Mississippi River Levels & Streamflow
As of Aug 21, 2026, Mississippi rivers are running at 82% of normal across 67 USGS gauges — the highest is 395,000 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 82% of normal, with the Mississippi River At Vicksburg reporting the highest discharge in the state at 395,000 cfs and a gauge stage of 49.25 ft.
Meanwhile, the Pearl River Nr Rockport is seeing a spike today — up 58% 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 1,060 cfs
Network coverage
USGS gauges feeding 0 named rivers in Mississippi.
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
11 hours ago · USGS 07289000 |
423,000 cfs | 49.25 ft | · | 75°F | 65 ft | Lower Mississippi-Natchez |
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Tallahatchie River At Money, Ms
11 hours ago · USGS 07281600 |
2,730 cfs | 12.30 ft | 76°F | 73°F | 122 ft | Tallahatchie |
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Little Tallahatchie River At Etta, Ms
11 hours ago · USGS 07268000 |
2,070 cfs | 15.84 ft | · | 72°F | 300 ft | Little Tallahatchie |
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Pascagoula River At Merrill, Ms
11 hours ago · USGS 02479000 |
1,850 cfs | 3.12 ft | · | 73°F | 40 ft | Pascagoula |
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Tombigbee River At Stennis Lock And Dam, Ms
12 hours ago · USGS 02441390 |
1,750 cfs | 63.46 ft | · | 73°F | 137 ft | Upper Tombigbee |
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Pascagoula River At Graham Ferry, Ms
15 hours ago · USGS 02479310 |
1,740 cfs | 2.48 ft | · | 74°F | 6 ft | Pascagoula |
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Leaf River Nr Mclain, Ms
11 hours ago · USGS 02475000 |
1,210 cfs | 3.59 ft | · | 74°F | 56 ft | Lower Leaf |
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Leaf River Nr New Augusta, Ms
11 hours ago · USGS 02474560 |
1,170 cfs | 2.93 ft | 87°F | 75°F | 85 ft | Lower Leaf |
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Pearl River Nr Columbia, Ms
11 hours ago · USGS 02489000 |
1,140 cfs | · | · | 73°F | 137 ft | Lower Pearl. Mississippi |
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Pearl River Nr Monticello, Ms
11 hours ago · USGS 02488500 |
974 cfs | 5.23 ft | · | 73°F | 177 ft | Middle Pearl-Silver |
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Pearl River Nr Rockport, Ms
11 hours ago · USGS 02488000 |
823 cfs | 5.78 ft | 90°F | 74°F | 207 ft | Middle Pearl-Silver |
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Leaf River At Hattiesburg, Ms
11 hours ago · USGS 02473000 |
747 cfs | 2.27 ft | · | 75°F | 122 ft | Upper Leaf |
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Chickasawhay River At Leakesville, Ms
11 hours ago · USGS 02478500 |
505 cfs | 7.93 ft | · | 73°F | 118 ft | Lower Chickasawhay |
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Chickasawhay River Nr Waynesboro, Ms
11 hours ago · USGS 02477500 |
418 cfs | 4.23 ft | · | 73°F | 174 ft | Upper Chickasawhay |
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Big Black River Nr Bovina, Ms
11 hours ago · USGS 07290000 |
386 cfs | 7.20 ft | · | 74°F | 141 ft | Lower Big Black |
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Tombigbee River At Bigbee, Ms
11 hours ago · USGS 02433500 |
287 cfs | 3.37 ft | · | 73°F | 218 ft | Upper Tombigbee |
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Homochitto River At Rosetta, Ms
11 hours ago · USGS 07292500 |
282 cfs | 2.59 ft | · | 75°F | 99 ft | Homochitto |
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Big Black River Nr Bentonia, Ms
11 hours ago · USGS 07289730 |
239 cfs | 4.87 ft | · | 74°F | 134 ft | Lower Big Black |
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Bogue Chitto Nr Tylertown, Ms
11 hours ago · USGS 02490500 |
238 cfs | 5.37 ft | · | 74°F | 260 ft | Bogue Chitto |
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Red Creek At Vestry, Ms
12 hours ago · USGS 02479300 |
228 cfs | 5.23 ft | · | 75°F | 24 ft | Black |
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Leaf River Nr Collins, Ms
11 hours ago · USGS 02472000 |
200 cfs | 4.90 ft | · | 73°F | 245 ft | Upper Leaf |
