Wateree River near Camden, 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 02148000 sits on the Wateree River and reads everything draining 5,070 square miles of the Wateree basin. Its datum sits 114 feet above sea level NAVD88. Daily flow has been on record here since 1930, 95 years of it.

Where this gauge sits in the drainage

Lake Wateree Tailrace above Camden, SC sits immediately upstream, so dam releases rather than rainfall set the flow here. One gauged site sits upstream of here. The closest is Lake Wateree Tailrace above Camden, SC, reading 4,740 square miles. This gauge adds the 330 square miles that drain in between.

Normal flows here

The Wateree River runs a median of 4,060 cfs at this gauge across 95 years of record. February is the fullest month at a median 7,480 cfs, and September the leanest at 2,565 cfs. The highest daily mean on record is 149,000 cfs in 1930, and the lowest is 143 cfs in 1980.

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

The Wateree River reaches flood stage at this gauge at 24 feet. NWS starts watching it at 16 feet. The highest crest on record is 40.4 feet, in July 1916.

Flood categories and crest history from the NOAA National Water Prediction Service, gauge CMDS1. Stages are gage height, not depth. Not for navigation.