Station operated in cooperation with the Ohio Water Development Authority.
04208000 Cuyahoga River at Independence, OH
LOCATION.--Lat 41°23'43", long 81°37'48", Cuyahoga County, OH, Hydrologic
Unit 04110002, on left bank 240 ft downstream from bridge on Old Rockside Road,
0.8 mi northeast of Independence, and 3.0 mi downstream from Tinkers Creek.
DRAINAGE AREA.--707 mi2.
PERIOD OF RECORD.--September 1903 to December 1905 (fragmentary), January to July 1906
(gage heights and discharge measurements only), September 1921 to May 1923, September
1927 to December 1935, March 1940 to current year.
REVISED RECORDS.--WSP 1307: 1922-23(M), 1928-30(M), 1933(M), 1940(M), 1947(M), 1950(M).
WSP 1912: Drainage area.
REMARKS.--Natural flow of stream affected by diversion, storage reservoirs, and powerplants.
Some diversion from the Tuscarawas River Basin drainage into this basin at Portage
Lakes (see REMARKS for station 03117000). Water diverted into Ohio Canal at Brecksville,
6 mi upstream from station, bypasses station. These records do not include flow in canal
except above about 15,000 ft3/s, when channels merge. Water-quality data formerly
collected at this site.
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