North Rabon Creek near Hickory Tavern, 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 021652801 sits on North Rabon Creek and reads everything draining 37 square miles of the Saluda basin. Its datum sits 521 feet above sea level NAVD88. Daily flow has been on record here since 2008, 18 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 Lake Greenwood near Chappells, SC at 1,170 square miles, so what passes this gauge is about 3% of the water measured there. Water passing here goes on to Saluda River at Chappells, SC.

Normal flows here

North Rabon Creek runs a median of 22 cfs at this gauge across 18 years of record. March is the fullest month at a median 39 cfs, and September the leanest at 9.1 cfs. The highest daily mean on record is 1,670 cfs in 2016, and the lowest is 0.0 cfs in 2011.

Medians from the USGS daily-statistics record, 2008 to 2026. A month at 100% is running at its own long-term median.

Flood stages and record crests

North Rabon Creek reaches flood stage at this gauge at 15 feet. NWS starts watching it at 12 feet. The highest crest on record is 11 feet, in October 2015.

Flood categories and crest history from the NOAA National Water Prediction Service, gauge NRBS1. Stages are gage height, not depth. Not for navigation.