Lynches River at Effingham, 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 02132000 sits on the Lynches River and reads everything draining 1,030 square miles of the Lynches basin. Its datum sits 57 feet above sea level NAVD88. Daily flow has been on record here since 1930, 97 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 Lynches River at Us378 near Lake City, SC at 1,100 square miles, so what passes this gauge is about 94% of the water measured there.

Normal flows here

The Lynches River runs a median of 480 cfs at this gauge across 97 years of record. March is the fullest month at a median 1,460 cfs, and October the leanest at 355 cfs. The highest daily mean on record is 24,500 cfs in 1945, and the lowest is 69 cfs in 2002.

Medians from the USGS daily-statistics record, 1930 to 2026. A month at 100% is running at its own long-term median.

Flood stages and record crests

The Lynches River reaches flood stage at this gauge at 14 feet. NWS starts watching it at 11 feet. The highest crest on record is 21.2 feet, in September 1945.

Flood categories and crest history from the NOAA National Water Prediction Service, gauge EFFS1. Stages are gage height, not depth. Not for navigation.