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  • New to WDFN: see current water conditions throughout the state using the new State Pages. Filter by continuous data type and age of data, view latest values, and link to graphing options to explore the data further. To learn more, read our announcement on the Water Data for the Nation blog.
Important Legacy real-time page

USGS Parameter Group Data Types Start Date End Date
Biological Water-quality 1996-08-13 1997-07-15
Information Water-quality 1959-04-23 2015-10-06
Inorganics, Major, Metals Water-quality 1959-04-23 1997-09-11
Inorganics, Major, Non-metals Daily Values, Unit Values, Water-quality 1959-04-23 2024-11-22
Inorganics, Minor, Non-metals Water-quality 1996-08-13 1997-07-15
Inorganics, Minor, metals Water-quality 1959-04-23 1997-09-11
Microbiological Water-quality 1969-11-03 2015-10-06
Nutrient Water-quality 1959-04-23 1997-09-11
Organics, PCBs Water-quality 1996-08-13 1997-07-15
Organics, other Water-quality 1969-11-03 2015-10-06
Organics, pesticide Water-quality 1996-02-12 2015-10-06
Physical Daily Values, Unit Values, Water-quality 1925-08-14 2024-11-22
Radiochemistry Water-quality 1970-10-26 1997-07-15
Sediment Water-quality 1995-11-22 1997-09-11
n/a Peak Measurements 1926-03-31 2023-06-22
n/a Site Visits 1925-08-31 2024-11-13
n/a USGS Annual Water Data Reports Site 2006-01-01 2024-01-01
Water Data for the Nation inventory

Monitoring location 02169000 is associated with a Stream in Richland County, South Carolina. Current conditions of Discharge, Dissolved oxygen, Gage height, and more are available. Water data back to 1925 are available online.

Metadata Element Location Metadata Metadata Code
Agency
U.S. Geological Survey USGS
Site identification number
02169000 n/a
Site name
SALUDA RIVER NEAR COLUMBIA, SC n/a
Site type
Stream
ST
DMS latitude 340050 n/a
DMS longitude 0810517 n/a
Decimal latitude 34.0140416 n/a
Decimal longitude -81.0878717 n/a
Latitude-longitude method
Interpolated from MAP. M
Latitude-longitude accuracy
Accurate to + or - 1 sec. S
Latitude-longitude datum
North American Datum of 1927 NAD27
Decimal Latitude-longitude datum North American Datum of 1983 NAD83
District
South Carolina 45
State
South Carolina 45
County
Richland County 079
Country US n/a
Land net location description n/a
Name of location map COLUMBIA NORTH n/a
Scale of location map 24000 n/a
Altitude of Gage/land surface 148.71 feet n/a
Method altitude determined GNSS2 - Level 2 Quality Survey Grade Global Navigation Satellite System X
Altitude accuracy .03 feet n/a
Altitude datum
North American Vertical Datum of 1988 NAVD88
Subbasin hydrologic unit
Saluda 03050109
Drainage basin
n/a
Topographic setting
n/a
Flags for instruments at site NNNNYNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNN n/a
Date of first construction
n/a
Date site established or inventoried n/a
Drainage area
2520 square miles n/a
Contributing drainage area n/a
Time Zone abbreviation EST n/a
Site honors Daylight Saving Time
Y n/a
Data reliability
n/a
Data-other GW files NNNNNNNN n/a
National aquifer n/a
Local aquifer n/a
Local aquifer type
n/a
Well depth n/a
Hole depth
n/a
Source of depth data n/a
Project number 454510000 n/a

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