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South Fork Fishing Creek near Fort Mill, SC

River16.0 mi
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Around South Fork Fishing Creek

2 mi

Data Source: Recreation.gov · Source: USGS GNIS · Public land: USGS PAD-US

About this river

South Fork Fishing Creek is a 16.0 mile river near Optimist Training in South Carolina. Streamflow is measured at the USGS gauge Fishing Creek at Hwy 5 below York, SC (site 021473415). The National Hydrography Dataset places it at stream order 6. Reach geometry comes from the USGS National Hydrography Dataset.

Typical flow by month

2008 to 2026

South Fork Fishing Creek typically runs highest in March, at a median 10 cfs, and lowest in September, at 0.9 cfs. The highest flow on record for any single day is 3,310 cfs, in 2008.

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Typical flow by month at Fishing Creek at Hwy 5 below York, SC, in cfs
MonthTypical (cfs)Usual range (cfs)
January9.54.9 to 18
February9.25.1 to 21
March106.4 to 21
April8.24.9 to 14
May5.13.3 to 8.9
June2.91.3 to 5.9
July1.40.6 to 3.6
August1.40.2 to 4.6
September0.90.1 to 2.3
October1.10.3 to 2.7
November2.51.3 to 7.0
December5.62.6 to 15

Typical is the median of each month’s daily median values, and the usual range runs from the median 25th to the median 75th percentile, across about 18 years of record. Statistics published by the US Geological Survey for Fishing Creek at Hwy 5 below York, SC (site 021473415). Conditions on any given day can fall well outside the usual range. Check the current reading before you go.

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