TidalMapLynch Creek at Jackson, MS Water Level Today
NWS river forecast
| When | Stage | Flow |
|---|
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 02486100 sits on Lynch Creek and reads everything draining 12 square miles of the Middle Pearl-Strong basin. Its datum sits 262 feet above sea level NAVD88.
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 Hopewell, MS at 3,656 square miles, so what passes this gauge is about 0% of the water measured there.
Flood stages and record crests
NWS action stage at this gauge is 12 feet. The highest crest on record is 19.2 feet, in January 2020.
| Category | Gage height |
|---|---|
| Action | 12 ft |
| When | Crest |
|---|---|
| January 2020 | 19.2 ft |
| May 2019 | 19.2 ft |
| August 2022 | 18.9 ft |
| April 2003 | 18.9 ft |
| April 2021 | 18.6 ft |
Flood categories and crest history from the NOAA National Water Prediction Service, gauge LYNM6. Stages are gage height, not depth. Not for navigation.
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Live streamflow and gage height: USGS gauge 02486100. Percentile context computed against the gauge's period of record. Not for navigation.
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