Hanging Moss Creek near Jackson, 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 02485700 sits on Hanging Moss Creek and reads everything draining 17 square miles of the Middle Pearl-Strong basin. Its datum sits 260 feet above sea level NAVD88. Daily flow is on record here from 1981 to 2016, 35 years in all.

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 Pearl River at Hwy 25 at Jackson, MS at 3,130 square miles, so what passes this gauge is about 1% of the water measured there. Water passing here goes on to Pearl River at Jackson, MS.

Normal flows here

Hanging Moss Creek runs a median of 1.8 cfs at this gauge across 35 years of record. February is the fullest month at a median 6.6 cfs, and October the leanest at 0.7 cfs. The highest daily mean on record is 6,000 cfs in 2003, and the lowest is 0.0 cfs in 1988.

Medians from the USGS daily-statistics record, 1981 to 2016. A month at 100% is running at its own long-term median. USGS stopped publishing a daily flow record at this gauge, so these are historical norms, not a baseline for current readings.

Flood stages and record crests

NWS action stage at this gauge is 12 feet. The highest crest on record is 24.2 feet, in April 2003.

Flood categories and crest history from the NOAA National Water Prediction Service, gauge JHMM6. Stages are gage height, not depth. Not for navigation.