Thicketty Creek at Cnty Road 42 near Gaffney, 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 02153700 sits on Thicketty Creek and reads everything draining 24 square miles of the Upper Broad basin. Its datum sits 591 feet above sea level NAVD88. Daily flow has been on record here since 2006, 20 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 Neal Shoals Reservoir near Carlisle, SC at 2,730 square miles, so what passes this gauge is about 1% of the water measured there. Water passing here goes on to Broad River below Neal Shoals Res near Carlisle, SC.

Normal flows here

Thicketty Creek runs a median of 14 cfs at this gauge across 20 years of record. March is the fullest month at a median 26 cfs, and September the leanest at 7.1 cfs. The highest daily mean on record is 743 cfs in 2024, and the lowest is 0.0 cfs in 2008.

Medians from the USGS daily-statistics record, 2006 to 2026. A month at 100% is running at its own long-term median.

Flood stages and record crests

Thicketty Creek reaches flood stage at this gauge at 15 feet. NWS starts watching it at 10 feet. The highest crest on record is 11 feet, in February 2020.

Flood categories and crest history from the NOAA National Water Prediction Service, gauge THYS1. Stages are gage height, not depth. Not for navigation.