Lawsons Fork Creek at Spartanburg, 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 02156300 sits on the Lawsons Fork Creek and reads everything draining 75 square miles of the Upper Broad basin. Its datum sits 633 feet above sea level NAVD88. Daily flow has been on record here since 2012, 14 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 Pacolet River at Pacolet, SC at 427 square miles, so what passes this gauge is about 17% of the water measured there. Water passing here goes on to Pacolet River near Saratt, SC.

Normal flows here

The Lawsons Fork Creek runs a median of 72 cfs at this gauge across 14 years of record. January is the fullest month at a median 107 cfs, and September the leanest at 44 cfs. The highest daily mean on record is 7,910 cfs in 2024, and the lowest is 15 cfs in 2012.

Medians from the USGS daily-statistics record, 2012 to 2026. A month at 100% is running at its own long-term median.

Flood stages and record crests

The Lawsons Fork Creek reaches flood stage at this gauge at 15 feet. NWS starts watching it at 12 feet. The highest crest on record is 15.1 feet, in February 2020.

Flood categories and crest history from the NOAA National Water Prediction Service, gauge LAWS1. Stages are gage height, not depth. Not for navigation.