North Tyger River near Fairmont, 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.

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About this gauge

USGS gauge 02157000 sits on the North Tyger River and reads everything draining 44 square miles of the Tyger basin. Its datum sits 677 feet above sea level NAVD88. Daily flow has been on record here since 1951, 45 years of it.

Where this gauge sits in the drainage

Three gauged sites sit upstream of here. The closest is N Tyger River below Wellford, SC, reading 34 square miles. This gauge adds the 10 square miles that drain in between. Downstream the next reading comes from Tyger River near Woodruff, SC at 351 square miles, so what passes this gauge is about 13% of the water measured there. Water passing here goes on to Tyger River above Whitmire Highway near Whitmire, SC.

Normal flows here

The North Tyger River runs a median of 45 cfs at this gauge across 45 years of record. March is the fullest month at a median 70 cfs, and September the leanest at 28 cfs. The highest daily mean on record is 2,640 cfs in 2024, and the lowest is 4.6 cfs in 1988.

Medians from the USGS daily-statistics record, 1951 to 2026. A month at 100% is running at its own long-term median.