North Fork Edisto River at Orangeburg, 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 02173500 sits on the North Fork Edisto River and reads everything draining 683 square miles of the North Fork Edisto basin. Its datum sits 148 feet above sea level NAVD88. Daily flow has been on record here since 1939, 88 years of it.

Where this gauge sits in the drainage

One gauged site sits upstream of here. The closest is North Fork Edisto River at Sc394, above North, SC, reading 364 square miles. This gauge adds the 319 square miles that drain in between. Downstream the next reading comes from Edisto River near Branchville, SC at 1,720 square miles, so what passes this gauge is about 40% of the water measured there.

Normal flows here

The North Fork Edisto River runs a median of 566 cfs at this gauge across 88 years of record. March is the fullest month at a median 864 cfs, and September the leanest at 465 cfs. The highest daily mean on record is 13,600 cfs in 2025, and the lowest is 113 cfs in 2002.

Medians from the USGS daily-statistics record, 1939 to 2026. A month at 100% is running at its own long-term median.

Flood stages and record crests

The North Fork Edisto River reaches flood stage at this gauge at 8 feet. NWS starts watching it at 7 feet. The highest crest on record is 15.3 feet, in November 2024.

Flood categories and crest history from the NOAA National Water Prediction Service, gauge ORBS1. Stages are gage height, not depth. Not for navigation.