Pee Dee River near Rockingham, 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 02129000 sits on the Pee Dee River and reads everything draining 6,863 square miles of the Lower Pee Dee basin. Its datum sits 120 feet above sea level NAVD88. Daily flow has been on record here since 1928, 99 years of it.

Where this gauge sits in the drainage

Blewett Falls Lake on Pee Dee River near Pee Dee, NC sits immediately upstream, so dam releases rather than rainfall set the flow here. Five gauged sites sit upstream of here. The closest is Pee Dee River below Powerhouse Dam near Pee Dee, NC, reading 6,836 square miles. Downstream the next reading comes from Pee Dee River above Jones Creek near Cordova, NC at 7,060 square miles, so what passes this gauge is about 97% of the water measured there.

Normal flows here

The Pee Dee River runs a median of 4,975 cfs at this gauge across 99 years of record. February is the fullest month at a median 9,260 cfs, and September the leanest at 3,640 cfs. The highest daily mean on record is 242,000 cfs in 1945, and the lowest is 58 cfs in 1952.

Medians from the USGS daily-statistics record, 1928 to 2026. A month at 100% is running at its own long-term median.

Flood stages and record crests

The Pee Dee River reaches flood stage at this gauge at 15 feet. The highest crest on record is 31.3 feet, in August 1908.

Flood categories and crest history from the NOAA National Water Prediction Service, gauge RCKN7. Stages are gage height, not depth. Not for navigation.