Fishing Creek at Hwy 5 below York, 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 021473415 sits on Fishing Creek and reads everything draining 17 square miles of the Lower Catawba basin. Its datum sits 579 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 Fishing Creek below Fort Lawn, SC at 280 square miles, so what passes this gauge is about 6% of the water measured there.

Normal flows here

Fishing Creek runs a median of 4.1 cfs at this gauge across 18 years of record. March is the fullest month at a median 10 cfs, and September the leanest at 0.9 cfs. The highest daily mean on record is 3,310 cfs in 2008, and the lowest is 0.0 cfs in 2008.

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

Fishing Creek reaches flood stage at this gauge at 13 feet. NWS starts watching it at 10 feet. The highest crest on record is 11.4 feet, in April 2019.

Flood categories and crest history from the NOAA National Water Prediction Service, gauge FISS1. Stages are gage height, not depth. Not for navigation.