Pearl River at Edinburg, 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 02482000 sits on the Pearl River and reads everything draining 904 square miles of the Upper Pearl basin. Its datum sits 342 feet above sea level NAVD88. Daily flow has been on record here since 1928, 98 years of it.

Where this gauge sits in the drainage

One gauged site sits upstream of here. The closest is Pearl River at Burnside, MS, reading 520 square miles. This gauge adds the 384 square miles that drain in between. Downstream the next reading comes from Pearl River near Carthage, MS at 1,346 square miles, so what passes this gauge is about 67% of the water measured there. Water passing here goes on to Pearl River near Lena, MS.

Normal flows here

The Pearl River runs a median of 241 cfs at this gauge across 98 years of record. March is the fullest month at a median 1,770 cfs, and October the leanest at 41 cfs. The highest daily mean on record is 73,500 cfs in 1979, and the lowest is 1.3 cfs in 2000.

Medians from the USGS daily-statistics record, 1928 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 20 feet. NWS starts watching it at 19 feet. The highest crest on record is 28.4 feet, in May 1983.

Flood categories and crest history from the NOAA National Water Prediction Service, gauge ENBM6. Stages are gage height, not depth. Not for navigation.