Edisto River near Givhans, 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 02175000 sits on the Edisto River and reads everything draining 2,730 square miles of the Edisto River basin. Its datum sits 20 feet above sea level NAVD88. Daily flow has been on record here since 1939, 87 years of it.

Where this gauge sits in the drainage

Two gauged sites sit upstream of here. The closest is Edisto River below Canadys, SC, reading 1,880 square miles. This gauge adds the 850 square miles that drain in between. Downstream the next reading comes from Edisto River below Jacksonboro, SC at 2,830 square miles, so what passes this gauge is about 96% of the water measured there.

Normal flows here

The Edisto River runs a median of 1,340 cfs at this gauge across 87 years of record. March is the fullest month at a median 3,420 cfs, and September the leanest at 1,010 cfs. The highest daily mean on record is 35,100 cfs in 2024, and the lowest is 150 cfs in 2002.

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 Edisto River reaches flood stage at this gauge at 10 feet. NWS starts watching it at 9 feet. The highest crest on record is 17.5 feet, in February 1925.

Flood categories and crest history from the NOAA National Water Prediction Service, gauge GIVS1. Stages are gage height, not depth. Not for navigation.