Sowashee Creek at Meridian, 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 02476500 sits on Sowashee Creek and reads everything draining 52 square miles of the Chunky-Okatibbee basin. Its datum sits 300 feet above sea level NAVD88. Daily flow has been on record here since 1951, 76 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 Okatibbee Creek at Arundel, MS at 342 square miles, so what passes this gauge is about 15% of the water measured there. Water passing here goes on to Chickasawhay River at Enterprise, MS and Chickasawhay River at Quitman, MS.

Normal flows here

Sowashee Creek runs a median of 15 cfs at this gauge across 76 years of record. March is the fullest month at a median 72 cfs, and September the leanest at 5.0 cfs. The highest daily mean on record is 6,620 cfs in 2003, and the lowest is 0.2 cfs in 2000.

Medians from the USGS daily-statistics record, 1951 to 2026. A month at 100% is running at its own long-term median.

Flood stages and record crests

Sowashee Creek reaches flood stage at this gauge at 14 feet. NWS starts watching it at 13 feet. The highest crest on record is 35.4 feet, in February 1936.

Flood categories and crest history from the NOAA National Water Prediction Service, gauge MEIM6. Stages are gage height, not depth. Not for navigation.

Dams near this gauge

The Army Corps' Okatibbee Dam is 10 miles from this gauge. The Corps publishes no release schedule for this project; its last observed release and elevations load below.

• Okatibbee Dam 10 miles