Mississippi River Levels & Streamflow
As of Sep 4, 2026, Mississippi rivers are running at 129% of normal across 69 USGS gauges — the highest is 548,000 cfs on the Mississippi River At Vicksburg. Live discharge, gauge height, and percent-of-normal for every USGS streamgauge in Mississippi.
Streamflow levels across Mississippi are currently 129% of normal, with the Mississippi River At Vicksburg reporting the highest discharge in the state at 548,000 cfs and a gauge stage of 49.25 ft.
Meanwhile, the Tallahatchie River At Money is seeing a spike today — up 21% since yesterday and currently running near peak.
Tap any gauge below for the full hydrograph, paired weather forecast, and historical context. Use the rivers panel to jump into Mississippi's named rivers.
State-wide streamflow overview
The Mississippi flow picture in four data points -- where the state sits versus historical norms, what's flowing hardest, and what's spiking fastest.
Percent of normal
100% is the historical norm. Below 70% indicates drought; above 130% can flag elevated flood risk.
Highest discharge
Gauge stage 49.25 ft
Biggest 24h spike
Now 3,380 cfs
Network coverage
USGS gauges feeding 0 named rivers in Mississippi.
Where every gauge actually sits
One dot per Mississippi streamgauge, placed by its own percent of normal. The state average is a single line through all of it.
Percent of normal compares today's discharge with the historical average for this calendar day. Tap any dot to open that gauge.
Mississippi streamflow, three water years
Statewide percent of normal, every day since Aug 2023. The dotted line is normal.
799 daily readings from 68 reporting gauges. Percent of normal is today's statewide discharge against the historical average for the same calendar day — 100% is normal, not "good". The line breaks in 2 places where the record skips more than five days — those are gaps in reporting, not readings of zero.
Mississippi USGS streamgauges
Every USGS gauge Snoflo tracks in Mississippi. Sortable, quickly filterable. Numeric columns heat-mapped from light to deep. Tap any gauge for its full hydrograph and forecast.
| Streamgage | Streamflow | Gage height | Water temp | Air temp | Elevation | Watershed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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Mississippi River At Vicksburg, Ms
1 day ago · USGS 07289000 |
514,000 cfs | 49.25 ft | · | 73°F | 65 ft | Lower Mississippi-Natchez |
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Tallahatchie River At Money, Ms
1 day ago · USGS 07281600 |
3,520 cfs | 13.75 ft | 76°F | 73°F | 122 ft | Tallahatchie |
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Tombigbee River Nr Amory, Ms
1 day ago · USGS 02437000 |
3,320 cfs | 11.46 ft | · | 75°F | 200 ft | Upper Tombigbee |
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Pascagoula River At Graham Ferry, Ms
1 day ago · USGS 02479310 |
2,330 cfs | 2.90 ft | · | 73°F | 6 ft | Pascagoula |
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Pascagoula River At Merrill, Ms
1 day ago · USGS 02479000 |
1,750 cfs | 3.01 ft | · | 73°F | 40 ft | Pascagoula |
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Leaf River Nr Mclain, Ms
1 day ago · USGS 02475000 |
1,170 cfs | 3.53 ft | · | 74°F | 56 ft | Lower Leaf |
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Leaf River Nr New Augusta, Ms
1 day ago · USGS 02474560 |
1,160 cfs | 2.92 ft | 87°F | 74°F | 85 ft | Lower Leaf |
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Pearl River Nr Columbia, Ms
1 day ago · USGS 02489000 |
1,100 cfs | · | · | 72°F | 137 ft | Lower Pearl. Mississippi |
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Leaf River At Hattiesburg, Ms
1 day ago · USGS 02473000 |
735 cfs | 2.25 ft | · | 73°F | 122 ft | Upper Leaf |
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Pearl River Nr Rockport, Ms
1 day ago · USGS 02488000 |
655 cfs | 5.30 ft | 87°F | 73°F | 207 ft | Middle Pearl-Silver |
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Pearl River Nr Monticello, Ms
