Chickasawhay River at Leakesville, 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 02478500 sits on the Chickasawhay River and reads everything draining 2,690 square miles of the Lower Chickasawhay basin. Its datum sits 50 feet above sea level NAVD88. Daily flow has been on record here since 1938, 87 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 Pascagoula River at Merrill, MS at 6,590 square miles, so what passes this gauge is about 41% of the water measured there.

Normal flows here

The Chickasawhay River runs a median of 1,455 cfs at this gauge across 87 years of record. March is the fullest month at a median 6,240 cfs, and October the leanest at 635 cfs. The highest daily mean on record is 72,600 cfs in 1961, and the lowest is 162 cfs in 1964.

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

The Chickasawhay River reaches flood stage at this gauge at 20 feet. NWS starts watching it at 15 feet. The highest crest on record is 38 feet, in April 1900.

Flood categories and crest history from the NOAA National Water Prediction Service, gauge LEKM6. Stages are gage height, not depth. Not for navigation.