1/30/2024
WT Staff
HAPPENING NOW
Wellston BWA
Muskingum River still flooding at Coshocton
Water news for Tuesday, January 30, 2024 - last updated 628 pm EST
Drinking Water Matters
Wellston - The Jackson County Sheriffs office says the entire city of Wellston is under a boil water advisory after a water main break Monday January 29.
Streamflow Situation from USGS Waterwatch based on real-time flow monitors across Ohio
Five streamflow gauges are still recording active flooding Tuesday.
Muskingum River breached flood stage around 11 pm last night near Coshocton. Flow trend is level, maintaining the flow less than an inch above flood stage, no sign of a downward or receding trend Tuesday evening.
Wills Creek flow breached flood stage last evening at Cambridge, flooding was minor, lasting a couple of hours before receding back into the channel. In the last 24 hours, Wills Creek has been on a slow decline, still in action stage and still rated 99th percentile flow Tuesday evening.
Tuscarawas River is no longer flooding by Tuesday evening, flooding stopped around noon, the flow is still receding.
In Lake Erie drainage basin. St Josephs River gauge appears to be malfunctioning, it is stuck on the same reading we reported before noon. More to follow. Tiffin River flow is still on a level flow trajectory at Stryker, still three feet above flood stage. At this rate of decline, the flooding at Stryker could go on for days.
In the Upper Ohio minor tributaries, Stillwater Creek continues to flood at Uhrichsville, trending downward since about 9 pm last night, four to five inches above flood stage by Tuesday evening. The flow trend is a slow downward curve, this creek could be out of flood stage later tonight.
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 Tuesday with no low streamflows recorded in the network today.
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
Three new images uploaded overnight, the latest one captured on Jan 21 at wind speed 10.4 mph, the next captured Jan 20 at wind speed 19.8, and a third image dated Jan 17 at wind speed 29.4 mph. Each image presents significant cloud cover obscuring some part of Lake Erie. Between the three, we can see most of the west basin.
In spite of high wind speeds with these images, widespread HAB is visible across the lake from Ohio shore to Canada shore, extending from Cedar Point National Wildlife Refuge all the way to the Vermilion-on-the-Lake at the east edge of the image capture. The widespread bloom is higher density in the east, becoming dispersed patches in the west, all matching the color scale for 100 thousand cells per 100 ml or less.
See the HABs button to the right of the map for more information. Updates in progress, more to follow.
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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