Pacolet River near 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 02155500 sits on the Pacolet River and reads everything draining 212 square miles of the Upper Broad basin. Its datum sits 703 feet above sea level NAVD88. Daily flow has been on record here since 1930, 93 years of it.

Where this gauge sits in the drainage

One gauged site sits upstream of here. The closest is North Pacolet River at Fingerville, SC, reading 116 square miles. This gauge adds the 96 square miles that drain in between. Downstream the next reading comes from Pacolet River below Lake Blalock near Cowpens, SC at 273 square miles, so what passes this gauge is about 78% 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.

Normal flows here

The Pacolet River runs a median of 238 cfs at this gauge across 93 years of record. March is the fullest month at a median 343 cfs, and October the leanest at 151 cfs. The highest daily mean on record is 13,500 cfs in 1940, and the lowest is 22 cfs in 2008.

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 Pacolet River reaches flood stage at this gauge at 25 feet. NWS starts watching it at 20 feet. The highest crest on record is 46 feet, in June 1903.

Flood categories and crest history from the NOAA National Water Prediction Service, gauge PCRS1. Stages are gage height, not depth. Not for navigation.