South Rabon Creek near Gray Court, 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 02165200 sits on South Rabon Creek and reads everything draining 30 square miles of the Saluda basin. Its datum sits 547 feet above sea level NAVD88. Daily flow has been on record here since 1967, 51 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 Lake Greenwood near Chappells, SC at 1,170 square miles, so what passes this gauge is about 3% of the water measured there. Water passing here goes on to Saluda River at Chappells, SC.

Normal flows here

South Rabon Creek runs a median of 22 cfs at this gauge across 51 years of record. March is the fullest month at a median 37 cfs, and September the leanest at 12 cfs. The highest daily mean on record is 2,520 cfs in 1973, and the lowest is 0.1 cfs in 2011.

Medians from the USGS daily-statistics record, 1967 to 2026. A month at 100% is running at its own long-term median.

Flood stages and record crests

South Rabon Creek reaches flood stage at this gauge at 10 feet. NWS starts watching it at 9.5 feet. The highest crest on record is 8.3 feet, in August 1995.

Flood categories and crest history from the NOAA National Water Prediction Service, gauge SRCS1. Stages are gage height, not depth. Not for navigation.