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Flow report

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.

USGS gauges
68
State percent normal
108%
Paddle runs
0
Updated
Sep 6
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September
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2026
Flow briefing

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.

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

108%

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

Highest discharge

Mississippi River At Vicksburg 449,000 cfs

Gauge stage 49.25 ft

Biggest 24h spike

Wolf River Nr Landon +850%

Now 1,150 cfs

Network coverage

Gauges + rivers tracked 68 + 0

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.

State average 108%
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 Sep 2023. The dotted line is normal.

108% of normal today
+29pts vs this day last year (79%)
321of 366 days below normal, past year
147% 3-year peak · Aug 2026
50% 100% normal 150%
Sep 2023 202420252026 Sep 6, 2026

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.

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.

68 gauges
Streamgage Streamflow Gage height Water temp Air temp Elevation Watershed
Mississippi River At Vicksburg, Ms
1 day ago · USGS 07289000
449,000 cfs 49.25 ft · 73°F 65 ft Lower Mississippi-Natchez
Tallahatchie River At Money, Ms
1 day ago · USGS 07281600
3,540 cfs 13.79 ft 76°F 73°F 122 ft Tallahatchie
Tombigbee River Nr Amory, Ms
3 days ago · USGS 02437000
3,320 cfs 11.41 ft · 74°F 200 ft Upper Tombigbee
Pascagoula River At Graham Ferry, Ms
1 day ago · USGS 02479310
2,230 cfs 2.83 ft · 72°F 6 ft Pascagoula
Pascagoula River At Merrill, Ms
1 day ago · USGS 02479000
1,610 cfs 2.84 ft · 73°F 40 ft Pascagoula
Wolf River Nr Landon, Ms
1 day ago · USGS 02481510
1,150 cfs 8.26 ft 69°F 73°F 21 ft Mississippi Coastal
Leaf River Nr New Augusta, Ms
1 day ago · USGS 02474560
1,140 cfs 2.87 ft 84°F 73°F 85 ft Lower Leaf
Leaf River Nr Mclain, Ms
1 day ago · USGS 02475000
1,120 cfs 3.46 ft · 73°F 56 ft Lower Leaf
Pearl River Nr Columbia, Ms
1 day ago · USGS 02489000
1,090 cfs · · 72°F 137 ft Lower Pearl. Mississippi
Leaf River At Hattiesburg, Ms
1 day ago · USGS 02473000
781 cfs 2.33 ft · 73°F 122 ft Upper Leaf
Pearl River Nr Rockport, Ms
1 day ago · USGS 02488000
678 cfs 5.37 ft 85°F 72°F 207 ft Middle Pearl-Silver
Pearl River Nr Monticello, Ms
1 day ago · USGS 02488500
675 cfs 4.58 ft · 72°F 177 ft Middle Pearl-Silver
Chickasawhay River At Leakesville, Ms
1 day ago · USGS 02478500
402 cfs 7.59 ft · 73°F 118 ft Lower Chickasawhay
Big Black River Nr Bovina, Ms
1 day ago · USGS 07290000
382 cfs 7.18 ft · 73°F 141 ft Lower Big Black
Chickasawhay River Nr Waynesboro, Ms
