Yocona River near Oxford, 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 07274000 sits on the Yocona River and reads everything draining 262 square miles of the Yocona basin. Its datum sits 267 feet above sea level NAVD88. Daily flow has been on record here since 1952, 75 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 Enid Lake near Enid, Miss at 560 square miles, so what passes this gauge is about 47% of the water measured there.

Normal flows here

The Yocona River runs a median of 94 cfs at this gauge across 75 years of record. March is the fullest month at a median 317 cfs, and September the leanest at 28 cfs. The highest daily mean on record is 30,300 cfs in 2019, and the lowest is 5.1 cfs in 1987.

Medians from the USGS daily-statistics record, 1952 to 2026. A month at 100% is running at its own long-term median.

Flood stages and record crests

The Yocona River reaches flood stage at this gauge at 25 feet. NWS starts watching it at 24 feet. The highest crest on record is 28.8 feet, in February 2019.

Flood categories and crest history from the NOAA National Water Prediction Service, gauge OXDM6. Stages are gage height, not depth. Not for navigation.