USGS Water-Year Summary 2024
02172002 LAKE MOULTRIE TAILRACE CANAL AT MONCKS CORNER, SC
LOCATION - Lat 33°12'53.7", long 79°58'29.7" referenced to North American Datum of 1983, Berkeley County, SC, Hydrologic Unit 03050201, on upstream side of left fender pier, under U.S. Highway 52 bridge, 2.2 mi below Lake Moultrie Pinopolis Dam, and at river mile 45.8
DRAINAGE AREA - 14,800 mi².
REVISIONS HISTORY - WRD SC-95-1: 1992-94.
SURFACE-WATER RECORDS
PERIOD OF RECORD - October 1978 to current year.
GAGE - Data collection platform and acoustic velocity meter. Datum of gage is 5.08 ft below NAVD of 1988. Prior to June 2001, at datum 0.82 ft below NGVD of 1929.
EXTREMES FOR PERIOD OF RECORD - Maximum discharge, 31,100 ft³/s, Dec. 1, 1992;
minimum daily mean discharge, -521 ft³/s, January 26, 1993.
WATER-QUALITY RECORDS
PERIOD OF RECORD -
WATER TEMPERATURE: June 2016 to Current year.
DISSOLVED OXYGEN: June 2016 to Current year.
PERIOD OF DAILY RECORD -
WATER TEMPERATURE: June 2016 to Current year.
DISSOLVED OXYGEN: June 2016 to Current year.
INSTRUMENTATION - Water-quality multiprobe and data collection platform.
EXTREMES FOR PERIOD OF DAILY RECORD -
WATER TEMPERATURE: Maximum, 30.9° C, July 29, 2016; minimum, 4.3 °C, Jan. 06, 2018.
DISSOLVED OXYGEN: Maximum, 13.2 mg/L, January 18, 2018; minimum, .35mg/L, June 5, 2017.