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Mississippi River Levels & Streamflow

As of Sep 26, 2026, Mississippi rivers are running at 91% of normal across 67 USGS gauges — the highest is 317,000 cfs on the Mississippi River At Vicksburg. Live discharge, gauge height, and percent-of-normal for every USGS streamgauge in Mississippi.

USGS gauges
67
State percent normal
91%
0%normal200%
Paddle runs
0
Updated
Sep 26
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Flow briefing · Sep 26, 2026

Mississippi river conditions today

Where rivers are running versus normal, what’s spiking and what’s coming — refreshed daily from USGS and NOAA.

Streamflow levels across Mississippi are currently 91% of normal, with the Mississippi River At Vicksburg reporting the highest discharge in the state at 317,000 cfs and a gauge stage of 49.25 ft.

Meanwhile, the Pascagoula River At Graham Ferry 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.

Mississippi vs normal

How Mississippi’s rivers compare to normal

Every gauge placed by its own percent of normal, and three years of the statewide trend.

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.

State average 91%
0% 50% 100% · normal 150% 200%+
Much below normalunder 50% Below normal50–90% Near normal90–110% Above normal110–150% Much above normalover 150%

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 Sep 2023. The dotted line is normal.

91% of normal today
+23pts vs this day last year (68%)
320of 366 days below normal, past year
147% 3-year peak · Aug 2026
50% 100% normal 150%
Sep 2023 202420252026 Sep 26, 2026

799 daily readings from 66 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 flow report

