Yalobusha River at Grenada, 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 07285500 sits on the Yalobusha River and reads everything draining 1,550 square miles of the Yalobusha basin. Its datum sits 152 feet above sea level NAVD88. Daily flow has been on record here since 1991, 35 years of it.

Where this gauge sits in the drainage

Grenada Lake near Grenada, Miss sits immediately upstream, so dam releases rather than rainfall set the flow here. Two gauged sites sit upstream of here. The closest is Grenada Lake near Grenada, Miss, reading 1,320 square miles. This gauge adds the 230 square miles that drain in between.

Normal flows here

The Yalobusha River runs a median of 2,270 cfs at this gauge across 35 years of record. January is the fullest month at a median 3,210 cfs, and June the leanest at 528 cfs. The highest daily mean on record is 22,700 cfs in 2020, and the lowest is 13 cfs in 2020.

Medians from the USGS daily-statistics record, 1991 to 2026. A month at 100% is running at its own long-term median.

Flood stages and record crests

The highest crest on record is 30.8 feet, in February 1948.

Flood categories and crest history from the NOAA National Water Prediction Service, gauge GRYM6. Stages are gage height, not depth. Not for navigation.