Highest listed crest 22.65 ft October 7, 2015; 83,700 cubic feet per second
Flood stage 12.0 ft Major flooding from 16.0 ft
Crests at major 5 16th of 79 gauges in South Carolina
Most recent flood crest August 11, 2024 12.44 ft, minor flooding Listed crests at the Black River at Kingstree, 1894 to 2025 5 10 15 20 25 ft Flood stage 12.0 ft Major 16.0 ft Oct 12, 1894: 11.30 ft, action stage Feb 5, 1895: 11.60 ft, action stage Feb 14, 1896: 10.70 ft, below flood stage Feb 15, 1897: 10.30 ft, below flood stage Sep 7, 1898: 9.90 ft, below flood stage Nov 30, 1898: 10.70 ft, below flood stage Feb 20, 1899: 11.60 ft, action stage Apr 26, 1900: 11.90 ft, action stage Jan 7, 1901: 11.20 ft, action stage Jun 1, 1901: 12.00 ft, minor flooding Jun 19, 1901: 11.60 ft, action stage Sep 27, 1901: 10.60 ft, below flood stage Mar 5, 1902: 10.00 ft, below flood stage Jun 16, 1903: 11.80 ft, action stage Feb 27, 1904: 10.00 ft, below flood stage May 9, 1905: 10.90 ft, below flood stage Jun 21, 1906: 11.80 ft, action stage Oct 27, 1906: 10.10 ft, below flood stage Feb 15, 1907: 10.00 ft, below flood stage May 3, 1908: 10.20 ft, below flood stage Jul 17, 1909: 9.30 ft, below flood stage Jun 22, 1910: 11.30 ft, action stage Dec 30, 1911: 10.70 ft, below flood stage Jan 12, 1912: 13.10 ft, minor flooding Feb 19, 1912: 12.40 ft, minor flooding Mar 19, 1912: 11.50 ft, action stage Jun 12, 1912: 11.70 ft, action stage Mar 19, 1913: 12.90 ft, minor flooding Mar 7, 1914: 11.20 ft, action stage Jan 22, 1915: 12.20 ft, minor flooding May 16, 1915: 12.70 ft, minor flooding Jun 5, 1915: 11.10 ft, action stage Jul 17, 1916: 15.40 ft, moderate flooding Jul 30, 1916: 14.10 ft, moderate flooding Jan 30, 1917: 10.90 ft, below flood stage Oct 6, 1917: 10.90 ft, below flood stage May 19, 1918: 11.80 ft, action stage Jul 27, 1919: 12.50 ft, minor flooding Apr 7, 1920: 10.90 ft, below flood stage May 22, 1921: 11.10 ft, action stage Mar 14, 1922: 12.60 ft, minor flooding Jul 24, 1922: 12.40 ft, minor flooding Aug 17, 1922: 11.80 ft, action stage Oct 25, 1922: 10.20 ft, below flood stage Mar 26, 1923: 10.00 ft, below flood stage Jul 6, 1924: 14.60 ft, moderate flooding Sep 22, 1924: 12.20 ft, minor flooding Oct 2, 1924: 14.50 ft, moderate flooding Jan 21, 1925: 15.20 ft, moderate flooding Feb 10, 1926: 9.90 ft, below flood stage Aug 19, 1927: 10.40 ft, below flood stage Feb 27, 1928: 12.00 ft, minor flooding Apr 26, 1928: 12.30 ft, minor flooding Aug 22, 1928: 11.40 ft, action stage Sep 8, 1928: 15.60 ft, moderate flooding Sep 21, 1928: 18.00 ft, major flooding; 41,600 cubic feet per second Feb 22, 1929: 11.70 ft, action stage Mar 8, 1929: 11.50 ft, action stage Mar 18, 1929: 11.10 ft, action stage May 27, 1929: 11.70 ft, action stage Jan 25, 1930: 12.20 ft, minor flooding; 6,400 cubic feet per second Jan 20, 1931: 10.10 ft, below flood stage; 3,120 cubic feet per second Dec 24, 1932: 10.50 ft, below flood stage; 3,460 cubic feet per second Feb 19, 1933: 11.20 ft, action stage; 