Bush River near Prosperity, 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 02167582 sits on the Bush River and reads everything draining 115 square miles of the Saluda basin. Its datum sits 359 feet above sea level NAVD88. Daily flow has been on record here since 1990, 36 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 Saluda River below Lake Murray Dam near Columbia, SC at 2,420 square miles, so what passes this gauge is about 5% of the water measured there. Water passing here goes on to Saluda River near Columbia, SC and Congaree River at Columbia, SC.

Normal flows here

The Bush River runs a median of 33 cfs at this gauge across 36 years of record. February is the fullest month at a median 86 cfs, and September the leanest at 16 cfs. The highest daily mean on record is 7,140 cfs in 2016, and the lowest is 1.7 cfs in 2012.

Medians from the USGS daily-statistics record, 1990 to 2026. A month at 100% is running at its own long-term median.

Flood stages and record crests

The Bush River reaches flood stage at this gauge at 11 feet. NWS starts watching it at 10 feet. The highest crest on record is 19.7 feet, in October 2015.

Flood categories and crest history from the NOAA National Water Prediction Service, gauge PROS1. Stages are gage height, not depth. Not for navigation.