Middle Tyger River near Gramling, 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 02157470 sits on the Middle Tyger River and reads everything draining 33 square miles of the Tyger basin. Its datum sits 848 feet above sea level NAVD88. Daily flow has been on record here since 2002, 22 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 Middle Tyger River below Lyman Lake, near Greer, SC at 46 square miles, so what passes this gauge is about 71% of the water measured there. Water passing here goes on to Middle Tyger River near Lyman, SC, Middle Tyger River at Howell Rd near Reidville, SC and Tyger River near Woodruff, SC.

Normal flows here

The Middle Tyger River runs a median of 32 cfs at this gauge across 22 years of record. March is the fullest month at a median 48 cfs, and September the leanest at 20 cfs. The highest daily mean on record is 1,780 cfs in 2020, and the lowest is 2.3 cfs in 2002.

Medians from the USGS daily-statistics record, 2002 to 2026. A month at 100% is running at its own long-term median.

Flood stages and record crests

The highest crest on record is 11.2 feet, in August 2014.

Flood categories and crest history from the NOAA National Water Prediction Service, gauge TYGS1. Stages are gage height, not depth. Not for navigation.