4,600 cubic feet per second Jun 12, 1934: 6.80 ft, below flood stage; 908 cubic feet per second Sep 17, 1935: 9.83 ft, below flood stage; 2,510 cubic feet per second Feb 11, 1936: 11.80 ft, action stage; 5,940 cubic feet per second Apr 6, 1936: 12.70 ft, minor flooding; 9,940 cubic feet per second Apr 13, 1936: 13.07 ft, minor flooding; 11,800 cubic feet per second Feb 4, 1937: 11.53 ft, action stage; 5,440 cubic feet per second Apr 14, 1938: 12.00 ft, minor flooding; 6,730 cubic feet per second Mar 4, 1939: 13.21 ft, minor flooding; 12,200 cubic feet per second Feb 23, 1940: 9.70 ft, below flood stage; 2,400 cubic feet per second Jul 3, 1941: 11.10 ft, action stage; 4,540 cubic feet per second Jul 24, 1941: 11.32 ft, action stage; 5,000 cubic feet per second Dec 30, 1941: 11.10 ft, action stage; 4,540 cubic feet per second Mar 9, 1942: 12.26 ft, minor flooding; 8,160 cubic feet per second Mar 25, 1942: 12.10 ft, minor flooding; 7,020 cubic feet per second Mar 29, 1943: 10.44 ft, below flood stage; 3,310 cubic feet per second Mar 14, 1944: 11.10 ft, action stage; 4,540 cubic feet per second Mar 27, 1944: 11.93 ft, action stage; 6,670 cubic feet per second Sep 20, 1945: 16.07 ft, major flooding; 29,100 cubic feet per second Jan 2, 1946: 11.62 ft, action stage; 5,780 cubic feet per second Apr 19, 1947: 12.22 ft, minor flooding; 7,760 cubic feet per second Nov 20, 1947: 11.60 ft, action stage; 5,780 cubic feet per second Dec 26, 1947: 11.70 ft, action stage; 6,060 cubic feet per second Feb 14, 1948: 12.81 ft, minor flooding; 10,400 cubic feet per second Mar 13, 1948: 11.50 ft, action stage; 5,500 cubic feet per second Mar 20, 1948: 11.90 ft, action stage; 6,680 cubic feet per second Apr 4, 1948: 11.80 ft, action stage; 6,360 cubic feet per second Dec 2, 1948: 12.50 ft, minor flooding; 9,020 cubic feet per second Dec 12, 1948: 11.90 ft, action stage; 6,680 cubic feet per second Feb 14, 1949: 11.70 ft, action stage; 5,780 cubic feet per second Sep 2, 1949: 11.00 ft, action stage; 4,150 cubic feet per second Sep 12, 1950: 9.78 ft, below flood stage; 2,510 cubic feet per second Apr 9, 1951: 9.63 ft, below flood stage; 2,300 cubic feet per second Mar 29, 1952: 11.40 ft, action stage; 5,240 cubic feet per second Sep 7, 1952: 11.61 ft, action stage; 5,780 cubic feet per second Mar 3, 1953: 11.44 ft, action stage; 5,240 cubic feet per second Mar 16, 1953: 11.10 ft, action stage; 4,330 cubic feet per second Jan 4, 1954: 9.09 ft, below flood stage; 1,860 cubic feet per second Sep 10, 1955: 10.79 ft, below flood stage; 3,900 cubic feet per second Mar 5, 1956: 9.96 ft, below flood stage; 2,670 cubic feet per second Mar 29, 1957: 8.92 ft, below flood stage; 1,590 cubic feet per second Apr 8, 1958: 11.60 ft, action stage; 4,820 cubic feet per second Apr 19, 1958: 13.54 ft, minor flooding; 11,800 cubic feet per second Mar 9, 1959: 13.58 ft, minor flooding; 12,000 cubic feet per second Oct 4, 1959: 11.10 ft, action stage; 3,900 cubic feet per second Oct 