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

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USGS Water-Year Summary 2019

03234300 PAINT CREEK AT CHILLICOTHE OH

LOCATION - Lat 39°19'13", long 82°58'42" referenced to North American Datum of 1927, Ross County, OH, Hydrologic Unit 05060003, on left bank at downstream side of bridge on State Highway 772, 4.3 mi downstream from North Fork Paint Creek and 3.8 mi upstream from mouth.

DRAINAGE AREA - 1,136 mi².

REVISIONS HISTORY - WDR-OH-88-1: 1986(M), 1987(M).

SURFACE-WATER RECORDS

PERIOD OF RECORD - October 1985 to current year.

GAGE - Water-stage recorder. Datum of gage is 587.25 ft (NAVD 1988). Prior to Oct. 1, 2011 600 ft. above sea level (from topographic map).

REMARKS - WY2014: records fair except for estimated records, which are poor. WY2015: records fair except for estimated records, which are poor. Nov. 10, 2015 to Oct. 13, 2016: discharge records fair. For the period Oct. 13, 2016 to Nov. 9, 2017, discharge records rated fair. For period Nov. 9, 2017 to Apr. 26, 2018, discharge records fair. Flow regulated by Paint Creek Lake, 35 mi upstream, capacity 145,000 acre-ft, and Rocky Fork Lake 41 mi upstream, capacity 34,100 acre-ft. Water-quality data formerly collected at this site. 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.

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

Day	Oct
	2018
1	995
2	488
3	402
4	438
5	432
6	412
7	389
8	369
9	353
10	453
11	934
12	547
13	490
14	325
15	287
16	283
17	391
18	275
19	358
20	278
21	198
22	187
23	361
24	407
25	226
26	179
27	235
28	284
29	289
30	474
31	571
Total	12,310
Mean	397
Max	995
Min	179
Ac-ft	24,420

Day	Nov
2018
1	1,480
2	4,520
3	4,050
4	3,540
5	3,490
6	10,000
7	7,170
8	5,530
9	3,880
10	2,190
11	1,850
12	1,300
13	1,330
14	1,200
15	3,370
16	6,370
17	5,540
18	4,790
19	3,560
20	3,580
21	2,790
22	2,150
23	1,490
24	2,590
25	2,870
26	4,110
27	3,790
28	2,610
29	2,160
30	1,280
--
Total	104,600
Mean	3,486
Max	10000
Min	1200
Ac-ft	207,400

Day	Dec
2018
1	3,100
2	9,620
3	7,590
4	7,460
5	5,270
6	4,620
7	2,480
8	1,490
9	1,330
10	1,240
11	1,190
12	1,110
13	964
14	914
15	2,210
16	5,260
17	5,600
18	4,300
19	2,350
20	1,740
21	3,310
22	3,820
23	2,410
24	1,720
25	1,550
26	1,190
27	910
28	1,500
29	1,350
30	1,380
31	2,920
Total	91,900
Mean	2,964
Max	9620
Min	910
Ac-ft	182,300

Day	Jan
2019
1	9,170
2	5,780
3	5,700
4	4,880
5	4,870
6	5,750
7	5,060
8	2,740
9	2,020
10	1,360
11	1,360
12	1,040
13	998
14	953
15	1,130
16	926
17	953
18	1,250
19	3,190
20	9,010
21	7,370
22	5,490
23	4,010
24	12,500
25	7,740
26	5,950
27	7,790
28	6,590
29	3,300
30	2,210
31	1,380
Total	132,500
Mean	4,273
Max	12500
Min	926
Ac-ft	262,700

Day	Feb
2019
1	1,020
2	1,230
3	1,200
4	1,340
5	2,350
6	9,520
7	11,200
8	13,300
9	4,850
10	4,900
11	6,270
12	13,900
13	11,800
14	4,210
15	1,890
16	4,530
17	7,800
18	7,730
19	7,660
20	9,490
21	10,200
22	9,040
23	8,790
24	8,960
25	3,800
26	1,250
27	4,220
28	7,560
--
--
--
Total	180,000
Mean	6,429
Max	13900
Min	1020
Ac-ft	357,000

Day	Mar
2019
1	7,590
2	7,460
3	6,880
4	5,220
5	1,440
6	1,070
7	1,070
8	966
9	1,390
10	10,600
11	6,630
12	7,670
13	6,420
14	2,660
15	6,310
16	3,540
17	2,840
18	2,760
19	3,300
20	2,500
21	1,190
22	1,160
23	1,180
24	1,120
25	1,650
26	2,370
27	1,760
28	1,500
29	1,290
30	1,200
31	8,960
Total	111,700
Mean	3,603
Max	10600
Min	966
Ac-ft	221,500

