About this river
Leaf River is a 14.1 mile river near Okatoma Canoe Rental in Mississippi. Streamflow is measured at the USGS gauge Leaf River at Hattiesburg, MS (site 02473000). The National Hydrography Dataset places it at stream order 7. Reach geometry comes from the USGS National Hydrography Dataset.
Typical flow by month
1938 to 2026
Leaf River typically runs highest in March, at a median 3,120 cfs, and lowest in October, at 659 cfs. The highest flow on record for any single day is 110,000 cfs, in 1974.
| Month | Typical (cfs) | Usual range (cfs) | Relative level |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 2,420 | 1,520 to 4,390 | |
| February | 3,080 | 1,850 to 6,190 | |
| March | 3,120 | 1,890 to 5,930 | |
| April | 2,285 | 1,445 to 4,945 | |
| May | 1,420 | 971 to 2,640 | |
| June | 1,020 | 725 to 1,530 | |
| July | 941 | 701 to 1,450 | |
| August | 840 | 623 to 1,200 | |
| September | 720 | 544 to 1,025 | |
| October | 659 | 519 to 909 | |
| November | 785 | 581 to 1,295 | |
| December | 1,570 | 939 to 3,090 |
Typical is the median of each month’s daily median values, and the usual range runs from the median 25th to the median 75th percentile, across about 88 years of record. Statistics published by the US Geological Survey for Leaf River at Hattiesburg, MS (site 02473000). Conditions on any given day can fall well outside the usual range. Check the current reading before you go.
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