Total streamflow across the
Tombigbee River
was last observed at
18,363
cfs, and is expected to yield approximately
36,423
acre-ft of water today; about 198%
of normal.
River levels are high.
Average streamflow for this time of year is
9,266 cfs,
with recent peaks last observed
on
2020-02-12 when daily discharge volume was observed at
257,300 cfs.
Maximum discharge along the river is currently at the
Tombigbee River At Stennis Lock And Dam
reporting a streamflow rate of 9,080 cfs.
This is also the highest stage along the Tombigbee River, with a gauge stage of
63.28 ft at this location.
This river is monitored from 5 different streamgauging stations along the Tombigbee River, the highest being situated at an altitude of 269 ft, the
Tombigbee River Nr Fulton.
Last Updated | 2025-04-30 |
Discharge Volume | 36,423 ACRE-FT |
Streamflow |
18,363.0 cfs
-13047.0 cfs (-41.54%) |
Percent of Normal | 198.17% |
Maximum |
257,300.0 cfs
2020-02-12 |
Seasonal Avg | 9,266 cfs |
The Tombigbee River is a tributary of the Mobile River, approximately 200 mi (325 km) long, in the U.S. states of Mississippi and Alabama. Together with the Alabama, it merges to form the short Mobile River before the latter empties into Mobile Bay on the Gulf of Mexico. The Tombigbee watershed encompasses much of the rural coastal plain of western Alabama and northeastern Mississippi, flowing generally southward. The river provides one of the principal routes of commercial navigation in the southern United States, as it is navigable along much of its length through locks and connected in its upper reaches to the Tennessee River via the Tennessee-Tombigbee Waterway.
The name "Tombigbee" comes from Choctaw /itumbi ikbi/, meaning "box maker, coffin maker", from /itumbi/, "box, coffin", and /ikbi/, "maker". The river formed the eastern boundary of the historical Choctaw lands, from the 17th century when they coalesced as a people, to the forced Indian Removal by the United States in the 1830s.