# //UNITED STATES GEOLOGICAL SURVEY http://water.usgs.gov/ # //NATIONAL WATER INFORMATION SYSTEM http://water.usgs.gov/data.html # //DATA ARE PROVISIONAL AND SUBJECT TO CHANGE UNTIL PUBLISHED BY USGS # //RETRIEVED: 2026-09-02 22:55:02 # //WARNING # //WARNING The stage-discharge rating provided in this file should be # //WARNING considered provisional and subject to change. Stage-discharge # //WARNING ratings change over time as the channel features that control # //WARNING the relation between stage and discharge vary. Users are # //WARNING cautioned to consider carefully the applicability of this # //WARNING rating before using it for decisions that concern personal or # //WARNING public safety or operational consequences. # //FILE TYPE="NWIS RATING" # //DATABASE NUMBER=01 DESCRIPTION=" Standard data base for this site." # //STATION AGENCY="USGS " NUMBER="02163001 " TIME_ZONE="EST" DST_FLAG=Y # //STATION NAME="SALUDA RIVER NEAR WILLIAMSTON, SC" # //LABEL="Discharge ft^3/s" # //PARAMETER CODE="00060" # //RATING ID="5.0" TYPE="STGQ" NAME="stage-discharge" AGING=Working # //RATING REMARKS="Reduced offset based on lower flow measurements and adjusted the low and middle portions of rating 4.3 based on trend of measurements since 2015 with new offset. " # //RATING EXPANSION="logarithmic" # //RATING OFFSET1=1.720000E+00 # //RATING_INDEP ROUNDING="????" PARAMETER="Gage height (ft)" # //RATING_DEP ROUNDING="????" PARAMETER="Discharge (ft^3/s)" # //RATING_DATETIME BEGIN=20260625021500 BZONE=-05:00 END=-------------- EZONE=--- AGING=Working # //RATING_DATETIME COMMENT="Rating change applied where ratings 5.0 and shifted rating 4.3 overlap" INDEP DEP STOR 16N 16N 1S 2.9000000E+00 7.3800000E+01 * 4.6200000E+00 7.5200000E+02 * 5.1712547E+00 1.1210110E+03 * 5.7091952E+00 1.4665652E+03 * 6.5448170E+00 2.1151786E+03 * 1.3980000E+01 1.0137268E+04 * 1.8650000E+01 1.7208167E+04 *