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Station operated in cooperation with the Ohio Environmental Protection
Agency.
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04208000 CUYAHOGA RIVER AT INDEPENDENCE, OH
National Stream Quality Accounting Network Station
LOCATION.--Lat 41°23'43", long 81°37'48, in T.6 N., R.12 W., Cuyahoga
County, Hydrologic Unit 04110002, on left bank 240 ft downstream from
bridge on Old Rockside Road, 0.8 mi northeast of Independence, and 3.0 mi
downstream from Tinkers Creek.
DRAINAGE AREA.--707 mi².
PERIOD OF RECORD.--September 1903 to December 1905 (fragmentary), January to
July 1906 (gage heights and discharge measurements only), September 1921
to May 1923, September 1927 to December 1935, March 1940 to current year.
REVISED RECORDS.--WSP 1307: 1922-23(M), 1928-30(M), 1933(M), 1940(M), 1947(M),
1950(M). WSP 1912: Drainage area.
GAGE.--Water-stage recorder. Datum of gage is 583.57 ft above sea level. Sept.
21, 1903 to July 21, 1906, nonrecording gage at bridge 240 ft upstream at
present datum. Sept. 28, 1921 to May 30, 1923, nonrecording gage at bridge
240 ft upstream at datum 2.42 ft higher. Sept., to Oct. 8, 1927,
nonrecording gage, and Oct. 9, 1927, to Dec. 31, 1935, Mar. 5, 1940, to
June 19, 1969, water-stage recorder, at site 100 ft upstream at present
datum.
REMARKS.--Natural flow of stream affected by diversion, storage reservoirs and
power plants. Some diversion from the Tuscarawas River basin drainage into
this basin at Portage Lakes. Water diverted into Ohio Canal at
Brecksville, 6 mi upstream from station, bypasses station. These records
do not include flow in canal except above about 15,000 cubic feet per
second, when channels merge. Water-quality data collected October 1948 to
September 1949, October 1950 to current year. Sediment data collected at
station 1950-74, December 1976 to September 1984, October 1987 to current
year. Satellite telemeter at gage.
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