1 day ago · USGS 02477500
348 cfs 3.86 ft · 73°F 174 ft Upper Chickasawhay
West Hobolochitto Creek Nr Mcneill, Ms
1 day ago · USGS 02492360
313 cfs 8.23 ft · 72°F 88 ft Lower Pearl. Mississippi
Red Creek At Vestry, Ms
1 day ago · USGS 02479300
284 cfs 5.69 ft · 73°F 24 ft Black
Tombigbee River At Bigbee, Ms
1 day ago · USGS 02433500
275 cfs 3.32 ft · 75°F 218 ft Upper Tombigbee
Pearl River At Jackson, Ms
1 day ago · USGS 02486000
270 cfs 3.97 ft · 73°F 266 ft Middle Pearl-Strong
Homochitto River At Rosetta, Ms
1 day ago · USGS 07292500
270 cfs 2.82 ft · 72°F 99 ft Homochitto
Bogue Chitto Nr Tylertown, Ms
1 day ago · USGS 02490500
232 cfs 5.37 ft · 72°F 260 ft Bogue Chitto
Bayou Pierre Nr Willows, Ms
1 day ago · USGS 07290650
230 cfs 2.65 ft · 72°F 70 ft Bayou Pierre
Pearl River Nr Lena, Ms
1 day ago · USGS 02483500
184 cfs 4.46 ft · 72°F 328 ft Upper Pearl
Bouie Creek Nr Hattiesburg, Ms
1 day ago · USGS 02472500
178 cfs 1.90 ft · 72°F 160 ft Upper Leaf
Big Black River Nr Bentonia, Ms
1 day ago · USGS 07289730
175 cfs 4.62 ft · 73°F 134 ft Lower Big Black
Leaf River Nr Collins, Ms
1 day ago · USGS 02472000
165 cfs 4.71 ft · 72°F 245 ft Upper Leaf
Buttahatchee River Nr Aberdeen, Ms
1 day ago · USGS 02439400
134 cfs 4.89 ft · 74°F 240 ft Buttahatchee
Tombigbee River Nr Fulton, Ms
1 day ago · USGS 02431000
123 cfs 7.37 ft · 75°F 269 ft Upper Tombigbee
Tombigbee River At Aberdeen Lock And Dam, Ms
1 day ago · USGS 02437100
122 cfs 40.42 ft · 75°F 180 ft Upper Tombigbee
Black Creek Nr Brooklyn, Ms
1 day ago · USGS 02479130
118 cfs 4.07 ft 66°F 73°F 132 ft Black
Chickasawhay River At Enterprise, Ms
1 day ago · USGS 02477000
116 cfs 4.51 ft · 73°F 258 ft Upper Chickasawhay
Pearl River Nr Carthage, Ms
1 day ago · USGS 02482550
114 cfs 3.44 ft · 72°F 321 ft Upper Pearl
Tangipahoa River At Osyka, Ms
1 day ago · USGS 07375280
111 cfs 8.20 ft · 72°F 232 ft Tangipahoa
Okatoma Creek At Sanford, Ms
1 day ago · USGS 02472850
105 cfs 7.46 ft · 72°F 223 ft Upper Leaf
East Hobolochitto Creek Nr Caesar, Ms
1 day ago · USGS 02492343
93 cfs 5.60 ft · 72°F 90 ft Lower Pearl. Mississippi
Okatibbee Creek At Arundel, Ms
1 day ago · USGS 02476600
92 cfs 3.30 ft · 73°F 271 ft Chunky-Okatibbee
Tombigbee River At Stennis Lock And Dam, Ms
1 day ago · USGS 02441390
91 cfs 63.48 ft · 74°F 137 ft Upper Tombigbee
Yalobusha River At Grenada, Ms
1 day ago · USGS 07285500
89 cfs 3.96 ft · 74°F 157 ft Yalobusha
Luxapallila Creek Nr Columbus, Ms
1 day ago · USGS 02443500
86 cfs 3.66 ft · 75°F 148 ft Luxapallila
Chunky River Nr Chunky, Ms
1 day ago · USGS 02475500
62 cfs 2.52 ft · 73°F 297 ft Chunky-Okatibbee
Noxubee River At Macon, Ms
1 day ago · USGS 02448000
57 cfs 4.03 ft · 74°F 184 ft Noxubee
Homochitto River At Eddiceton, Ms
1 day ago · USGS 07291000
