Black Creek near Mcbee, 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 02130900 sits on Black Creek and reads everything draining 108 square miles of the Lower Pee Dee basin. Its datum sits 224 feet above sea level NAVD88. Daily flow has been on record here since 1960, 67 years of it.

Where this gauge sits in the drainage

One gauged site sits upstream of here. The closest is Black Creek below Chesterfield, SC, reading 52 square miles. This gauge adds the 56 square miles that drain in between. Downstream the next reading comes from Black Creek near Hartsville, SC at 173 square miles, so what passes this gauge is about 62% of the water measured there.

Normal flows here

Black Creek runs a median of 98 cfs at this gauge across 67 years of record. March is the fullest month at a median 186 cfs, and September the leanest at 62 cfs. The highest daily mean on record is 3,430 cfs in 2018, and the lowest is 9.7 cfs in 2002.

Medians from the USGS daily-statistics record, 1960 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 15 feet. NWS starts watching it at 14 feet. The highest crest on record is 13.4 feet, in September 2018.

Flood categories and crest history from the NOAA National Water Prediction Service, gauge MCBS1. Stages are gage height, not depth. Not for navigation.