Pearl River at Jackson, MS
Rankin County, Mississippi · USGS 02486000
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What this gauge represents: This gauge measures conditions on Pearl River at its USGS monitoring location in Rankin County; conditions elsewhere on the waterway may differ.
Observed · 1 hour ago
Observed
How to read these numbers
How much water moves past the gauge each second. Higher numbers mean more water is moving downstream.
The water-surface height at this gauge. It is useful for tracking rises, falls and flood thresholds, but it is not the river's total depth.
How much the latest reading has risen or fallen compared with roughly 24 hours earlier.
The typical streamflow for this date based on USGS historical statistics. A multiple such as 3× means current flow is about three times the historical median.
Get Water Data's plain-language summary of current flow, historical context and recent direction.
Official action and flood thresholds where available. These levels are specific to each gauge location.
Gauge height and flood stage are station-specific. A 12-foot reading at one gauge should not be directly compared with 12 feet at another.
Below historical median · Steady
Streamflow is currently 126 ft³/s, 60% below the historical median for this date. Flow has been relatively steady over the past 24 hours.
USGS-reported historical daily median for 09-27: 316 ft³/s · Based on USGS day-of-year statistics
How trends & context are calculated →Streamflow trend
Daily mean streamflow · Aug 28–Sep 25 · dates shown in UTC · 29 observations
Look at the data (29 rows)
| Date (UTC) | Daily mean |
|---|---|
| Aug 28, 2026, 12:00 AM | 176 CFS |
| Aug 29, 2026, 12:00 AM | 142 CFS |
| Aug 30, 2026, 12:00 AM | 134 CFS |
| Aug 31, 2026, 12:00 AM | 134 CFS |
| Sep 1, 2026, 12:00 AM | 138 CFS |
| Sep 2, 2026, 12:00 AM | 135 CFS |
| Sep 3, 2026, 12:00 AM | 144 CFS |
| Sep 4, 2026, 12:00 AM | 169 CFS |
| Sep 5, 2026, 12:00 AM | 216 CFS |
| Sep 6, 2026, 12:00 AM | 162 CFS |
| Sep 7, 2026, 12:00 AM | 142 CFS |
| Sep 8, 2026, 12:00 AM | 132 CFS |
| Sep 9, 2026, 12:00 AM | 134 CFS |
| Sep 10, 2026, 12:00 AM | 133 CFS |
| Sep 11, 2026, 12:00 AM | 167 CFS |
| Sep 12, 2026, 12:00 AM | 143 CFS |
| Sep 13, 2026, 12:00 AM | 132 CFS |
| Sep 14, 2026, 12:00 AM | 140 CFS |
| Sep 15, 2026, 12:00 AM | 139 CFS |
| Sep 16, 2026, 12:00 AM | 135 CFS |
| Sep 17, 2026, 12:00 AM | 132 CFS |
| Sep 18, 2026, 12:00 AM | 129 CFS |
| Sep 19, 2026, 12:00 AM | 128 CFS |
| Sep 20, 2026, 12:00 AM | 128 CFS |
| Sep 21, 2026, 12:00 AM | 128 CFS |
| Sep 22, 2026, 12:00 AM | 134 CFS |
| Sep 23, 2026, 12:00 AM | 131 CFS |
| Sep 24, 2026, 12:00 AM | 128 CFS |
| Sep 25, 2026, 12:00 AM | 127 CFS |
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