Okatoma Creek at Sanford, 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 02472850 sits on Okatoma Creek and reads everything draining 257 square miles of the Upper Leaf basin. Its datum sits 183 feet above sea level NGVD29. Daily flow has been on record here since 1995, 32 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 Bouie River at Glendale Avenue at Hattiesburg, MS at 671 square miles, so what passes this gauge is about 38% of the water measured there. Water passing here goes on to Leaf River at Hattiesburg, MS and Leaf River near New Augusta, MS.

Normal flows here

Okatoma Creek runs a median of 184 cfs at this gauge across 32 years of record. February is the fullest month at a median 431 cfs, and October the leanest at 123 cfs. The highest daily mean on record is 11,300 cfs in 2016, and the lowest is 52 cfs in 2000.

Medians from the USGS daily-statistics record, 1995 to 2026. A month at 100% is running at its own long-term median.

Flood stages and record crests

The highest crest on record is 24.8 feet, in March 2016.

Flood categories and crest history from the NOAA National Water Prediction Service, gauge OKCM6. Stages are gage height, not depth. Not for navigation.