South Saluda River near Cleveland, 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 02162290 sits on the South Saluda River and reads everything draining 18 square miles of the Saluda basin. Its datum sits 1,089 feet above sea level NAVD88. Daily flow has been on record here since 2000, 20 years of it.

Where this gauge sits in the drainage

Table Rock Reservoir near Cleveland, SC sits immediately upstream, so dam releases rather than rainfall set the flow here. Two gauged sites sit upstream of here. The closest is Table Rock Reservoir near Cleveland, SC, reading 15 square miles. This gauge adds the 2.6 square miles that drain in between. Downstream the next reading comes from Saluda River at Hunts Bridge Rd near Dacusville, SC at 260 square miles, so what passes this gauge is about 7% of the water measured there. Water passing here goes on to Saluda River near Greenville, SC and Saluda River above I-85 near Golden Grove, SC.

Normal flows here

The South Saluda River runs a median of 13 cfs at this gauge across 20 years of record. February is the fullest month at a median 33 cfs, and September the leanest at 8.1 cfs. The highest daily mean on record is 1,830 cfs in 2004, and the lowest is 1.3 cfs in 2001.

Medians from the USGS daily-statistics record, 2000 to 2026. A month at 100% is running at its own long-term median.

Flood stages and record crests

The South Saluda River reaches flood stage at this gauge at 9 feet. NWS starts watching it at 8 feet. The highest crest on record is 9.6 feet, in September 2004.

Flood categories and crest history from the NOAA National Water Prediction Service, gauge SSRS1. Stages are gage height, not depth. Not for navigation.