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Pearl River Nr Lena, Ms
11 hours ago · USGS 02483500 |
192 cfs | 4.48 ft | · | 73°F | 328 ft | Upper Pearl |
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Buttahatchee River Nr Aberdeen, Ms
11 hours ago · USGS 02439400 |
191 cfs | 5.23 ft | · | 73°F | 240 ft | Buttahatchee |
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Bouie Creek Nr Hattiesburg, Ms
11 hours ago · USGS 02472500 |
177 cfs | 1.89 ft | · | 73°F | 160 ft | Upper Leaf |
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Big Sunflower River At Sunflower, Ms
11 hours ago · USGS 07288500 |
169 cfs | · | 69°F | 74°F | 109 ft | Big Sunflower |
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Chickasawhay River At Enterprise, Ms
11 hours ago · USGS 02477000 |
147 cfs | 4.75 ft | · | 73°F | 258 ft | Upper Chickasawhay |
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Pearl River At Jackson, Ms
11 hours ago · USGS 02486000 |
133 cfs | 3.19 ft | · | 75°F | 266 ft | Middle Pearl-Strong |
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Pearl River Nr Carthage, Ms
12 hours ago · USGS 02482550 |
131 cfs | 3.62 ft | · | 73°F | 321 ft | Upper Pearl |
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Okatibbee Creek At Arundel, Ms
11 hours ago · USGS 02476600 |
124 cfs | 3.62 ft | · | 73°F | 271 ft | Chunky-Okatibbee |
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Tombigbee River At Aberdeen Lock And Dam, Ms
12 hours ago · USGS 02437100 |
124 cfs | 40.56 ft | · | 73°F | 180 ft | Upper Tombigbee |
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Luxapallila Creek Nr Columbus, Ms
11 hours ago · USGS 02443500 |
121 cfs | 3.90 ft | · | 74°F | 148 ft | Luxapallila |
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Black Creek Nr Brooklyn, Ms
12 hours ago · USGS 02479130 |
118 cfs | 4.07 ft | 66°F | 75°F | 132 ft | Black |
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Tombigbee River Nr Fulton, Ms
12 hours ago · USGS 02431000 |
116 cfs | 7.30 ft | · | 72°F | 269 ft | Upper Tombigbee |
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Tangipahoa River At Osyka, Ms
11 hours ago · USGS 07375280 |
110 cfs | 8.11 ft | · | 74°F | 232 ft | Tangipahoa |
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Wolf River Nr Landon, Ms
11 hours ago · USGS 02481510 |
107 cfs | 4.67 ft | 69°F | 76°F | 21 ft | Mississippi Coastal |
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Big Sunflower River Nr Merigold, Ms
12 hours ago · USGS 07288280 |
107 cfs | 5.11 ft | 89°F | 73°F | 115 ft | Big Sunflower |
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Okatoma Creek At Sanford, Ms
12 hours ago · USGS 02472850 |
99 cfs | 7.43 ft | · | 73°F | 223 ft | Upper Leaf |
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Bogue Phalia Nr Leland, Ms
11 hours ago · USGS 07288650 |
89 cfs | 7.75 ft | 79°F | 74°F | 129 ft | Big Sunflower |
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Yalobusha River At Grenada, Ms
11 hours ago · USGS 07285500 |
88 cfs | 3.95 ft | · | 72°F | 157 ft | Yalobusha |
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West Hobolochitto Creek Nr Mcneill, Ms
12 hours ago · USGS 02492360 |
70 cfs | 5.87 ft | · | 74°F | 88 ft | Lower Pearl. Mississippi |
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Chunky River Nr Chunky, Ms
12 hours ago · USGS 02475500 |
69 cfs | 2.57 ft | · | 74°F | 297 ft | Chunky-Okatibbee |
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Noxubee River At Macon, Ms
11 hours ago · USGS 02448000 |
64 cfs | 4.14 ft | · | 73°F | 184 ft | Noxubee |
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Strong River At D`Lo, Ms
12 hours ago · USGS 02487500 |
58 cfs | 2.72 ft | · | 73°F | 319 ft | Middle Pearl-Strong |
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Buffalo River Nr Woodville, Ms
11 hours ago · USGS 07295000 |
52 cfs | 3.94 ft | · | 75°F | 103 ft | Buffalo |
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Coldwater River Nr Olive Branch, Ms
11 hours ago · USGS 07275900 |
51 cfs | · | · | 73°F | 293 ft | Coldwater |
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Hatchie River Near Walnut, Ms
11 hours ago · USGS 07029270 |
