Black Creek near Quinby, 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 02130980 sits on Black Creek and reads everything draining 438 square miles of the Lower Pee Dee basin. Its datum sits 57 feet above sea level NAVD88. Daily flow has been on record here since 2002, 25 years of it.

Where this gauge sits in the drainage

One gauged site sits upstream of here. The closest is Black Creek near Hartsville, SC, reading 173 square miles. This gauge adds the 265 square miles that drain in between. Downstream the next reading comes from Pee Dee River at Peedee, SC at 8,830 square miles, so what passes this gauge is about 5% of the water measured there. Water passing here goes on to Pee Dee River below Pee Dee, SC.

Normal flows here

Black Creek runs a median of 298 cfs at this gauge across 25 years of record. March is the fullest month at a median 497 cfs, and June the leanest at 236 cfs. The highest daily mean on record is 6,090 cfs in 2004, and the lowest is 48 cfs in 2002.

Medians from the USGS daily-statistics record, 2002 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 10 feet. NWS starts watching it at 7 feet. The highest crest on record is 17.4 feet, in September 2018.

Flood categories and crest history from the NOAA National Water Prediction Service, gauge BCRS1. Stages are gage height, not depth. Not for navigation.