Pearl River near Lena, 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 02483500 sits on the Pearl River and reads everything draining 1,981 square miles of the Upper Pearl basin. Its datum sits 300 feet above sea level NAVD88. Daily flow has been on record here since 1997, 29 years of it.

Where this gauge sits in the drainage

Two gauged sites sit upstream of here. The closest is Pearl River near Carthage, MS, reading 1,346 square miles. This gauge adds the 635 square miles that drain in between. Downstream the next reading comes from Pearl River at Ross Barnett Reservoir, MS at 3,050 square miles, so what passes this gauge is about 65% of the water measured there.

Normal flows here

The Pearl River runs a median of 734 cfs at this gauge across 29 years of record. February is the fullest month at a median 3,870 cfs, and October the leanest at 217 cfs. The highest daily mean on record is 56,900 cfs in 2020, and the lowest is 35 cfs in 2000.

Medians from the USGS daily-statistics record, 1997 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 24 feet. NWS starts watching it at 23 feet. The highest crest on record is 32.7 feet, in April 1979.

Flood categories and crest history from the NOAA National Water Prediction Service, gauge GDHM6. Stages are gage height, not depth. Not for navigation.