Edisto River below Canadys, SC
Dorchester County, South Carolina · USGS 02174055
Latest observation
What this gauge represents: This gauge measures conditions on Edisto River at its USGS monitoring location in Dorchester County; conditions elsewhere on the waterway may differ.
Observed · 17 minutes ago
Observed
How to read these numbers
How much water moves past the gauge each second. Higher numbers mean more water is moving downstream.
The water-surface height at this gauge. It is useful for tracking rises, falls and flood thresholds, but it is not the river's total depth.
How much the latest reading has risen or fallen compared with roughly 24 hours earlier.
The typical streamflow for this date based on USGS historical statistics. A multiple such as 3× means current flow is about three times the historical median.
Get Water Data's plain-language summary of current flow, historical context and recent direction.
Official action and flood thresholds where available. These levels are specific to each gauge location.
Gauge height and flood stage are station-specific. A 12-foot reading at one gauge should not be directly compared with 12 feet at another.
Below historical median · Steady
Streamflow is currently 561 ft³/s, 23% below the historical median for this date. Flow has been relatively steady over the past 24 hours.
USGS-reported historical daily median for 09-27: 733 ft³/s · Based on USGS day-of-year statistics
How trends & context are calculated →Streamflow trend
Daily mean streamflow · Aug 28–Sep 26 · dates shown in UTC · 30 observations
Look at the data (30 rows)
| Date (UTC) | Daily mean |
|---|---|
| Aug 28, 2026, 12:00 AM | 619 CFS |
| Aug 29, 2026, 12:00 AM | 606 CFS |
| Aug 30, 2026, 12:00 AM | 621 CFS |
| Aug 31, 2026, 12:00 AM | 647 CFS |
| Sep 1, 2026, 12:00 AM | 654 CFS |
| Sep 2, 2026, 12:00 AM | 667 CFS |
| Sep 3, 2026, 12:00 AM | 665 CFS |
| Sep 4, 2026, 12:00 AM | 640 CFS |
| Sep 5, 2026, 12:00 AM | 604 CFS |
| Sep 6, 2026, 12:00 AM | 575 CFS |
| Sep 7, 2026, 12:00 AM | 550 CFS |
| Sep 8, 2026, 12:00 AM | 545 CFS |
| Sep 9, 2026, 12:00 AM | 545 CFS |
| Sep 10, 2026, 12:00 AM | 567 CFS |
| Sep 11, 2026, 12:00 AM | 605 CFS |
| Sep 12, 2026, 12:00 AM | 633 CFS |
| Sep 13, 2026, 12:00 AM | 625 CFS |
| Sep 14, 2026, 12:00 AM | 607 CFS |
| Sep 15, 2026, 12:00 AM | 600 CFS |
| Sep 16, 2026, 12:00 AM | 609 CFS |
| Sep 17, 2026, 12:00 AM | 631 CFS |
| Sep 18, 2026, 12:00 AM | 652 CFS |
| Sep 19, 2026, 12:00 AM | 658 CFS |
| Sep 20, 2026, 12:00 AM | 661 CFS |
| Sep 21, 2026, 12:00 AM | 635 CFS |
| Sep 22, 2026, 12:00 AM | 615 CFS |
| Sep 23, 2026, 12:00 AM | 592 CFS |
| Sep 24, 2026, 12:00 AM | 574 CFS |
| Sep 25, 2026, 12:00 AM | 558 CFS |
| Sep 26, 2026, 12:00 AM | 557 CFS |
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