Gulf Coast Gauges

Red Creek at Vestry water level

USGS gauge 02479300 · George County · Mississippi Gulf Coast · NWS gauge VESM6

4.39 ft

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

Highest since 1959 (USGS)
24.58 ft (June 20, 2026)
Usual range
4.40 to 5.48 ft

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

No National Weather Service alert covering George 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

4.4 4.9 5.5 Oct 17 Oct 18 Oct 19 Oct 20 Oct 21 Oct 22 Oct 23

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 19.26 ft NAVD88. It is not a water depth and not an elevation: add 19.26 ft to get the water surface elevation.

Daily highs and lows since September 11, 2026

4.4 5.3 6.3 2026-09-11 – 2026-10-23 · bars are daily low to high

Annual peaks since 1959

In 67 complete water years of comparable USGS records (since 1959), the highest peak was 24.58 ft on June 20, 2026. So far in water year 2027 (since October 1) the highest reading is 5.32 ft on October 5, 2026.

4 9 15 21 26 1960 1970 1980 1990 2000 2010 2020 Water year 1959: 15.30 ft on June 11, 1959 Water year 1960: 16.42 ft on May 9, 1960 Water year 1961: 18.40 ft on February 20, 1961 Water year 1962: 18.56 ft on December 12, 1961 Water year 1963: 13.48 ft on January 22, 1963 Water year 1964: 18.78 ft on April 28, 1964 Water year 1965: 14.33 ft on January 25, 1965 Water year 1966: 15.38 ft on February 15, 1966 Water year 1967: 13.83 ft on January 3, 1967 Water year 1968: 14.40 ft on December 12, 1967 Water year 1969: 15.27 ft on April 16, 1969 Water year 1970: 14.62 ft on March 6, 1970 Water year 1971: 14.02 ft on December 18, 1970 Water year 1972: 14.86 ft on May 14, 1972 Water year 1973: 16.53 ft on March 27, 1973 Water year 1974: 15.66 ft on April 17, 1974 Water year 1975: 14.74 ft on May 10, 1975 Water year 1976: 14.65 ft on October 3, 1975 Water year 1977: 14.58 ft on April 2, 1977 Water year 1978: 15.38 ft on January 26, 1978 Water year 1979: 15.16 ft on March 6, 1979 Water year 1980: 18.80 ft on April 14, 1980 Water year 1981: 18.94 ft on February 12, 1981 Water year 1982: 15.62 ft on February 5, 1982 Water year 1983: 21.18 ft on April 8, 1983 Water year 1984: 14.87 ft on December 31, 1983 Water year 1985: 14.12 ft on December 7, 1984 Water year 1986: 16.27 ft on October 31, 1985 Water year 1987: 21.48 ft on August 15, 1987 Water year 1988: 15.99 ft on March 6, 1988 Water year 1989: 15.13 ft on July 5, 1989 Water year 1990: 18.47 ft on May 15, 1990 Water year 1991: 16.23 ft on May 12, 1991 Water year 1992: 14.66 ft on April 23, 1992 Water year 1993: 19.93 ft on January 22, 1993 Water year 1994: 14.71 ft on July 16, 1994 Water year 1995: 16.07 ft on May 10, 1995 Water year 1996: 15.17 ft on December 20, 1995 Water year 1997: 14.45 ft on February 28, 1997 Water year 1998: 20.89 ft on September 29, 1998 Water year 1999: 15.08 ft on March 16, 1999 Water year 2000: 11.89 ft on March 20, 2000 Water year 2002: 16.52 ft on September 28, 2002 Water year 2003: 17.15 ft on July 2, 2003 Water year 2004: 15.35 ft on May 15, 2004 Water year 2005: 17.65 ft on April 3, 2005 Water year 2006: 12.97 ft on February 27, 2006 Water year 2007: 16.40 ft on December 24, 2006 Water year 2008: 15.05 ft on October 25, 2007 Water year 2009: 19.82 ft on March 29, 2009 Water year 2010: 16.69 ft on December 17, 2009 Water year 2011: 15.39 ft on September 7, 2011 Water year 2012: 18.10 ft on September 1, 2012 Water year 2013: 16.87 ft on May 3, 2013 Water year 2014: 15.13 ft on June 1, 2014 Water year 2015: 14.65 ft on April 16, 2015 Water year 2016: 15.56 ft on March 14, 2016 Water year 2017: 17.90 ft on June 23, 2017 Water year 2018: 16.27 ft on April 15, 2018 Water year 2019: 22.35 ft on May 13, 2019 Water year 2020: 14.52 ft on November 1, 2019 Water year 2021: 17.67 ft on June 21, 2021 Water year 2022: 16.22 ft on August 27, 2022 Water year 2023: 14.90 ft on January 6, 2023 Water year 2024: 15.00 ft on April 12, 2024 Water year 2025: 13.93 ft on May 11, 2025 Water year 2026: 24.58 ft on June 20, 2026 Water year 2027 so far: 5.32 ft on October 5, 2026 2026 2019 1987

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
May 16, 201922.35 ft—
August 15, 198721.48 ft—
April 8, 198321.18 ft—
September 29, 199820.89 ft—
January 22, 199319.93 ft—
March 29, 200919.82 ft—
February 12, 198118.94 ft—
April 14, 198018.80 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

red-creek-at-vestry.csv (CSV): every reading stored for this gauge since September 11, 2026, 4,036 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. This site is not affiliated with either agency.