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The O'Shaughnessy Dam is located on the Scioto River near Dublin, Ohio, United States. The dam forms O'Shaughnessy Reservoir, which is a major source of drinking water for the city of Columbus . It was completed in 1925 following recommendations of then superintendent Jerry O'Shaughnessy (for whom the dam was named).
The United States Geological Survey ((USGS)) is a publicly available source of remotely sensed hydrological data. Historical and real-time streamflow data are also available via the internet from sources such as the National Weather Service (NWS) and the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). A benefit of using GIS softwares for ...
A USGS gauging station on the Scioto River below O'Shaughnessy Dam near Dublin, Ohio. The USGS operates the streamgaging network for the United States, with over 7400 streamgages. Real-time streamflow data [17] are available online.
Wheeling Creek is a tributary of the Ohio River, 30.2 miles (48.6 km) long, in eastern Ohio in the United States.Via the Ohio River, it is part of the watershed of the Mississippi River, draining an area of 108 square miles (280 km 2) on the unglaciated portion of the Allegheny Plateau.
All rivers with average discharge more than 15,000 cubic feet per second are listed. Estimates are approximate, because data are variable with time period measured and also because many rivers lack a gauging station near their point of outflow.
1,368 cu ft/s (38.7 m 3 /s), USGS water years 1986-2019 [3] Map of Paint Creek highlighted within the Scioto River watershed. Paint Creek is a tributary of the Scioto River , 94.7 miles (152.4 km) long, [ 4 ] in south-central Ohio in the United States . [ 5 ]
The Ohio water resource region is one of 21 major geographic areas, or regions, in the first level of classification used by the United States Geological Survey to divide and sub-divide the United States into successively smaller hydrologic units. These geographic areas contain either the drainage area of a major river, or the combined drainage ...
Current stage data is collected by the USGS using a network of gauges, over 9000 of which transmit real time data via satellite, radio, or telephone. [5] Many communities have inundation maps that provide information on which areas will flood at which stages.