Cedar Creek near Thor, 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 02173212 sits on Cedar Creek and reads everything draining 44 square miles of the North Fork Edisto basin. Its datum sits 245 feet above sea level NAVD88. Daily flow has been on record here since 2008, 18 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 North Fork Edisto River at Sc394, above North, SC at 364 square miles, so what passes this gauge is about 12% of the water measured there. Water passing here goes on to North Fork Edisto River at Orangeburg, SC.

Normal flows here

Cedar Creek runs a median of 19 cfs at this gauge across 18 years of record. January is the fullest month at a median 23 cfs, and June the leanest at 17 cfs. The highest daily mean on record is 157 cfs in 2016, and the lowest is 5.8 cfs in 2012.

Medians from the USGS daily-statistics record, 2008 to 2026. A month at 100% is running at its own long-term median.

Flood stages and record crests

Cedar Creek reaches flood stage at this gauge at 10 feet. NWS starts watching it at 9.5 feet. The highest crest on record is 7.2 feet, in October 2015.

Flood categories and crest history from the NOAA National Water Prediction Service, gauge CCPS1. Stages are gage height, not depth. Not for navigation.