Yockanookany River near Kosciusko, 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 02484000 sits on the Yockanookany River and reads everything draining 303 square miles of the Upper Pearl basin. Its datum sits 374 feet above sea level NAVD88. Daily flow has been on record here since 1938, 87 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 Yockanookany River near Ofahoma, MS at 469 square miles, so what passes this gauge is about 65% of the water measured there.

Normal flows here

The Yockanookany River runs a median of 65 cfs at this gauge across 87 years of record. February is the fullest month at a median 402 cfs, and September the leanest at 20 cfs. The highest daily mean on record is 34,300 cfs in 1979, and the lowest is 2.0 cfs in 2001.

Medians from the USGS daily-statistics record, 1938 to 2026. A month at 100% is running at its own long-term median.

Flood stages and record crests

The Yockanookany River reaches flood stage at this gauge at 15 feet. NWS starts watching it at 14 feet. The highest crest on record is 23.1 feet, in April 1979.

Flood categories and crest history from the NOAA National Water Prediction Service, gauge KSCM6. Stages are gage height, not depth. Not for navigation.