Highest listed crest 15.34 ft November 7, 2024; 12,679 cubic feet per second
Flood stage 8.0 ft Major flooding from 11.5 ft
Crests at major 6 14th of 79 gauges in South Carolina
Most recent flood crest May 14, 2025 8.33 ft, minor flooding Listed crests at the N. Fork Edisto River at Orangeburg, 1919 to 2025 0 5 10 15 20 ft Flood stage 8.0 ft Major 11.5 ft Dec 26, 1919: 8.96 ft, minor flooding Sep 1, 1928: 14.70 ft, major flooding; 10,000 cubic feet per second Mar 3, 1939: 9.98 ft, minor flooding; 3,910 cubic feet per second Aug 19, 1940: 8.59 ft, minor flooding; 2,340 cubic feet per second Jun 29, 1941: 11.00 ft, moderate flooding; 5,210 cubic feet per second Dec 26, 1941: 8.96 ft, minor flooding; 2,670 cubic feet per second Mar 24, 1943: 8.20 ft, minor flooding; 1,930 cubic feet per second Mar 25, 1944: 8.90 ft, minor flooding; 2,620 cubic feet per second Sep 18, 1945: 14.28 ft, major flooding; 9,500 cubic feet per second Jan 1, 1946: 7.90 ft, action stage; 1,670 cubic feet per second Apr 18, 1947: 8.16 ft, minor flooding; 1,880 cubic feet per second Sep 7, 1948: 10.25 ft, moderate flooding; 4,170 cubic feet per second Oct 5, 1948: 10.44 ft, moderate flooding Aug 29, 1949: 10.47 ft, moderate flooding; 4,560 cubic feet per second Sep 10, 1950: 8.03 ft, minor flooding; 1,800 cubic feet per second Apr 10, 1951: 7.50 ft, action stage; 1,370 cubic feet per second Mar 25, 1952: 8.54 ft, minor flooding; 2,410 cubic feet per second Sep 29, 1953: 8.43 ft, minor flooding; 2,160 cubic feet per second Jan 1, 1954: 7.77 ft, action stage Apr 10, 1954: 7.79 ft, action stage; 1,550 cubic feet per second Apr 20, 1955: 7.78 ft, action stage; 1,420 cubic feet per second Feb 8, 1956: 7.44 ft, action stage; 1,160 cubic feet per second Jun 17, 1957: 7.62 ft, action stage; 1,250 cubic feet per second Nov 30, 1957: 7.70 ft, action stage May 1, 1958: 9.73 ft, minor flooding; 3,340 cubic feet per second May 14, 1959: 8.80 ft, minor flooding; 2,570 cubic feet per second Oct 2, 1959: 10.48 ft, moderate flooding Apr 6, 1960: 10.36 ft, moderate flooding; 4,240 cubic feet per second Apr 17, 1961: 9.61 ft, minor flooding; 3,340 cubic feet per second Feb 24, 1962: 9.21 ft, minor flooding; 2,770 cubic feet per second Jan 22, 1963: 9.26 ft, minor flooding; 2,880 cubic feet per second Aug 31, 1964: 11.34 ft, moderate flooding; 5,410 cubic feet per second Oct 6, 1964: 11.05 ft, moderate flooding; 5,080 cubic feet per second Jun 25, 1965: 10.02 ft, moderate flooding Mar 6, 1966: 9.79 ft, minor flooding; 3,450 cubic feet per second Aug 29, 1967: 9.00 ft, minor flooding; 2,570 cubic feet per second Jun 12, 1968: 8.65 ft, minor flooding; 2,240 cubic feet per second Apr 21, 1969: 8.60 ft, minor flooding; 2,200 cubic feet per second Apr 2, 1970: 8.71 ft, minor flooding; 2,300 cubic feet per second Mar 5, 1971: 11.64 ft, major flooding; 5,850 cubic feet per second Jan 16, 1972: 9.40 ft, minor flooding; 2,990 cubic feet per second Jun 13, 1973: 10.01 ft, moderate flooding; 3,730 cubic feet per second Aug 11, 1974: 8.14 ft, minor flooding; 1,880 cubic feet per second Jul 21, 1975: 8.94 ft, minor flooding; 2,530 cubic feet per second Jul 1, 1976: 9.19 ft, minor flooding; 2,760 cubic feet per second Dec 17, 1976: 9.02 ft, minor flooding; 2,600 cubic feet per second Mar 24, 1977: 8.32 ft, minor flooding Jan 26, 1978: 9.22 ft, minor flooding; 2,790 cubic feet per second Sep 6, 1979: 11.56 ft, major flooding; 5,720 cubic feet per second Mar 31, 1980: 9.23 ft, minor flooding; 2,800 cubic feet per second Oct 2, 1980: 7.38 ft, action stage; 1,410 cubic feet per second Feb 19, 1981: 6.94 ft, below flood stage Jan 6, 1982: 8.10 ft, minor flooding; 1,850 cubic feet per second Apr 13, 1983: 9.04 ft, minor flooding; 