Day	Apr
2019
1	5,980
2	6,440
3	6,200
4	3,800
5	1,850
6	1,160
7	1,050
8	991
9	1,030
10	1,270
11	850
12	1,040
13	1,050
14	1,640
15	2,380
16	1,850
17	1,600
18	1,100
19	1,030
20	2,800
21	3,580
22	4,510
23	6,210
24	3,760
25	1,370
26	7,120
27	7,140
28	5,800
29	5,030
30	5,980
--
Total	95,610
Mean	3,187
Max	7140
Min	850
Ac-ft	189,600

Day	May
2019
1	2,280
2	2,660
3	4,380
4	5,340
5	4,880
6	5,860
7	2,930
8	1,610
9	1,370
10	2,690
11	4,060
12	2,570
13	2,240
14	1,640
15	1,230
16	1,120
17	6,480
18	5,020
19	6,710
20	5,350
21	1,810
22	1,370
23	1,010
24	1,020
25	884
26	994
27	858
28	1,040
29	1,140
30	1,380
31	1,150
Total	83,080
Mean	2,680
Max	6710
Min	858
Ac-ft	164,800

Day	Jun
2019
1	1,280
2	976
3	842
4	744
5	727
6	689
7	643
8	582
9	557
10	553
11	431
12	365
13	494
14	434
15	531
16	2,320
17	3,410
18	9,930
19	6,050
20	5,190
21	2,920
22	1,840
23	5,490
24	6,550
25	6,660
26	6,210
27	6,410
28	6,140
29	5,910
30	5,370
--
Total	90,250
Mean	3,008
Max	9930
Min	365
Ac-ft	179,000

Day	Jul
2019
1	3,960
2	767
3	897
4	1,480
5	1,170
6	951
7	3,050
8	1,660
9	1,120
10	840
11	749
12	700
13	663
14	562
15	495
16	466
17	454
18	475
19	518
20	439
21	422
22	429
23	490
24	449
25	404
26	376
27	353
28	318
29	263
30	258
31	347
Total	25,520
Mean	823
Max	3960
Min	258
Ac-ft	50,630

Day	Aug
2019
1	255
2	262
3	225
4	204
5	192
6	181
7	190
8	177
9	172
10	168
11	167
12	177
13	191
14	246
15	258
16	264
17	238
18	219
19	205
20	216
21	206
22	196
23	241
24	360
25	295
26	267
27	271
28	284
29	282
30	254
31	234
Total	7,097
Mean	229
Max	360
Min	167
Ac-ft	14,080

Day	Sep
2019
1	184
2	302
3	222
4	178
5	160
6	160
7	166
8	160
9	166
10	171
11	169
12	157
13	122
14	115
15	112
16	110
17	106
18	101
19	96.5
20	93.2
21	92.7
22	94.2
23	95.6
24	93.1
25	88.9
26	86.1
27	82.9
28	82.1
29	81.2
30	80.9
--
Total	3,928
Mean	131
Max	302
Min	80.9
Ac-ft	7,792

STATISTICS OF MONTHLY MEAN DATA FOR WATER YEARS 1986 - 2019, BY WATER YEAR (WY)
	Oct	Nov	Dec	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep
Mean	467	851	1,400	1,945	2,221	2,622	2,208	2,148	1,442	627	297	241
Max	5,173	3,486	5,202	8,078	6,429	7,795	5,474	6,885	4,266	2,586	1,156	1,490
(WY)	(2007)	(2019)	(1991)	(2005)	(2019)	(2008)	(2011)	(2011)	(1996)	(2015)	(1990)	(2018)
Min	48.2	46.0	62.8	298	310	459	376	239	94.4	66.1	61.5	50.9
(WY)	(1988)	(2000)	(1988)	(1988)	(1987)	(1987)	(1986)	(1988)	(1988)	(1999)	(1986)	(2002)

SUMMARY STATISTICS
	Water Year 2019		Water Years 1986 - 2019
Annual total	938,400
Annual mean	2,571		1,368
Highest annual mean			2,571	2019
Lowest annual mean			483.1	1988
Highest daily mean	13,900	Feb 12	25,300	May 29, 1990
Lowest daily mean	80.9	Sep 30	21.9	Nov 22, 2010
Annual 7-day minimum	85.0	Sep 24	23.5	Nov 10, 2010
Maximum peak flow	19,600^a	Feb 13	30,500^a	May 11, 2011
Maximum peak stage	21.84	Feb 13	24.82	May 11, 2011
Annual runoff (cfsm)	2.26		1.20
Annual runoff (inches)	30.7		16.4
10 percent exceeds	6,642		3,970
50 percent exceeds	1,290		600.0
90 percent exceeds	188.8		80.2

^a Discharge affected by Regulation or Diversion

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