Leaf River near Mclain, 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 02475000 sits on the Leaf River and reads everything draining 3,495 square miles of the Lower Leaf basin. Its datum sits 42 feet above sea level NAVD88. Daily flow has been on record here since 1940, 86 years of it.

Where this gauge sits in the drainage

One gauged site sits upstream of here. The closest is Leaf River near New Augusta, MS, reading 2,542 square miles. This gauge adds the 953 square miles that drain in between. Downstream the next reading comes from Pascagoula River at Merrill, MS at 6,590 square miles, so what passes this gauge is about 53% of the water measured there.

Normal flows here

The Leaf River runs a median of 2,115 cfs at this gauge across 86 years of record. March is the fullest month at a median 7,730 cfs, and October the leanest at 1,110 cfs. The highest daily mean on record is 126,000 cfs in 1961, and the lowest is 401 cfs in 2001.

Medians from the USGS daily-statistics record, 1940 to 2025. 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 18 feet. NWS starts watching it at 13 feet. The highest crest on record is 31.8 feet, in April 1900.

Flood categories and crest history from the NOAA National Water Prediction Service, gauge MCLM6. Stages are gage height, not depth. Not for navigation.