1/29/2024
WT Staff
HAPPENING NOW
Flooding ends at Macksburg
Wills Creek flooding at Cambridge
Water news for Monday, January 29, 2024 - last updated 1102 pm EST
Streamflow Situation from USGS Waterwatch based on real-time flow monitors across Ohio
Down to six streamflow gauges recording active flooding Monday night, including Wills Creek spilling over at Cambridge as of 1015 pm tonight. The flow trend appears level at this stage, so the flood may not continue for many hours unless there is more rain coming. Wills Creek drains the runoff from just over four hundred square miles upstream of Cambridge.
Tuscarawas River is still flooding below Dover Dam near Dover, water level is just near flood stage and not going up or down.
McConnelsville is no longer on flood alert, flow level has declined below action stage and still receding.
Upper Ohio basin's Mahoning River tributary Eagle Creek began flooding around nine pm last night, currently less than a foot over flood stage and coming down fast. Downstream Mahoning River is no longer flowing 99th percentile at Leavittsburg, the declining trend we saw earlier has taken this location off the flood alert map.
Little Muskingum River tributaries West Fork Duck Creek and Duck Creek have stopped flooding at Macksburg and below Whipple, respectively.
In Lake Erie drainage basin, three stations in the northwest are still flooding Monday night. St Josephs River is still rising, breached moderate flood stage at 820 pm tonight and still gradually rising. Tiffin River flow has leveled off at Stryker just shy of moderate flood stage, currently running three and a half feet over flood stage. Bean Creek is slowly coming down, just a hair over flood stage as of this update.
In the Upper Ohio minor tributaries, Stillwater Creek continues to flood at Uhrichsville, running more than a foot over and appears to have leveled off, no sign of decline as of yet.
See black tags on the map for flood levels updated throughout the day. Blue tags for high flow.
Drought map from USGS Waterwatch 7-day average streamflow compared with historic flow for today's date
No part of Ohio is marked up on the drought map Monday. There are no extreme low streamflows values to report.
The height-of-land divide in Ohio runs from Mercer County in the west angling northeast up to Ashtabula County on the east state border. Streamflows north of the divide feed Lake Erie, flows south of the divide run to the Ohio River, part of the Mississippi River basin that drains the majority of interior North America to the Gulf of Mexico.
Harmful Algal Bloom update based on the National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science (NCCOS) satellite monitoring program
No new images from NCCOS this week. As reported here earlier, the latest capture is dated Jan 16 with a recorded wind speed 22.2 mph. The Jan 16 image provides a glimpse of HAB through breaks in the cloud off Michigan shore at Monroe, and also off Catawba Island.
In spite of high wind speed Jan 15, widespread HAB is visible off Catawba Island occupying open water in and around South Bass, Middle Bass and Kelleys Islands at 100 thousand cells per 100 ml. The image captured Jan 14 showed extensive HABs north of the international border up to the north shore.
See the HABs button to the right of the map for more information.
USGS Provisional Data Statement
Data are provisional and subject to revision until they have been thoroughly reviewed and received final approval. Current condition data relayed by satellite or other telemetry are automatically screened to not display improbable values until they can be verified.
Provisional data may be inaccurate due to instrument malfunctions or physical changes at the measurement site. Subsequent review based on field inspections and measurements may result in significant revisions to the data.
Data users are cautioned to consider carefully the provisional nature of the information before using it for decisions that concern personal or public safety or the conduct of business that involves substantial monetary or operational consequences. Information concerning the accuracy and appropriate uses of these data or concerning other hydrologic data may be obtained from the USGS.
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