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USGS Water-Year Summary 2024
02198759 BEAR CREEK AT HICKORY BEND, NEAR RINCON, GA
LOCATION - Lat 32°20'43.55", long 81°08'49.94" referenced to North American Datum of 1983, Effingham County, GA, Hydrologic Unit 03060109, on left bank, 0.14 miles downstream of Savannah River, 4.84 miles upstream of confluence with Big Collis Creek and Abercorn Creek, and 6.1 miles northeast of Rincon, GA.
SURFACE-WATER RECORDS
PERIOD OF RECORD -
DISCHARGE: February 2013 to current year.
GAGE HEIGHT: February 2013 to current year.
WATER VELOCITY: February 2013 to current year.
DISCHARGE: February 2013 to current year.
GAGE HEIGHT: February 2013 to current year.
WATER VELOCITY: February 2013 to current year.
GAGE - Satellite telemetry with a water-stage recorder and an acoustic velocity meter. Datum of gage is the North American Vertical Datum (NAVD) of 1988 (from U.S. Geological Survey levels).
COOPERATION - U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Savannah District.
REMARKS -
For period: 10/01/2014-09/30/2015: Gage height record poor. Water velocity record poor. Discharge record poor.
For period: 10/01/2015-10/14/2015: Gage height record good. Water velocity record fair. Discharge record fair.
For period: 10/15/2015-09/30/2016: Gage height record fair. Water velocity record poor. Discharge record poor.
For period: 10/01/2015-01/18/2016: Gage height record fair. Water velocity record poor. Discharge record poor.
For period: 10/01/2014-09/30/2015: Gage height record poor. Water velocity record poor. Discharge record poor.
For period: 10/01/2015-10/14/2015: Gage height record good. Water velocity record fair. Discharge record fair.
For period: 10/15/2015-09/30/2016: Gage height record fair. Water velocity record poor. Discharge record poor.
For period: 10/01/2015-01/18/2016: Gage height record fair. Water velocity record poor. Discharge record poor.
EXTREMES FOR PERIOD OF RECORD - Maximum discharge recorded, 461 cfs, February 21, 2016; maximum gage-height recorded, 14.46 feet, July 22, 2013; minimum gage-height recorded, 2.70 feet, February 1, 2013.
CLIMATOLOGICAL RECORDS
PERIOD OF RECORD - February 2013 to current year.
INSTRUMENTATION - Tipping-bucket raingage.
