Saluda River above I-85 near Golden Grove, 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 02162550 sits on the Saluda River and reads everything draining 341 square miles of the Saluda basin. Its datum sits 763 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

Five gauged sites sit upstream of here. The closest is Saluda River near Greenville, SC, reading 298 square miles. This gauge adds the 43 square miles that drain in between. Downstream the next reading comes from Saluda River near Williamston, SC at 414 square miles, so what passes this gauge is about 82% of the water measured there. Water passing here goes on to Saluda River near Ware Shoals, SC.

Normal flows here

The Saluda River runs a median of 464 cfs at this gauge across 4 years of record. February is the fullest month at a median 709 cfs, and October the leanest at 246 cfs. The highest daily mean on record is 11,000 cfs in 2024, and the lowest is 119 cfs in 2023.

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