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Mississippi River Levels & Streamflow

As of Oct 9, 2026, Mississippi rivers are running at 147% of normal across 67 USGS gauges — the highest is 456,000 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
147%
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Paddle runs
0
Updated
Oct 9
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Flow briefing · Oct 9, 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 147% of normal, with the Mississippi River At Vicksburg reporting the highest discharge in the state at 456,000 cfs and a gauge stage of 49.25 ft.

Meanwhile, the Tombigbee River At Stennis Lock And Dam is seeing a spike today — up 2470% 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 147%
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 Oct 2023. The dotted line is normal.

147% of normal today
+77pts vs this day last year (70%)
311of 366 days below normal, past year
159% 3-year peak · Oct 2026
50% 100% normal 150%
Oct 2023 202420252026 Oct 9, 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
16 hours ago · USGS 07289000
431,000 cfs 49.25 ft · 62°F 65 ft Lower Mississippi-Natchez
Yalobusha River At Grenada, Ms
15 hours ago · USGS 07285500
2,890 cfs 10.51 ft · 62°F 157 ft Yalobusha
Tallahatchie River At Money, Ms
15 hours ago · USGS 07281600
2,710 cfs 12.27 ft 76°F 62°F 122 ft Tallahatchie
Pascagoula River At Graham Ferry, Ms
16 hours ago · USGS 02479310
2,640 cfs 3.11 ft · 69°F 6 ft Pascagoula
Pascagoula River At Merrill, Ms
15 hours ago · USGS 02479000
1,620 cfs 2.72 ft · 68°F 40 ft Pascagoula
Pearl River Nr Columbia, Ms
16 hours ago · USGS 02489000
1,040 cfs · · 64°F 137 ft Lower Pearl. Mississippi
Leaf River Nr Mclain, Ms
15 hours ago · USGS 02475000
945 cfs 3.08 ft · 67°F 56 ft Lower Leaf
Leaf River Nr New Augusta, Ms
15 hours ago · USGS 02474560
734 cfs 2.65 ft 77°F 66°F 85 ft Lower Leaf
Chickasawhay River At Leakesville, Ms
15 hours ago · USGS 02478500
718 cfs 8.23 ft · 66°F 118 ft Lower Chickasawhay
Leaf River At Hattiesburg, Ms
16 hours ago · USGS 02473000
534 cfs 2.12 ft · 64°F 122 ft Upper Leaf
Pearl River Nr Monticello, Ms
15 hours ago · USGS 02488500
524 cfs 4.46 ft · 63°F 177 ft Middle Pearl-Silver
Pearl River Nr Rockport, Ms
15 hours ago · USGS 02488000
498 cfs 5.14 ft 78°F 63°F 207 ft Middle Pearl-Silver
Chickasawhay River Nr Waynesboro, Ms
16 hours ago · USGS 02477500
333 cfs 4.16 ft · 63°F 174 ft Upper Chickasawhay
Big Black River Nr Bovina, Ms
15 hours ago · USGS 07290000
260 cfs 6.59 ft · 61°F 141 ft Lower Big Black
Tombigbee River At Bigbee, Ms
15 hours ago · USGS 02433500
245 cfs 3.19 ft · 61°F 218 ft Upper Tombigbee
Homochitto River At Rosetta, Ms
15 hours ago · USGS 07292500
233 cfs 2.69 ft · 63°F 99 ft Homochitto
Bogue Chitto Nr Tylertown, Ms
15 hours ago · USGS 02490500
