Flow report

Mississippi River Levels & Streamflow

As of Aug 7, 2026, Mississippi rivers are running at 76% of normal across 69 USGS gauges — the highest is 389,000 cfs on the Mississippi River At Vicksburg. Live discharge, gauge height, and percent-of-normal for every USGS streamgauge in Mississippi.

USGS gauges
69
State percent normal
76%
Paddle runs
0
Updated
Aug 7
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Flow briefing

Streamflow levels across Mississippi are currently 76% of normal, with the Mississippi River At Vicksburg reporting the highest discharge in the state at 389,000 cfs and a gauge stage of 49.25 ft.

Meanwhile, the Big Sunflower River At Sunflower is seeing a spike today — up 12% 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 at a glance

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

76%

100% is the historical norm. Below 70% indicates drought; above 130% can flag elevated flood risk.

Highest discharge

Mississippi River At Vicksburg 389,000 cfs

Gauge stage 49.25 ft

Biggest 24h spike

Big Sunflower River At Sunflower +12%

Now 270 cfs

Network coverage

Gauges + rivers tracked 69 + 0

USGS gauges feeding 0 named rivers in Mississippi.

Full streamgauge inventory

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.

69 gauges
Streamgage Streamflow Gage height Water temp Air temp Elevation Watershed
Mississippi River At Vicksburg, Ms
12 hours ago · USGS 07289000
371,000 cfs 49.25 ft · 73°F 65 ft Lower Mississippi-Natchez
Tombigbee River Nr Amory, Ms
2 days ago · USGS 02437000
3,410 cfs 11.49 ft · 74°F 200 ft Upper Tombigbee
Pascagoula River At Graham Ferry, Ms
12 hours ago · USGS 02479310
3,040 cfs 3.39 ft · 73°F 6 ft Pascagoula
Tallahatchie River At Money, Ms
12 hours ago · USGS 07281600
2,770 cfs 12.38 ft 76°F 72°F 122 ft Tallahatchie
Pascagoula River At Merrill, Ms
12 hours ago · USGS 02479000
2,510 cfs 3.82 ft · 72°F 40 ft Pascagoula
Leaf River Nr Mclain, Ms
12 hours ago · USGS 02475000
1,480 cfs 3.96 ft · 73°F 56 ft Lower Leaf
Leaf River Nr New Augusta, Ms
12 hours ago · USGS 02474560
1,320 cfs 3.25 ft 86°F 73°F 85 ft Lower Leaf
Pearl River Nr Columbia, Ms
12 hours ago · USGS 02489000
1,250 cfs 1.10 ft · 72°F 137 ft Lower Pearl. Mississippi
Chickasawhay River At Leakesville, Ms
12 hours ago · USGS 02478500
857 cfs 8.83 ft · 72°F 118 ft Lower Chickasawhay
Pearl River Nr Rockport, Ms
11 hours ago · USGS 02488000
823 cfs 5.78 ft 84°F 72°F 207 ft Middle Pearl-Silver
Leaf River At Hattiesburg, Ms
12 hours ago · USGS 02473000
809 cfs 2.38 ft · 72°F 122 ft Upper Leaf
Pearl River Nr Monticello, Ms
12 hours ago · USGS 02488500
797 cfs 4.86 ft · 72°F 177 ft Middle Pearl-Silver
Chickasawhay River Nr Waynesboro, Ms
12 hours ago · USGS 02477500
568 cfs 4.93 ft · 72°F 174 ft Upper Chickasawhay
Big Black River Nr Bovina, Ms
12 hours ago · USGS 07290000
477 cfs 7.58 ft · 72°F 141 ft Lower Big Black
Homochitto River At Rosetta, Ms
12 hours ago · USGS 07292500
346 cfs 2.79 ft · 71°F 99 ft Homochitto
Black Creek Nr Brooklyn, Ms
12 hours ago · USGS 02479130
