8	370
9	311
10	279
11	232
12	196
13	173
14	147
15	e292
16	e682
17	602
18	439
19	522
20	778
21	472
22	320
23	256
24	511
25	822
26	590
27	523
28	350
29	264
30	223
--
Total	17,060
Mean	569
Max	2530
Min	147
Ac-ft	33,840

Day	Dec
2018
1	362
2	1,110
3	824
4	424
5	309
6	250
7	209
8	177
9	158
10	145
11	130
12	120
13	113
14	105
15	213
16	1,160
17	1,020
18	469
19	324
20	269
21	556
22	685
23	378
24	278
25	228
26	195
27	176
28	196
29	243
30	208
31	292
Total	11,330
Mean	365
Max	1160
Min	105
Ac-ft	22,460

Day	Jan
2019
1	1,210
2	1,030
3	471
4	330
5	276
6	227
7	193
8	183
9	165
10	139
11	122
12	117
13	116
14	108
15	99.0
16	96.3
17	94.6
18	102
19	154
20	e318
21	e178
22	e119
23	e310
24	1,630
25	1,400
26	515
27	326
28	e249
29	e194
30	e143
31	e129
Total	10,740
Mean	347
Max	1630
Min	94.6
Ac-ft	21,310

Day	Feb
2019
1	e122
2	e118
3	e133
4	e276
5	664
6	1,080
7	2,150
8	2,560
9	1,610
10	553
11	404
12	915
13	1,700
14	952
15	577
16	461
17	338
18	273
19	221
20	232
21	551
22	972
23	737
24	865
25	847
26	401
27	305
28	261
--
--
--
Total	20,280
Mean	724
Max	2560
Min	118
Ac-ft	40,220

Day	Mar
2019
1	229
2	206
3	e183
4	e156
5	e130
6	e109
7	e104
8	e104
9	e160
10	934
11	746
12	395
13	296
14	281
15	392
16	321
17	241
18	211
19	187
20	171
21	166
22	158
23	138
24	123
25	133
26	142
27	135
28	127
29	134
30	229
31	1,560
Total	8,601
Mean	277
Max	1560
Min	104
Ac-ft	17,060

Day	Apr
2019
1	1,100
2	478
3	342
4	261
5	225
6	200
7	180
8	172
9	162
10	152
11	147
12	136
13	124
14	146
15	190
16	170
17	155
18	149
19	200
20	1,180
21	1,450
22	577
23	371
24	278
25	236
26	488
27	536
28	430
29	406
30	295
--
Total	10,940
Mean	365
Max	1450
Min	124
Ac-ft	21,690

Day	May
2019
1	242
2	430
3	792
4	1,410
5	785
6	434
7	319
8	257
9	222
10	488
11	665
12	338
13	305
14	284
15	241
16	209
17	1,640
18	2,940
19	1,430
20	515
21	373
22	289
23	249
24	234
25	209
26	194
27	189
28	274
29	363
30	285
31	408
Total	17,010
Mean	549
Max	2940
Min	189
Ac-ft	33,750

Day	Jun
2019
1	269
2	225
3	215
4	170
5	149
6	132
7	115
8	104
9	94.7
10	94.0
11	95.4
12	91.6
13	111
14	189
15	127
16	370
17	772
18	687
19	695
20	960
21	684
22	401
23	290
24	252
25	232
26	188
27	159
28	146
29	142
30	126
--
Total	8,286
Mean	276
Max	960
Min	91.6
Ac-ft	16,430

Day	Jul
2019
1	112
2	101
3	108
4	380
5	270
6	185
7	150
8	123
9	102
10	88.9
11	80.8
12	73.8
13	66.2
14	59.5
15	54.5
16	53.2
17	71.6
18	92.0
19	91.2
20	74.5
21	60.4
22	54.1
23	52.9
24	48.9
25	42.4
26	37.8
27	34.6
28	32.0
29	28.7
30	26.4
31	25.3
Total	2,781
Mean	89.7
Max	380
Min	25.3
Ac-ft	5,515

Day	Aug
2019
1	24.3
2	22.4
3	20.5
4	18.7
5	17.6
6	18.1
7	20.0
8	18.3
9	18.0
10	15.5
11	14.0
12	13.1
13	15.3
14	15.4
15	15.7
16	15.2
17	14.3
18	13.1
19	11.9
20	14.2
21	12.4
22	11.5
23	11.5
24	11.0
25	11.0
26	12.5
27	18.4
28	27.7
29	22.3
30	19.4
31	14.1
Total	507
Mean	16.4
Max	27.7
Min	11.0
Ac-ft	1,006

Day	Sep
2019
1	12.3
2	11.2
3	11.2
4	14.9
5	16.8
6	12.0
7	10.9
8	11.2
9	10.6
10	9.13
11	9.26
12	9.75
13	9.54
14	8.61
15	7.96
16	7.15
17	6.34
18	5.93
19	6.32
20	5.16
21	4.90
22	5.76
23	6.65
24	7.75
25	6.57
26	6.24
27	5.81
28	5.75
29	5.82
30	7.02
--
Total	259
Mean	8.62
Max	16.8
Min	4.90
Ac-ft	513

STATISTICS OF MONTHLY MEAN DATA FOR WATER YEARS 1993 - 2019, BY WATER YEAR (WY)
	Oct	Nov	Dec	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep
Mean	37.6	129	190	284	254	318	303	288	232	116	41.4	38.1
Max	109	569	764	1,237	724	776	679	845	673	701	336	377
(WY)	(2018)	(2019)	(2012)	(2005)	(2019)	(2011)	(2011)	(1996)	(1997)	(1993)	(1995)	(2003)
Min	1.74	6.81	10.5	48.7	84.8	74.9	70.2	55.5	18.5	8.97	2.67	.11
(WY)	(2000)	(2000)	(2000)	(2011)	(2015)	(2001)	(1997)	(1999)	(1999)	(2012)	(2012)	(1999)

SUMMARY STATISTICS
	Water Year 2019		Water Years 1993 - 2019
Annual total	109,200
Annual mean	299.2		187.6
Highest annual mean			299.2	2019
Lowest annual mean			91.1	1999
Highest daily mean	2,940	May 18	6,060	Jan 06, 2005
Lowest daily mean	4.90	Sep 21	0.0	Sep 06, 1999
Annual 7-day minimum	5.87	Sep 17	0.0	Sep 12, 1999
Maximum peak flow	3,440	May 18	6,560	Jan 06, 2005
Maximum peak stage	12.52	May 18	15.67	Jan 06, 2005
Annual runoff (cfsm)	1.85		1.14
Annual runoff (inches)	25.1		15.5
10 percent exceeds	756.4		455.0
50 percent exceeds	170.0		76.0
90 percent exceeds	13.1		9.52

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