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

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USGS Water-Year Summary 2019

03230500 BIG DARBY CREEK AT DARBYVILLE OH

LOCATION - Lat 39°42'02", long 83°06'37" referenced to North American Datum of 1927, Pickaway County, OH, Hydrologic Unit 05060001, on right bank at upstream side of State Highway 316, 0.4 mi northeast of Darbyville, 0.4 mi upstream from Lizard Run, and 3.0 mi downstream from Greenbrier Creek.

DRAINAGE AREA - 534 mi².

REVISIONS HISTORY - WSP 1083: 1922(M), 1924(M), 1927(M), 1933(M), 1938(M). WSP 1305: 1928-31(M), 1934(M), 1945(M). WSP 1505: 1932(M). WSP 1908: Drainage area.

SURFACE-WATER RECORDS

PERIOD OF RECORD - October 1921 to December 1935, January 1938 to current year. Prior to October 1959, published as Darby Creek at Darbyville.

GAGE - Water-stage recorder. Datum of gage is 713.17 ft (NAVD 1988). Datum of gage was 713.69 ft (NGVD 1929). Prior to Mar. 17, 1940, nonrecording gage at same site and datum.

REMARKS -

Records fair for 2014, except for periods of estimated record, which are poor. U.S. Army Corps of Engineers satellite telemeter at station. Oct. 1, 2014 to Oct. 9, 2014: records fair. Oct. 9, 2014 to Dec. 8, 2014: records poor. Dec. 8, 2014 to Feb. 9, 2015: records fair except for estimated daily discharges which are poor. Feb. 9, 2015 to Apr. 9, 2015: records poor. Apr. 9, 2015 to June 24, 2015: records good. June 25, 2015 to Oct. 15, 2015: records fair. Oct. 15, 2015 to Dec. 23, 2015: records good. Dec. 23, 2015 to Feb. 26, 2016: records fair, except for estimated record which is poor. Feb. 26, 2016 to Nov. 1, 2016: records fair. Nov. 1, 2016 to Dec. 26, 2016: discharge records good except for estimated records, which are poor. Dec. 27, 2016 to Mar. 2, 2017: discharge records fair except for estimated records, which are poor. Mar. 3, 2017 to Oct. 31, 2017: discharge records good. Nov. 1, 2017 to Dec. 25, 2017: discharge records good. Dec. 26, 2017 to June 3, 2018: discharge records good. June 4, 2018 to Aug. 2, 2018: discharge records good. Aug. 3, 2018 to Oct. 1, 2018: discharge records good.

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 togs-w-oh_NWISWeb_Data_Inquiries@usgs.gov.

DISCHARGE, CUBIC FEET PER SECOND
YEAR 2018-10-01 to 2019-09-30
DAILY MEAN VALUES

Day	Oct
	2018
1	220
2	189
3	196
4	281
5	232
6	198
7	176
8	157
9	143
10	148
11	153
12	141
13	131
14	124
15	121
16	117
17	113
18	107
19	103
20	102
21	101
22	99.7
23	97.6
24	96.0
25	94.5
26	96.2
27	115
28	151
29	151
30	149
31	152
Total	4,455
Mean	144
Max	281
Min	94.5
Ac-ft	8,836

Day	Nov
2018
1	1,530
2	5,860
3	6,930
4	3,120
5	1,490
6	1,970
7	1,760
8	1,110
9	849
10	798
11	677
12	575
13	508
14	446
15	853
16	2,620
17	2,130
18	1,330
19	1,280
20	2,440
21	1,550
22	931
23	702
24	1,400
25	2,980
26	1,940
27	1,800
28	1,130
29	769
30	627
--
Total	52,110
Mean	1,737
Max	6930
Min	446
Ac-ft	103,300

Day	Dec
2018
1	1,130
2	3,680
3	3,020
4	1,370
5	910
6	709
7	599
8	522
9	464
10	427
11	392
12	365
13	344
14	324
15	557
16	3,220
17	4,060
18	1,590
19	955
20	738
21	1,400
22	2,470
23	1,200
24	789
25	631
26	543
27	489
28	517
29	608
30	597
31	876
Total	35,500
Mean	1,145
Max	4060
Min	324
Ac-ft	70,400

Day	Jan
2019
1	3,690
2	4,020
3	1,550
4	983
5	1,080
6	713
7	580
8	529
9	484
10	425
11	379
12	355
13	353
14	335
15	304
16	307
17	299
18	328
19	590
20	1,570
21	907
22	654
23	1,040
24	4,740
25	5,000
26	1,870
27	990
28	717
29	641
30	520
31	382
Total	36,340
Mean	1,172
Max	5000
Min	299
Ac-ft	72,070

Day	Feb
2019
1	436
2	386
3	396
4	567
5	1,930
6	3,860
7	6,590
8	8,320
9	6,980
10	1,990
11	1,210
12	3,480
13	5,770
14	3,780
15	1,790
16	1,420
17	993
18	769
19	626
20	846
21	2,240
22	3,420
23	2,480
24	2,310
25	2,790
26	1,210
27	825
28	696
--
--
--
Total	68,110
Mean	2,433
Max	8320
Min	386
Ac-ft	135,100

