03381700 DATA: Discharge Tables, 2003

Station list Available data
OHIO RIVER BASIN

03381700 OHIO RIVER AT OLD SHAWNEETOWN, IL-KY


LOCATION.--Lat 37°41'31", long 88°08'00" (NAD of 1927), in SE1/4NW1/4 sec.32, T.9 S., R. 10 E., Union County, Kentucky, Hydrologic Unit 05140203, on main bridge pier on downstream side of State Highway 13, 9.5 miles upstream from Saline River, and at mile 858.2.

DRAINAGE AREA.--141,000 mi², approximately.

PERIOD OF RECORD.--
SURFACE-WATER DISCHARGE AND STAGE
	DISCHARGE: January 2002 to current year.
	STAGE: January 2002 to current year.
SURFACE-WATER QUALITY
	TEMPERATURE: October 1975 to October 3, 1977.

GAGE.--Water-stage recorder, phone telemeter, and acoustical-velocity meter. Datum of gage is 309.10 ft above NGVD of 1929.

REMARKS.--Some regulation by locks and dams upstream from station at Uniontown, KY and downstream at Smithland, KY.

EXTREMES FOR PERIOD OF RECORD.--
SURFACE-WATER DISCHARGE AND STAGE: Maximum discharge, 640,000 ft³/s, based on stage-area and velocity ratings, May 22, 2002, gage height, 43.87 ft; maximum gage height, 44.01 ft, discharge, 621,000 ft³/s, May 23, 2002; minimum daily discharge, 10,800 ft³/s, Aug. 17, 2002 and Sept. 10, 2002.

EXTREMES OUTSIDE PERIOD OF RECORD.--
SURFACE-WATER DISCHARGE AND STAGE: Flood of Jan. 30, 1937, reached a stage of 65.64 ft, from information by National Weather Service.

REMARKS FOR CURRENT YEAR.--Records good except those below 30,000 ft³/s, which are poor.

Discharge, cubic feet per second, WATER YEAR OCTOBER 2002 TO SEPTEMBER 2003 DAILY MEAN VALUES
DAY	OCT	NOV	DEC	JAN	FEB	MAR	APR	MAY	JUN	JUL	AUG	SEP

1	95200	156000	102000	244000	80300	542000	215000	157000	159000	98200	190000	110000
2	80400	157000	96300	295000	84300	550000	205000	150000	160000	87600	194000	148000
3	44000	147000	91400	331000	95100	534000	192000	133000	161000	73400	184000	216000
4	71400	122000	93900	349000	105000	503000	184000	127000	175000	85800	180000	286000
5	62100	93400	83500	357000	124000	467000	180000	151000	196000	88300	176000	326000

6	41900	93200	77300	365000	143000	432000	178000	229000	220000	88900	178000	347000
7	33600	133000	63700	375000	173000	408000	176000	297000	244000	99900	194000	361000
8	35600	157000	58400	376000	196000	392000	190000	335000	263000	113000	198000	369000
9	22700	166000	69400	365000	199000	374000	214000	362000	277000	117000	190000	367000
10	42500	175000	83600	336000	185000	366000	255000	378000	295000	160000	170000	344000

11	50200	196000	85000	288000	163000	362000	295000	381000	320000	204000	165000	273000
12	117000	217000	96600	232000	136000	357000	330000	398000	344000	257000	168000	188000
13	151000	241000	121000	199000	119000	350000	361000	427000	353000	285000	175000	172000
14	136000	246000	150000	182000	106000	343000	383000	454000	338000	297000	179000	147000
15	106000	236000	188000	155000	124000	335000	391000	475000	313000	299000	168000	117000

16	83800	216000	229000	131000	196000	321000	392000	482000	297000	286000	151000	104000
17	77400	200000	267000	117000	250000	308000	377000	473000	309000	250000	133000	82700
18	86400	186000	298000	109000	297000	299000	350000	454000	337000	211000	125000	81900
19	114000	175000	316000	95400	344000	300000	315000	438000	364000	192000	120000	89300
20	113000	169000	333000	83300	390000	306000	261000	426000	387000	185000	128000	97100

