Horse Creek at Clearwater, 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 02196690 sits on Horse Creek and reads everything draining 155 square miles of the Middle Savannah basin. Its datum sits 109 feet above sea level NAVD88. Daily flow is on record here from 2005 to 2024, 19 years in all.

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 Savannah River at Augusta, GA at 7,330 square miles, so what passes this gauge is about 2% of the water measured there. Water passing here goes on to Savannah River near Waynesboro, GA. It then enters Savannah Rv above New Sav Lock and Dam, below which releases set the flow.

Normal flows here

Horse Creek runs a median of 152 cfs at this gauge across 19 years of record. February is the fullest month at a median 202 cfs, and September the leanest at 124 cfs. The highest daily mean on record is 1,100 cfs in 2021, and the lowest is 44 cfs in 2013.

Medians from the USGS daily-statistics record, 2005 to 2024. A month at 100% is running at its own long-term median. USGS stopped publishing a daily flow record at this gauge, so these are historical norms, not a baseline for current readings.

Flood stages and record crests

Horse Creek reaches flood stage at this gauge at 17 feet. NWS starts watching it at 15 feet. The highest crest on record is 17.4 feet, in September 2024.

Flood categories and crest history from the NOAA National Water Prediction Service, gauge CLRS1. Stages are gage height, not depth. Not for navigation.