Gills Creek at SC 48, 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 02169590 sits on Gills Creek and reads everything draining 67 square miles of the Congaree basin. Its datum sits 107 feet above sea level NAVD88.

Where this gauge sits in the drainage

Three gauged sites sit upstream of here. The closest is Gills Creek at Columbia, SC, reading 60 square miles. This gauge adds the 7.0 square miles that drain in between. Downstream the next reading comes from Congaree River at Congaree Np near Gadsden, SC at 8,290 square miles, so what passes this gauge is about 1% of the water measured there. Water passing here goes on to Congaree River at U.s Hwy 601 near Fort Motte, SC.

Flood stages and record crests

The highest crest on record is 20.9 feet, in September 2024.

Flood categories and crest history from the NOAA National Water Prediction Service, gauge GIBS1. Stages are gage height, not depth. Not for navigation.