Pee Dee River at Peedee, 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 02131000 sits on the Pee Dee River and reads everything draining 8,830 square miles of the Lower Pee Dee basin. Its datum sits 24 feet above sea level NAVD88. Daily flow has been on record here since 1939, 87 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 Pee Dee River below Pee Dee, SC at 8,850 square miles, so what passes this gauge is about 100% of the water measured there.

Normal flows here

The Pee Dee River runs a median of 6,160 cfs at this gauge across 87 years of record. March is the fullest month at a median 13,300 cfs, and October the leanest at 4,380 cfs. The highest daily mean on record is 217,000 cfs in 1945, and the lowest is 653 cfs in 2007.

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 Pee Dee River reaches flood stage at this gauge at 19 feet. NWS starts watching it at 18 feet. The highest crest on record is 33.3 feet, in September 1945.

Flood categories and crest history from the NOAA National Water Prediction Service, gauge PDES1. Stages are gage height, not depth. Not for navigation.