USGS Water-Year Summary 2024
02110550 WACCAMAW RIVER ABOVE CONWAY, SC
LOCATION - Lat 33°51'03", long 78°53'50" referenced to North American Datum of 1983, Horry County, SC, Hydrologic Unit 03040206, Gage structure and equipment located on north side of Old Reaves Ferry Road Bridge near Conway, SC.
DRAINAGE AREA - 1,250 mi².
SURFACE-WATER RECORDS
PERIOD OF RECORD - June 2013 to current year.
GAGE - Data collection platform and acoustic velocity meter. Datum of gage is 0.00 ft above NAVD of 1988 (from GNSS survey 2/26/2013).
EXTREMES FOR PERIOD OF RECORD - Maximum discharge, 45,200 ft³/s, Sep. 23, 2018, maximum gage height, 19.82, Sep. 23, 2018 as a result of Hurricane Florence; minimum daily mean discharge, -46.6 ft³/s, Nov. 20, 2013
CLIMATOLOGICAL RECORDS
PERIOD OF RECORD - June 2013 to current year.
INSTRUMENTATION - Tipping bucket raingage and data collection platform.
WATER-QUALITY RECORDS
PERIOD OF RECORD - Water years 2013 to current year.
PERIOD OF DAILY RECORD - SPECIFIC CONDUCTANCE: June 2013 to September 2013.
pH: June 2013 to September 2013.
TEMPERATURE: June 2013 to September 2013.
DISSOLVED OXYGEN: June 2013 to September 2013.
TURBIDITY: June 2013 to September 2013.
INSTRUMENTATION - Water-quality multiprobe and data collection platform.
EXTREMES FOR PERIOD OF DAILY RECORD -
SPECIFIC CONDUCTANCE: Maximum, 292 microsiemens/cm, Nov. 23, 2013; minimum, 37 microsiemens/cm, Oct. 5, 2015.
pH: Maximum, 7.3 standard units, many days in Nov. 2013; minimum 4.9 standard units, on several days.
WATER TEMPERATURE: Maximum, 32.4°C, Aug. 10, 2022; minimum, 0.7°C, Jan. 7, 2018.
DISSOLVED OXYGEN: Maximum, 12.6 mg/L, Jan. 8,9, 2018; minimum, 0.8 mg/L, several days in 2013.
TURBIDITY: Maximum, 73.6 FNU, April 30, 2017; minimum, <1 FNU, many days.