Mississippi River Levels & Streamflow
As of Sep 1, 2026, Mississippi rivers are running at 140% of normal across 68 USGS gauges — the highest is 603,000 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 140% of normal, with the Mississippi River At Vicksburg reporting the highest discharge in the state at 603,000 cfs and a gauge stage of 49.25 ft.
Meanwhile, the Pascagoula River At Merrill is seeing a spike today — up 3% 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 2,060 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
13 hours ago · USGS 07289000 |
579,000 cfs | 49.25 ft | · | 74°F | 65 ft | Lower Mississippi-Natchez |
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Pascagoula River At Graham Ferry, Ms
12 hours ago · USGS 02479310 |
2,850 cfs | 3.26 ft | · | 73°F | 6 ft | Pascagoula |
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Tallahatchie River At Money, Ms
12 hours ago · USGS 07281600 |
2,790 cfs | 12.41 ft | 76°F | 73°F | 122 ft | Tallahatchie |
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Pascagoula River At Merrill, Ms
12 hours ago · USGS 02479000 |
1,930 cfs | 3.21 ft | · | 73°F | 40 ft | Pascagoula |
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Leaf River Nr Mclain, Ms
12 hours ago · USGS 02475000 |
1,420 cfs | 3.88 ft | · | 73°F | 56 ft | Lower Leaf |
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Leaf River Nr New Augusta, Ms
12 hours ago · USGS 02474560 |
1,290 cfs | 3.18 ft | 85°F | 74°F | 85 ft | Lower Leaf |
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Pearl River Nr Columbia, Ms
12 hours ago · USGS 02489000 |
1,270 cfs | 1.12 ft | · | 72°F | 137 ft | Lower Pearl. Mississippi |
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Leaf River At Hattiesburg, Ms
12 hours ago · USGS 02473000 |
792 cfs | 2.35 ft | · | 73°F | 122 ft | Upper Leaf |
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Pearl River Nr Monticello, Ms
12 hours ago · USGS 02488500 |
743 cfs | 4.74 ft | · | 72°F | 177 ft | Middle Pearl-Silver |
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Pearl River Nr Rockport, Ms
12 hours ago · USGS 02488000 |
698 cfs | 5.43 ft | 86°F | 73°F | 207 ft | Middle Pearl-Silver |
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Chickasawhay River At Leakesville, Ms
12 hours ago · USGS 02478500 |
489 cfs | 7.88 ft | · | 73°F | 118 ft | Lower Chickasawhay |
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Big Black River Nr Bovina, Ms
12 hours ago · USGS 07290000 |
487 cfs | 7.62 ft | · | 73°F | 141 ft | Lower Big Black |
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Chickasawhay River Nr Waynesboro, Ms
13 hours ago · USGS 02477500 |
361 cfs | 3.93 ft | · | 73°F | 174 ft | Upper Chickasawhay |
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Tombigbee River At Bigbee, Ms
12 hours ago · USGS 02433500 |
275 cfs | 3.32 ft | · | 74°F | 218 ft | Upper Tombigbee |
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Homochitto River At Rosetta, Ms
12 hours ago · USGS 07292500 |
255 cfs | 2.77 ft | · | 72°F | 99 ft | Homochitto |
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Bogue Chitto Nr Tylertown, Ms
12 hours ago · USGS 02490500 |
250 cfs | 5.43 ft | · | 73°F | 260 ft | Bogue Chitto |
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Red Creek At Vestry, Ms
12 hours ago · USGS 02479300 |
223 cfs | 5.19 ft | · | 74°F | 24 ft | Black |
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Big Black River Nr Bentonia, Ms
13 hours ago · USGS 07289730 |
220 cfs | 4.90 ft | · | 73°F | 134 ft | Lower Big Black |
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Pearl River Nr Lena, Ms
12 hours ago · USGS 02483500 |
215 cfs | 4.54 ft | · | 72°F | 328 ft | Upper Pearl |
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Lynch Creek At Jackson, Ms
5 days ago · USGS 02486100 |
209 cfs | 3.29 ft | · | 74°F | 276 ft | Middle Pearl-Strong |
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Leaf River Nr Collins, Ms
12 hours ago · USGS 02472000 |
190 cfs | 4.85 ft | · | 72°F | 245 ft | Upper Leaf |
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Bouie Creek Nr Hattiesburg, Ms
12 hours ago · USGS 02472500 |