224 cfs 5.34 ft · 66°F 260 ft Bogue Chitto
Red Creek At Vestry, Ms
16 hours ago · USGS 02479300
189 cfs 4.88 ft · 69°F 24 ft Black
Chickasawhay River At Enterprise, Ms
16 hours ago · USGS 02477000
155 cfs 4.87 ft · 61°F 258 ft Upper Chickasawhay
Bouie Creek Nr Hattiesburg, Ms
15 hours ago · USGS 02472500
142 cfs 1.86 ft · 63°F 160 ft Upper Leaf
Batupan Bogue At Grenada, Ms
15 hours ago · USGS 07285400
140 cfs 2.41 ft · 62°F 170 ft Yalobusha
Pearl River Nr Lena, Ms
15 hours ago · USGS 02483500
137 cfs 4.32 ft · 61°F 328 ft Upper Pearl
Pearl River At Jackson, Ms
15 hours ago · USGS 02486000
127 cfs 3.15 ft · 63°F 266 ft Middle Pearl-Strong
Leaf River Nr Collins, Ms
15 hours ago · USGS 02472000
121 cfs 4.58 ft · 62°F 245 ft Upper Leaf
Tombigbee River At Aberdeen Lock And Dam, Ms
16 hours ago · USGS 02437100
118 cfs 40.01 ft · 62°F 180 ft Upper Tombigbee
Big Black River Nr Bentonia, Ms
16 hours ago · USGS 07289730
109 cfs 4.14 ft · 61°F 134 ft Lower Big Black
Tombigbee River Nr Fulton, Ms
16 hours ago · USGS 02431000
108 cfs 7.22 ft · 61°F 269 ft Upper Tombigbee
Tangipahoa River At Osyka, Ms
16 hours ago · USGS 07375280
106 cfs 8.16 ft · 66°F 232 ft Tangipahoa
Buttahatchee River Nr Aberdeen, Ms
15 hours ago · USGS 02439400
102 cfs 4.66 ft · 63°F 240 ft Buttahatchee
Black Creek Nr Brooklyn, Ms
16 hours ago · USGS 02479130
92 cfs 3.86 ft 66°F 66°F 132 ft Black
Wolf River Nr Landon, Ms
15 hours ago · USGS 02481510
90 cfs 4.55 ft 69°F 72°F 21 ft Mississippi Coastal
Okatoma Creek At Sanford, Ms
16 hours ago · USGS 02472850
87 cfs 7.36 ft · 63°F 223 ft Upper Leaf
Pearl River Nr Carthage, Ms
16 hours ago · USGS 02482550
87 cfs 3.11 ft · 60°F 321 ft Upper Pearl
Luxapallila Creek Nr Columbus, Ms
16 hours ago · USGS 02443500
76 cfs 3.57 ft · 63°F 148 ft Luxapallila
Okatibbee Creek At Arundel, Ms
15 hours ago · USGS 02476600
60 cfs 3.33 ft · 62°F 271 ft Chunky-Okatibbee
Noxubee River At Macon, Ms
16 hours ago · USGS 02448000
53 cfs 3.97 ft · 61°F 184 ft Noxubee
Coldwater River Nr Olive Branch, Ms
16 hours ago · USGS 07275900
49 cfs · · 62°F 293 ft Coldwater
Hatchie River Near Walnut, Ms
15 hours ago · USGS 07029270
43 cfs 8.43 ft · 58°F 381 ft Upper Hatchie
Homochitto River At Eddiceton, Ms
15 hours ago · USGS 07291000
39 cfs 5.76 ft · 64°F 208 ft Homochitto
Bayou Pierre Nr Willows, Ms
15 hours ago · USGS 07290650
38 cfs 2.01 ft · 61°F 70 ft Bayou Pierre
Chunky River Nr Chunky, Ms
16 hours ago · USGS 02475500
33 cfs 2.54 ft · 62°F 297 ft Chunky-Okatibbee
Big Sunflower River At Sunflower, Ms
15 hours ago · USGS 07288500
26 cfs · 69°F 63°F 109 ft Big Sunflower
Tuscolameta Creek At Walnut Grove, Ms
16 hours ago · USGS 02483000
25 cfs 12.06 ft · 60°F 346 ft Upper Pearl
Strong River At D`Lo, Ms
16 hours ago · USGS 02487500
25 cfs 2.40 ft · 62°F 319 ft Middle Pearl-Strong
West Hobolochitto Creek Nr Mcneill, Ms
16 hours ago · USGS 02492360
