Water Resources Data - Ohio, Water Year 97, Vol. 1 | Scioto River
Basin
03227500 SCIOTO RIVER AT COLUMBUS, OHIO
LOCATION.--Lat 39054'34", long 83000'33", Franklin County, Hydrologic Unit 05060001, on right bank at Jackson Pike
Wastewater Treatment Plant, City of Columbus, 0.4 mi downstream from bridge on Frank Road, 2.8 mi upstream from
Scioto Big Run, and 5 mi downstream from Olentangy River.
DRAINAGE AREA.--1,629 mi2.
PERIOD OF RECORD.--October 1920 to current year. Monthly discharge only for some periods, published in WSP 1305.
REVISED RECORDS.--WSP 743: 1927(M). WSP 803: 1922-24, 1926-30, 1932-33. WSP 1908: Drainage area.
GAGE.--Water-stage recorder. Datum of gage is 680.00 ft above sea level. Prior to Oct. 1, 1924, nonrecording gage at
site 200 ft upstream at same datum.
REMARKS.--Records fair except for periods of estimated record, which are poor. Flow regulated by Griggs Reservoir
10.4 mi upstream (see station 03221500), O'Shaughnessy Reservoir 20.4 mi upstream (see station 03220500), and
Delaware Lake 35 mi upstream from station. Records include sewage return flow from Jackson Pike Wastewater
Treatment Plant. Shadeville Treatment Plant flow enters downstream. Water supply for city of Columbus is obtained
from Scioto River downstream from Griggs Dam and Big Walnut Creek downstream from Central College. For statement
on diversions from Big Walnut Creek, see REMARKS for station 03229500. Water-quality data collected at this site.
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers satellite telemeter at station.
EXTREMES OUTSIDE PERIOD OF RECORD.--Flood of Mar. 25, 1913, reached a stage of 25.9 ft; discharge, 138,000 ft3/s,
estimated by Franklin County Conservancy District.
DISCHARGE, CUBIC FEET PER SECOND, WATER YEAR OCTOBER 1996 TO SEPTEMBER 1997
DAILY MEAN VALUES
DAY OCT NOV DEC JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP
1 1690 166 5990 2350 1560 5790 1430 649 16900 1300 233 300
2 861 170 6830 2090 1270 9840 1080 388 32600 636 227 272
3 540 170 5150 1290 1130 6900 896 1690 16700 1050 252 220
4 465 180 5180 1130 2890 4880 531 2520 10200 920 959 197
5 236 198 4100 1430 8770 3970 922 3150 7290 766 389 180
6 589 449 1910 2120 9180 6100 802 2770 7010 599 349 166
7 608 519 1450 1370 7690 9720 606 1470 7280 461 287 175
8 212 698 1120 2170 4510 8760 587 1380 5900 392 226 187
9 502 423 1020 3460 2780 7500 571 1440 5170 401 209 187
10 483 405 862 1280 1820 7390 512 1180 4860 395 228 226
11 183 394 3080 e800 1510 6130 459 1030 2750 508 209 271
12 170 385 3890 e600 1280 4390 380 981 1090 529 283 203
13 157 590 6750 e500 e1000 2940 755 835 2230 495 518 190
14 154 470 7600 e420 e840 4050 962 843 1150 404 318 186
15 147 274 7230 e400 e740 5440 979 835 582 294 484 182
16 161 233 6070 e360 e660 4340 791 514 1190 223 573 187
17 142 615 8570 e340 e620 4100 647 475 2550 217 4010 199
18 394 743 10300 e330 e600 3270 515 949 1540 294 2330 197
19 400 331 10600 e320 709 2570 495 1400 1130 478 2170 191
20 207 319 7910 e400 1580 1950 493 1070 664 281 2110 244
21 184 297 4500 525 3120 1530 423 1350 815 224 1770 205
22 182 322 3060 909 3680 1520 330 1680 733 313 1330 192
23 214 279 2290 2160 3410 1560 345 916 571 727 892 182
24 230 240 5680 3410 2950 1500 355 712 448 586 709 175
25 275 356 7040 3710 1560 1120 390 804 394 295 611 176
26 192 3130 5720 2740 1180 936 380 1580 381 207 441 180
27 592 6430 5760 2550 1380 873 864 4480 375 1540 401 169
28 651 5400 3580 e3500 5550 886 1160 3850 379 593 370 187
29 242 4420 2920 3560 --- 1060 672 2580 391 395 334 187
30 223 3610 2940 3300 --- 1170 380 1630 496 281 328 176
31 215 --- 2750 2030 --- 1840 --- 2080 --- 233 325 ---
TOTAL 11501 32216 151852 51554 73969 124025 19712 47231 133769 16037 23875 5989
MEAN 371 1074 4898 1663 2642 4001 657 1524 4459 517 770 200
MAX 1690 6430 10600 3710 9180 9840 1430 4480 32600 1540 4010 300
MIN 142 166 862 320 600 873 330 388 375 207 209 166
STATISTICS OF MONTHLY MEAN DATA FOR WATER YEARS 1921 - 1997, BY WATER YEAR (WY)
MEAN 369 859 1513 2164 2393 3048 2470 1576 1279 828 485 340
MAX 4633 5490 6978 10510 5993 8373 6865 6175 5866 5804 3287 3883
(WY) 1927 1973 1991 1937 1975 1963 1964 1996 1947 1992 1995 1926
MIN 60.5 71.7 71.1 96.1 110 493 322 132 97.6 85.5 82.0 66.4
(WY) 1922 1923 1935 1945 1934 1941 1946 1934 1925 1921 1930 1924
SUMMARY STATISTICS FOR 1996 CALENDAR YEAR FOR 1997 WATER YEAR WATER YEARS 1921 - 1997
ANNUAL TOTAL 907168 691730
ANNUAL MEAN 2479 1895 1439
HIGHEST ANNUAL MEAN 2514 1973
LOWEST ANNUAL MEAN 305 1934
HIGHEST DAILY MEAN 21300 Jan 19 32600 Jun 2 48200 Jan 22 1959
LOWEST DAILY MEAN 137 Jul 11 142 Oct 17 47 Sep 6 1930
ANNUAL SEVEN-DAY MINIMUM 153 Jul 8 159 Oct 11 53 Sep 5 1930
INSTANTANEOUS PEAK FLOW 43800 Jun 2 68200 Jan 22 1959
INSTANTANEOUS PEAK STAGE 24.78 Jun 2 27.22 Jan 22 1959
INSTANTANEOUS LOW FLOW 142 Oct 17 47 Sep 6 1930
10 PERCENT EXCEEDS 7250 5480 3950
50 PERCENT EXCEEDS 1000 743 470
90 PERCENT EXCEEDS 196 199 117
e Estimated.
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