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Pee Dee River near Rockingham

Highest listed crest 31.28 ftFlood stage 15.0 ft4 crests since 1908

The Pee Dee River near Rockingham crested above flood stage 3 times among the 4 crests the National Weather Service lists from 1908 to 2018. The highest, 31.28 ft on August 27, 1908, was minor flooding, 16.28 feet above flood stage. 1 other gauge on the Pee Dee River crested above flood stage within a week of it.

The gauge

Highest listed crest
31.28 ft
August 27, 1908; 276,000 cubic feet per second
Flood stage
15.0 ft
No major stage set
Crests at major
0
3 above flood stage
Most recent flood crest
September 18, 2018
24.32 ft, minor flooding
Location
Richmond County
North Carolina

Flood stages

The thresholds the National Weather Service uses for this gauge today, and how many listed crests reached each.

Flood categories, Pee Dee River near Rockingham
Flood stage (minor)15.03Sep 18, 2018Minimal or no property damage, but possibly some public threat

Every listed crest

4 crests from 1908 to 2018. Filled: at or above flood stage. Hover a crest for its date and stage.

Listed crests at the Pee Dee River near Rockingham, 1908 to 2018 101520253035ft Flood stage 15.0 ft Aug 27, 1908: 31.28 ft, minor flooding; 276,000 cubic feet per secondSep 18, 1945: 30.80 ft, minor flooding; 270,000 cubic feet per secondSep 18, 2018: 24.32 ft, minor flooding; 195,054 cubic feet per secondOct 14, 2018: 12.85 ft, below flood stage; 76,874 cubic feet per second Highest, 31.28 ft, Aug 27, 1908 19201940196019802000

Crests at or above flood stage, by decade

Crests at or above flood stage per decade, Pee Dee River near Rockingham 1900s: 1 1 1910s: 0 1920s: 0 1930s: 0 1940s: 1 1950s: 0 1960s: 0 1970s: 0 1980s: 0 1990s: 0 2000s: 0 2010s: 1 1900s1910s1920s1930s1940s1950s1960s1970s1980s1990s2000s2010s
  1. These are the crests the local National Weather Service office lists for the gauge: the highest on record and recent crests. Lesser floods between them may be missing, so counts by decade are a floor.
  2. Categories use today's flood stages. Levees, dams and channel changes since a crest can make old and new stages not directly comparable.

Highest crests

Highest listed crests, Pee Dee River near Rockingham
1Aug 27, 190831.28+16.28Minor276,000
2Sep 18, 194530.80+15.80Minor270,000
3Sep 18, 201824.32+9.32Minor195,054
4Oct 14, 201812.85−2.15Below flood stage76,874

The worst floods along the Pee Dee River

For this gauge's highest crests, the other gauges on the Pee Dee River that crested above flood stage within a week.

August 27, 1908: 31.28 ft here, minor flooding

  • CherawSC · Aug 27, 1908 · 47.20 ft · Major

September 18, 1945: 30.80 ft here, minor flooding

  • CherawSC · Sep 19, 1945 · 50.40 ft · Major · its highest
  • Pee DeeSC · Sep 22, 1945 · 33.30 ft · Major · its highest

September 18, 2018: 24.32 ft here, minor flooding

  • CherawSC · Sep 18, 2018 · 46.60 ft · Major
  • Pee DeeSC · Sep 21, 2018 · 31.83 ft · Major
  • AnsonvilleNC · Sep 17, 2018 · 35.37 ft · Minor · its highest

Gauges on the Pee Dee River

In USGS station-number order, which runs downstream within a river basin.

Flood gauges on the Pee Dee River
AnsonvilleNC34.035.37 ft, Sep 17, 20180
Blewett Falls LakeNC179.0182.30 ft, Nov 14, 20181
Rockingham this gaugeNC15.031.28 ft, Aug 27, 19080
CherawSC30.050.40 ft, Sep 19, 194512
Pee DeeSC19.033.30 ft, Sep 22, 19459

Other gauges in Richmond County

Flood gauges in Richmond County
Hoffman8.011.49 ft, Sep 17, 20180

Richmond County: every hazard · River floods across the country · North Carolina

NOAA National Water Prediction Service, gauge RCKN7, retrieved October 30, 2026. Stages in feet on the gauge's own datum, not elevation. Crests are as the National Weather Service lists them; preliminary values may be revised.