Little River near Silverstreet, 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 02167450 sits on the Little River and reads everything draining 224 square miles of the Saluda basin. Its datum sits 359 feet above sea level NAVD88. Daily flow has been on record here since 1990, 36 years of it.

Where this gauge sits in the drainage

One gauged site sits upstream of here. The closest is Little River at Laurens, SC, reading 24 square miles. This gauge adds the 200 square miles that drain in between. Downstream the next reading comes from Saluda River below Lake Murray Dam near Columbia, SC at 2,420 square miles, so what passes this gauge is about 9% of the water measured there. Water passing here goes on to Saluda River near Columbia, SC.

Normal flows here

The Little River runs a median of 68 cfs at this gauge across 36 years of record. March is the fullest month at a median 164 cfs, and September the leanest at 27 cfs. The highest daily mean on record is 12,300 cfs in 2016, and the lowest is 0.0 cfs in 2015.

Medians from the USGS daily-statistics record, 1990 to 2026. A month at 100% is running at its own long-term median.

Flood stages and record crests

The Little River reaches flood stage at this gauge at 11 feet. NWS starts watching it at 10 feet. The highest crest on record is 18.5 feet, in October 2015.

Flood categories and crest history from the NOAA National Water Prediction Service, gauge SILS1. Stages are gage height, not depth. Not for navigation.