Black Creek near Hartsville, 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 02130910 sits on Black Creek and reads everything draining 173 square miles of the Lower Pee Dee basin. Its datum sits 177 feet above sea level NAVD88. Daily flow has been on record here since 1961, 66 years of it.

Where this gauge sits in the drainage

Two gauged sites sit upstream of here. The closest is Black Creek near Mcbee, SC, reading 108 square miles. This gauge adds the 65 square miles that drain in between. Downstream the next reading comes from Black Creek near Quinby, SC at 438 square miles, so what passes this gauge is about 39% of the water measured there.

Normal flows here

Black Creek runs a median of 152 cfs at this gauge across 66 years of record. March is the fullest month at a median 256 cfs, and July the leanest at 115 cfs. The highest daily mean on record is 3,470 cfs in 2018, and the lowest is 6.1 cfs in 2002.

Medians from the USGS daily-statistics record, 1961 to 2026. A month at 100% is running at its own long-term median.

Flood stages and record crests

The highest crest on record is 12.3 feet, in October 1990.

Flood categories and crest history from the NOAA National Water Prediction Service, gauge HTSS1. Stages are gage height, not depth. Not for navigation.