174 cfs | 1.87 ft | · | 72°F | 160 ft | Upper Leaf |
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Wolf River Nr Landon, Ms
12 hours ago · USGS 02481510 |
168 cfs | 5.04 ft | 69°F | 75°F | 21 ft | Mississippi Coastal |
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Buttahatchee River Nr Aberdeen, Ms
12 hours ago · USGS 02439400 |
155 cfs | 5.02 ft | · | 73°F | 240 ft | Buttahatchee |
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Bayou Pierre Nr Willows, Ms
12 hours ago · USGS 07290650 |
141 cfs | 2.38 ft | · | 73°F | 70 ft | Bayou Pierre |
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Pearl River At Jackson, Ms
12 hours ago · USGS 02486000 |
137 cfs | 3.22 ft | · | 74°F | 266 ft | Middle Pearl-Strong |
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Black Creek Nr Brooklyn, Ms
12 hours ago · USGS 02479130 |
131 cfs | 4.17 ft | 66°F | 73°F | 132 ft | Black |
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Chickasawhay River At Enterprise, Ms
13 hours ago · USGS 02477000 |
128 cfs | 4.61 ft | · | 73°F | 258 ft | Upper Chickasawhay |
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Tombigbee River At Aberdeen Lock And Dam, Ms
12 hours ago · USGS 02437100 |
123 cfs | 40.46 ft | · | 74°F | 180 ft | Upper Tombigbee |
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Tombigbee River Nr Fulton, Ms
12 hours ago · USGS 02431000 |
122 cfs | 7.36 ft | · | 74°F | 269 ft | Upper Tombigbee |
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Pearl River Nr Carthage, Ms
12 hours ago · USGS 02482550 |
120 cfs | 3.50 ft | · | 71°F | 321 ft | Upper Pearl |
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Tangipahoa River At Osyka, Ms
12 hours ago · USGS 07375280 |
111 cfs | 8.20 ft | · | 73°F | 232 ft | Tangipahoa |
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Tombigbee River At Stennis Lock And Dam, Ms
12 hours ago · USGS 02441390 |
108 cfs | 63.44 ft | · | 73°F | 137 ft | Upper Tombigbee |
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Okatoma Creek At Sanford, Ms
12 hours ago · USGS 02472850 |
105 cfs | 7.46 ft | · | 72°F | 223 ft | Upper Leaf |
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West Hobolochitto Creek Nr Mcneill, Ms
12 hours ago · USGS 02492360 |
101 cfs | 6.22 ft | · | 73°F | 88 ft | Lower Pearl. Mississippi |
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Okatibbee Creek At Arundel, Ms
12 hours ago · USGS 02476600 |
98 cfs | 3.37 ft | · | 73°F | 271 ft | Chunky-Okatibbee |
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Yalobusha River At Grenada, Ms
12 hours ago · USGS 07285500 |
94 cfs | 3.99 ft | · | 73°F | 157 ft | Yalobusha |
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Luxapallila Creek Nr Columbus, Ms
12 hours ago · USGS 02443500 |
92 cfs | 3.71 ft | · | 73°F | 148 ft | Luxapallila |
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Big Sunflower River At Sunflower, Ms
12 hours ago · USGS 07288500 |
92 cfs | · | 69°F | 74°F | 109 ft | Big Sunflower |
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East Hobolochitto Creek Nr Caesar, Ms
12 hours ago · USGS 02492343 |
72 cfs | 4.71 ft | · | 73°F | 90 ft | Lower Pearl. Mississippi |
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Chunky River Nr Chunky, Ms
12 hours ago · USGS 02475500 |
72 cfs | 2.59 ft | · | 73°F | 297 ft | Chunky-Okatibbee |
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Noxubee River At Macon, Ms
12 hours ago · USGS 02448000 |
70 cfs | 4.23 ft | · | 73°F | 184 ft | Noxubee |
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Big Black River At West, Ms
12 hours ago · USGS 07289350 |
52 cfs | 1.79 ft | · | 72°F | 276 ft | Upper Big Black |
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Coldwater River Nr Olive Branch, Ms
12 hours ago · USGS 07275900 |
48 cfs | · | · | 76°F | 293 ft | Coldwater |
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Big Sunflower River Nr Merigold, Ms
12 hours ago · USGS 07288280 |
45 cfs | 4.20 ft | 89°F | 75°F | 115 ft | Big Sunflower |
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Yockanookany River Nr Ofahoma, Ms
12 hours ago · USGS 02484500 |
43 cfs | 5.27 ft | · | 72°F | 318 ft | Upper Pearl |
