Big Sunflower River near Merigold, MS Water Level Today

NWS river forecast

Forecast from the NOAA National Water Prediction Service. Issued a few times a day and only while a forecast is active. Not for navigation.

Last 30 days

About this gauge

USGS gauge 07288280 sits on the Big Sunflower River and reads everything draining 553 square miles of the Big Sunflower basin. Its datum sits 100 feet above sea level NAVD88. Daily flow has been on record here since 1993, 33 years of it.

Where this gauge sits in the drainage

One gauged site sits upstream of here. The closest is Big Sunflower River at Clarksdale, MS, reading 108 square miles. This gauge adds the 445 square miles that drain in between. Downstream the next reading comes from Big Sunflower River at Sunflower, MS at 767 square miles, so what passes this gauge is about 72% of the water measured there.

Normal flows here

The Big Sunflower River runs a median of 266 cfs at this gauge across 33 years of record. January is the fullest month at a median 718 cfs, and October the leanest at 39 cfs. The highest daily mean on record is 11,300 cfs in 2021, and the lowest is 7.2 cfs in 2013.

Medians from the USGS daily-statistics record, 1993 to 2025. A month at 100% is running at its own long-term median.

Flood stages and record crests

The highest crest on record is 37.5 feet, in March 2016.

Flood categories and crest history from the NOAA National Water Prediction Service, gauge MRGM6. Stages are gage height, not depth. Not for navigation.