TidalMapOkatibbee Creek at Arundel, 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 02476600 sits on Okatibbee Creek and reads everything draining 342 square miles of the Chunky-Okatibbee basin. Its datum sits 259 feet above sea level NAVD88. Daily flow has been on record here since 1969, 58 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 Chickasawhay River at Enterprise, MS at 918 square miles, so what passes this gauge is about 37% of the water measured there. Water passing here goes on to Chickasawhay River at Quitman, MS.
Normal flows here
Okatibbee Creek runs a median of 192 cfs at this gauge across 58 years of record. March is the fullest month at a median 879 cfs, and October the leanest at 74 cfs. The highest daily mean on record is 18,700 cfs in 1990, and the lowest is 17 cfs in 2017.
| Month | Median flow | Share of annual median |
|---|---|---|
| Jan | 596 cfs | 310% |
| Feb | 860 cfs | 447% |
| Mar | 879 cfs | 457% |
| Apr | 541 cfs | 281% |
| May | 210 cfs | 109% |
| Jun | 122 cfs | 63% |
| Jul | 127 cfs | 66% |
| Aug | 111 cfs | 58% |
| Sep | 102 cfs | 53% |
| Oct | 74 cfs | 38% |
| Nov | 160 cfs | 83% |
| Dec | 293 cfs | 152% |
Medians from the USGS daily-statistics record, 1969 to 2026. A month at 100% is running at its own long-term median.
Flood stages and record crests
Okatibbee Creek reaches flood stage at this gauge at 19.5 feet. NWS starts watching it at 17 feet. The highest crest on record is 22.6 feet, in February 1990.
| Category | Gage height |
|---|---|
| Action | 17 ft |
| Minor flooding | 19.5 ft |
| Moderate flooding | 21 ft |
| Major flooding | 23 ft |
| When | Crest |
|---|---|
| February 1990 | 22.6 ft |
| April 2003 | 22.2 ft |
| April 2003 | 21.6 ft |
| April 1979 | 21.5 ft |
| January 1998 | 20.3 ft |
Flood categories and crest history from the NOAA National Water Prediction Service, gauge OARM6. Stages are gage height, not depth. Not for navigation.
Dams near this gauge
The Army Corps' Okatibbee Dam is 12 miles from this gauge. The Corps publishes no release schedule for this project; its last observed release and elevations load below.
- Okatibbee Dam 12 miles
Nearby river gauges
- Sowashee Creek at Meridian, MS
- Chickasawhay River at Enterprise, MS
- Chunky River near Chunky, MS
- Chickasawhay River at Quitman, MS
- Chickasawhay River near Waynesboro, MS
- Sucarnoochee River at Livingston AL
- Pearl River at Burnside, MS
- Tombigbee River near Nanafalia, AL
- Pearl River at Edinburg, MS
- Tuscolameta Creek at Walnut Grove, MS
- Noxubee River near Geiger, AL
- Noxubee River at Macon, MS
Live streamflow and gage height: USGS gauge 02476600. Percentile context computed against the gauge's period of record. Not for navigation.
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