Pearl River near Carthage, 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 02482550 sits on the Pearl River and reads everything draining 1,346 square miles of the Upper Pearl basin. Its datum sits 315 feet above sea level NAVD88. Daily flow has been on record here since 1963, 64 years of it.

Where this gauge sits in the drainage

Two gauged sites sit upstream of here. The closest is Pearl River at Edinburg, MS, reading 904 square miles. This gauge adds the 442 square miles that drain in between. Downstream the next reading comes from Pearl River near Lena, MS at 1,981 square miles, so what passes this gauge is about 68% of the water measured there.

Normal flows here

The Pearl River runs a median of 554 cfs at this gauge across 64 years of record. March is the fullest month at a median 2,630 cfs, and September the leanest at 148 cfs. The highest daily mean on record is 93,800 cfs in 1979, and the lowest is 32 cfs in 1964.

Medians from the USGS daily-statistics record, 1963 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 17 feet. NWS starts watching it at 16 feet. The highest crest on record is 28.7 feet, in April 1979.

Flood categories and crest history from the NOAA National Water Prediction Service, gauge CARM6. Stages are gage height, not depth. Not for navigation.