Day	Mar
2019
1	617
2	566
3	530
4	504
5	455
6	395
7	376
8	367
9	441
10	3,280
11	3,030
12	1,320
13	877
14	820
15	1,680
16	1,350
17	792
18	654
19	583
20	539
21	500
22	464
23	425
24	378
25	437
26	466
27	433
28	390
29	375
30	692
31	5,450
Total	29,190
Mean	941
Max	5450
Min	367
Ac-ft	57,890

Day	Apr
2019
1	4,450
2	1,590
3	1,000
4	726
5	599
6	537
7	484
8	453
9	424
10	388
11	354
12	354
13	340
14	418
15	522
16	617
17	447
18	387
19	399
20	2,730
21	5,090
22	2,100
23	1,050
24	756
25	621
26	1,910
27	2,160
28	1,370
29	1,260
30	839
--
Total	34,380
Mean	1,146
Max	5090
Min	340
Ac-ft	68,180

Day	May
2019
1	650
2	955
3	1,940
4	3,880
5	2,640
6	1,210
7	815
8	635
9	552
10	968
11	1,230
12	737
13	623
14	624
15	536
16	468
17	3,480
18	7,210
19	6,590
20	1,490
21	927
22	697
23	596
24	550
25	503
26	458
27	469
28	860
29	1,760
30	714
31	726
Total	45,490
Mean	1,468
Max	7210
Min	458
Ac-ft	90,230

Day	Jun
2019
1	852
2	540
3	506
4	435
5	380
6	361
7	352
8	317
9	290
10	275
11	296
12	401
13	324
14	600
15	435
16	744
17	3,390
18	4,540
19	3,750
20	4,830
21	3,620
22	1,430
23	800
24	902
25	1,050
26	560
27	420
28	333
29	292
30	252
--
Total	33,280
Mean	1,109
Max	4830
Min	252
Ac-ft	66,000

Day	Jul
2019
1	217
2	192
3	430
4	748
5	631
6	827
7	450
8	249
9	197
10	169
11	149
12	136
13	126
14	117
15	111
16	107
17	109
18	129
19	221
20	213
21	162
22	131
23	113
24	103
25	96.1
26	88.9
27	83.5
28	79.0
29	74.9
30	72.9
31	70.9
Total	6,603
Mean	213
Max	827
Min	70.9
Ac-ft	13,100

Day	Aug
2019
1	70.0
2	65.4
3	62.5
4	60.7
5	58.5
6	55.1
7	56.5
8	58.6
9	56.1
10	51.5
11	48.7
12	46.1
13	46.4
14	45.9
15	50.4
16	45.3
17	44.6
18	43.8
19	46.4
20	45.3
21	45.5
22	45.8
23	44.0
24	41.0
25	39.2
26	44.2
27	49.9
28	53.7
29	62.0
30	66.8
31	58.7
Total	1,608
Mean	51.9
Max	70.0
Min	39.2
Ac-ft	3,191

Day	Sep
2019
1	53.4
2	55.8
3	45.8
4	39.4
5	40.1
6	39.8
7	37.5
8	33.7
9	31.6
10	30.4
11	29.5
12	28.2
13	27.2
14	26.1
15	25.1
16	24.6
17	23.7
18	22.9
19	22.0
20	21.1
21	23.5
22	23.1
23	21.9
24	21.0
25	22.2
26	25.7
27	24.9
28	24.4
29	24.5
30	27.4
--
Total	897
Mean	29.9
Max	55.8
Min	21.0
Ac-ft	1,778

STATISTICS OF MONTHLY MEAN DATA FOR WATER YEARS 1922 - 2019, BY WATER YEAR (WY)
	Oct	Nov	Dec	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep
Mean	125	293	521	756	798	990	857	620	493	260	145	105
Max	1,223	1,744	2,287	4,537	2,432	3,340	2,190	2,766	2,228	1,868	1,216	1,652
(WY)	(1927)	(1986)	(1991)	(2005)	(2019)	(2008)	(1957)	(1996)	(1997)	(1993)	(1980)	(1979)
Min	3.91	13.6	18.5	23.4	37.2	84.0	133	42.6	14.9	9.08	9.82	6.43
(WY)	(1964)	(1954)	(1964)	(1945)	(1934)	(1931)	(1925)	(1934)	(1934)	(1934)	(1930)	(1964)

SUMMARY STATISTICS
	Water Year 2019		Water Years 1922 - 2019
Annual total	347,900
Annual mean	953.3		498.0
Highest annual mean			953.3	2019
Lowest annual mean			79.1	1934
Highest daily mean	8,320	Feb 08	38,400	Jan 22, 1959
Lowest daily mean	21.0	Sep 24	1.40	Sep 17, 1932
Annual 7-day minimum	22.1	Sep 19	2.03	Oct 07, 1963
Maximum peak flow	10,600	May 19	49,000	Jan 22, 1959
Maximum peak stage	12.04	May 19	17.94	Jan 22, 1959
Annual runoff (cfsm)	1.79		0.928
Annual runoff (inches)	24.2		12.6
10 percent exceeds	2,676		1,190
50 percent exceeds	484.0		174.0
90 percent exceeds	45.7		28.0

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