Little Pee Dee River at Galivants Ferry, 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 02135000 sits on the Little Pee Dee River and reads everything draining 2,790 square miles of the Little Pee Dee basin. Its datum sits 22 feet above sea level NAVD88. Daily flow has been on record here since 1942, 84 years of it.

Where this gauge sits in the drainage

One gauged site sits upstream of here. The closest is Little Pee Dee River near Dillon, SC, reading 524 square miles. This gauge adds the 2,266 square miles that drain in between. Downstream the next reading comes from Pee Dee River at Hwy 701 near Bucksport, SC at 14,100 square miles, so what passes this gauge is about 20% of the water measured there.

Normal flows here

The Little Pee Dee River runs a median of 1,485 cfs at this gauge across 84 years of record. March is the fullest month at a median 4,310 cfs, and October the leanest at 1,070 cfs. The highest daily mean on record is 64,000 cfs in 2018, and the lowest is 73 cfs in 2002.

Medians from the USGS daily-statistics record, 1942 to 2026. A month at 100% is running at its own long-term median.

Flood stages and record crests

The Little Pee Dee River reaches flood stage at this gauge at 9 feet. NWS starts watching it at 8 feet. The highest crest on record is 17.2 feet, in September 2018.

Flood categories and crest history from the NOAA National Water Prediction Service, gauge GALS1. Stages are gage height, not depth. Not for navigation.