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USGS 03229000 Alum Creek at Columbus OH

  Stream Site

DESCRIPTION:
Latitude 39°56'42",   Longitude 82°56'28"   NAD27
Franklin County, Ohio, Hydrologic Unit 05060001
Drainage area: 189 square miles
Contributing drainage area: 189 square miles,
Datum of gage: 733.69 feet above   NGVD29.
AVAILABLE DATA:
Data Type Begin Date End Date Count
 Current / Historical Observations     (availability statement)    1990-10-01  2026-01-21  
 Daily Data
    Discharge, cubic feet per second  1923-10-01  2026-01-20  26825 
    Gage height, feet  2017-09-30  2026-01-20  3020 
    Suspended sediment concentration, milligrams per liter  1960-10-01  1965-09-29  1752 
    Suspended sediment discharge, short tons per day  1960-10-01  1965-09-29  1822 
 Daily Statistics 
    Discharge, cubic feet per second  1923-10-01  2025-02-04 26425 
    Gage height, feet  2017-09-30  2025-02-04 2671 
    Suspended sediment concentration, milligrams per liter  1960-10-01  1965-09-29 1752 
    Suspended sediment discharge, short tons per day  1960-10-01  1965-09-29 1822 
 Monthly Statistics 
    Discharge, cubic feet per second  1923-10  2025-02  
    Gage height, feet  2017-09  2025-02  
    Suspended sediment concentration, milligrams per liter  1960-10  1965-09  
    Suspended sediment discharge, short tons per day  1960-10  1965-09  
 Annual Statistics 
    Discharge, cubic feet per second  1924  2025  
    Gage height, feet  2017  2025  
    Suspended sediment concentration, milligrams per liter  1961  1965  
    Suspended sediment discharge, short tons per day  1961  1965  
 Peak streamflow 1924-03-29  2019-03-31  78 
 Field measurements 1947-03-31  2025-12-08  93 
 Field/Lab water-quality samples (Legacy QW is frozen as of March 2024, newer data may be found on MLP) 1961-02-19  1977-07-07  70 
 Water-Year Summary 2017  2024  8 
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OPERATION:
Record for this site is maintained by the USGS Ohio Water Science Center
Email questions about this site to Ohio Water Science Center Water-Data Inquiries