Yockanookany River near Ofahoma, 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 02484500 sits on the Yockanookany River and reads everything draining 469 square miles of the Upper Pearl basin. Its datum sits 305 feet above sea level NAVD88. Daily flow has been on record here since 1944, 82 years of it.

Where this gauge sits in the drainage

One gauged site sits upstream of here. The closest is Yockanookany River near Kosciusko, MS, reading 303 square miles. This gauge adds the 166 square miles that drain in between. Downstream the next reading comes from Pearl River at Ross Barnett Reservoir, MS at 3,050 square miles, so what passes this gauge is about 15% of the water measured there.

Normal flows here

The Yockanookany River runs a median of 123 cfs at this gauge across 82 years of record. February is the fullest month at a median 851 cfs, and September the leanest at 36 cfs. The highest daily mean on record is 40,900 cfs in 1979, and the lowest is 5.3 cfs in 1954.

Medians from the USGS daily-statistics record, 1944 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 19 feet. NWS starts watching it at 18 feet. The highest crest on record is 28.3 feet, in April 1979.

Flood categories and crest history from the NOAA National Water Prediction Service, gauge OFAM6. Stages are gage height, not depth. Not for navigation.