Stevens Creek near Modoc, 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 02196000 sits on Stevens Creek and reads everything draining 545 square miles of the Stevens basin. Its datum sits 196 feet above sea level NAVD88. Daily flow has been on record here since 1930, 63 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 Savannah River Jefferson Davis Br, at Augusta, GA at 7,150 square miles, so what passes this gauge is about 8% of the water measured there. Water passing here goes on to Savannah River at Augusta, GA. It then enters Savannah Rv above New Sav Lock and Dam, below which releases set the flow.

Normal flows here

Stevens Creek runs a median of 72 cfs at this gauge across 63 years of record. March is the fullest month at a median 361 cfs, and October the leanest at 23 cfs. The highest daily mean on record is 48,700 cfs in 2024, and the lowest is 0.0 cfs in 1954.

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

Stevens Creek reaches flood stage at this gauge at 19 feet. NWS starts watching it at 17 feet. The highest crest on record is 43.3 feet, in September 2024.

Flood categories and crest history from the NOAA National Water Prediction Service, gauge MODS1. Stages are gage height, not depth. Not for navigation.