1 day ago · USGS 02488500 |
643 cfs | 4.50 ft | · | 72°F | 177 ft | Middle Pearl-Silver |
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Chickasawhay River At Leakesville, Ms
1 day ago · USGS 02478500 |
430 cfs | 7.69 ft | · | 74°F | 118 ft | Lower Chickasawhay |
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Big Black River Nr Bovina, Ms
1 day ago · USGS 07290000 |
414 cfs | 7.32 ft | · | 73°F | 141 ft | Lower Big Black |
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Chickasawhay River Nr Waynesboro, Ms
1 day ago · USGS 02477500 |
335 cfs | 3.79 ft | · | 74°F | 174 ft | Upper Chickasawhay |
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Tombigbee River At Bigbee, Ms
1 day ago · USGS 02433500 |
278 cfs | 3.33 ft | · | 76°F | 218 ft | Upper Tombigbee |
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Red Creek At Vestry, Ms
1 day ago · USGS 02479300 |
244 cfs | 5.37 ft | · | 74°F | 24 ft | Black |
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Homochitto River At Rosetta, Ms
1 day ago · USGS 07292500 |
244 cfs | 2.73 ft | · | 72°F | 99 ft | Homochitto |
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Bogue Chitto Nr Tylertown, Ms
1 day ago · USGS 02490500 |
235 cfs | 5.38 ft | · | 73°F | 260 ft | Bogue Chitto |
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Lynch Creek At Jackson, Ms
8 days ago · USGS 02486100 |
209 cfs | 3.32 ft | · | 74°F | 276 ft | Middle Pearl-Strong |
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Big Black River Nr Bentonia, Ms
1 day ago · USGS 07289730 |
194 cfs | 4.74 ft | · | 74°F | 134 ft | Lower Big Black |
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Pearl River Nr Lena, Ms
1 day ago · USGS 02483500 |
192 cfs | 4.48 ft | · | 73°F | 328 ft | Upper Pearl |
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Bouie Creek Nr Hattiesburg, Ms
1 day ago · USGS 02472500 |
171 cfs | 1.85 ft | · | 72°F | 160 ft | Upper Leaf |
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Leaf River Nr Collins, Ms
1 day ago · USGS 02472000 |
169 cfs | 4.73 ft | · | 72°F | 245 ft | Upper Leaf |
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Wolf River Nr Landon, Ms
1 day ago · USGS 02481510 |
144 cfs | 4.90 ft | 69°F | 76°F | 21 ft | Mississippi Coastal |
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Buttahatchee River Nr Aberdeen, Ms
1 day ago · USGS 02439400 |
139 cfs | 4.92 ft | · | 75°F | 240 ft | Buttahatchee |
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Pearl River At Jackson, Ms
1 day ago · USGS 02486000 |
135 cfs | 3.21 ft | · | 74°F | 266 ft | Middle Pearl-Strong |
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Tombigbee River Nr Fulton, Ms
1 day ago · USGS 02431000 |
124 cfs | 7.38 ft | · | 76°F | 269 ft | Upper Tombigbee |
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Tombigbee River At Aberdeen Lock And Dam, Ms
1 day ago · USGS 02437100 |
124 cfs | 40.53 ft | · | 76°F | 180 ft | Upper Tombigbee |
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Pearl River Nr Carthage, Ms
1 day ago · USGS 02482550 |
123 cfs | 3.54 ft | · | 72°F | 321 ft | Upper Pearl |
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Chickasawhay River At Enterprise, Ms
1 day ago · USGS 02477000 |
122 cfs | 4.56 ft | · | 74°F | 258 ft | Upper Chickasawhay |
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Black Creek Nr Brooklyn, Ms
1 day ago · USGS 02479130 |
114 cfs | 4.04 ft | 66°F | 73°F | 132 ft | Black |
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Tombigbee River At Stennis Lock And Dam, Ms
1 day ago · USGS 02441390 |
108 cfs | 63.42 ft | · | 74°F | 137 ft | Upper Tombigbee |
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Tangipahoa River At Osyka, Ms
1 day ago · USGS 07375280 |
106 cfs | 8.16 ft | · | 73°F | 232 ft | Tangipahoa |
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Okatoma Creek At Sanford, Ms
1 day ago · USGS 02472850 |
103 cfs | 7.45 ft | · | 72°F | 223 ft | Upper Leaf |
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Okatibbee Creek At Arundel, Ms