21	93500	175000	352000	83000	422000	311000	218000	416000	401000	197000	118000	96800
22	61900	177000	368000	74400	450000	318000	215000	415000	405000	196000	103000	151000
23	53500	169000	365000	68200	467000	325000	220000	416000	398000	183000	93700	167000
24	54200	151000	345000	80400	478000	329000	210000	410000	380000	181000	88200	202000
25	58100	142000	329000	60600	485000	326000	203000	399000	345000	205000	87800	208000

26	58200	141000	320000	56600	500000	306000	203000	378000	285000	228000	66400	186000
27	64300	130000	296000	70700	518000	279000	213000	343000	201000	242000	68600	177000
28	57600	118000	262000	51600	533000	254000	203000	295000	147000	241000	63300	188000
29	56800	111000	237000	49900	---	232000	180000	245000	108000	216000	72600	189000
30	76100	102000	226000	53600	---	221000	163000	202000	101000	185000	77700	183000

31	123000	---	215000	68500	---	216000	---	173000	---	177000	113000	---

TOTAL	2321400	4897600	6218100	5702200	7362700	10966000	7472000	10419000	8283000	5729100	4318300	5973800
MEAN	74880	163300	200600	183900	263000	353700	249100	336100	276100	184800	139300	199100
MAX	151000	246000	368000	376000	533000	550000	392000	482000	405000	299000	198000	369000
MIN	22700	93200	58400	49900	80300	216000	163000	127000	101000	73400	63300	81900
CFSM	0.53	1.16	1.42	1.30	1.86	2.51	1.77	2.38	1.96	1.31	0.99	1.41
IN.	0.61	1.29	1.64	1.50	1.94	2.89	1.97	2.75	2.19	1.51	1.14	1.58

STATISTICS OF MONTHLY MEAN DATA FOR WATER YEARS 2002 - 2003, BY WATER YEAR (WY)
MEAN	74880	163300	200600	183900	233900	322500	316200	418300	216600	121100	84770	118600
MAX	74880	163300	200600	183900	263000	353700	383300	500500	276100	184800	139300	199100
(WY)	2003	2003	2003	2003	2003	2003	2002	2002	2003	2003	2003	2003
MIN	74880	163300	200600	183900	204800	291300	249100	336100	157000	57300	30240	38160
(WY)	2003	2003	2003	2003	2002	2002	2003	2003	2002	2002	2002	2002

SUMMARY STATISTICS	FOR 2003 WATER YEAR		WATER YEARS 2002 - 2003
ANNUAL TOTAL	79663200
ANNUAL MEAN	218300
HIGHEST DAILY MEAN	550000	Mar 2	615000	May 22 2002
LOWEST DAILY MEAN	22700	Oct 9	10800	A
ANNUAL SEVEN-DAY MINIMUM	41200	Oct 5	14400	Sep 9 2002
MAXIMUM PEAK FLOW	571000 B	Mar 2	640000 C	May 22 2002
MAXIMUM PEAK STAGE	41.48 D	Mar 2	44.01 E	May 23 2002
INSTANTANEOUS LOW FLOW	14700	Oct 9	1640	Aug 17 2002
ANNUAL RUNOFF (CFSM)	1.55
ANNUAL RUNOFF (INCH	21.02
10 PERCENT EXCEEDS	388000
50 PERCENT EXCEEDS	192000
90 PERCENT EXCEEDS	77400

	A - Aug. 17, 2002 and Sept. 10, 2002.
	B - Gage height, 41.37 ft.
	C - Gage height, 43.87 ft.
	D - Discharge, 532,000 ft³/s.
	E - Discharge, 621,000 ft³/s.