Summary
Total streamflow across the
Pascagoula River
was last observed at
5,500
cfs, and is expected to yield approximately
10,909
acre-ft of water today; about 30%
of normal.
River levels are low and may signify a drought.
Average streamflow for this time of year is
18,329 cfs,
with recent peaks last observed
on
2016-03-17 when daily discharge volume was observed at
241,000 cfs.
Maximum discharge along the river is currently at the
Pascagoula River At Graham Ferry
reporting a streamflow rate of 3,330 cfs.
However, the streamgauge with the highest stage along the river is the
Pascagoula River At Merrill
with a gauge stage of 3.15 ft.
This river is monitored from 2 different streamgauging stations along the Pascagoula River, the highest being situated at an altitude of 40 ft, the
Pascagoula River At Merrill.
River Details
| Last Updated | 2025-12-19 |
| Discharge Volume | 10,909 ACRE-FT |
| Streamflow |
5,500.0 cfs
-180.0 cfs (-3.17%) |
| Percent of Normal | 30.01% |
| Maximum |
241,000.0 cfs
2016-03-17 |
| Seasonal Avg | 18,329 cfs |
River Streamflow Levels
| Streamgauge | Streamflow | Gauge Stage | 24hr Change (%) | % Normal | Minimum (cfs) | Maximum (cfs) | Air Temp | Elevation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Pascagoula River At Merrill
USGS 02479000 |
2060 cfs | 3.15 ft | -1.9 | |||||
|
Pascagoula River At Graham Ferry
USGS 02479310 |
3330 cfs | 3.08 ft | -3.48 |
Seasonal Discharge Comparison
Maximum Streamflow Discharge
Streamflow Elevation Profile
The Pascagoula River is a river, about 80 miles (130 km) long, in southeastern Mississippi in the United States. The river drains an area of about 8,800 square miles (23,000 km²) and flows into Mississippi Sound of the Gulf of Mexico. The Pascagoula River Basin is managed by the Pat Harrison Waterway District.It is significant as the only unaffected (or nearly so) river with a discharge of over 10 cubic kilometres (2.4 cu mi) per year flowing from the United States into the Gulf of Mexico, and indeed the only one in the Cfa Köppen climate classification zone anywhere in the world, with the nearest approaches being the Juquiá and Itajaí in southeastern Brazil (The Yuan Jiang and Shinano Gawa are comparable to those Brazilian rivers but are only marginally in the Cfa zone). As a result, the Pascagoula has, in modern times, been the focus of a great deal of effort regarding its conservation to prevent the construction of dams on it.
The water district manager has proposed the construction of a couple of dams on tributaries called the Big and the Little Cedar creeks to manage the river's flow during a drought crisis which has occurred on September 6, 2015 at 1.15 ft and October 8, 2000 at .20 feet (Graham Ferry gauge).George and Jackson counties, the two counties closest to the Gulf, have two separate wildlife management areas called Water trails that provide controlled recreation such as camping, birding, or canoeing.