Broad River near Carlisle, 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 02156500 sits on the Broad River and reads everything draining 2,780 square miles of the Lower Broad basin. Its datum sits 290 feet above sea level NAVD88. Daily flow has been on record here since 1939, 88 years of it.

Where this gauge sits in the drainage

Neal Shoals Reservoir near Carlisle, SC sits immediately upstream, so dam releases rather than rainfall set the flow here. Four gauged sites sit upstream of here. The closest is Broad River below Neal Shoals Res near Carlisle, SC, reading 2,740 square miles. Downstream the next reading comes from Broad River near Jenkinsville, SC at 4,750 square miles, so what passes this gauge is about 59% of the water measured there. Water passing here goes on to Broad River at Alston, SC.

Normal flows here

The Broad River runs a median of 2,665 cfs at this gauge across 88 years of record. March is the fullest month at a median 4,210 cfs, and September the leanest at 1,750 cfs. The highest daily mean on record is 114,000 cfs in 1977, and the lowest is 44 cfs in 1956.

Medians from the USGS daily-statistics record, 1939 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 30 feet. NWS starts watching it at 29 feet. The highest crest on record is 31.5 feet, in October 1976.

Flood categories and crest history from the NOAA National Water Prediction Service, gauge CARS1. Stages are gage height, not depth. Not for navigation.