48 cfs 5.83 ft · 72°F 208 ft Homochitto
Coldwater River Nr Olive Branch, Ms
1 day ago · USGS 07275900
48 cfs · · 77°F 293 ft Coldwater
Strong River At D`Lo, Ms
1 day ago · USGS 02487500
41 cfs 2.57 ft · 72°F 319 ft Middle Pearl-Strong
Buffalo River Nr Woodville, Ms
1 day ago · USGS 07295000
37 cfs 4.06 ft · 72°F 103 ft Buffalo
Big Sunflower River Nr Merigold, Ms
1 day ago · USGS 07288280
33 cfs 3.89 ft 89°F 75°F 115 ft Big Sunflower
Batupan Bogue At Grenada, Ms
1 day ago · USGS 07285400
32 cfs 1.65 ft · 74°F 170 ft Yalobusha
Big Sunflower River At Sunflower, Ms
1 day ago · USGS 07288500
31 cfs · 69°F 75°F 109 ft Big Sunflower
Tuscolameta Creek At Walnut Grove, Ms
1 day ago · USGS 02483000
29 cfs 12.18 ft · 72°F 346 ft Upper Pearl
Big Black River At West, Ms
1 day ago · USGS 07289350
29 cfs 1.33 ft · 73°F 276 ft Upper Big Black
Yockanookany River Nr Ofahoma, Ms
1 day ago · USGS 02484500
26 cfs 4.89 ft · 72°F 318 ft Upper Pearl
Pearl River At Edinburg, Ms
1 day ago · USGS 02482000
26 cfs 2.18 ft · 73°F 377 ft Upper Pearl
Little Tallahatchie River At Etta, Ms
1 day ago · USGS 07268000
22 cfs 10.15 ft · 75°F 300 ft Little Tallahatchie
Hatchie River Near Walnut, Ms
1 day ago · USGS 07029270
22 cfs 8.22 ft · 75°F 381 ft Upper Hatchie
Biloxi River At Wortham, Ms
1 day ago · USGS 02481000
20 cfs · · 73°F 20 ft Mississippi Coastal
Yocona River Nr Oxford, Ms
1 day ago · USGS 07274000
18 cfs 2.36 ft · 74°F 316 ft Yocona
Town Creek Nr Nettleton, Ms
1 day ago · USGS 02436500
16 cfs 4.72 ft · 74°F 203 ft Town
Bull Mountain Creek At Tremont, Ms
1 day ago · USGS 02432500
15 cfs 1.76 ft · 74°F 345 ft Upper Tombigbee
Cypress Creek Nr Janice, Ms
1 day ago · USGS 02479155
13 cfs 5.74 ft 79°F 73°F 121 ft Black
Yockanookany River Nr Kosciusko, Ms
1 day ago · USGS 02484000
10 cfs 4.56 ft · 72°F 385 ft Upper Pearl
Skuna River At Bruce, Ms
1 day ago · USGS 07283000
8 cfs · · 73°F 260 ft Yalobusha
Cummings Creek Nr Fulton, Ms
1 day ago · USGS 02430880
6 cfs 2.30 ft · 75°F 300 ft Upper Tombigbee
Bogue Phalia Nr Leland, Ms
1 day ago · USGS 07288650
4 cfs 6.28 ft 79°F 74°F 129 ft Big Sunflower
Sowashee Creek At Meridian, Ms
1 day ago · USGS 02476500
3 cfs 4.12 ft · 73°F 302 ft Chunky-Okatibbee
Red Bud Creek Nr Moores Mill, Ms
1 day ago · USGS 02430085
3 cfs 4.90 ft · 74°F 379 ft Upper Tombigbee
Town Creek At Eason Boulevard At Tupelo, Ms
1 day ago · USGS 02435020
3 cfs · · 74°F 240 ft Town
Twentymile Creek Nr Guntown, Ms
1 day ago · USGS 02430680
1 cfs 10.27 ft · 74°F 297 ft Upper Tombigbee
Big Sunflower River At Clarksdale, Ms
1 day ago · USGS 07288000
1 cfs 7.86 ft 79°F 77°F 151 ft Big Sunflower
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Flow report FAQ

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.