Black River at Kingstree, 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 02136000 sits on the Black River and reads everything draining 1,252 square miles of the Black basin. Its datum sits 24 feet above sea level NAVD88. Daily flow has been on record here since 1930, 97 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 River near Andrews, SC at 1,560 square miles, so what passes this gauge is about 80% of the water measured there.

Normal flows here

The Black River runs a median of 257 cfs at this gauge across 97 years of record. March is the fullest month at a median 1,460 cfs, and October the leanest at 163 cfs. The highest daily mean on record is 78,200 cfs in 2016, and the lowest is 2.0 cfs in 1954.

Medians from the USGS daily-statistics record, 1930 to 2026. A month at 100% is running at its own long-term median.

Flood stages and record crests

The Black River reaches flood stage at this gauge at 12 feet. NWS starts watching it at 11 feet. The highest crest on record is 22.6 feet, in October 2015.

Flood categories and crest history from the NOAA National Water Prediction Service, gauge KINS1. Stages are gage height, not depth. Not for navigation.