Biloxi River at Wortham, 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 02481000 sits on the Biloxi River and reads everything draining 96 square miles of the Mississippi Coastal basin. Its datum sits 18 feet above sea level NAVD88. Daily flow has been on record here since 1953, 72 years of it.

Where this gauge sits in the drainage

No gauged site sits above this one on the mainstem, so this is the first published reading on the river. Downstream the next reading comes from Biloxi River near Lyman, MS at 251 square miles, so what passes this gauge is about 38% of the water measured there.

Normal flows here

The Biloxi River runs a median of 48 cfs at this gauge across 72 years of record. February is the fullest month at a median 155 cfs, and October the leanest at 16 cfs. The highest daily mean on record is 9,860 cfs in 1995, and the lowest is 1.1 cfs in 2001.

Medians from the USGS daily-statistics record, 1953 to 2026. A month at 100% is running at its own long-term median.

Flood stages and record crests

The Biloxi River reaches flood stage at this gauge at 16 feet. The highest crest on record is 28.9 feet, in May 1995.

Flood categories and crest history from the NOAA National Water Prediction Service, gauge BLWM6. Stages are gage height, not depth. Not for navigation.