67 gauges
Streamgage Streamflow Gage height Water temp Air temp Elevation Watershed
Mississippi River At Vicksburg, Ms
7 hours ago · USGS 07289000
311,000 cfs 49.25 ft · 65°F 65 ft Lower Mississippi-Natchez
Tallahatchie River At Money, Ms
7 hours ago · USGS 07281600
3,450 cfs 13.63 ft 76°F 61°F 122 ft Tallahatchie
Pascagoula River At Graham Ferry, Ms
3 days ago · USGS 02479310
2,280 cfs 2.86 ft · 71°F 6 ft Pascagoula
Pascagoula River At Merrill, Ms
7 hours ago · USGS 02479000
1,390 cfs 2.57 ft · 62°F 40 ft Pascagoula
Leaf River Nr New Augusta, Ms
7 hours ago · USGS 02474560
999 cfs 2.54 ft 81°F 62°F 85 ft Lower Leaf
Pearl River Nr Columbia, Ms
7 hours ago · USGS 02489000
909 cfs · · 63°F 137 ft Lower Pearl. Mississippi
Leaf River Nr Mclain, Ms
7 hours ago · USGS 02475000
895 cfs 3.11 ft · 62°F 56 ft Lower Leaf
Yalobusha River At Grenada, Ms
6 hours ago · USGS 07285500
770 cfs 6.52 ft · 61°F 157 ft Yalobusha
Pearl River Nr Rockport, Ms
7 hours ago · USGS 02488000
602 cfs 5.13 ft 81°F 64°F 207 ft Middle Pearl-Silver
Pearl River Nr Monticello, Ms
7 hours ago · USGS 02488500
595 cfs 4.38 ft · 64°F 177 ft Middle Pearl-Silver
Leaf River At Hattiesburg, Ms
7 hours ago · USGS 02473000
495 cfs 2.04 ft · 63°F 122 ft Upper Leaf
Chickasawhay River At Leakesville, Ms
7 hours ago · USGS 02478500
427 cfs 7.68 ft · 62°F 118 ft Lower Chickasawhay
Big Black River Nr Bovina, Ms
7 hours ago · USGS 07290000
287 cfs 6.73 ft · 64°F 141 ft Lower Big Black
Chickasawhay River Nr Waynesboro, Ms
7 hours ago · USGS 02477500
278 cfs 3.83 ft · 61°F 174 ft Upper Chickasawhay
Tombigbee River At Bigbee, Ms
7 hours ago · USGS 02433500
221 cfs 3.08 ft · 60°F 218 ft Upper Tombigbee
Homochitto River At Rosetta, Ms
7 hours ago · USGS 07292500
220 cfs 2.64 ft · 63°F 99 ft Homochitto
Bogue Chitto Nr Tylertown, Ms
7 hours ago · USGS 02490500
213 cfs 5.30 ft · 64°F 260 ft Bogue Chitto
Red Creek At Vestry, Ms
7 hours ago · USGS 02479300
178 cfs 4.77 ft · 64°F 24 ft Black
Pearl River Nr Lena, Ms
7 hours ago · USGS 02483500
153 cfs 4.37 ft · 62°F 328 ft Upper Pearl
Buttahatchee River Nr Aberdeen, Ms
7 hours ago · USGS 02439400
142 cfs 4.94 ft · 60°F 240 ft Buttahatchee
Bouie Creek Nr Hattiesburg, Ms
7 hours ago · USGS 02472500
132 cfs 1.79 ft · 62°F 160 ft Upper Leaf
Pearl River At Jackson, Ms
7 hours ago · USGS 02486000
123 cfs 3.12 ft · 65°F 266 ft Middle Pearl-Strong
Big Black River Nr Bentonia, Ms
7 hours ago · USGS 07289730
123 cfs 4.25 ft · 63°F 134 ft Lower Big Black
Chickasawhay River At Enterprise, Ms
7 hours ago · USGS 02477000
122 cfs 4.63 ft · 62°F 258 ft Upper Chickasawhay
Leaf River Nr Collins, Ms
7 hours ago · USGS 02472000
122 cfs 4.59 ft · 62°F 245 ft Upper Leaf
Tombigbee River At Aberdeen Lock And Dam, Ms
7 hours ago · USGS 02437100
121 cfs 40.33 ft · 60°F 180 ft Upper Tombigbee
Tangipahoa River At Osyka, Ms
6 hours ago · USGS 07375280
104 cfs 8.14 ft · 64°F 232 ft Tangipahoa
Pearl River Nr Carthage, Ms
7 hours ago · USGS 02482550
98 cfs 3.25 ft · 61°F 321 ft Upper Pearl
Black Creek Nr Brooklyn, Ms
7 hours ago · USGS 02479130
93 cfs 3.87 ft 66°F 64°F 132 ft Black
Luxapallila Creek Nr Columbus, Ms
7 hours ago · USGS 02443500
83 cfs 3.64 ft · 61°F 148 ft Luxapallila
Okatoma Creek At Sanford, Ms
7 hours ago · USGS 02472850
81 cfs 7.32 ft · 63°F 223 ft Upper Leaf
Tombigbee River Nr Fulton, Ms
7 hours ago · USGS 02431000
74 cfs 6.84 ft · 60°F 269 ft Upper Tombigbee
Wolf River Nr Landon, Ms
7 hours ago · USGS 02481510
72 cfs 4.41 ft 69°F 66°F 21 ft Mississippi Coastal
Noxubee River At Macon, Ms
6 hours ago · USGS 02448000
60 cfs 4.09 ft · 61°F 184 ft Noxubee
Okatibbee Creek At Arundel, Ms
6 hours ago · USGS 02476600
58 cfs 3.31 ft · 62°F 271 ft Chunky-Okatibbee
Tombigbee River At Stennis Lock And Dam, Ms
