Gulf Coast Gauges

Pascagoula River at Graham Ferry water level

USGS gauge 02479310 · Jackson County · Mississippi Gulf Coast · NWS gauge PGFM6

2.56 ft

gage height, Oct 23, 2026 at 2:45 PM CDT · 2 hours ago

Below NWS minor flood stage
13.4 ft
NWS action stage
15.0 ft
NWS minor flood stage
16.0 ft
NWS moderate flood stage
18.0 ft
NWS major flood stage
20.0 ft
Highest since 1994 (USGS)
18.61 ft (March 17, 2016)
Usual range
2.10 to 3.54 ft

USGS marks recent readings as provisional: they can be revised after review.

No National Weather Service alert covering Jackson County was active when this page was generated (Oct 23, 2026 at 5:05 PM CDT). Alerts are issued and expire at any time; the current list is at alerts.weather.gov.

Last 7 days

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Hourly averages of USGS readings. The shaded band is this gauge's usual range: the middle 80% of its readings since September 11, 2026.

How to read this gauge

Gage height is the height of the water surface above this gauge's own zero point, which sits at -0.37 ft NAVD88. It is not a water depth and not an elevation: add -0.37 ft to get the water surface elevation.

The flood stages are the National Weather Service's, on the same scale as the gage height; they are the NWS's references for this location, not estimates made here.

Daily highs and lows since September 11, 2026

1.5 2.7 3.9 2026-09-11 – 2026-10-23 · bars are daily low to high

Annual peaks since 1994

In 32 complete water years of comparable USGS records (since 1994), the highest peak was 18.61 ft on March 17, 2016. So far in water year 2027 (since October 1) the highest reading is 3.64 ft on October 1, 2026.

2 7 12 17 21 1995 2000 2005 2010 2015 2020 2025 major 20 ft moderate 18 ft minor 16 ft action 15 ft Water year 1994: 16.19 ft on February 4, 1994 Water year 1995: 15.48 ft on March 13, 1995 Water year 1996: 15.26 ft on April 3, 1996 Water year 1997: 16.02 ft on May 5, 1997 Water year 1998: 16.99 ft on January 13, 1998 Water year 1999: 16.55 ft on March 18, 1999 Water year 2000: 13.51 ft on April 10, 2000 Water year 2001: 17.56 ft on March 9, 2001 Water year 2002: 15.25 ft on September 30, 2002 Water year 2003: 16.28 ft on March 2, 2003 Water year 2004: 16.23 ft on February 17, 2004 Water year 2005: 17.02 ft on April 6, 2005 Water year 2006: 14.94 ft on March 3, 2006 Water year 2007: 15.49 ft on January 5, 2007 Water year 2008: 15.14 ft on February 5, 2008 Water year 2009: 17.75 ft on April 4, 2009 Water year 2010: 17.72 ft on December 19, 2009 Water year 2011: 16.81 ft on March 17, 2011 Water year 2012: 17.45 ft on September 5, 2012 Water year 2013: 17.34 ft on February 17, 2013 Water year 2014: 16.61 ft on April 16, 2014 Water year 2015: 15.51 ft on March 14, 2015 Water year 2016: 18.61 ft on March 17, 2016 Water year 2017: 17.82 ft on June 25, 2017 Water year 2018: 16.16 ft on April 18, 2018 Water year 2019: 18.44 ft on January 3, 2019 Water year 2020: 16.28 ft on February 15, 2020 Water year 2021: 16.69 ft on March 27, 2021 Water year 2022: 16.52 ft on August 30, 2022 Water year 2024: 15.98 ft on January 31, 2024 Water year 2025: 15.33 ft on February 22, 2025 Water year 2026: 18.53 ft on June 21, 2026 Water year 2027 so far: 3.64 ft on October 1, 2026 2016 2026 2019

Each dot is the highest gage height of a water year (October to September), from the USGS annual peak record, with recent years USGS has not published yet taken from its 15-minute readings and this site's own; hover a dot for its date. Dashed lines are NWS flood stages.

NWS historic crests

DateCrestAbove minor flood stage
February 28, 196120.10 ft4.1 ft
March 17, 201618.58 ft2.6 ft
June 21, 202618.53 ft2.5 ft
January 2, 201918.44 ft2.4 ft
June 25, 201717.82 ft1.8 ft
April 3, 200917.75 ft1.8 ft
December 19, 200917.72 ft1.7 ft
March 9, 200117.56 ft1.6 ft

The highest crests the National Weather Service lists for this gauge, as published. They can differ from the USGS annual peaks above: USGS records the year's highest gage height, which is not always the crest the NWS lists for the same flood.

Download the readings

pascagoula-river-at-graham-ferry.csv (CSV): every reading stored for this gauge since September 11, 2026, 3,274 rows, with time in UTC and Central, gage height in feet, and the USGS approval status.

Source. Gage height from the U.S. Geological Survey; flood stages and historic crests from the NWS National Water Prediction Service. This site is not affiliated with either agency.