45 cfs | 8.45 ft | · | 71°F | 381 ft | Upper Hatchie |
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Homochitto River At Eddiceton, Ms
11 hours ago · USGS 07291000 |
42 cfs | 5.79 ft | · | 74°F | 208 ft | Homochitto |
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East Hobolochitto Creek Nr Caesar, Ms
12 hours ago · USGS 02492343 |
41 cfs | 4.10 ft | · | 74°F | 90 ft | Lower Pearl. Mississippi |
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Batupan Bogue At Grenada, Ms
11 hours ago · USGS 07285400 |
34 cfs | 1.67 ft | · | 72°F | 170 ft | Yalobusha |
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Tuscolameta Creek At Walnut Grove, Ms
11 hours ago · USGS 02483000 |
33 cfs | 12.28 ft | · | 73°F | 346 ft | Upper Pearl |
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Big Black River At West, Ms
11 hours ago · USGS 07289350 |
31 cfs | 1.37 ft | · | 73°F | 276 ft | Upper Big Black |
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Yockanookany River Nr Ofahoma, Ms
11 hours ago · USGS 02484500 |
26 cfs | 4.88 ft | · | 73°F | 318 ft | Upper Pearl |
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Pearl River At Edinburg, Ms
12 hours ago · USGS 02482000 |
25 cfs | 2.17 ft | · | 72°F | 377 ft | Upper Pearl |
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Yockanookany River Nr Kosciusko, Ms
12 hours ago · USGS 02484000 |
23 cfs | 5.12 ft | · | 72°F | 385 ft | Upper Pearl |
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Bull Mountain Creek At Tremont, Ms
11 hours ago · USGS 02432500 |
22 cfs | 1.92 ft | · | 72°F | 345 ft | Upper Tombigbee |
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Bayou Pierre Nr Willows, Ms
11 hours ago · USGS 07290650 |
22 cfs | 1.93 ft | · | 75°F | 70 ft | Bayou Pierre |
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Town Creek Nr Nettleton, Ms
12 hours ago · USGS 02436500 |
22 cfs | 4.81 ft | · | 72°F | 203 ft | Town |
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Yocona River Nr Oxford, Ms
11 hours ago · USGS 07274000 |
21 cfs | 2.42 ft | · | 71°F | 316 ft | Yocona |
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Biloxi River At Wortham, Ms
11 hours ago · USGS 02481000 |
20 cfs | · | · | 76°F | 20 ft | Mississippi Coastal |
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Cypress Creek Nr Janice, Ms
11 hours ago · USGS 02479155 |
19 cfs | 5.87 ft | 80°F | 74°F | 121 ft | Black |
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Big Sunflower River At Clarksdale, Ms
11 hours ago · USGS 07288000 |
9 cfs | 8.00 ft | 79°F | 73°F | 151 ft | Big Sunflower |
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Skuna River At Bruce, Ms
11 hours ago · USGS 07283000 |
8 cfs | · | · | 71°F | 260 ft | Yalobusha |
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Cummings Creek Nr Fulton, Ms
11 hours ago · USGS 02430880 |
7 cfs | 2.36 ft | · | 72°F | 300 ft | Upper Tombigbee |
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Sowashee Creek At Meridian, Ms
11 hours ago · USGS 02476500 |
4 cfs | 4.19 ft | · | 73°F | 302 ft | Chunky-Okatibbee |
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Town Creek At Eason Boulevard At Tupelo, Ms
11 hours ago · USGS 02435020 |
4 cfs | · | · | 72°F | 240 ft | Town |
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Twentymile Creek Nr Guntown, Ms
11 hours ago · USGS 02430680 |
4 cfs | 10.32 ft | · | 72°F | 297 ft | Upper Tombigbee |
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Red Bud Creek Nr Moores Mill, Ms
12 hours ago · USGS 02430085 |
3 cfs | 4.91 ft | · | 72°F | 379 ft | Upper Tombigbee |
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About Mississippi streamflow
What are river levels like in Mississippi right now?
As of August 21, 2026, Mississippi rivers are running at 82% of normal across 67 USGS streamgauges, and the Mississippi River At Vicksburg is reporting the highest discharge at 395,000 cfs. The full sortable gauge table is below.
Which Mississippi river is running highest right now?
As of August 21, 2026, the highest discharge in Mississippi is 395,000 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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