19, 1959: 12.36 ft, minor flooding; 6,740 cubic feet per second Nov 3, 1959: 12.19 ft, minor flooding; 6,140 cubic feet per second Dec 22, 1959: 12.65 ft, minor flooding; 7,420 cubic feet per second Feb 9, 1960: 12.42 ft, minor flooding; 6,430 cubic feet per second Feb 17, 1960: 12.49 ft, minor flooding; 6,900 cubic feet per second Feb 29, 1960: 12.10 ft, minor flooding; 5,480 cubic feet per second Apr 10, 1960: 12.60 ft, minor flooding; 7,070 cubic feet per second Apr 18, 1961: 12.97 ft, minor flooding; 9,020 cubic feet per second Aug 12, 1961: 11.30 ft, action stage; 4,220 cubic feet per second Mar 2, 1962: 11.70 ft, action stage; 5,020 cubic feet per second Mar 17, 1962: 11.50 ft, action stage; 4,640 cubic feet per second Jan 27, 1963: 11.67 ft, action stage; 4,920 cubic feet per second Jan 19, 1964: 11.39 ft, action stage; 4,420 cubic feet per second Feb 22, 1964: 12.49 ft, minor flooding; 7,140 cubic feet per second Mar 6, 1964: 12.43 ft, minor flooding; 6,870 cubic feet per second Apr 1, 1964: 11.40 ft, action stage; 4,370 cubic feet per second Sep 5, 1964: 12.52 ft, minor flooding; 7,310 cubic feet per second Oct 8, 1964: 14.73 ft, moderate flooding; 17,900 cubic feet per second Oct 19, 1964: 13.98 ft, minor flooding; 13,400 cubic feet per second Feb 21, 1965: 12.80 ft, minor flooding; 8,140 cubic feet per second Mar 7, 1965: 12.21 ft, minor flooding; 6,310 cubic feet per second Mar 28, 1965: 12.96 ft, minor flooding; 8,930 cubic feet per second Jun 20, 1965: 14.28 ft, moderate flooding; 14,900 cubic feet per second Mar 8, 1966: 13.00 ft, minor flooding; 9,240 cubic feet per second Jun 4, 1967: 9.08 ft, below flood stage; 1,580 cubic feet per second Jun 17, 1968: 10.45 ft, below flood stage; 3,080 cubic feet per second Apr 22, 1969: 11.50 ft, action stage; 4,540 cubic feet per second May 26, 1969: 11.53 ft, action stage; 4,690 cubic feet per second Aug 12, 1969: 11.10 ft, action stage; 3,740 cubic feet per second Mar 28, 1970: 12.42 ft, minor flooding; 6,520 cubic feet per second Apr 3, 1970: 12.34 ft, minor flooding; 6,310 cubic feet per second Mar 7, 1971: 15.22 ft, moderate flooding; 23,600 cubic feet per second Apr 1, 1971: 11.70 ft, action stage; 4,870 cubic feet per second Jan 20, 1972: 11.80 ft, action stage; 4,900 cubic feet per second Feb 7, 1972: 12.50 ft, minor flooding; 7,300 cubic feet per second Feb 7, 1973: 14.10 ft, moderate flooding; 15,300 cubic feet per second Feb 18, 1973: 14.00 ft, moderate flooding; 14,600 cubic feet per second Apr 4, 1973: 12.10 ft, minor flooding; 5,930 cubic feet per second Apr 11, 1973: 13.00 ft, minor flooding; 9,050 cubic feet per second Jun 15, 1973: 19.77 ft, major flooding; 58,000 cubic feet per second Feb 22, 1974: 11.22 ft, action stage; 3,910 cubic feet per second Aug 15, 1974: 11.10 ft, action stage; 3,670 cubic feet per second Jan 19, 1975: 11.60 ft, action stage; 4,730 cubic feet per second Jan 29, 1975: 11.30 ft, action stage; 3,860 cubic feet per second Feb 10, 1975: 11.00 