Town Creek at Jackson, 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 02485950 sits on Town Creek and reads everything draining 11 square miles of the Middle Pearl-Strong basin. Its datum sits 260 feet above sea level NAVD88. Daily flow is on record here from 1998 to 2022, 1 years in all.

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 Pearl River at Jackson, MS at 3,171 square miles, so what passes this gauge is about 0% of the water measured there. Water passing here goes on to Pearl River near Hopewell, MS.

Normal flows here

Town Creek runs a median of 714 cfs at this gauge across 1 years of record. February is the fullest month at a median 1,010 cfs, and July the leanest at 467 cfs. The highest daily mean on record is 3,520 cfs in 2020, and the lowest is 330 cfs in 2013.

Medians from the USGS daily-statistics record, 1998 to 2022. A month at 100% is running at its own long-term median. USGS stopped publishing a daily flow record at this gauge, so these are historical norms, not a baseline for current readings.

Flood stages and record crests

NWS action stage at this gauge is 8 feet. The highest crest on record is 18.4 feet, in April 2003.

Flood categories and crest history from the NOAA National Water Prediction Service, gauge TOWM6. Stages are gage height, not depth. Not for navigation.