Leaf River at 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 02473000 sits on the Leaf River and reads everything draining 1,748 square miles of the Lower Leaf basin. Its datum sits 118 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

One gauged site sits upstream of here. The closest is Leaf River near Collins, MS, reading 743 square miles. This gauge adds the 1,005 square miles that drain in between. Downstream the next reading comes from Leaf River near New Augusta, MS at 2,542 square miles, so what passes this gauge is about 69% of the water measured there.

Normal flows here

The Leaf River runs a median of 1,160 cfs at this gauge across 88 years of record. March is the fullest month at a median 3,120 cfs, and October the leanest at 659 cfs. The highest daily mean on record is 110,000 cfs in 1974, and the lowest is 247 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 Leaf River reaches flood stage at this gauge at 22 feet. NWS starts watching it at 16 feet. The highest crest on record is 34 feet, in April 1974.

Flood categories and crest history from the NOAA National Water Prediction Service, gauge HATM6. Stages are gage height, not depth. Not for navigation.