7 hours ago · USGS 02441390
55 cfs 63.36 ft · 61°F 137 ft Upper Tombigbee
Coldwater River Nr Olive Branch, Ms
6 hours ago · USGS 07275900
51 cfs · · 59°F 293 ft Coldwater
Homochitto River At Eddiceton, Ms
7 hours ago · USGS 07291000
33 cfs 5.71 ft · 64°F 208 ft Homochitto
Bayou Pierre Nr Willows, Ms
7 hours ago · USGS 07290650
31 cfs 1.98 ft · 64°F 70 ft Bayou Pierre
Hatchie River Near Walnut, Ms
7 hours ago · USGS 07029270
29 cfs 8.29 ft · 57°F 381 ft Upper Hatchie
Batupan Bogue At Grenada, Ms
7 hours ago · USGS 07285400
29 cfs 1.61 ft · 61°F 170 ft Yalobusha
Chunky River Nr Chunky, Ms
7 hours ago · USGS 02475500
27 cfs 2.47 ft · 62°F 297 ft Chunky-Okatibbee
Tuscolameta Creek At Walnut Grove, Ms
7 hours ago · USGS 02483000
27 cfs 12.10 ft · 62°F 346 ft Upper Pearl
West Hobolochitto Creek Nr Mcneill, Ms
7 hours ago · USGS 02492360
25 cfs 5.69 ft · 64°F 88 ft Lower Pearl. Mississippi
Big Sunflower River Nr Merigold, Ms
7 hours ago · USGS 07288280
23 cfs 3.59 ft 89°F 63°F 115 ft Big Sunflower
Strong River At D`Lo, Ms
7 hours ago · USGS 02487500
23 cfs 2.38 ft · 63°F 319 ft Middle Pearl-Strong
Buffalo River Nr Woodville, Ms
7 hours ago · USGS 07295000
23 cfs 3.82 ft · 63°F 103 ft Buffalo
Yockanookany River Nr Ofahoma, Ms
7 hours ago · USGS 02484500
21 cfs 4.73 ft · 62°F 318 ft Upper Pearl
Bull Mountain Creek At Tremont, Ms
6 hours ago · USGS 02432500
19 cfs 1.86 ft · 59°F 345 ft Upper Tombigbee
East Hobolochitto Creek Nr Caesar, Ms
7 hours ago · USGS 02492343
18 cfs 3.99 ft · 64°F 90 ft Lower Pearl. Mississippi
Pearl River At Edinburg, Ms
7 hours ago · USGS 02482000
18 cfs 1.95 ft · 61°F 377 ft Upper Pearl
Little Tallahatchie River At Etta, Ms
6 hours ago · USGS 07268000
18 cfs 10.05 ft · 59°F 300 ft Little Tallahatchie
Big Black River At West, Ms
7 hours ago · USGS 07289350
18 cfs 1.02 ft · 61°F 276 ft Upper Big Black
Yocona River Nr Oxford, Ms
7 hours ago · USGS 07274000
16 cfs 2.29 ft · 59°F 316 ft Yocona
Town Creek Nr Nettleton, Ms
7 hours ago · USGS 02436500
13 cfs 4.68 ft · 59°F 203 ft Town
Sowashee Creek At Meridian, Ms
2 days ago · USGS 02476500
12 cfs 4.44 ft · 67°F 302 ft Chunky-Okatibbee
Yockanookany River Nr Kosciusko, Ms
7 hours ago · USGS 02484000
10 cfs 4.58 ft · 61°F 385 ft Upper Pearl
Cypress Creek Nr Janice, Ms
7 hours ago · USGS 02479155
10 cfs 5.63 ft 73°F 63°F 121 ft Black
Biloxi River At Wortham, Ms
7 hours ago · USGS 02481000
9 cfs · · 66°F 20 ft Mississippi Coastal
Big Sunflower River At Sunflower, Ms
7 hours ago · USGS 07288500
8 cfs · 69°F 64°F 109 ft Big Sunflower
Skuna River At Bruce, Ms
7 hours ago · USGS 07283000
7 cfs · · 59°F 260 ft Yalobusha
Cummings Creek Nr Fulton, Ms
7 hours ago · USGS 02430880
6 cfs 2.30 ft · 60°F 300 ft Upper Tombigbee
Red Bud Creek Nr Moores Mill, Ms
7 hours ago · USGS 02430085
3 cfs 4.88 ft · 59°F 379 ft Upper Tombigbee
Town Creek At Eason Boulevard At Tupelo, Ms
7 hours ago · USGS 02435020
1 cfs · · 60°F 240 ft Town
Twentymile Creek Nr Guntown, Ms
7 hours ago · USGS 02430680
1 cfs 10.29 ft · 59°F 297 ft Upper Tombigbee
Big Sunflower River At Clarksdale, Ms
7 hours ago · USGS 07288000
0 cfs 7.83 ft 79°F 62°F 151 ft Big Sunflower
Bogue Phalia Nr Leland, Ms
1 day ago · USGS 07288650
0 cfs 5.56 ft 79°F 64°F 129 ft Big Sunflower
Flow report FAQ

About Mississippi streamflow

What are river levels like in Mississippi right now?

As of September 26, 2026, Mississippi rivers are running at 91% of normal across 67 USGS streamgauges, and the Mississippi River At Vicksburg is reporting the highest discharge at 317,000 cfs. The full sortable gauge table is below.

Which Mississippi river is running highest right now?

As of September 26, 2026, the highest discharge in Mississippi is 317,000 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.