Pee Dee River at Pee Dee Refuge near Ansonville, NC Flow & Water Level

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 02126375 sits on the Pee Dee River and reads everything draining 6,134 square miles of the Upper Pee Dee basin. Its datum sits 176 feet above sea level NAVD88.

Where this gauge sits in the drainage

Three gauged sites sit upstream of here. The closest is Pee Dee River at Hwy731 below Lake Tillery near Norwood, NC, reading 4,694 square miles. This gauge adds the 1,440 square miles that drain in between. Downstream the next reading comes from Blewett Falls Lake on Pee Dee River near Pee Dee, NC at 6,820 square miles, so what passes this gauge is about 90% of the water measured there. Water passing here goes on to Pee Dee River below Powerhouse Dam near Pee Dee, NC, Pee Dee River near Rockingham, NC and Pee Dee River above Jones Creek near Cordova, NC.

Flood stages and record crests

The Pee Dee River reaches flood stage at this gauge at 34 feet. NWS starts watching it at 33 feet. The highest crest on record is 35.4 feet, in September 2018.

Flood categories and crest history from the NOAA National Water Prediction Service, gauge PWRN7. Stages are gage height, not depth. Not for navigation.