Chunky River near Chunky, 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 02475500 sits on the Chunky River and reads everything draining 369 square miles of the Chunky-Okatibbee basin. Its datum sits 269 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 Chickasawhay River at Enterprise, MS at 918 square miles, so what passes this gauge is about 40% of the water measured there. Water passing here goes on to Chickasawhay River at Quitman, MS.

Normal flows here

The Chunky River runs a median of 128 cfs at this gauge across 88 years of record. March is the fullest month at a median 549 cfs, and September the leanest at 36 cfs. The highest daily mean on record is 34,700 cfs in 2003, and the lowest is 1.0 cfs in 2000.

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 Chunky River reaches flood stage at this gauge at 22 feet. NWS starts watching it at 21 feet. The highest crest on record is 27.3 feet, in April 2003.

Flood categories and crest history from the NOAA National Water Prediction Service, gauge CKYM6. Stages are gage height, not depth. Not for navigation.

Dams near this gauge

The Army Corps' Okatibbee Dam is 12 miles from this gauge. The Corps publishes no release schedule for this project; its last observed release and elevations load below.

• Okatibbee Dam 12 miles