Mississippi River Levels & Streamflow
As of Sep 6, 2026, Mississippi rivers are running at 108% of normal across 68 USGS gauges — the highest is 449,000 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 108% of normal, with the Mississippi River At Vicksburg reporting the highest discharge in the state at 449,000 cfs and a gauge stage of 49.25 ft.
Meanwhile, the Wolf River Nr Landon is seeing a spike today — up 850% 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.
Active weather warnings for Mississippi
Mississippi residents in central and southeast portions of the state should take immediate precautions as a Heat Advisory remains in effect until 7:00 PM CDT on September 6. The National Weather Service Jackson warns of dangerously high heat index values reaching up to 110 degrees from 11 AM through 7 PM this evening. Combined with elevated humidity levels, these conditions pose a significant risk for heat-related illnesses including heat exhaustion and heat stroke. Residents are urged to stay hydrated, limit outdoor activities during peak heat hours, and check on vulnerable populations such as the elderly and those with medical conditions. Additionally, Pearl River County is under a Flash Flood Warning until 1:45 PM, requiring caution in low-lying areas and near waterways.
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 1,150 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 Sep 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
6 hours ago · USGS 07289000 |
418,000 cfs | 49.25 ft | · | 73°F | 65 ft | Lower Mississippi-Natchez |
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Tallahatchie River At Money, Ms
5 hours ago · USGS 07281600 |
3,550 cfs | 13.80 ft | 76°F | 74°F | 122 ft | Tallahatchie |
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Tombigbee River Nr Amory, Ms
3 days ago · USGS 02437000 |
3,320 cfs | 11.40 ft | · | 74°F | 200 ft | Upper Tombigbee |
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Pascagoula River At Graham Ferry, Ms
6 hours ago · USGS 02479310 |
2,030 cfs | 2.69 ft | · | 72°F | 6 ft | Pascagoula |
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Pascagoula River At Merrill, Ms
6 hours ago · USGS 02479000 |
1,580 cfs | 2.81 ft | · | 73°F | 40 ft | Pascagoula |
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Leaf River Nr Mclain, Ms
6 hours ago · USGS 02475000 |
1,170 cfs | 3.53 ft | · | 73°F | 56 ft | Lower Leaf |
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Leaf River Nr New Augusta, Ms
5 hours ago · USGS 02474560 |
1,150 cfs | 2.89 ft | 85°F | 73°F | 85 ft | Lower Leaf |
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Wolf River Nr Landon, Ms
6 hours ago · USGS 02481510 |
1,130 cfs | 8.20 ft | 69°F | 73°F | 21 ft | Mississippi Coastal |
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Pearl River Nr Columbia, Ms
5 hours ago · USGS 02489000 |
1,080 cfs | · | · | 72°F | 137 ft | Lower Pearl. Mississippi |
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Pearl River Nr Rockport, Ms
6 hours ago · USGS 02488000 |
768 cfs | 5.63 ft | 86°F | 72°F | 207 ft | Middle Pearl-Silver |
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Leaf River At Hattiesburg, Ms
6 hours ago · USGS 02473000 |
730 cfs | 2.24 ft | · | 73°F | 122 ft | Upper Leaf |
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Pearl River Nr Monticello, Ms
6 hours ago · USGS 02488500 |
717 cfs | 4.68 ft | · | 72°F | 177 ft | Middle Pearl-Silver |
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Red Creek At Vestry, Ms
6 hours ago · USGS 02479300 |
444 cfs | 6.78 ft | · | 73°F | 24 ft | Black |
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Chickasawhay River At Leakesville, Ms
6 hours ago · USGS 02478500 |
413 cfs | 7.63 ft | · | 73°F | 118 ft | Lower Chickasawhay |
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Bayou Pierre Nr Willows, Ms
6 hours ago · USGS 07290650 |
382 cfs | 3.07 ft | · | 72°F | 70 ft | Bayou Pierre |
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Biloxi River At Wortham, Ms
6 hours ago · USGS 02481000 |
380 cfs | 1.85 ft | · | 73°F | 20 ft | Mississippi Coastal |
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Big Black River Nr Bovina, Ms
6 hours ago · USGS 07290000 |
375 cfs | 7.15 ft | · | 73°F | 141 ft | Lower Big Black |
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Chickasawhay River Nr Waynesboro, Ms
6 hours ago · USGS 02477500 |
335 cfs | 3.79 ft | · | 72°F | 174 ft | Upper Chickasawhay |
