1/31/2024
WT Staff
HAPPENING NOW
Lake Erie basin final flood zone
Tiffin River still flooding
Water news for Wednesday, January 31, 2024 - last updated 1053 pm EST
Streamflow Situation from USGS Waterwatch based on real-time flow monitors across Ohio
One active flood zone remains in OH Wednesday morning, impacting the village of Stryker in Williams County for the sixth day straight. The flow level has come down slightly through the day, still over two feet above flood stage. St Josephs River station appears to be malfunctioning again, note that it may still be flooding, to be confirmed. More to follow.
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 Wednesday night 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 at once by NCCOS Tuesday give an updated view of the Lake Erie HAB. The most recent capture is dated 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 with 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.
Drinking Water Matters
Oberlin Water issued a BWA following service interruption to repair water valves on Sunday. The BWA impacted customers connected from 218 to 294 Forest St. and 142 to 166 Cedar St. See the SDWA Profile column for more information.
Stryker Village delivers potable water to a population of 1335 residents through 635 metered connections from a groundwater source. More to follow on the SDWA Profile column.
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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