Coldwater River near Olive Branch, 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 07275900 sits on the Coldwater River and reads everything draining 191 square miles of the Coldwater basin. Its datum sits 280 feet above sea level NAVD88. Daily flow has been on record here since 1997, 25 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 Coldwater River near Lewisburg, MS at 218 square miles, so what passes this gauge is about 88% of the water measured there. It then enters Arkabutla Lake near Arkabutla, Miss, below which releases set the flow.

Normal flows here

The Coldwater River runs a median of 88 cfs at this gauge across 25 years of record. February is the fullest month at a median 175 cfs, and August the leanest at 61 cfs. The highest daily mean on record is 13,400 cfs in 2002, and the lowest is 34 cfs in 2000.

Medians from the USGS daily-statistics record, 1997 to 2026. A month at 100% is running at its own long-term median.

Flood stages and record crests

The Coldwater River reaches flood stage at this gauge at 11 feet. The highest crest on record is 12.6 feet, in March 2016.

Flood categories and crest history from the NOAA National Water Prediction Service, gauge OLVM6. Stages are gage height, not depth. Not for navigation.