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Homochitto River At Rosetta, Ms
5 hours ago · USGS 07292500 |
303 cfs | 2.93 ft | · | 72°F | 99 ft | Homochitto |
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Tombigbee River At Bigbee, Ms
6 hours ago · USGS 02433500 |
275 cfs | 3.32 ft | · | 74°F | 218 ft | Upper Tombigbee |
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Bogue Chitto Nr Tylertown, Ms
5 hours ago · USGS 02490500 |
235 cfs | 5.38 ft | · | 72°F | 260 ft | Bogue Chitto |
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Leaf River Nr Collins, Ms
6 hours ago · USGS 02472000 |
227 cfs | 5.04 ft | · | 72°F | 245 ft | Upper Leaf |
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Bouie Creek Nr Hattiesburg, Ms
5 hours ago · USGS 02472500 |
205 cfs | 2.07 ft | · | 72°F | 160 ft | Upper Leaf |
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Pearl River Nr Lena, Ms
6 hours ago · USGS 02483500 |
181 cfs | 4.45 ft | · | 73°F | 328 ft | Upper Pearl |
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Pearl River At Jackson, Ms
6 hours ago · USGS 02486000 |
178 cfs | 3.49 ft | · | 74°F | 266 ft | Middle Pearl-Strong |
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Big Black River Nr Bentonia, Ms
6 hours ago · USGS 07289730 |
178 cfs | 4.64 ft | · | 73°F | 134 ft | Lower Big Black |
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East Hobolochitto Creek Nr Caesar, Ms
6 hours ago · USGS 02492343 |
162 cfs | 6.47 ft | · | 72°F | 90 ft | Lower Pearl. Mississippi |
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Black Creek Nr Brooklyn, Ms
6 hours ago · USGS 02479130 |
139 cfs | 4.23 ft | 66°F | 73°F | 132 ft | Black |
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Buttahatchee River Nr Aberdeen, Ms
6 hours ago · USGS 02439400 |
130 cfs | 4.86 ft | · | 74°F | 240 ft | Buttahatchee |
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Buffalo River Nr Woodville, Ms
6 hours ago · USGS 07295000 |
127 cfs | 4.78 ft | · | 72°F | 103 ft | Buffalo |
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Tombigbee River Nr Fulton, Ms
6 hours ago · USGS 02431000 |
124 cfs | 7.38 ft | · | 74°F | 269 ft | Upper Tombigbee |
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Chickasawhay River At Enterprise, Ms
6 hours ago · USGS 02477000 |
123 cfs | 4.57 ft | · | 73°F | 258 ft | Upper Chickasawhay |
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Tombigbee River At Aberdeen Lock And Dam, Ms
6 hours ago · USGS 02437100 |
122 cfs | 40.37 ft | · | 74°F | 180 ft | Upper Tombigbee |
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West Hobolochitto Creek Nr Mcneill, Ms
6 hours ago · USGS 02492360 |
121 cfs | 6.92 ft | · | 72°F | 88 ft | Lower Pearl. Mississippi |
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Okatoma Creek At Sanford, Ms
6 hours ago · USGS 02472850 |
111 cfs | 7.49 ft | · | 72°F | 223 ft | Upper Leaf |
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Pearl River Nr Carthage, Ms
6 hours ago · USGS 02482550 |
111 cfs | 3.40 ft | · | 72°F | 321 ft | Upper Pearl |
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Tangipahoa River At Osyka, Ms
6 hours ago · USGS 07375280 |
109 cfs | 8.18 ft | · | 72°F | 232 ft | Tangipahoa |
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Okatibbee Creek At Arundel, Ms
5 hours ago · USGS 02476600 |
92 cfs | 3.30 ft | · | 73°F | 271 ft | Chunky-Okatibbee |
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Tombigbee River At Stennis Lock And Dam, Ms
6 hours ago · USGS 02441390 |
91 cfs | 63.44 ft | · | 74°F | 137 ft | Upper Tombigbee |
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Yalobusha River At Grenada, Ms
5 hours ago · USGS 07285500 |
89 cfs | 3.96 ft | · | 74°F | 157 ft | Yalobusha |
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Luxapallila Creek Nr Columbus, Ms
6 hours ago · USGS 02443500 |
85 cfs | 3.65 ft | · | 75°F | 148 ft | Luxapallila |
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Chunky River Nr Chunky, Ms
6 hours ago · USGS 02475500 |
61 cfs | 2.51 ft | · | 73°F | 297 ft | Chunky-Okatibbee |
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Noxubee River At Macon, Ms
6 hours ago · USGS 02448000 |
55 cfs | 4.00 ft | · | 74°F | 184 ft | Noxubee |
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Coldwater River Nr Olive Branch, Ms
6 hours ago · USGS 07275900 |
49 cfs | · | · | 76°F | 293 ft | Coldwater |
