North Saluda River near Highland, 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 021623950 sits on the North Saluda River and reads everything draining 5.8 square miles of the Saluda basin. Its datum sits 1,234 feet above sea level NAVD88. Daily flow has been on record here since 2017, 9 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 N Saluda River below N Saluda Res above Slater, SC at 29 square miles, so what passes this gauge is about 20% of the water measured there. Water passing here goes on to North Saluda River above Slater, SC, Saluda River at Hunts Bridge Rd near Dacusville, SC and Saluda River near Greenville, SC.

Normal flows here

The North Saluda River runs a median of 11 cfs at this gauge across 9 years of record. April is the fullest month at a median 18 cfs, and September the leanest at 6.5 cfs. The highest daily mean on record is 877 cfs in 2024, and the lowest is 3.7 cfs in 2026.

Medians from the USGS daily-statistics record, 2017 to 2026. A month at 100% is running at its own long-term median.