Little Saluda River near Saluda, 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 02167705 sits on the Little Saluda River and reads everything draining 110 square miles of the Saluda basin. Its datum sits 351 feet above sea level NAVD88. Daily flow has been on record here since 1990, 18 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 Saluda River below Lake Murray Dam near Columbia, SC at 2,420 square miles, so what passes this gauge is about 5% of the water measured there. Water passing here goes on to Saluda River near Columbia, SC and Congaree River at Columbia, SC.

Normal flows here

The Little Saluda River runs a median of 9.4 cfs at this gauge across 18 years of record. February is the fullest month at a median 53 cfs, and October the leanest at 1.7 cfs. The highest daily mean on record is 9,160 cfs in 2016, and the lowest is -8.5 cfs in 2011.

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 Saluda River reaches flood stage at this gauge at 15 feet. NWS starts watching it at 13 feet. The highest crest on record is 23.1 feet, in October 2015.

Flood categories and crest history from the NOAA National Water Prediction Service, gauge LSRS1. Stages are gage height, not depth. Not for navigation.