Pee Dee River at Cheraw, 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 02130000 sits on the Pee Dee River and reads everything draining 7,320 square miles of the Lower Pee Dee basin. Its datum sits 56 feet above sea level NAVD88. Daily flow has been on record here since 2018, 7 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 above Jones Creek near Cordova, NC, reading 7,060 square miles. This gauge adds the 260 square miles that drain in between. Downstream the next reading comes from Pee Dee River near Bennettsville, SC at 7,780 square miles, so what passes this gauge is about 94% of the water measured there.

Normal flows here

The Pee Dee River runs a median of 6,050 cfs at this gauge across 7 years of record. February is the fullest month at a median 10,500 cfs, and October the leanest at 2,880 cfs. The highest daily mean on record is 170,000 cfs in 2018, and the lowest is 1,210 cfs in 2022.

Medians from the USGS daily-statistics record, 2018 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 30 feet. NWS starts watching it at 20 feet. The highest crest on record is 50.4 feet, in September 1945.

Flood categories and crest history from the NOAA National Water Prediction Service, gauge CHES1. Stages are gage height, not depth. Not for navigation.