TidalMapThompson Creek above Cheraw, SC Water Level Today
NWS river forecast
| When | Stage | Flow |
|---|
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 02130470 sits on Thompson Creek and reads everything draining 260 square miles of the Lower Pee Dee basin. Its datum sits 83 feet above sea level NAVD88.
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 near Bennettsville, SC at 7,780 square miles, so what passes this gauge is about 3% of the water measured there.
Flood stages and record crests
The highest crest on record is 18.8 feet, in April 2023.
| When | Crest |
|---|---|
| April 2023 | 18.8 ft |
| January 2024 | 18.5 ft |
| December 2023 | 17.1 ft |
| January 2024 | 15.2 ft |
Flood categories and crest history from the NOAA National Water Prediction Service, gauge TCCS1. Stages are gage height, not depth. Not for navigation.
Nearby river gauges
- Pee Dee River at Cheraw, SC
- Pee Dee River near Bennettsville, SC
- Pee Dee River above Jones Creek near Cordova, NC
- Black Creek below Chesterfield, SC
- Black Creek near Mcbee, SC
- Pee Dee River near Rockingham, NC
- Pee Dee River below Powerhouse Dam near Pee Dee, NC
- Black Creek near Hartsville, SC
- Pee Dee River at Pee Dee Refuge near Ansonville, NC
- Black Creek near Quinby, SC
- Lynches River near Bishopville, SC
- Buffalo Creek at Mt Pisgah, SC
Live streamflow and gage height: USGS gauge 02130470. Percentile context computed against the gauge's period of record. Not for navigation.
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