1 day ago · USGS 02476600 |
95 cfs | 3.34 ft | · | 74°F | 271 ft | Chunky-Okatibbee |
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Bayou Pierre Nr Willows, Ms
1 day ago · USGS 07290650 |
90 cfs | 2.21 ft | · | 73°F | 70 ft | Bayou Pierre |
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Luxapallila Creek Nr Columbus, Ms
1 day ago · USGS 02443500 |
88 cfs | 3.68 ft | · | 75°F | 148 ft | Luxapallila |
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Yalobusha River At Grenada, Ms
1 day ago · USGS 07285500 |
88 cfs | 3.95 ft | · | 73°F | 157 ft | Yalobusha |
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Chunky River Nr Chunky, Ms
1 day ago · USGS 02475500 |
66 cfs | 2.55 ft | · | 74°F | 297 ft | Chunky-Okatibbee |
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Noxubee River At Macon, Ms
1 day ago · USGS 02448000 |
66 cfs | 4.17 ft | · | 74°F | 184 ft | Noxubee |
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East Hobolochitto Creek Nr Caesar, Ms
1 day ago · USGS 02492343 |
57 cfs | 4.98 ft | · | 75°F | 90 ft | Lower Pearl. Mississippi |
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West Hobolochitto Creek Nr Mcneill, Ms
1 day ago · USGS 02492360 |
48 cfs | 6.09 ft | · | 72°F | 88 ft | Lower Pearl. Mississippi |
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Coldwater River Nr Olive Branch, Ms
1 day ago · USGS 07275900 |
46 cfs | · | · | 77°F | 293 ft | Coldwater |
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Big Sunflower River At Sunflower, Ms
1 day ago · USGS 07288500 |
43 cfs | · | 69°F | 74°F | 109 ft | Big Sunflower |
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Homochitto River At Eddiceton, Ms
1 day ago · USGS 07291000 |
36 cfs | 5.74 ft | · | 72°F | 208 ft | Homochitto |
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Big Sunflower River Nr Merigold, Ms
1 day ago · USGS 07288280 |
36 cfs | 3.97 ft | 89°F | 75°F | 115 ft | Big Sunflower |
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Pearl River At Edinburg, Ms
1 day ago · USGS 02482000 |
34 cfs | 2.38 ft | · | 72°F | 377 ft | Upper Pearl |
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Big Black River At West, Ms
1 day ago · USGS 07289350 |
34 cfs | 1.45 ft | · | 73°F | 276 ft | Upper Big Black |
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Batupan Bogue At Grenada, Ms
1 day ago · USGS 07285400 |
32 cfs | 1.65 ft | · | 73°F | 170 ft | Yalobusha |
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Yockanookany River Nr Ofahoma, Ms
1 day ago · USGS 02484500 |
31 cfs | 5.00 ft | · | 73°F | 318 ft | Upper Pearl |
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Tuscolameta Creek At Walnut Grove, Ms
1 day ago · USGS 02483000 |
30 cfs | 12.20 ft | · | 73°F | 346 ft | Upper Pearl |
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Buffalo River Nr Woodville, Ms
1 day ago · USGS 07295000 |
28 cfs | 3.92 ft | · | 73°F | 103 ft | Buffalo |
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Strong River At D`Lo, Ms
1 day ago · USGS 02487500 |
27 cfs | 2.43 ft | · | 73°F | 319 ft | Middle Pearl-Strong |
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Hatchie River Near Walnut, Ms
1 day ago · USGS 07029270 |
26 cfs | 8.26 ft | · | 75°F | 381 ft | Upper Hatchie |
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Little Tallahatchie River At Etta, Ms
1 day ago · USGS 07268000 |
25 cfs | 10.19 ft | · | 75°F | 300 ft | Little Tallahatchie |
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Biloxi River At Wortham, Ms
1 day ago · USGS 02481000 |
19 cfs | · | · | 74°F | 20 ft | Mississippi Coastal |
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Town Creek Nr Nettleton, Ms
1 day ago · USGS 02436500 |
17 cfs | 4.74 ft | · | 75°F | 203 ft | Town |
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Yocona River Nr Oxford, Ms
1 day ago · USGS 07274000 |
17 cfs | 2.32 ft | · | 75°F | 316 ft | Yocona |
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Bull Mountain Creek At Tremont, Ms
1 day ago · USGS 02432500 |