25 cfs 5.69 ft · 70°F 88 ft Lower Pearl. Mississippi
Big Sunflower River Nr Merigold, Ms
16 hours ago · USGS 07288280
24 cfs 3.60 ft 89°F 63°F 115 ft Big Sunflower
Big Black River At West, Ms
16 hours ago · USGS 07289350
23 cfs 1.17 ft · 60°F 276 ft Upper Big Black
Buffalo River Nr Woodville, Ms
15 hours ago · USGS 07295000
22 cfs 3.80 ft · 63°F 103 ft Buffalo
East Hobolochitto Creek Nr Caesar, Ms
16 hours ago · USGS 02492343
21 cfs 4.08 ft · 71°F 90 ft Lower Pearl. Mississippi
Tombigbee River At Stennis Lock And Dam, Ms
16 hours ago · USGS 02441390
20 cfs 63.35 ft · 62°F 137 ft Upper Tombigbee
Yockanookany River Nr Ofahoma, Ms
15 hours ago · USGS 02484500
19 cfs 4.69 ft · 61°F 318 ft Upper Pearl
Little Tallahatchie River At Etta, Ms
16 hours ago · USGS 07268000
19 cfs 10.08 ft · 60°F 300 ft Little Tallahatchie
Yocona River Nr Oxford, Ms
15 hours ago · USGS 07274000
18 cfs 2.36 ft · 60°F 316 ft Yocona
Town Creek Nr Nettleton, Ms
16 hours ago · USGS 02436500
17 cfs 4.74 ft · 60°F 203 ft Town
Pearl River At Edinburg, Ms
16 hours ago · USGS 02482000
15 cfs 1.83 ft · 60°F 377 ft Upper Pearl
Biloxi River At Wortham, Ms
16 hours ago · USGS 02481000
14 cfs · · 70°F 20 ft Mississippi Coastal
Bull Mountain Creek At Tremont, Ms
16 hours ago · USGS 02432500
14 cfs 1.73 ft · 61°F 345 ft Upper Tombigbee
Cypress Creek Nr Janice, Ms
15 hours ago · USGS 02479155
10 cfs 5.65 ft 72°F 67°F 121 ft Black
Yockanookany River Nr Kosciusko, Ms
16 hours ago · USGS 02484000
9 cfs 4.53 ft · 60°F 385 ft Upper Pearl
Skuna River At Bruce, Ms
15 hours ago · USGS 07283000
7 cfs · · 60°F 260 ft Yalobusha
Sowashee Creek At Meridian, Ms
15 hours ago · USGS 02476500
6 cfs 4.28 ft · 61°F 302 ft Chunky-Okatibbee
Cummings Creek Nr Fulton, Ms
15 hours ago · USGS 02430880
5 cfs 2.28 ft · 62°F 300 ft Upper Tombigbee
Red Bud Creek Nr Moores Mill, Ms
16 hours ago · USGS 02430085
3 cfs 4.87 ft · 61°F 379 ft Upper Tombigbee
Town Creek At Eason Boulevard At Tupelo, Ms
15 hours ago · USGS 02435020
2 cfs · · 61°F 240 ft Town
Twentymile Creek Nr Guntown, Ms
15 hours ago · USGS 02430680
1 cfs 10.29 ft · 60°F 297 ft Upper Tombigbee
Big Sunflower River At Clarksdale, Ms
16 hours ago · USGS 07288000
0 cfs 7.84 ft 79°F 63°F 151 ft Big Sunflower
Bogue Phalia Nr Leland, Ms
5 days ago · USGS 07288650
0 cfs 5.47 ft 79°F 63°F 129 ft Big Sunflower
Flow report FAQ

About Mississippi streamflow

What are river levels like in Mississippi right now?

As of October 9, 2026, Mississippi rivers are running at 147% of normal across 67 USGS streamgauges, and the Mississippi River At Vicksburg is reporting the highest discharge at 456,000 cfs. The full sortable gauge table is below.

Which Mississippi river is running highest right now?

As of October 9, 2026, the highest discharge in Mississippi is 456,000 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.