Broad River near Boiling Springs, NC Flow & Water Level

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 02151500 sits on the Broad River and reads everything draining 875 square miles of the Upper Broad basin. Its datum sits 638 feet above sea level NAVD88. Daily flow has been on record here since 1925, 101 years of it.

Where this gauge sits in the drainage

No gauged site sits above this one on the mainstem, so this is the first published reading on the river. Downstream the next reading comes from Gaston Shoals Reservoir above Blacksburg, SC at 1,280 square miles, so what passes this gauge is about 68% of the water measured there.

Normal flows here

The Broad River runs a median of 1,145 cfs at this gauge across 101 years of record. March is the fullest month at a median 1,600 cfs, and September the leanest at 790 cfs. The highest daily mean on record is 63,900 cfs in 1928, and the lowest is 83 cfs in 2002.

Medians from the USGS daily-statistics record, 1925 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 12 feet. NWS starts watching it at 10 feet. The highest crest on record is 24.3 feet, in August 1928.

Flood categories and crest history from the NOAA National Water Prediction Service, gauge BSPN7. Stages are gage height, not depth. Not for navigation.