16 cfs | 1.78 ft | · | 75°F | 345 ft | Upper Tombigbee |
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Cypress Creek Nr Janice, Ms
1 day ago · USGS 02479155 |
12 cfs | 5.71 ft | 79°F | 74°F | 121 ft | Black |
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Yockanookany River Nr Kosciusko, Ms
1 day ago · USGS 02484000 |
10 cfs | 4.59 ft | · | 73°F | 385 ft | Upper Pearl |
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Skuna River At Bruce, Ms
1 day ago · USGS 07283000 |
8 cfs | · | · | 74°F | 260 ft | Yalobusha |
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Bogue Phalia Nr Leland, Ms
1 day ago · USGS 07288650 |
8 cfs | 6.40 ft | 79°F | 75°F | 129 ft | Big Sunflower |
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Cummings Creek Nr Fulton, Ms
1 day ago · USGS 02430880 |
6 cfs | 2.31 ft | · | 75°F | 300 ft | Upper Tombigbee |
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Sowashee Creek At Meridian, Ms
1 day ago · USGS 02476500 |
3 cfs | 4.14 ft | · | 74°F | 302 ft | Chunky-Okatibbee |
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Town Creek At Eason Boulevard At Tupelo, Ms
1 day ago · USGS 02435020 |
3 cfs | · | · | 75°F | 240 ft | Town |
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Red Bud Creek Nr Moores Mill, Ms
1 day ago · USGS 02430085 |
3 cfs | 4.90 ft | · | 75°F | 379 ft | Upper Tombigbee |
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Twentymile Creek Nr Guntown, Ms
1 day ago · USGS 02430680 |
3 cfs | 10.27 ft | · | 75°F | 297 ft | Upper Tombigbee |
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Big Sunflower River At Clarksdale, Ms
1 day ago · USGS 07288000 |
0 cfs | 7.83 ft | 79°F | 77°F | 151 ft | Big Sunflower |
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About Mississippi streamflow
What are river levels like in Mississippi right now?
As of September 4, 2026, Mississippi rivers are running at 129% of normal across 69 USGS streamgauges, and the Mississippi River At Vicksburg is reporting the highest discharge at 548,000 cfs. The full sortable gauge table is below.
Which Mississippi river is running highest right now?
As of September 4, 2026, the highest discharge in Mississippi is 548,000 cfs on the Mississippi River At Vicksburg. See the sortable gauge table for the full statewide ranking.
Are Mississippi rivers high or low right now?
Compare the statewide percent-of-normal on this page: above 100% means Mississippi rivers are running higher than the seasonal average for the date, below 100% means lower (a dry spell or drought). Each gauge also shows its own percent of median.
Where does the Mississippi streamflow data come from?
The U.S. Geological Survey National Water Information System. USGS streamgauges report continuously (every 15 minutes) and the data is the canonical real-time record for U.S. rivers. Snoflo pulls the latest readings and joins them to a 7-day NOAA weather forecast for each station.
What is cfs?
Cubic feet per second — the standard unit for streamflow. One cfs is about 7.5 gallons per second. Small creeks run at single-digit cfs; the Mississippi at hundreds of thousands.
What does Gauge Height mean?
The water level at the gauge in feet above the reference datum. Used together with discharge to track river state. Flood stage and runnable levels are typically expressed in gauge height (e.g., "flood at 16 ft").
How fresh is the Mississippi data?
USGS streamgauges report every 15 minutes; Snoflo re-pulls throughout the day. The AI briefing regenerates daily.
Can I get a flow alert for a Mississippi gauge?
Yes. Save any USGS gauge as a favorite in the Snoflo iOS app, set a discharge or stage threshold (e.g. "alert me when discharge crosses 2,000 cfs"), and you'll get a push the moment it crosses.
Is this a substitute for an NWS flood warning?
No. Snoflo is informational. For flood life-safety decisions always follow guidance from your local NWS forecast office and state emergency management. Snoflo data is one input among several.
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