Broad River near Blacksburg, SC Water Level Today

NWS river forecast

Forecast from the NOAA National Water Prediction Service. Issued a few times a day and only while a forecast is active. Not for navigation.

Last 30 days

About this gauge

USGS gauge 02153200 sits on the Broad River and reads everything draining 1,320 square miles of the Upper Broad basin. Its datum sits 546 feet above sea level NAVD88. Daily flow has been on record here since 1997, 29 years of it.

Where this gauge sits in the drainage

Gaston Shoals Reservoir above Blacksburg, SC sits immediately upstream, so dam releases rather than rainfall set the flow here. Two gauged sites sit upstream of here. The closest is Gaston Shoals Reservoir above Blacksburg, SC, reading 1,280 square miles. This gauge adds the 40 square miles that drain in between. Downstream the next reading comes from Broad River below Ninetynine Island Reservoir, SC at 1,550 square miles, so what passes this gauge is about 85% of the water measured there. Water passing here goes on to Broad River below Neal Shoals Res near Carlisle, SC and Broad River near Carlisle, SC.

Normal flows here

The Broad River runs a median of 1,365 cfs at this gauge across 29 years of record. April is the fullest month at a median 1,880 cfs, and September the leanest at 798 cfs. The highest daily mean on record is 67,700 cfs in 2024, and the lowest is 41 cfs in 2002.

Medians from the USGS daily-statistics record, 1997 to 2026. A month at 100% is running at its own long-term median.

Flood stages and record crests

The Broad River reaches flood stage at this gauge at 16 feet. NWS starts watching it at 13 feet. The highest crest on record is 26.2 feet, in September 2024.

Flood categories and crest history from the NOAA National Water Prediction Service, gauge BBGS1. Stages are gage height, not depth. Not for navigation.