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Tools Fork in South Carolina

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Data Source: Recreation.gov · Source: USGS GNIS · Public land: USGS PAD-US · Forest roads: USDA Forest Service MVUM · BLM routes and areas: Bureau of Land Management (simplified for web display)

About this river

Tools Fork is a 7.3 mile river. Streamflow is measured at the USGS gauge Tools Fork Creek near Rock Hill, SC (site 021473426). The National Hydrography Dataset places it at stream order 5. Reach geometry comes from the USGS National Hydrography Dataset.

Typical flow by month

1998 to 2026

Tools Fork typically runs highest in March, at a median 5.5 cfs, and lowest in September, at 0.5 cfs. The highest flow on record for any single day is 737 cfs, in 2019.

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Typical flow by month at Tools Fork Creek near Rock Hill, SC, in cfs
MonthTypical (cfs)Usual range (cfs)
January4.22.1 to 8.2
February4.72.8 to 9.6
March5.53.8 to 8.6
April4.02.5 to 6.8
May2.51.7 to 4.9
June1.20.6 to 2.9
July0.60.3 to 1.4
August0.50.2 to 1.5
September0.50.1 to 1.3
October0.70.2 to 1.8
November1.40.7 to 3.3
December2.61.3 to 6.4

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 23 years of record. Statistics published by the US Geological Survey for Tools Fork Creek near Rock Hill, SC (site 021473426). Conditions on any given day can fall well outside the usual range. Check the current reading before you go.

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