Lobutcha Creek at Renfroe, 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 02482470 sits on Lobutcha Creek and reads everything draining 248 square miles of the Upper Pearl basin. Its datum sits 354 feet above sea level NAVD88. Daily flow has been on record here since 2011, 7 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 Pearl River near Carthage, MS at 1,346 square miles, so what passes this gauge is about 18% of the water measured there. Water passing here goes on to Pearl River near Lena, MS.

Normal flows here

Lobutcha Creek runs a median of 162 cfs at this gauge across 7 years of record. February is the fullest month at a median 738 cfs, and September the leanest at 9.9 cfs. The highest daily mean on record is 14,700 cfs in 2020, and the lowest is 1.7 cfs in 2015.

Medians from the USGS daily-statistics record, 2011 to 2025. A month at 100% is running at its own long-term median.

Flood stages and record crests

The highest crest on record is 25.8 feet, in February 2020.

Flood categories and crest history from the NOAA National Water Prediction Service, gauge LBTM6. Stages are gage height, not depth. Not for navigation.