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An Analysis of Potential Water Availability from the Charles Mill Prepared in cooperation with the Muskingum Watershed Conservancy District An Analysis of Potential Water Availability from the Charles Mill, Clendening, Piedmont, Pleasant Hill, Senecaville, and Wills Creek Lakes in the Muskingum River Watershed, Ohio Scientific Investigations Report 2014–5071 U.S. Department of the Interior U.S. Geological Survey Cover: View of Charles Mill Lake outlet works and outlet channel, Muskingum River Watershed, Ohio. Rendering based on original photograph provided by the Muskingum Watershed Conservancy District (used with permission). An Analysis of Potential Water Availability from the Charles Mill, Clendening, Piedmont, Pleasant Hill, Senecaville, and Wills Creek Lakes in the Muskingum River Watershed, Ohio By G.F. Koltun Prepared in cooperation with the Muskingum Watershed Conservancy District Scientific Investigations Report 2014–5071 U.S. Department of the Interior U.S. Geological Survey U.S. Department of the Interior SALLY JEWELL, Secretary U.S. Geological Survey Suzette M. Kimball, Acting Director U.S. Geological Survey, Reston, Virginia: 2014 For more information on the USGS—the Federal source for science about the Earth, its natural and living resources, natural hazards, and the environment, visit http://www.usgs.gov or call 1–888–ASK–USGS. For an overview of USGS information products, including maps, imagery, and publications, visit http://www.usgs.gov/pubprod To order this and other USGS information products, visit http://store.usgs.gov Any use of trade, firm, or product names is for descriptive purposes only and does not imply endorsement by the U.S. Government. Although this information product, for the most part, is in the public domain, it also may contain copyrighted materials as noted in the text. Permission to reproduce copyrighted items must be secured from the copyright owner. Suggested citation: Koltun, G.F., 2014, An analysis of potential water availability from the Charles Mill, Clendening, Piedmont, Pleasant Hill, Senecaville, and Wills Creek Lakes in the Muskingum River Watershed, Ohio: U.S. Geological Survey Scientific Investigations Report 2014–5071, 61 p., http://dx/doi.org/10.3133/sir20145071. ISSN 2328-0328 (online) iii Contents Abstract ..........................................................................................................................................................1 Introduction.....................................................................................................................................................1 Descriptions of the Lakes ....................................................................................................................2 Purpose and Scope ..............................................................................................................................2 Flow Data Used in the Analyses .........................................................................................................2 Methods of Analysis ......................................................................................................................................4 Results and Discussion .................................................................................................................................6 Limitations ....................................................................................................................................................59 References Cited..........................................................................................................................................59 Glossary .........................................................................................................................................................59 Appendix 1.....................................................................................................................................................61 Figures 1. Map showing locations of lake drainages and streamgages in the Muskingum River Watershed, Ohio ...........................................................................................................................3 2. Flowchart outlining the logic by which withdrawal and flow-by amounts were determined .....................................................................................................................................5 3. Graph showing surplus-water mass curves based on current target minimum outflows for the Charles Mill, Clendening, Piedmont, Pleasant Hill, Senecaville, and Wills Creek Lakes in the Muskingum River Watershed, Ohio .....................................58 Tables 1. U.S. Geological Survey streamgages and periods of gage record used in the water-availability analyses for the Muskingum River Watershed, Ohio .............................2 2. Statistics of calendar-year potential withdrawals for the Charles Mill, Clendening, Piedmont, Pleasant Hill, Senecaville, and Wills Creek Lakes in the Muskingum River Watershed, Ohio .................................................................................................................7 3. Statistics of Charles Mill Lake, Ohio, total monthly potential withdrawals for indicated pumping rates and target minimum flow-by amounts ..........................................9 4. Statistics of Clendening Lake, Ohio, total monthly potential withdrawals for indicated pumping rates and target minimum flow-by amounts ........................................11 5. Statistics of Piedmont Lake, Ohio, total monthly potential withdrawals for indicated pumping rates and target minimum flow-by amounts ........................................13 6. Statistics of Pleasant Hill Lake, Ohio, total monthly potential withdrawals for indicated pumping rates and target minimum flow-by amounts ........................................15 7. Statistics of Senecaville Lake, Ohio, total monthly potential withdrawals for indicated pumping rates and target minimum flow-by amounts ........................................17 8. Statistics of Wills Creek Lake, Ohio, total monthly potential withdrawals for indicated pumping rates and target minimum flow-by amounts ........................................19 iv 9. Analytical period statistics of observed daily mean outflows from the Charles Mill, Clendening, Piedmont, Pleasant Hill, Senecaville, and Wills Creek Lakes in the Muskingum River Watershed, Ohio. .............................................................................21 10. Statistics of observed daily mean outflows by month for the Charles Mill, Clendening, Piedmont, Pleasant Hill, Senecaville, and Wills Creek Lakes in the Muskingum River Watershed, Ohio ..................................................................................21 11. Statistics of daily mean flow-by amounts for indicated pumping rates and target minimum flow-by multiples for the Charles Mill, Clendening, Piedmont, Pleasant Hill, Senecaville, and Wills Creek Lakes in the Muskingum River Watershed, Ohio .........................................................................................................................24 12. Statistics of Charles Mill Lake, Ohio, daily mean flow-by amounts, by month, for indicated pumping rates and target minimum flow-by amounts ..................................26 13 Statistics of Clendening Lake, Ohio, daily mean flow-by amounts, by month, for indicated pumping rates and target minimum flow-by amounts ..................................28 14. Statistics of Piedmont Lake, Ohio, daily mean flow-by amounts, by month, for indicated pumping rates and target minimum flow-by amounts ..................................30 15 Statistics of Pleasant Hill Lake, Ohio, daily mean flow-by amounts, by month, for indicated pumping rates and target minimum flow-by amounts ..................................32 16. Statistics of Senecaville Lake, Ohio, daily mean flow-by amounts, by month, for indicated pumping rates and target minimum flow-by amounts ..................................34 17. Statistics of Wills Creek Lake, Ohio, daily mean flow-by amounts, by month, for indicated pumping rates and target minimum flow-by amounts ..................................36 18. Daily mean flow-by statistics for the Charles Mill, Clendening, Piedmont, Pleasant Hill, Senecaville, and Wills Creek Lakes, Muskingum River Watershed, Ohio, expressed as a percentage of observed outflow statistics ......................................38 19. Monthly statistics of Charles Mill Lake, Ohio, daily mean flow-by amounts for indicated pumping rates and target minimum flow-by amounts, expressed as a percentage of corresponding statistic based on observed outflows .............................40 20. Monthly statistics of Clendening Lake, Ohio, daily mean flow-by amounts for indicated pumping rates and target minimum flow-by amounts, expressed as a percentage of corresponding statistic based on observed outflows .............................43 21. Monthly statistics of Piedmont Lake, Ohio, daily mean flow-by amounts for indicated pumping rates and target minimum flow-by amounts, expressed as a percentage of corresponding statistic based on observed outflows .............................46 22. Monthly statistics of Pleasant Hill Lake, Ohio, daily mean flow-by amounts for indicated pumping rates and target minimum flow-by amounts, expressed as a percentage of corresponding statistic based on observed outflows .............................49 23. Monthly statistics of Senecaville Lake, Ohio, daily mean flow-by amounts for indicated pumping
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