Broad River near Columbia, 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 02162035 sits on the Broad River and reads everything draining 5,230 square miles of the Lower Broad basin. Its datum sits 1 feet below sea level NAVD88. Daily flow has been on record here since 2011, 15 years of it.

Where this gauge sits in the drainage

Three gauged sites sit upstream of here. The closest is Broad River at Alston, SC, reading 4,790 square miles. This gauge adds the 440 square miles that drain in between. Downstream the next reading comes from Congaree River at Columbia, SC at 7,850 square miles, so what passes this gauge is about 67% of the water measured there. Water passing here goes on to Congaree River at Congaree Np near Gadsden, SC.

Normal flows here

The Broad River runs a median of 3,550 cfs at this gauge across 15 years of record. January is the fullest month at a median 5,670 cfs, and October the leanest at 1,870 cfs. The highest daily mean on record is 112,000 cfs in 2024, and the lowest is 351 cfs in 2011.

Medians from the USGS daily-statistics record, 2011 to 2026. A month at 100% is running at its own long-term median.

Flood stages and record crests

The highest crest on record is 167.1 feet, in September 2024.

Flood categories and crest history from the NOAA National Water Prediction Service, gauge CBRS1. Stages are gage height, not depth. Not for navigation.