Pea River near Samson 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 02364500 sits on the Pea River and reads everything draining 1,182 square miles of the Pea basin. Its datum sits 98 feet above sea level NAVD88. Daily flow has been on record here since 1904, 69 years of it.

Where this gauge sits in the drainage

One gauged site sits upstream of here. The closest is Pea River at Elba, AL, reading 959 square miles. This gauge adds the 223 square miles that drain in between. Downstream the next reading comes from Choctawhatchee River near Pittman, Fla at 3,209 square miles, so what passes this gauge is about 37% of the water measured there.

Normal flows here

The Pea River runs a median of 781 cfs at this gauge across 69 years of record. February is the fullest month at a median 2,080 cfs, and October the leanest at 407 cfs. The highest daily mean on record is 28,800 cfs in 1925, and the lowest is 44 cfs in 2011.

Medians from the USGS daily-statistics record, 1904 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 35 feet. NWS starts watching it at 28 feet. The highest crest on record is 45.3 feet, in March 1929.

Flood categories and crest history from the NOAA National Water Prediction Service, gauge SSNA1. Stages are gage height, not depth. Not for navigation.