Luxapallila Creek near Columbus, 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 02443500 sits on Luxapallila Creek and reads everything draining 715 square miles of the Luxapallila basin. Its datum sits 142 feet above sea level NAVD88. Daily flow has been on record here since 1929, 54 years of it.

Where this gauge sits in the drainage

One gauged site sits upstream of here. The closest is Luxapallila Creek at Millport, AL, reading 247 square miles. This gauge adds the 468 square miles that drain in between. Downstream the next reading comes from Tombigbee River at Bevill L&d near Pickensville, AL at 5,750 square miles, so what passes this gauge is about 12% of the water measured there.

Normal flows here

Luxapallila Creek runs a median of 445 cfs at this gauge across 54 years of record. March is the fullest month at a median 1,520 cfs, and September the leanest at 161 cfs. The highest daily mean on record is 38,000 cfs in 1979, and the lowest is 25 cfs in 1988.

Medians from the USGS daily-statistics record, 1929 to 2026. A month at 100% is running at its own long-term median.

Flood stages and record crests

Luxapallila Creek reaches flood stage at this gauge at 15 feet. NWS starts watching it at 14 feet. The highest crest on record is 32.4 feet, in April 1979.

Flood categories and crest history from the NOAA National Water Prediction Service, gauge CLUM6. Stages are gage height, not depth. Not for navigation.