Peak Streamflow Table

Flood Event Peak Streamflow and Stage Data

Gage Name	Site Number	% Impervious	Basin Area (sq mi)	Peak Stage (ft)	Peak Streamflow (cfs)	Oct Peak Day	Record	Rank and Period of Record	Previous Record Year	Previous Record Stage	Previous Record Flow	Average Daily Flow	Regulated?	Remarks (hover for full text)
		Watershed Characteristics		October 2015 Event Data					Historic Data
Black Creek near McBee	2130900	1.18	114.80	10.24	1,030	4	No	16 out of 55	1990	13.07	4,500	142	No
Black River at Kingstree	2136000	1.47	1234.04	22.65	83,700	6	Yes	1 out of 87	1973	19.77	58,000	927	No	Largest peak since 1893
Broad River at Alston	2161000	2.42	4768.74	22.16	73,200	4	No	13 out of 45	1903	29.02	140,000	5,773	No
Broad River near Carlisle	2156500	1.96	2778.05	12.20	21,800	4	No	68 out of 75	1976	31.51	123,000	3,725	No
Congaree River at Columbia	2169500	2.81	7830.04	31.81	185,000	4	No	8 out of 123	1908	39.80	364,000	8,581	Yes	Regulation from Saluda River in 1929
Edisto River near Givhans	2175000	1.05	2713.83	16.06	25,600	8	Yes	1 out of 81	1925	17.50	24,900	2,429	No
Gills Creek at Columbia	2169570	19.91	60.24	19.60	2380	4	Yes	1 out of 50	1979	8.66	2,880	70	No	Maximum peak streamflow on Oct. 4th exceeded 2,380 cfs. This is the upper limit of current rating curve. Peak stage determined by high water marks because gage equipment was damaged. The rank is based on peak stage on Oct 6, 2015.
Little Pee Dee River at Galivants Ferry	2135000	1.34	2801.64	9.17	8,230	11	No	53 out of 74	1964	13.01	27,600	2,924	No
Lynches River at Effingham	2132000	0.84	1047.32	19.73	17,000	6	Top 3	3 out of 88	1945	21.21	25,000	993	No	Oct. 2015 peak is third largest peak since 1892
Lynches River near Bishopville	2131500	0.79	661.75	14.59	5,890	6	No	38 out of 72	1945	22.35	29,400	694	No
North Fork Edisto River at Orangeburg	2173500	1.39	685.88	13.64	8,640	5	Top 3	3 out of 77	1928	14.70	10,000	721	No
Pee Dee River at Pee Dee	2131000	2.43	8816.55	22.81	30,100	8	No	55 out of 76	1945	33.30	22,000	9,410	Yes
Saluda River near Columbia	2169000	3.35	2521.27	14.26	58,000	4	No	-- out of 89	1929	15.22	67,000	2,675	Yes	Station regulated since 1930. The maximum peak streamflow on Oct. 4th exceeded 58,000 cfs. This is the upper limit of current rating curve. Peak stage determined by high water marks because gage equipment was damaged.
Saluda River near Greenville	2162500	0.83	296.11	4.69	1,660	4	No	69 out of 71	1949	19.38	11,000	609	No
Smith Branch at N. Main St. at Columbia	2162093	43.29	5.70	18.87	4,180	4	Yes	1 out of 38	2013	15.12	3,820	9	No	Maximum peak streamflow on Oct. 4th exceeded 4,180 cfs. This is the upper limit of the current rating curve. Peak stage determined by high water marks because gage equipment damaged.
South Fork Edisto River near Denmark	2173000	0.93	708.18	7.94	2,100	8	No	49 out of 83	1929	11.70	17,100	713	No
Waccamaw River near Longs	2110500	0.79	1424.54	15.17	16,900	6	Top 3	2 out of 64	1999	17.94	28,200	1,213	No
Wateree River near Camden	2148000	4.61	5051.46	29.31	50,900	4	No	31 out of 124	1916	40.40	400,000	5,838	Yes	Regulated since 1919

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