Middle Saluda River near Cleveland, 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 02162350 sits on the Middle Saluda River and reads everything draining 21 square miles of the Saluda basin. Its datum sits 1,079 feet above sea level NAVD88. Daily flow has been on record here since 1981, 37 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 at Hunts Bridge Rd near Dacusville, SC at 260 square miles, so what passes this gauge is about 8% of the water measured there. Water passing here goes on to Saluda River near Greenville, SC and Saluda River above I-85 near Golden Grove, SC.

Normal flows here

The Middle Saluda River runs a median of 46 cfs at this gauge across 37 years of record. February is the fullest month at a median 68 cfs, and October the leanest at 26 cfs. The highest daily mean on record is 2,280 cfs in 2024, and the lowest is 6.6 cfs in 2002.

Medians from the USGS daily-statistics record, 1981 to 2026. A month at 100% is running at its own long-term median.

Flood stages and record crests

The Middle Saluda River reaches flood stage at this gauge at 9.5 feet. NWS starts watching it at 8 feet. The highest crest on record is 11.2 feet, in June 1986.

Flood categories and crest history from the NOAA National Water Prediction Service, gauge MSRS1. Stages are gage height, not depth. Not for navigation.