USGS Water-Year Summary 2024
02172050 COOPER RIVER NEAR GOOSE CREEK, SC
LOCATION - Lat 33°03'27", long 79°56'11" referenced to North American Datum of 1927, Berkeley County, SC, Hydrologic Unit 03050201, on right bank, 6.2 mi downstream from Seaboard Coast Line Railroad bridge, 7.4 mi upstream from Goose Creek, and at mile 28.5.
DRAINAGE AREA - Indeterminate
SURFACE-WATER RECORDS
PERIOD OF RECORD - October 1981 to current year.
GAGE - Data collection platform. Datum of gage is 15.43 ft below NAVD of 1988.
EXTREMES FOR PERIOD OF RECORD - Maximum gage height, 20.31 ft, Sep. 5, 1987 (may have been higher on Oct. 4, 2015 during a period of missing data); Minimum gage height, 8.29 ft., May 22, 1990.
WATER-QUALITY RECORDS
PERIOD OF RECORD - Water year 1971 to current year.
PERIOD OF DAILY RECORD -
SPECIFIC CONDUCTANCE: October 1970 to current year.
pH: July 1981 to September 1993 (discontinued).
WATER TEMPERATURE: October 1970 to current year.
DISSOLVED OXYGEN: July 1981 to September 1995, February 2004 to June 2009, August 2009 to September 2009.
INSTRUMENTATION - Water-quality multiprobe and data collection platform.
EXTREMES FOR PERIOD OF DAILY RECORD -
SPECIFIC CONDUCTANCE: Maximum, 8,520 microsiemens/cm, Sept. 11, 2017; minimum, 30 microsiemens/cm, Sep. 2-4, 1987.
pH: Maximum, 8.5 standard units, Sep. 29, 30, 1981; minimum, 5.3 standard units, May 29, 30, 1993.
WATER TEMPERATURE: Maximum, 32.5°C, Aug.1, 2, 1999; minimum, 3.0°C, Jan. 16, 1988.
DISSOLVED OXYGEN: Maximum, 15.2 mg/L, Feb. 4, 5, 1994; minimum, 0.0 mg/L, Oct. 2, 7, 8, 1989.