Water-quality “super” gages (also known as “sentry” gages) provide real-time, continuous measurements of the physical and chemical characteristics of stream water at or near selected U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) streamgages in Ohio, Kentucky, and Indiana. A super gage includes streamflow and water-quality instrumentation and representative stream sample collection for laboratory analysis. USGS scientists can use statistical surrogate models to relate instrument values to analyzed chemical concentrations at a super gage. Real-time, continuous and laboratory-analyzed concentration and load data are publicly accessible on USGS Web pages.
Available Data
Station ID: 04193490
Stream Data: Gage height, stream velocity, discharge
Water-Quality Data: Water temperature, specific conductance at 25°C, pH, dissolved oxygen, turbidity, orthophosphate; Seasonally - chlorophyll and phycocyanin
Atmospheric Data: No
Station Description
Latitude: 41°28'34" (NAD27)
Longitude: 83°44'20" (NAD27)
Hydrologic Unit Code (HUC): 04100009
Datum:
Drainage Area: 6,313 square miles
County in which site is located: Wood County (Ohio)
Site managed by: Columbus District Office
Station Funding
This station is operated in cooperation with the Ohio Environmetnal Protection and Ohio Department of Natural Resources.
Hydrologic Conditions
The site is located at highway bridge on State Route 64, in Waterville, 3 miles downstream from Tontogany Creek (Maumee quadrangle). The gage is on the downstream side of the bridge on the left pier.
About 300 feet upstream from gage the flow is divided into two channels by Granger Island, 900 ft wide extending upstream for one-half mile. The banks are fairly low, with overflow of island starting at 6 ft and complete overflow at 10 ft. About 60-70% of the flow goes down the right channel.
Sample Collection and Use
Why Continuous Monitoring is Important
Water-quality “super” gages (also known as “sentry” gages) provide real-time, continuous measurements of the physical and chemical characteristics of stream water at or near selected U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) streamgages in Ohio, Kentucky, and Indiana. A super gage includes streamflow and water-quality instrumentation and representative stream sample collection for laboratory analysis. USGS scientists can use statistical surrogate models to relate instrument values to analyzed chemical concentrations at a super gage. Real-time, continuous and laboratory-analyzed concentration and load data are publicly accessible on USGS Web pages.
Available Data
Station ID: 04193490
Stream Data: Gage height, stream velocity, discharge
Water-Quality Data: Water temperature, specific conductance at 25°C, pH, dissolved oxygen, turbidity, orthophosphate; Seasonally - chlorophyll and phycocyanin
Atmospheric Data: No
Station Description
Latitude: 41°28'34" (NAD27)
Longitude: 83°44'20" (NAD27)
Hydrologic Unit Code (HUC): 04100009
Datum:
Drainage Area: 6,313 square miles
County in which site is located: Wood County (Ohio)
Site managed by: Columbus District Office
Station Funding
This station is operated in cooperation with the Ohio Environmetnal Protection and Ohio Department of Natural Resources.
Hydrologic Conditions
The site is located at highway bridge on State Route 64, in Waterville, 3 miles downstream from Tontogany Creek (Maumee quadrangle). The gage is on the downstream side of the bridge on the left pier.
About 300 feet upstream from gage the flow is divided into two channels by Granger Island, 900 ft wide extending upstream for one-half mile. The banks are fairly low, with overflow of island starting at 6 ft and complete overflow at 10 ft. About 60-70% of the flow goes down the right channel.
Sample Collection and Use
Why Continuous Monitoring is Important