North Tyger River at Wellford, 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 021569983 sits on the North Tyger River and reads everything draining 19 square miles of the Tyger basin. Its datum sits 728 feet above sea level NAVD88. Daily flow has been on record here since 2022, 4 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 Tyger Lake near Wellford, SC at 34 square miles, so what passes this gauge is about 57% of the water measured there. Water passing here goes on to N Tyger River below Wellford, SC, North Tyger River near Fairmont, SC and Tyger River near Woodruff, SC.

Normal flows here

The North Tyger River runs a median of 18 cfs at this gauge across 4 years of record. January is the fullest month at a median 25 cfs, and September the leanest at 11 cfs. The highest daily mean on record is 1,710 cfs in 2024, and the lowest is 4.0 cfs in 2026.

Medians from the USGS daily-statistics record, 2022 to 2026. A month at 100% is running at its own long-term median.