North Pacolet River at Fingerville, 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 02154500 sits on the North Pacolet River and reads everything draining 116 square miles of the Upper Broad basin. Its datum sits 715 feet above sea level NAVD88. Daily flow has been on record here since 1930, 96 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 Pacolet River near Fingerville, SC at 212 square miles, so what passes this gauge is about 55% of the water measured there. Water passing here goes on to Pacolet River at Us-29 near Converse, SC, Pacolet River at Pacolet, SC and Pacolet River near Saratt, SC. It then enters Pacolet River below Lake Blalock near Cowpens, SC, below which releases set the flow.

Normal flows here

The North Pacolet River runs a median of 147 cfs at this gauge across 96 years of record. March is the fullest month at a median 217 cfs, and October the leanest at 103 cfs. The highest daily mean on record is 8,110 cfs in 1965, and the lowest is 14 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 North Pacolet River reaches flood stage at this gauge at 18 feet. NWS starts watching it at 16 feet. The highest crest on record is 27.1 feet, in August 1940.

Flood categories and crest history from the NOAA National Water Prediction Service, gauge FNGS1. Stages are gage height, not depth. Not for navigation.