ft, action stage; 3,490 cubic feet per second Feb 25, 1975: 12.42 ft, minor flooding; 7,050 cubic feet per second Mar 26, 1975: 11.00 ft, action stage; 3,460 cubic feet per second Jul 21, 1975: 11.40 ft, action stage; 4,020 cubic feet per second Jun 25, 1976: 11.30 ft, action stage; 3,790 cubic feet per second Jul 9, 1976: 12.24 ft, minor flooding; 6,490 cubic feet per second Dec 21, 1976: 11.30 ft, action stage; 3,990 cubic feet per second Mar 18, 1977: 11.43 ft, action stage; 4,260 cubic feet per second Jan 29, 1978: 12.16 ft, minor flooding; 6,230 cubic feet per second Mar 2, 1979: 12.50 ft, minor flooding; 6,560 cubic feet per second Sep 11, 1979: 12.88 ft, minor flooding; 8,760 cubic feet per second Mar 23, 1980: 12.68 ft, minor flooding; 8,060 cubic feet per second Apr 4, 1980: 12.60 ft, minor flooding; 7,270 cubic feet per second Jul 12, 1981: 9.09 ft, below flood stage; 1,520 cubic feet per second Jan 7, 1982: 11.30 ft, action stage; 4,250 cubic feet per second Feb 21, 1982: 11.20 ft, action stage; 4,030 cubic feet per second Feb 18, 1983: 12.80 ft, minor flooding; 8,800 cubic feet per second Mar 10, 1983: 12.50 ft, minor flooding; 7,900 cubic feet per second Mar 21, 1983: 14.05 ft, moderate flooding; 15,200 cubic feet per second Apr 15, 1983: 12.30 ft, minor flooding; 6,720 cubic feet per second Mar 31, 1984: 12.00 ft, minor flooding; 5,710 cubic feet per second Apr 14, 1984: 12.40 ft, minor flooding; 7,110 cubic feet per second May 12, 1984: 11.70 ft, action stage; 4,820 cubic feet per second Jun 6, 1984: 11.00 ft, action stage; 3,650 cubic feet per second Aug 1, 1984: 12.99 ft, minor flooding; 9,350 cubic feet per second Feb 14, 1985: 10.50 ft, below flood stage; 2,940 cubic feet per second Nov 28, 1985: 12.59 ft, minor flooding; 7,720 cubic feet per second Feb 17, 1986: 10.00 ft, below flood stage; 2,340 cubic feet per second Jan 27, 1987: 12.43 ft, minor flooding; 7,100 cubic feet per second Mar 5, 1987: 12.92 ft, minor flooding; 9,050 cubic feet per second Sep 13, 1987: 11.66 ft, action stage; 4,930 cubic feet per second Mar 16, 1988: 10.38 ft, below flood stage; 2,710 cubic feet per second Apr 18, 1989: 11.40 ft, action stage; 4,440 cubic feet per second Oct 5, 1989: 14.02 ft, moderate flooding; 4,960 cubic feet per second Oct 10, 1989: 12.62 ft, minor flooding; 5,070 cubic feet per second Dec 19, 1989: 11.42 ft, action stage; 3,020 cubic feet per second Oct 21, 1990: 12.54 ft, minor flooding; 4,790 cubic feet per second Oct 31, 1990: 12.75 ft, minor flooding; 5,430 cubic feet per second Feb 3, 1991: 12.56 ft, minor flooding; 4,940 cubic feet per second Mar 9, 1991: 12.84 ft, minor flooding; 5,680 cubic feet per second Apr 4, 1991: 11.29 ft, action stage; 2,990 cubic feet per second Aug 8, 1991: 12.92 ft, minor flooding; 5,920 cubic feet per second Mar 1, 1992: 10.66 ft, below flood stage; 2,580 cubic feet per second Dec 3, 1992: 11.83 ft, action stage; 3,560 cubic feet per second Jan 14, 1993: 14.88 ft, moderate flooding; 