Leaf River near New Augusta, 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 02474560 sits on the Leaf River and reads everything draining 2,542 square miles of the Lower Leaf basin. Its datum sits 71 feet above sea level NAVD88. Daily flow has been on record here since 1990, 36 years of it.

Where this gauge sits in the drainage

One gauged site sits upstream of here. The closest is Leaf River at Hattiesburg, MS, reading 1,748 square miles. This gauge adds the 794 square miles that drain in between. Downstream the next reading comes from Leaf River near Mclain, MS at 3,495 square miles, so what passes this gauge is about 73% of the water measured there. Water passing here goes on to Pascagoula River at Merrill, MS.

Normal flows here

The Leaf River runs a median of 1,700 cfs at this gauge across 36 years of record. March is the fullest month at a median 5,100 cfs, and October the leanest at 939 cfs. The highest daily mean on record is 74,000 cfs in 1990, and the lowest is 360 cfs in 2000.

Medians from the USGS daily-statistics record, 1990 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 27 feet. NWS starts watching it at 17 feet. The highest crest on record is 36.8 feet, in April 1974.

Flood categories and crest history from the NOAA National Water Prediction Service, gauge NAGM6. Stages are gage height, not depth. Not for navigation.