2,610 cubic feet per second May 5, 1984: 9.95 ft, minor flooding May 30, 1984: 10.00 ft, moderate flooding; 3,720 cubic feet per second Feb 8, 1985: 8.78 ft, minor flooding; 2,380 cubic feet per second Nov 23, 1985: 8.23 ft, minor flooding; 1,940 cubic feet per second Feb 14, 1986: 6.90 ft, below flood stage Jan 24, 1987: 8.88 ft, minor flooding; 2,470 cubic feet per second Mar 13, 1988: 6.50 ft, below flood stage; 1,050 cubic feet per second Apr 12, 1989: 7.16 ft, action stage; 1,310 cubic feet per second Oct 2, 1989: 7.47 ft, action stage; 1,460 cubic feet per second Oct 24, 1990: 9.40 ft, minor flooding Jul 31, 1991: 9.53 ft, minor flooding; 3,190 cubic feet per second Aug 19, 1992: 7.69 ft, action stage; 1,580 cubic feet per second Nov 27, 1992: 8.85 ft, minor flooding Jan 9, 1993: 11.15 ft, moderate flooding; 5,210 cubic feet per second Mar 3, 1994: 8.18 ft, minor flooding; 1,910 cubic feet per second Dec 29, 1994: 8.34 ft, minor flooding Feb 19, 1995: 10.46 ft, moderate flooding; 4,290 cubic feet per second Aug 27, 1995: 11.29 ft, moderate flooding; 5,390 cubic feet per second Mar 12, 1996: 8.24 ft, minor flooding; 1,950 cubic feet per second Feb 17, 1997: 7.43 ft, action stage; 1,440 cubic feet per second Dec 27, 1997: 8.16 ft, minor flooding Feb 6, 1998: 9.35 ft, minor flooding; 2,960 cubic feet per second Mar 11, 1998: 9.35 ft, minor flooding Sep 6, 1998: 8.00 ft, minor flooding Jan 29, 1999: 8.57 ft, minor flooding Jan 27, 2000: 7.72 ft, action stage; 1,600 cubic feet per second Jun 18, 2001: 6.96 ft, below flood stage; 1,220 cubic feet per second Feb 8, 2002: 4.85 ft, below flood stage; 604 cubic feet per second Dec 26, 2002: 5.56 ft, below flood stage Mar 22, 2003: 8.90 ft, minor flooding; 2,490 cubic feet per second Apr 12, 2003: 8.20 ft, minor flooding Jul 5, 2003: 8.44 ft, minor flooding Feb 28, 2004: 7.19 ft, action stage; 1,220 cubic feet per second Apr 2, 2005: 7.40 ft, action stage; 1,400 cubic feet per second Jan 4, 2006: 6.72 ft, below flood stage; 1,010 cubic feet per second Mar 8, 2007: 7.07 ft, action stage; 1,220 cubic feet per second Jan 2, 2008: 6.61 ft, below flood stage; 982 cubic feet per second Aug 7, 2008: 1.48 ft, below flood stage; 144 cubic feet per second Mar 4, 2009: 7.11 ft, action stage; 1,280 cubic feet per second Jul 4, 2009: 1.65 ft, below flood stage; 171 cubic feet per second Dec 27, 2009: 7.72 ft, action stage; 1,600 cubic feet per second Sep 25, 2010: 1.96 ft, below flood stage; 190 cubic feet per second Jul 25, 2011: 1.22 ft, below flood stage; 126 cubic feet per second Jul 4, 2012: 1.33 ft, below flood stage; 127 cubic feet per second Jun 3, 2013: 2.39 ft, below flood stage; 199 cubic feet per second Jun 11, 2013: 8.16 ft, minor flooding; 2,070 cubic feet per second Jul 7, 2013: 8.01 ft, minor flooding; 1,960 cubic feet per second Jul 16, 2013: 8.54 ft, minor flooding; 2,380 cubic feet per second Aug 22, 2013: 8.24 ft, minor flooding; 2,140 cubic feet per second Jan 17, 2014: 7.32 ft, action stage; 1,500 cubic feet per second Feb 21, 2014: 7.33 ft, action stage; 1,500 cubic feet per second Mar 9, 2014: 7.11 ft, action stage; 1,030 cubic feet per second Apr 21, 2014: 7.34 ft, action stage; 1,090 cubic feet per second Aug 31, 2014: 2.37 ft, below flood stage; 175 cubic feet per second Dec 26, 2014: 7.79 ft, action stage; 1,510 cubic feet per second Jan 14, 2015: 7.21 ft, action stage; 1,110 cubic feet per second Feb 27, 2015: 7.96 ft, action stage; 1,650 cubic feet per second Apr 22, 2015: 7.04 ft, action stage; 1,010 cubic feet per second Aug 6, 2015: 2.12 ft, below flood stage; 165 cubic feet per second Oct 6, 2015: 13.73 ft, major flooding; 9,010 cubic feet per second Nov 4, 2015: 7.81 ft, action stage; 1,590 