Waccamaw River near Longs, 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 02110500 sits on the Waccamaw River and reads everything draining 1,110 square miles of the Waccamaw basin. Its datum sits 4 feet above sea level NAVD88. Daily flow has been on record here since 1950, 76 years of it.

Where this gauge sits in the drainage

One gauged site sits upstream of here. The closest is Waccamaw River at Freeland, NC, reading 680 square miles. This gauge adds the 430 square miles that drain in between. Downstream the next reading comes from Waccamaw River at Sc-22 below Longs, SC at 1,230 square miles, so what passes this gauge is about 90% of the water measured there. Water passing here goes on to Waccamaw River at Conway Marina at Conway, SC.

Normal flows here

The Waccamaw River runs a median of 530 cfs at this gauge across 76 years of record. February is the fullest month at a median 1,620 cfs, and November the leanest at 256 cfs. The highest daily mean on record is 53,700 cfs in 2018, and the lowest is 1.0 cfs in 1955.

Medians from the USGS daily-statistics record, 1950 to 2026. A month at 100% is running at its own long-term median.

Flood stages and record crests

The Waccamaw River reaches flood stage at this gauge at 12 feet. NWS starts watching it at 11 feet. The highest crest on record is 20.2 feet, in September 2018.

Flood categories and crest history from the NOAA National Water Prediction Service, gauge LNGS1. Stages are gage height, not depth. Not for navigation.