16,500 cubic feet per second Mar 8, 1994: 12.47 ft, minor flooding; 5,050 cubic feet per second Oct 19, 1994: 11.50 ft, action stage; 3,130 cubic feet per second Dec 28, 1994: 15.35 ft, moderate flooding; 22,100 cubic feet per second Jan 11, 1995: 13.55 ft, minor flooding; 9,500 cubic feet per second Jan 18, 1995: 13.40 ft, minor flooding; 8,930 cubic feet per second Feb 22, 1995: 14.04 ft, moderate flooding; 11,900 cubic feet per second Aug 31, 1995: 11.43 ft, action stage; 3,070 cubic feet per second Mar 21, 1996: 10.43 ft, below flood stage; 2,210 cubic feet per second Jun 11, 1997: 11.80 ft, action stage; 3,440 cubic feet per second Dec 31, 1997: 12.38 ft, minor flooding; 5,890 cubic feet per second Jan 31, 1998: 13.00 ft, minor flooding; 8,100 cubic feet per second Feb 7, 1998: 13.40 ft, minor flooding; 9,480 cubic feet per second Feb 20, 1998: 12.89 ft, minor flooding; 7,660 cubic feet per second Mar 12, 1998: 12.86 ft, minor flooding; 7,550 cubic feet per second Mar 25, 1998: 12.50 ft, minor flooding; 6,270 cubic feet per second Apr 13, 1998: 12.02 ft, minor flooding; 4,850 cubic feet per second Jan 29, 1999: 11.28 ft, action stage; 3,440 cubic feet per second May 7, 1999: 12.07 ft, minor flooding; 5,320 cubic feet per second Feb 1, 2000: 12.05 ft, minor flooding; 4,930 cubic feet per second Mar 24, 2001: 10.28 ft, below flood stage; 2,250 cubic feet per second Apr 15, 2002: 6.59 ft, below flood stage; 567 cubic feet per second Oct 15, 2002: 12.39 ft, minor flooding; 6,100 cubic feet per second Mar 25, 2003: 12.77 ft, minor flooding; 7,290 cubic feet per second Apr 13, 2003: 13.17 ft, minor flooding; 8,670 cubic feet per second Jun 22, 2003: 11.86 ft, action stage; 4,790 cubic feet per second Jul 5, 2003: 12.51 ft, minor flooding; 6,460 cubic feet per second Feb 20, 2004: 11.14 ft, action stage; 3,600 cubic feet per second Sep 1, 2004: 12.33 ft, minor flooding; 6,370 cubic feet per second Sep 11, 2004: 11.93 ft, action stage; 5,130 cubic feet per second Apr 2, 2005: 10.49 ft, below flood stage; 2,740 cubic feet per second Mar 3, 2006: 9.77 ft, below flood stage; 2,050 cubic feet per second Dec 29, 2006: 11.12 ft, action stage; 3,390 cubic feet per second Apr 26, 2007: 9.79 ft, below flood stage; 1,940 cubic feet per second Feb 29, 2008: 9.97 ft, below flood stage; 2,220 cubic feet per second Mar 10, 2009: 9.64 ft, below flood stage; 1,950 cubic feet per second Dec 30, 2009: 11.18 ft, action stage; 3,660 cubic feet per second Feb 10, 2010: 11.14 ft, action stage; 3,600 cubic feet per second Feb 10, 2011: 8.93 ft, below flood stage; 1,410 cubic feet per second Mar 10, 2012: 8.35 ft, below flood stage; 1,130 cubic feet per second Jul 8, 2013: 11.51 ft, action stage; 4,470 cubic feet per second Jul 17, 2013: 12.68 ft, minor flooding; 7,100 cubic feet per second Mar 14, 2014: 10.81 ft, below flood stage; 3,320 cubic feet per second Mar 6, 2015: 11.26 ft, action stage; 3,990 cubic feet per second Oct 7, 2015: 22.65 ft, major flooding; 