N Saluda River below N Saluda Res above Slater, 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 0216239615 sits on the N Saluda River and reads everything draining 29 square miles of the Saluda basin. Its datum sits 1,061 feet above sea level NAVD88. Daily flow has been on record here since 2024, 2 years of it.

Where this gauge sits in the drainage

One gauged site sits upstream of here. The closest is North Saluda River near Highland, SC, reading 5.8 square miles. This gauge adds the 23 square miles that drain in between. Downstream the next reading comes from North Saluda River above Slater, SC at 44 square miles, so what passes this gauge is about 65% of the water measured there. Water passing here goes on to Saluda River at Hunts Bridge Rd near Dacusville, SC, Saluda River near Greenville, SC and Saluda River above I-85 near Golden Grove, SC.

Normal flows here

The N Saluda River runs a median of 20 cfs at this gauge across 2 years of record. February is the fullest month at a median 40 cfs, and September the leanest at 5.8 cfs. The highest daily mean on record is 526 cfs in 2024, and the lowest is 4.6 cfs in 2024.

Medians from the USGS daily-statistics record, 2024 to 2026. A month at 100% is running at its own long-term median.