HCDN: Streamflow Data Set, 1874 - 1988
By J.R. Slack, Alan M. Lumb, and Jurate Maciunas Landwehr
USGS Water-Resources Investigations Report 93-4076


Station 02156500 BROAD RIVER NEAR CARLISLE, S. C.


Description, qualifying comments, and acceptable water years.

Drainage area is 2790 sq.mi.                            Datum is 290.79 ft.
Located in hydrologic unit 03050106 at Latitude: 34:35:46N  Longitude: 081:25:20W
Station is in the state of SC (county code 087) and serviced by the SC office.
Channel slope is 7.50 feet/mile
Stream length is 123.25 miles
Mean basin elevation is 1000.00 feet above National Geodetic Vertical Datum
Percent of contributing drainage area covered by 
   Storage: 0.90%     Lakes: N.A.%        Forests: 60.00%     Glaciers: N.A.%
Soil infiltration index is 3.93 inches
Annual precipitation is 48.00 inches
Precipitation intensity is 3.80 inches/24 hour (expected on the average once each two years)
January minimum temperature is 31.00 degrees Fahrenheit
Comments and qualifications on the data:
   Record is unsuitable for analysis at less than monthly resolution due to some regulation at medium and low flow by
   powerplants above gage.


Monthly and longer averages for 50 water years are acceptable (all years except partial years).
A water year with acceptable data is indicated by an asterisk in the time line, which spans 1874 through 1988.

                                                   Water year
1     1         1         1         1         1         1         1         1         1         1         1       1
8     8         8         9         9         9         9         9         9         9         9         9       9
7     8         9         0         1         2         3         4         5         6         7         8       8
4-----0----5----0----5----0----5----0----5----0----5----0----5----0----5----0----5----0----5----0----5----0----5--8
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The streamflow data Daily values, monthly mean values, and yearly mean values of streamflow data are available in tablular form. Select the desired option from the list below.

The data tables do not have column heading for ease of reading into statistical programs. For a detailed description of the format of the data tables, select the corresponding file from the list below.

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