Town Creek at Eason Boulevard at Tupelo, 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 02435020 sits on Town Creek and reads everything draining 233 square miles of the Town basin. Its datum sits 234 feet above sea level NAVD88. Daily flow has been on record here since 1971, 45 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 Town Creek near Nettleton, MS at 620 square miles, so what passes this gauge is about 38% of the water measured there. Water passing here goes on to Tombigbee River near Amory, MS.

Normal flows here

Town Creek runs a median of 102 cfs at this gauge across 45 years of record. March is the fullest month at a median 303 cfs, and September the leanest at 12 cfs. The highest daily mean on record is 26,200 cfs in 1991, and the lowest is 0.4 cfs in 1988.

Medians from the USGS daily-statistics record, 1971 to 2026. A month at 100% is running at its own long-term median.

Flood stages and record crests

Town Creek reaches flood stage at this gauge at 21 feet. NWS starts watching it at 13 feet. The highest crest on record is 27.8 feet, in May 1991.

Flood categories and crest history from the NOAA National Water Prediction Service, gauge TPOM6. Stages are gage height, not depth. Not for navigation.