03381700 DATA: Discharge Tables, 2004

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 1983), 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 acoustic-velocity meter. Datum of gage is 309.10 ft above NAVD of 1988.

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 for estimated daily discharges, which are poor.

Discharge, cubic feet per second, WATER YEAR OCTOBER 2003 TO SEPTEMBER 2004 DAILY MEAN VALUES
DAY	OCT	NOV	DEC	JAN	FEB	MAR	APR	MAY	JUN	JUL	AUG	SEP

1	181000	149000	411000	331000	146000	160000	235000	264000	481000	145000	162000	122000
2	192000	145000	402000	325000	128000	143000	262000	281000	497000	105000	179000	103000
3	191000	138000	396000	330000	138000	143000	275000	298000	512000	103000	159000	102000
4	177000	125000	386000	354000	184000	175000	289000	307000	526000	93600	142000	88600
5	156000	107000	371000	391000	218000	227000	313000	299000	537000	78000	145000	79500

6	145000	97300	340000	e440000	261000	261000	337000	266000	537000	91900	143000	61000
7	129000	98100	305000	e480000	304000	297000	356000	240000	503000	98100	142000	65800
8	120000	138000	267000	510000	362000	334000	354000	225000	458000	89600	132000	67200
9	117000	160000	245000	528000	387000	376000	333000	203000	407000	99400	108000	70700
10	112000	170000	233000	559000	412000	409000	293000	174000	358000	87100	93700	113000

11	85600	171000	228000	585000	434000	430000	241000	157000	286000	87900	62300	173000
12	82900	149000	226000	606000	456000	445000	202000	143000	211000	86900	50500	233000
13	80700	160000	228000	614000	468000	448000	185000	128000	192000	107000	66900	282000
14	68300	202000	245000	607000	473000	440000	198000	122000	211000	101000	69700	311000
15	73200	248000	274000	571000	459000	408000	242000	140000	241000	104000	54500	321000

16	80600	297000	298000	515000	418000	364000	292000	158000	264000	123000	44300	303000
17	123000	336000	311000	461000	366000	302000	339000	158000	281000	125000	46500	232000
18	142000	352000	312000	423000	293000	233000	375000	155000	289000	115000	47300	157000
19	137000	331000	315000	e370000	213000	195000	402000	146000	296000	130000	43500	165000
20	138000	297000	319000	333000	174000	182000	422000	155000	302000	106000	39000	228000

21	139000	280000	321000	308000	154000	190000	429000	182000	300000	87700	45300	300000
22	131000	299000	314000	297000	153000	200000	414000	208000	294000	88700	78200	347000
23	120000	344000	294000	285000	156000	202000	378000	230000	288000	97300	105000	e390000
24	103000	389000	263000	258000	171000	217000	338000	243000	272000	101000	135000	e410000
25	97100	422000	251000	226000	187000	233000	316000	254000	242000	103000	150000	e420000

26	104000	445000	260000	197000	195000	241000	309000	287000	215000	85100	154000	411000
27	97800	457000	279000	182000	197000	243000	302000	337000	205000	79500	135000	378000
28	92100	450000	299000	167000	192000	231000	289000	382000	199000	73300	100000	304000
29	107000	434000	314000	161000	179000	216000	265000	413000	186000	104000	102000	194000
30	113000	422000	324000	164000	---	209000	250000	441000	171000	138000	99100	132000

31	133000	---	331000	161000	---	216000	---	464000	---	151000	101000	---

TOTAL	3768300	7812400	9362000	11739000	7878000	8370000	9235000	7460000	9761000	3185100	3134800	6563800
MEAN	121600	260400	302000	378700	271700	270000	307800	240600	325400	102700	101100	218800
MAX	192000	457000	411000	614000	473000	448000	429000	464000	537000	151000	179000	420000
MIN	68300	97300	226000	161000	128000	143000	185000	122000	171000	73300	39000	61000
CFSM	0.86	1.85	2.14	2.69	1.93	1.91	2.18	1.71	2.31	0.73	0.72	1.55
IN.	0.99	2.06	2.47	3.10	2.08	2.21	2.44	1.97	2.58	0.84	0.83	1.73

e Estimated

STATISTICS OF MONTHLY MEAN DATA FOR WATER YEARS 2002 - 2004, BY WATER YEAR (WY)
MEAN	98220	211800	251300	281300	246800	305000	313400	359100	252800	115000	90220	152000
MAX	121600	260400	302000	378700	271700	353700	383300	500500	325400	184800	139300	218800
(WY)	2004	2004	2004	2004	2004	2003	2002	2002	2004	2003	2003	2004
MIN	74880	163300	200600	183900	204800	270000	249100	240600	157000	57300	30240	38160
(WY)	2003	2003	2003	2003	2002	2004	2003	2004	2002	2002	2002	2002

SUMMARY STATISTICS	FOR 2003 CALENDAR YEAR		FOR 2004 WATER YEAR		WATER YEARS 2002 - 2004
ANNUAL TOTAL	87168800		88269400
ANNUAL MEAN	238800		241200
HIGHEST ANNUAL MEAN
LOWEST ANNUAL MEAN
HIGHEST DAILY MEAN	550000	Mar 2	614000	Jan 13	615000	May 22 2002
LOWEST DAILY MEAN	49900	Jan 29	39000	Aug 20	10800	A
ANNUAL SEVEN-DAY MINIMUM	58800	Jan 25	45800	Aug 15	14400	Sep 9 2002
MAXIMUM PEAK FLOW			636000 B	Jan 13	640000 C	May 22 2002
MAXIMUM PEAK STAGE			42.97 D	Jan 13	44.01 E	May 23 2002
INSTANTANEOUS LOW FLOW			32200	Aug 20, 21	1640	Aug 17 2002
ANNUAL RUNOFF (CFSM)	1.69		1.71
ANNUAL RUNOFF (INCHES)	23.00		23.29
10 PERCENT EXCEEDS	401000		425000
50 PERCENT EXCEEDS	213000		226000
90 PERCENT EXCEEDS	93100		93200

	A - Aug. 17, 2002 and Sept. 10, 2002.
	B - Gage height, 42.89 ft.
	C - Gage height, 43.87 ft.
	D - Discharge, 624,000 ft³/s.
	E - Discharge, 621,000 ft³/s.