340 cfs 5.07 ft 66°F 72°F 132 ft Black
Buttahatchee River Nr Aberdeen, Ms
11 hours ago · USGS 02439400
325 cfs 5.94 ft · 74°F 240 ft Buttahatchee
Tombigbee River At Bigbee, Ms
11 hours ago · USGS 02433500
313 cfs 3.47 ft · 74°F 218 ft Upper Tombigbee
Big Sunflower River At Sunflower, Ms
11 hours ago · USGS 07288500
307 cfs 1.54 ft 69°F 73°F 109 ft Big Sunflower
Pearl River At Jackson, Ms
11 hours ago · USGS 02486000
292 cfs 4.07 ft · 73°F 266 ft Middle Pearl-Strong
Pearl River Nr Lena, Ms
11 hours ago · USGS 02483500
255 cfs 4.64 ft · 72°F 328 ft Upper Pearl
Big Black River Nr Bentonia, Ms
12 hours ago · USGS 07289730
255 cfs 4.96 ft · 72°F 134 ft Lower Big Black
Bogue Chitto Nr Tylertown, Ms
11 hours ago · USGS 02490500
247 cfs 5.40 ft · 72°F 260 ft Bogue Chitto
Chickasawhay River At Enterprise, Ms
12 hours ago · USGS 02477000
236 cfs 5.29 ft · 72°F 258 ft Upper Chickasawhay
Luxapallila Creek Nr Columbus, Ms
12 hours ago · USGS 02443500
228 cfs 4.38 ft · 73°F 148 ft Luxapallila
Red Creek At Vestry, Ms
12 hours ago · USGS 02479300
225 cfs 5.45 ft · 73°F 24 ft Black
Lynch Creek At Jackson, Ms
20 hours ago · USGS 02486100
218 cfs 3.66 ft · 73°F 276 ft Middle Pearl-Strong
Leaf River Nr Collins, Ms
12 hours ago · USGS 02472000
198 cfs 4.89 ft · 71°F 245 ft Upper Leaf
Big Sunflower River Nr Merigold, Ms
12 hours ago · USGS 07288280
175 cfs 5.71 ft 89°F 73°F 115 ft Big Sunflower
Bouie Creek Nr Hattiesburg, Ms
12 hours ago · USGS 02472500
174 cfs 1.87 ft · 72°F 160 ft Upper Leaf
Pearl River Nr Carthage, Ms
12 hours ago · USGS 02482550
169 cfs 3.99 ft · 72°F 321 ft Upper Pearl
Okatibbee Creek At Arundel, Ms
11 hours ago · USGS 02476600
145 cfs 3.81 ft · 72°F 271 ft Chunky-Okatibbee
Tombigbee River At Stennis Lock And Dam, Ms
12 hours ago · USGS 02441390
143 cfs 63.37 ft · 73°F 137 ft Upper Tombigbee
Bogue Phalia Nr Leland, Ms
12 hours ago · USGS 07288650
137 cfs 8.24 ft 79°F 73°F 129 ft Big Sunflower
Strong River At D`Lo, Ms
12 hours ago · USGS 02487500
133 cfs 3.30 ft · 71°F 319 ft Middle Pearl-Strong
Tombigbee River At Aberdeen Lock And Dam, Ms
12 hours ago · USGS 02437100
123 cfs 40.43 ft · 74°F 180 ft Upper Tombigbee
Buffalo River Nr Woodville, Ms
12 hours ago · USGS 07295000
116 cfs 4.42 ft · 75°F 103 ft Buffalo
Tombigbee River Nr Fulton, Ms
12 hours ago · USGS 02431000
115 cfs 7.19 ft · 74°F 269 ft Upper Tombigbee
Chunky River Nr Chunky, Ms
12 hours ago · USGS 02475500
114 cfs 2.84 ft · 72°F 297 ft Chunky-Okatibbee
Tangipahoa River At Osyka, Ms
12 hours ago · USGS 07375280
113 cfs 8.13 ft · 72°F 232 ft Tangipahoa
Okatoma Creek At Sanford, Ms
12 hours ago · USGS 02472850
99 cfs 7.43 ft · 72°F 223 ft Upper Leaf
West Hobolochitto Creek Nr Mcneill, Ms
12 hours ago · USGS 02492360
76 cfs 5.95 ft · 75°F 88 ft Lower Pearl. Mississippi
Noxubee River At Macon, Ms
12 hours ago · USGS 02448000
64 cfs 4.23 ft · 72°F 184 ft Noxubee
Pearl River At Edinburg, Ms
12 hours ago · USGS 02482000
63 cfs 2.90 ft · 72°F 377 ft Upper Pearl
Big Black River At West, Ms
12 hours ago · USGS 07289350
