Pacolet River near Saratt, 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 02156370 sits on the Pacolet River and reads everything draining 503 square miles of the Upper Broad basin. Its datum sits 413 feet above sea level NAVD88. Daily flow has been on record here since 2012, 9 years of it.

Where this gauge sits in the drainage

Five gauged sites sit upstream of here. The closest is Pacolet River at Pacolet, SC, reading 427 square miles. This gauge adds the 76 square miles that drain in between. Downstream the next reading comes from Neal Shoals Reservoir near Carlisle, SC at 2,730 square miles, so what passes this gauge is about 18% of the water measured there. Water passing here goes on to Broad River below Neal Shoals Res near Carlisle, SC and Broad River near Carlisle, SC.

Normal flows here

The Pacolet River runs a median of 507 cfs at this gauge across 9 years of record. March is the fullest month at a median 785 cfs, and September the leanest at 270 cfs. The highest daily mean on record is 23,800 cfs in 2024, and the lowest is 62 cfs in 2026.

Medians from the USGS daily-statistics record, 2012 to 2026. A month at 100% is running at its own long-term median.