83,700 cubic feet per second Oct 13, 2015: 13.70 ft, minor flooding; 9,300 cubic feet per second Nov 7, 2015: 12.89 ft, minor flooding; 7,090 cubic feet per second Dec 29, 2015: 12.17 ft, minor flooding; 5,490 cubic feet per second Jan 3, 2016: 12.12 ft, minor flooding; 5,380 cubic feet per second Feb 7, 2016: 12.95 ft, minor flooding; 7,240 cubic feet per second Mar 1, 2016: 11.29 ft, action stage; 3,900 cubic feet per second Oct 10, 2016: 16.41 ft, major flooding; 20,600 cubic feet per second Jan 11, 2017: 11.26 ft, action stage; 3,770 cubic feet per second May 1, 2017: 11.72 ft, action stage; 4,600 cubic feet per second Sep 20, 2018: 10.40 ft, below flood stage; 2,760 cubic feet per second Oct 17, 2018: 11.09 ft, action stage; 3,560 cubic feet per second Dec 18, 2018: 12.60 ft, minor flooding; 6,410 cubic feet per second Jan 6, 2019: 11.50 ft, action stage; 4,220 cubic feet per second Jan 28, 2019: 11.04 ft, action stage; 3,490 cubic feet per second Mar 8, 2019: 11.02 ft, action stage; 3,460 cubic feet per second Dec 30, 2019: 11.79 ft, action stage; 4,780 cubic feet per second Feb 11, 2020: 12.78 ft, minor flooding; 6,830 cubic feet per second Feb 25, 2020: 11.80 ft, action stage; 4,810 cubic feet per second Mar 9, 2020: 11.95 ft, action stage; 5,070 cubic feet per second Jun 1, 2020: 15.10 ft, moderate flooding; 16,300 cubic feet per second Sep 21, 2020: 13.98 ft, minor flooding; 12,000 cubic feet per second Oct 2, 2020: 11.80 ft, action stage; 5,390 cubic feet per second Nov 16, 2020: 11.84 ft, action stage; 5,490 cubic feet per second Jan 8, 2021: 12.05 ft, minor flooding; 5,960 cubic feet per second Feb 21, 2021: 14.28 ft, moderate flooding; 14,100 cubic feet per second Mar 23, 2022: 11.65 ft, action stage; 5,070 cubic feet per second Jan 30, 2023: 11.10 ft, action stage; 4,000 cubic feet per second Feb 16, 2023: 11.60 ft, action stage; 4,960 cubic feet per second Apr 2, 2023: 11.72 ft, action stage; 5,220 cubic feet per second Sep 3, 2023: 11.78 ft, action stage; 5,330 cubic feet per second Aug 11, 2024: 12.44 ft, minor flooding; 6,920 cubic feet per second Jun 9, 2025: 11.30 ft, action stage Oct 16, 2025: 10.03 ft, below flood stage; 2,580 cubic feet per second Highest, 22.65 ft, Oct 7, 2015 1900 1920 1940 1960 1980 2000 2020 Crests at or above flood stage, by decade Crests at or above flood stage per decade, Black River at Kingstree 1890s: 0 1900s: 1 1910s: 8 1920s: 10 1930s: 5 1940s: 6 1950s: 5 1960s: 15 1970s: 14 1980s: 14 1990s: 19 19 2000s: 6 2010s: 9 2020s: 6 1890s 1900s 1910s 1920s 1930s 1940s 1950s 1960s 1970s 1980s 1990s 2000s 2010s 2020s 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. Categories use today's flood stages. Levees, dams and channel changes since a crest can make old and new stages not directly comparable. Williamsburg County: every hazard · River floods across the country · South Carolina
NOAA National Water Prediction Service, gauge KINS1, 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.