Ashley River below Summerville, SC

River level and flood forecast · Dorchester County

Normal10.5 ftas of Tue 3:45 PM

The last 7 days and the forecast

468101214WedThuFriSatSunMonTueNowObserved (ft)NWS forecast

NWS forecast issued Sun, Dec 31, 7 PM. Forecasts change as rain falls and as upstream water arrives.

What floods at each level

From the National Weather Service, highest first.

  • 15.06 ftRecord level reached in association with Tropical Storm Irma on September 11th, 2017.

Highest crests on record

  1. 15.06 ft — September 11, 2017
  2. 13.97 ft — December 17, 2023
  3. 13.74 ft — September 12, 2017
  4. 13.69 ft — August 30, 2023
  5. 13.4 ft — November 24, 2018

Recent crests: 13.97 ft (December 17, 2023) · 13.69 ft (August 30, 2023) · 13.1 ft (December 24, 2019) · 13.02 ft (December 23, 2019) · 13 ft (August 31, 2019)

Up and down the river, and nearby

Not an official source. River levels, forecasts, flood stages and impacts are from the National Weather Service (ARDS1); flow from the U.S. Geological Survey. Readings are provisional. In a flood, follow your local officials and the NWS at weather.gov.