Pea River near Ariton AL 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 02363000 sits on the Pea River and reads everything draining 498 square miles of the Pea basin. Its datum sits 247 feet above sea level NAVD88. Daily flow has been on record here since 1939, 70 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 Pea River at Elba, AL at 959 square miles, so what passes this gauge is about 52% of the water measured there.

Normal flows here

The Pea River runs a median of 180 cfs at this gauge across 70 years of record. March is the fullest month at a median 869 cfs, and October the leanest at 77 cfs. The highest daily mean on record is 46,300 cfs in 2016, and the lowest is 3.3 cfs in 2000.

Medians from the USGS daily-statistics record, 1939 to 2026. A month at 100% is running at its own long-term median.

Flood stages and record crests

The Pea River reaches flood stage at this gauge at 14 feet. NWS starts watching it at 8 feet. The highest crest on record is 25.4 feet, in December 2015.

Flood categories and crest history from the NOAA National Water Prediction Service, gauge ARTA1. Stages are gage height, not depth. Not for navigation.