9/16/2024
WT Staff
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September 16, 2024 1124 am EDT
South-central Paint Creek watershed in severe drought
Streamflow Situation from the USGS network of streamflow gauges in Ohio
Streamflows continue to run below normal to low Monday. The interior state is increasingly dry, moderate drought has come over Paint Creek watershed in the central Scioto River basin. North of the drainage divide, drought is expanding, Sandusky and Cuyahoga River watersheds show up below normal Monday. Lower Maumee River watershed remains in severe drought, adjacent watersheds Tiffin and Auglaize remain in moderate drought, adjacent St Josephs and Blanchard watersheds below normal. A large area south of the divide draining surface runoff to the Ohio River is gradually being overtaken by drought. Muskingum River basin is mostly below normal with Hocking River watershed in severe drought. Scioto Basin is rated mostly below normal with Paint Creek in severe drought, Upper Scioto River watershed remains unrated. Great Miami River basin is under a below normal rating in all but the Lower Great Miami River watershed. Ohio River minor tributaries in drought state include Wheeling Creek, Raccoon-Symmes at below normal and Laughery watershed in Hamilton County at moderate drought.
WT HAB Tracker from the satellite monitoring program of the NOAA National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science(NCCOS), Cyanobacteria Assessment Network (CyAN) and State sources where available
Lake Erie west basin
A new upload from NCCOS captured Sep 15 at wind speed 11.5 mph, a clear view of the HAB, the wind speed is too high for a reliable interpretation of full extent of the bloom. The concentration of the bloom in Maumee Bay near Toledo is down from the prior image, maximum appears 1 million cells per ml. Maumee Bay State Park is the highest concentration in view today, up to 2 million cells per ml along the beach in the west half of the park, the rest of the bloom area a consistent 1 million cells per ml as reported yesterday. Sandusky Bay shows dispersed HABs at concentration 600 to 700 thousand cells per ml on both sides of OH-269. Widespread HAB wraps around Kelleys Island extending up to Pelee Island, a moderate concentration 200 thousand cells per ml again today. See the NCCOS image here.
Find the US EPA national beach advisories dashboard, here.
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