cubic feet per second Nov 24, 2015: 8.11 ft, minor flooding; 1,800 cubic feet per second Dec 27, 2015: 8.09 ft, minor flooding; 1,780 cubic feet per second Jan 1, 2016: 7.51 ft, action stage; 1,410 cubic feet per second Feb 6, 2016: 8.30 ft, minor flooding; 1,940 cubic feet per second Apr 3, 2016: 8.01 ft, minor flooding; 1,730 cubic feet per second Dec 10, 2017: 7.51 ft, action stage; 1,420 cubic feet per second Feb 6, 2018: 6.39 ft, below flood stage; 878 cubic feet per second Dec 15, 2018: 7.95 ft, action stage; 1,735 cubic feet per second Jan 27, 2019: 7.68 ft, action stage; 1,555 cubic feet per second Dec 19, 2019: 8.15 ft, minor flooding; 1,876 cubic feet per second Dec 25, 2019: 8.65 ft, minor flooding; 2,304 cubic feet per second Jan 15, 2020: 8.97 ft, minor flooding; 2,604 cubic feet per second Feb 3, 2020: 7.10 ft, action stage; 1,188 cubic feet per second Feb 8, 2020: 9.25 ft, minor flooding; 2,877 cubic feet per second Feb 22, 2020: 8.23 ft, minor flooding; 1,941 cubic feet per second Mar 7, 2020: 8.87 ft, minor flooding; 2,508 cubic feet per second May 25, 2020: 7.09 ft, action stage; 1,180 cubic feet per second Sep 19, 2020: 8.65 ft, minor flooding; 2,306 cubic feet per second Nov 12, 2020: 8.41 ft, minor flooding; 2,094 cubic feet per second Jul 24, 2021: 8.52 ft, minor flooding; 2,190 cubic feet per second Aug 25, 2021: 9.01 ft, minor flooding; 2,643 cubic feet per second Apr 8, 2022: 8.51 ft, minor flooding; 2,181 cubic feet per second Apr 23, 2022: 7.77 ft, action stage; 1,590 cubic feet per second May 28, 2022: 6.14 ft, below flood stage; 771 cubic feet per second Jul 6, 2022: 7.23 ft, action stage; 1,259 cubic feet per second Jul 11, 2022: 7.79 ft, action stage; 1,604 cubic feet per second Jul 15, 2022: 7.77 ft, action stage; 1,590 cubic feet per second Aug 30, 2022: 7.96 ft, action stage; 1,726 cubic feet per second Sep 11, 2022: 6.60 ft, below flood stage; 944 cubic feet per second Jan 28, 2023: 7.88 ft, action stage; 1,668 cubic feet per second Feb 14, 2023: 8.05 ft, minor flooding; 1,795 cubic feet per second Mar 31, 2023: 8.40 ft, minor flooding; 2,085 cubic feet per second Apr 14, 2023: 8.40 ft, minor flooding; 2,085 cubic feet per second Jun 12, 2023: 6.96 ft, below flood stage; 1,115 cubic feet per second Jun 23, 2023: 8.86 ft, minor flooding; 2,499 cubic feet per second Feb 15, 2024: 6.88 ft, below flood stage; 1,125 cubic feet per second Mar 7, 2024: 7.44 ft, action stage; 1,440 cubic feet per second Aug 9, 2024: 8.34 ft, minor flooding; 2,216 cubic feet per second Sep 29, 2024: 8.76 ft, minor flooding; 2,986 cubic feet per second Nov 7, 2024: 15.34 ft, major flooding; 12,679 cubic feet per second May 14, 2025: 8.33 ft, minor flooding Highest, 15.34 ft, Nov 7, 2024 1920 1940 1960 1980 2000 2020 Crests at or above flood stage, by decade Crests at or above flood stage per decade, N. Fork Edisto River at Orangeburg 1910s: 1 1920s: 1 1930s: 1 1940s: 10 1950s: 6 1960s: 11 1970s: 11 1980s: 8 1990s: 14 2000s: 3 2010s: 11 2020s: 17 17 1910s 1920s 1930s 1940s 1950s 1960s 1970s 1980s 1990s 2000s 2010s 2020s These are the crests the local National Weather Service office lists for the gauge: the highest on record and recent crests. Lesser floods between them may be missing, so counts by decade are a floor. Categories use today's flood stages. Levees, dams and channel changes since a crest can make old and new stages not directly comparable. Orangeburg County: every hazard · River floods across the country · South Carolina
NOAA National Water Prediction Service, gauge ORBS1, retrieved October 30, 2026. Stages in feet on the gauge's own datum, not elevation. Crests are as the National Weather Service lists them; preliminary values may be revised.