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Pearl River At Edinburg, Ms
12 hours ago · USGS 02482000 |
40 cfs | 2.51 ft | · | 72°F | 377 ft | Upper Pearl |
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Homochitto River At Eddiceton, Ms
12 hours ago · USGS 07291000 |
39 cfs | 5.76 ft | · | 72°F | 208 ft | Homochitto |
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Strong River At D`Lo, Ms
12 hours ago · USGS 02487500 |
35 cfs | 2.51 ft | · | 72°F | 319 ft | Middle Pearl-Strong |
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Tuscolameta Creek At Walnut Grove, Ms
13 hours ago · USGS 02483000 |
33 cfs | 12.30 ft | · | 72°F | 346 ft | Upper Pearl |
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Batupan Bogue At Grenada, Ms
12 hours ago · USGS 07285400 |
33 cfs | 1.66 ft | · | 73°F | 170 ft | Yalobusha |
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Hatchie River Near Walnut, Ms
12 hours ago · USGS 07029270 |
29 cfs | 8.29 ft | · | 73°F | 381 ft | Upper Hatchie |
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Buffalo River Nr Woodville, Ms
12 hours ago · USGS 07295000 |
29 cfs | 3.93 ft | · | 73°F | 103 ft | Buffalo |
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Little Tallahatchie River At Etta, Ms
12 hours ago · USGS 07268000 |
28 cfs | 10.24 ft | · | 73°F | 300 ft | Little Tallahatchie |
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Bogue Phalia Nr Leland, Ms
12 hours ago · USGS 07288650 |
24 cfs | 6.78 ft | 79°F | 74°F | 129 ft | Big Sunflower |
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Biloxi River At Wortham, Ms
13 hours ago · USGS 02481000 |
21 cfs | · | · | 75°F | 20 ft | Mississippi Coastal |
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Town Creek Nr Nettleton, Ms
12 hours ago · USGS 02436500 |
18 cfs | 4.76 ft | · | 73°F | 203 ft | Town |
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Bull Mountain Creek At Tremont, Ms
12 hours ago · USGS 02432500 |
17 cfs | 1.81 ft | · | 73°F | 345 ft | Upper Tombigbee |
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Yocona River Nr Oxford, Ms
12 hours ago · USGS 07274000 |
13 cfs | 2.23 ft | · | 73°F | 316 ft | Yocona |
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Cypress Creek Nr Janice, Ms
12 hours ago · USGS 02479155 |
13 cfs | 5.72 ft | 79°F | 74°F | 121 ft | Black |
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Yockanookany River Nr Kosciusko, Ms
12 hours ago · USGS 02484000 |
11 cfs | 4.63 ft | · | 72°F | 385 ft | Upper Pearl |
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Skuna River At Bruce, Ms
12 hours ago · USGS 07283000 |
8 cfs | · | · | 73°F | 260 ft | Yalobusha |
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Cummings Creek Nr Fulton, Ms
12 hours ago · USGS 02430880 |
6 cfs | 2.32 ft | · | 73°F | 300 ft | Upper Tombigbee |
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Sowashee Creek At Meridian, Ms
12 hours ago · USGS 02476500 |
4 cfs | 4.17 ft | · | 73°F | 302 ft | Chunky-Okatibbee |
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Town Creek At Eason Boulevard At Tupelo, Ms
12 hours ago · USGS 02435020 |
4 cfs | · | · | 73°F | 240 ft | Town |
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Twentymile Creek Nr Guntown, Ms
12 hours ago · USGS 02430680 |
3 cfs | 10.30 ft | · | 73°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 | · | 73°F | 379 ft | Upper Tombigbee |
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Big Sunflower River At Clarksdale, Ms
13 hours ago · USGS 07288000 |
0 cfs | 7.80 ft | 79°F | 76°F | 151 ft | Big Sunflower |
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About Mississippi streamflow
What are river levels like in Mississippi right now?
As of September 1, 2026, Mississippi rivers are running at 140% of normal across 68 USGS streamgauges, and the Mississippi River At Vicksburg is reporting the highest discharge at 603,000 cfs. The full sortable gauge table is below.
Which Mississippi river is running highest right now?
As of September 1, 2026, the highest discharge in Mississippi is 603,000 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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