55 cfs 1.85 ft · 72°F 276 ft Upper Big Black
Coldwater River Nr Olive Branch, Ms
12 hours ago · USGS 07275900
53 cfs · · 76°F 293 ft Coldwater
East Hobolochitto Creek Nr Caesar, Ms
12 hours ago · USGS 02492343
48 cfs 4.25 ft · 73°F 90 ft Lower Pearl. Mississippi
Tuscolameta Creek At Walnut Grove, Ms
12 hours ago · USGS 02483000
48 cfs 12.34 ft · 71°F 346 ft Upper Pearl
Homochitto River At Eddiceton, Ms
12 hours ago · USGS 07291000
47 cfs 5.82 ft · 71°F 208 ft Homochitto
Little Tallahatchie River At Etta, Ms
12 hours ago · USGS 07268000
44 cfs 10.46 ft · 74°F 300 ft Little Tallahatchie
Yalobusha River At Grenada, Ms
11 hours ago · USGS 07285500
42 cfs 3.55 ft · 72°F 157 ft Yalobusha
Bull Mountain Creek At Tremont, Ms
12 hours ago · USGS 02432500
39 cfs 2.29 ft · 73°F 345 ft Upper Tombigbee
Batupan Bogue At Grenada, Ms
12 hours ago · USGS 07285400
38 cfs 1.72 ft · 72°F 170 ft Yalobusha
Yockanookany River Nr Ofahoma, Ms
11 hours ago · USGS 02484500
36 cfs 5.13 ft · 72°F 318 ft Upper Pearl
Town Creek Nr Nettleton, Ms
12 hours ago · USGS 02436500
34 cfs 4.94 ft · 74°F 203 ft Town
Yocona River Nr Oxford, Ms
12 hours ago · USGS 07274000
31 cfs 2.50 ft · 73°F 316 ft Yocona
Hatchie River Near Walnut, Ms
12 hours ago · USGS 07029270
29 cfs 8.54 ft · 73°F 381 ft Upper Hatchie
Big Sunflower River At Clarksdale, Ms
1 day ago · USGS 07288000
26 cfs 8.10 ft 79°F 75°F 151 ft Big Sunflower
Bayou Pierre Nr Willows, Ms
12 hours ago · USGS 07290650
20 cfs 2.05 ft · 72°F 70 ft Bayou Pierre
Cypress Creek Nr Janice, Ms
12 hours ago · USGS 02479155
19 cfs 5.87 ft 78°F 73°F 121 ft Black
Wolf River Nr Landon, Ms
12 hours ago · USGS 02481510
13 cfs 4.63 ft 69°F 74°F 21 ft Mississippi Coastal
Yockanookany River Nr Kosciusko, Ms
12 hours ago · USGS 02484000
13 cfs 4.72 ft · 72°F 385 ft Upper Pearl
Biloxi River At Wortham, Ms
12 hours ago · USGS 02481000
12 cfs · · 74°F 20 ft Mississippi Coastal
Skuna River At Bruce, Ms
12 hours ago · USGS 07283000
11 cfs · · 73°F 260 ft Yalobusha
Sowashee Creek At Meridian, Ms
12 hours ago · USGS 02476500
9 cfs 4.35 ft · 72°F 302 ft Chunky-Okatibbee
Twentymile Creek Nr Guntown, Ms
12 hours ago · USGS 02430680
8 cfs 10.40 ft · 74°F 297 ft Upper Tombigbee
Cummings Creek Nr Fulton, Ms
12 hours ago · USGS 02430880
7 cfs 2.36 ft · 74°F 300 ft Upper Tombigbee
Red Bud Creek Nr Moores Mill, Ms
12 hours ago · USGS 02430085
6 cfs 4.98 ft · 73°F 379 ft Upper Tombigbee
Town Creek At Eason Boulevard At Tupelo, Ms
12 hours ago · USGS 02435020
6 cfs · · 74°F 240 ft Town
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Flow report FAQ

About Mississippi streamflow

What are river levels like in Mississippi right now?

As of August 7, 2026, Mississippi rivers are running at 76% of normal across 69 USGS streamgauges, and the Mississippi River At Vicksburg is reporting the highest discharge at 389,000 cfs. The full sortable gauge table is below.

Which Mississippi river is running highest right now?

As of August 7, 2026, the highest discharge in Mississippi is 389,000 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.