Bouie Creek near Hattiesburg, 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 02472500 sits on Bouie Creek and reads everything draining 304 square miles of the Upper Leaf basin. Its datum sits 160 feet above sea level NAVD88. Daily flow has been on record here since 1938, 88 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 Bouie River at Glendale Avenue at Hattiesburg, MS at 671 square miles, so what passes this gauge is about 45% of the water measured there. Water passing here goes on to Leaf River at Hattiesburg, MS and Leaf River near New Augusta, MS.

Normal flows here

Bouie Creek runs a median of 204 cfs at this gauge across 88 years of record. February is the fullest month at a median 421 cfs, and October the leanest at 151 cfs. The highest daily mean on record is 33,500 cfs in 1974, and the lowest is 79 cfs in 2011.

Medians from the USGS daily-statistics record, 1938 to 2026. A month at 100% is running at its own long-term median.

Flood stages and record crests

Bouie Creek reaches flood stage at this gauge at 18 feet. NWS starts watching it at 17 feet. The highest crest on record is 33.5 feet, in April 1900.

Flood categories and crest history from the NOAA National Water Prediction Service, gauge HBGM6. Stages are gage height, not depth. Not for navigation.