Black Creek below Chesterfield, 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 02130840 sits on Black Creek and reads everything draining 52 square miles of the Lower Pee Dee basin. Its datum sits 297 feet above sea level NAVD88. Daily flow has been on record here since 2007, 19 years of it.

Where this gauge sits in the drainage

No gauged site sits above this one on the mainstem, so this is the first published reading on the river. Downstream the next reading comes from Black Creek near Mcbee, SC at 108 square miles, so what passes this gauge is about 48% of the water measured there. Water passing here goes on to Black Creek near Hartsville, SC.

Normal flows here

Black Creek runs a median of 27 cfs at this gauge across 19 years of record. January is the fullest month at a median 67 cfs, and July the leanest at 12 cfs. The highest daily mean on record is 2,000 cfs in 2018, and the lowest is 0.9 cfs in 2008.

Medians from the USGS daily-statistics record, 2007 to 2026. A month at 100% is running at its own long-term median.

Flood stages and record crests

Black Creek reaches flood stage at this gauge at 14 feet. NWS starts watching it at 13 feet. The highest crest on record is 12 feet, in September 2018.

Flood categories and crest history from the NOAA National Water Prediction Service, gauge CSFS1. Stages are gage height, not depth. Not for navigation.