USGS Water-Year Summary 2024
02188100 RUSSELL LAKE ABOVE CALHOUN FALLS, SC
LOCATION - Lat 34°06'04", long 82°37'05" referenced to North American Datum of 1983, Abbeville County, SC, Hydrologic Unit 03060103, at the Calhoun Falls State Park boat landing, 4.6 mi south of Calhoun Falls.
DRAINAGE AREA - 2,900 mi².
SURFACE-WATER RECORDS
PERIOD OF RECORD - October 2004 to current year.
GAGE - Data collection platform. Datum of gage is 0.51 ft below NAVD of 1988.
EXTREMES FOR PERIOD OF RECORD - Maximum gage height, 479.79 ft, January 7, 2016; minimum gage height, 469.23 ft, Jan. 20, 2009.
CLIMATOLOGICAL RECORDS
PERIOD OF RECORD - March 2005 to current year.
INSTRUMENTATION - Tipping bucket raingage and data collection platform.
WATER-QUALITY RECORDS
PERIOD OF RECORD - Water years 2005 and 2006 (records available in the backfiles of the U. S. Geological Survey), 2007 to current year.
PERIOD OF DAILY RECORD -
WIND SPEED: March 2005 to current year.
AIR TEMPERATURE: March 2005 to current year.
RELATIVE HUMIDITY: March 2005 to current year.
WATER TEMPERATURE:December 2010 to current year.
INSTRUMENTATION - Water-quality multiprobe, wind speed, air temperature and relative humidity monitors and data collection platform.
EXTREMES FOR PERIOD OF RECORD -
WATER TEMPERATURE: Maximum, 34.4°C, July 20, 2020; minimum, 5.9°C, Feb. 14, 2011.