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Annual Hydrologic Data Report of South Carolina for WY 2003

DISCHARGE AT PARTIAL-RECORD STATIONS AND MISCELLANEOUS SITES

Discharge at Miscellaneous Sites

As the number of streams on which streamflow information is likely to be desired far exceeds the number of stream-gaging stations feasible to operate at one time, the Geological Survey collects limited streamflow data at sites other than stream-gaging stations. When limited streamflow data are collected on a systematic basis over a period of years for use in hydrologic analyses, the site at which the data are collected is called a partial-record station. Data collected at these partial-record stations are usable in low-flow or floodflow analyses, depending on the type of data collected. In addition, discharge measurements are made at other sites to give better areal coverage to theses events. Those measurements and others collected for some special reasons are called measurements at miscellaneous sites.


Station name and number

Location and drainage area

Period of record

 

Date

Gage height (ft)

Discharge (ft3/s)


Pee Dee River Basin

Sparrow Swamp near Timmonsville, SC
02131700

Lat 34°07'22'', long 79°57'20'', Florence County, on Highway 76, 0.25 mi downstream from SCL railroad and 1.1 mi southwest from Timmonsville. Drainage area is 99.1 mi2.

1965 - 1973

12-31-02

1.74

85.6

2000 - 2003

02-10-03

1.63

88.6

05-14-03

0.60

59.6

08-22-03

1.46

56.9

 

Little Pee Dee River near Dillon, SC
02132500

Lat 34°24'17'', long 79°20'25'', Dillon County, on State Highway 9, 1.9 mi southeast of Dillon, 3.9 mi upstream from Maple Swamp. Drainage area is 524.0 mi2.

1939 - 2003

01-06-03

7.58

814

09-16-03

7.32

365

 

Santee River Basin

Wateree River at Union Camp near Eastover, SC
02148312

Lat 33°53'34'', long 80°37'35'', Richland County, 3.0 mi upstream from SCE &G plant, and 4.0 mi east of Eastover. Drainage area is 5,590 mi 2 (approximately).

1984 - 2003

11-01-02

85.72

1,900

05-14-03

96.95

8,960

08-01-03

92.80

6,140

 

Lawsons Fork Creek at Treatment Plant at Spartanburg, SC
02156301

Lat 34°56'38'', long 81°51'33'', Spartanburg County, on upstream side of footbridge, 40 ft downstream of effluent from Spartanburg Sewage Treatment Plant, 0.9 mi downstream from bridge on County Road 748, and 4.0 mi east of Spartanburg U.S. Post Office. Drainage area is 75.6 mi2.

1989 - 2003

11-05-02

2.88

48.3

01-07-03

3.46

89.3

03-11-03

3.80

110

05-05-03

4.40

181

06-25-03

3.69

93.2

08-19-03

4.01

126

 

Fairforest Creek below Spartanburg, SC
02159810

Lat 34°54'19'', long 81°54'54'', Spartanburg County, on left bank at Spartanburg Sewage Treatment Plant, 0.5 mi downstream of State Highway 295, 0.7 mi south of Spartanburg, and 2.2 mi upstream of Beaverdam Creek. Drainage area is 23.6 mi2.

1988 - 2003

11-05-02

1.54

9.90

01-07-03

1.79

20.3

03-11-03

2.02

27.0

04-15-03

2.24

42.4

06-25-03

1.91

23.2

08-19-03

2.08

34.2

 

Little Saluda River at Saluda, SC
021677037

Lat 34°00'29'', long 81°44'30'', Saluda County, on downstream side of bridge on US Highway 378. Drainage area is 90.0 mi2.

1992 - 2003

10-04-02

3.16

---*

11-22-02

3.28

---*

02-19-03

4.15

49.2

02-19-03

4.13

49.0

04-21-03

3.86

47.2

06-17-03

3.22

15.7

 

Santee River at Lake Marion Tail Race near Pineville, SC
02171001

Lat 33°26'58'', long 80°09'50'', Berkeley County, 300 feet below Wilson Dam, 2.8 mi upstream from Old Santee Canal, 5.4 mi upstream from Dead River, 8.0 mi west of Pineville. Drainage area is 14,700 mi2 (approximately).

1966 - 2003

12-09-02

26.75

552

03-25-03

52.20

84,600

06-27-03

27.81

865

09-23-03

26.86

651

Edisto River Basin

Edisto River at SCE&G Plant near Canadys, SC
02174048

Lat 33°04'00'', long 80°37'26'', Colleton County, 1.0 mi north of Canadys, and 12.0 mi north of Walterboro. Drainage area is 1,850 mi2 (approximately).

1982 - 2003

12-20-02

54.56

1,200

03-14-03

58.30

2,890


* No measureable flow due to backwater from beaver dam.