Pearl River at Burnside, 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 02481880 sits on the Pearl River and reads everything draining 520 square miles of the Upper Pearl basin. Its datum sits 375 feet above sea level NAVD88. Daily flow has been on record here since 1981, 40 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 at Edinburg, MS at 904 square miles, so what passes this gauge is about 58% of the water measured there. Water passing here goes on to Pearl River near Carthage, MS.

Normal flows here

The Pearl River runs a median of 108 cfs at this gauge across 40 years of record. February is the fullest month at a median 1,000 cfs, and September the leanest at 9.9 cfs. The highest daily mean on record is 34,600 cfs in 1983, and the lowest is 0.3 cfs in 2000.

Medians from the USGS daily-statistics record, 1981 to 2026. A month at 100% is running at its own long-term median.

Flood stages and record crests

The Pearl River reaches flood stage at this gauge at 13 feet. NWS starts watching it at 12 feet. The highest crest on record is 23.6 feet, in April 1979.

Flood categories and crest history from the NOAA National Water Prediction Service, gauge PLAM6. Stages are gage height, not depth. Not for navigation.