Kings Creek at Blacksburg, 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 02153590 sits on Kings Creek and reads everything draining 28 square miles of the Upper Broad basin. Its datum sits 601 feet above sea level NAVD88. Daily flow has been on record here since 2006, 19 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 Neal Shoals Reservoir near Carlisle, SC at 2,730 square miles, so what passes this gauge is about 1% of the water measured there. Water passing here goes on to Broad River below Neal Shoals Res near Carlisle, SC and Broad River near Carlisle, SC.

Normal flows here

Kings Creek runs a median of 13 cfs at this gauge across 19 years of record. March is the fullest month at a median 25 cfs, and September the leanest at 6.2 cfs. The highest daily mean on record is 1,420 cfs in 2024, and the lowest is 0.0 cfs in 2008.

Medians from the USGS daily-statistics record, 2006 to 2026. A month at 100% is running at its own long-term median.

Flood stages and record crests

Kings Creek reaches flood stage at this gauge at 13.5 feet. NWS starts watching it at 12 feet. The highest crest on record is 13.6 feet, in December 2015.

Flood categories and crest history from the NOAA National Water Prediction Service, gauge KGCS1. Stages are gage height, not depth. Not for navigation.