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Homochitto River At Eddiceton, Ms
6 hours ago · USGS 07291000 |
40 cfs | 5.77 ft | · | 72°F | 208 ft | Homochitto |
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Big Sunflower River Nr Merigold, Ms
6 hours ago · USGS 07288280 |
39 cfs | 4.05 ft | 89°F | 75°F | 115 ft | Big Sunflower |
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Strong River At D`Lo, Ms
6 hours ago · USGS 02487500 |
36 cfs | 2.52 ft | · | 72°F | 319 ft | Middle Pearl-Strong |
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Batupan Bogue At Grenada, Ms
6 hours ago · USGS 07285400 |
32 cfs | 1.65 ft | · | 74°F | 170 ft | Yalobusha |
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Big Sunflower River At Sunflower, Ms
6 hours ago · USGS 07288500 |
29 cfs | · | 69°F | 75°F | 109 ft | Big Sunflower |
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Tuscolameta Creek At Walnut Grove, Ms
6 hours ago · USGS 02483000 |
28 cfs | 12.16 ft | · | 73°F | 346 ft | Upper Pearl |
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Big Black River At West, Ms
6 hours ago · USGS 07289350 |
27 cfs | 1.28 ft | · | 73°F | 276 ft | Upper Big Black |
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Yockanookany River Nr Ofahoma, Ms
5 hours ago · USGS 02484500 |
26 cfs | 4.87 ft | · | 73°F | 318 ft | Upper Pearl |
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Pearl River At Edinburg, Ms
6 hours ago · USGS 02482000 |
24 cfs | 2.12 ft | · | 73°F | 377 ft | Upper Pearl |
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Little Tallahatchie River At Etta, Ms
6 hours ago · USGS 07268000 |
22 cfs | 10.14 ft | · | 74°F | 300 ft | Little Tallahatchie |
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Hatchie River Near Walnut, Ms
6 hours ago · USGS 07029270 |
21 cfs | 8.21 ft | · | 74°F | 381 ft | Upper Hatchie |
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Yocona River Nr Oxford, Ms
6 hours ago · USGS 07274000 |
16 cfs | 2.30 ft | · | 74°F | 316 ft | Yocona |
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Town Creek Nr Nettleton, Ms
6 hours ago · USGS 02436500 |
16 cfs | 4.72 ft | · | 74°F | 203 ft | Town |
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Cypress Creek Nr Janice, Ms
5 hours ago · USGS 02479155 |
15 cfs | 5.77 ft | 79°F | 73°F | 121 ft | Black |
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Bull Mountain Creek At Tremont, Ms
6 hours ago · USGS 02432500 |
14 cfs | 1.74 ft | · | 72°F | 345 ft | Upper Tombigbee |
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Yockanookany River Nr Kosciusko, Ms
6 hours ago · USGS 02484000 |
10 cfs | 4.54 ft | · | 73°F | 385 ft | Upper Pearl |
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Skuna River At Bruce, Ms
6 hours ago · USGS 07283000 |
8 cfs | · | · | 72°F | 260 ft | Yalobusha |
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Cummings Creek Nr Fulton, Ms
5 hours ago · USGS 02430880 |
5 cfs | 2.29 ft | · | 74°F | 300 ft | Upper Tombigbee |
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Sowashee Creek At Meridian, Ms
6 hours ago · USGS 02476500 |
3 cfs | 4.12 ft | · | 73°F | 302 ft | Chunky-Okatibbee |
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Red Bud Creek Nr Moores Mill, Ms
6 hours ago · USGS 02430085 |
3 cfs | 4.89 ft | · | 72°F | 379 ft | Upper Tombigbee |
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Town Creek At Eason Boulevard At Tupelo, Ms
6 hours ago · USGS 02435020 |
2 cfs | · | · | 74°F | 240 ft | Town |
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Bogue Phalia Nr Leland, Ms
6 hours ago · USGS 07288650 |
2 cfs | 6.23 ft | 79°F | 75°F | 129 ft | Big Sunflower |
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Twentymile Creek Nr Guntown, Ms
5 hours ago · USGS 02430680 |
1 cfs | 10.28 ft | · | 74°F | 297 ft | Upper Tombigbee |
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Big Sunflower River At Clarksdale, Ms
6 hours ago · USGS 07288000 |
0 cfs | 7.85 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 6, 2026, Mississippi rivers are running at 108% of normal across 68 USGS streamgauges, and the Mississippi River At Vicksburg is reporting the highest discharge at 449,000 cfs. The full sortable gauge table is below.
Which Mississippi river is running highest right now?
As of September 6, 2026, the highest discharge in Mississippi is 449,000 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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