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Black Creek Canoe Rental

Tallahala Creek near Black Creek Canoe Rental

River12.5 mi
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About this river

Tallahala Creek is a 12.5 mile river near Black Creek Canoe Rental in Mississippi. Streamflow is measured at USGS gauge site 02474500. The National Hydrography Dataset places it at stream order 7. Reach geometry comes from the USGS National Hydrography Dataset.

Typical flow by month

1940 to 2023

Tallahala Creek typically runs highest in March, at a median 1,410 cfs, and lowest in October, at 101 cfs. The highest flow on record for any single day is 29,600 cfs, in 1961.

Typical flow by month at USGS gauge 02474500, in cfs
MonthTypical (cfs)Usual range (cfs)Relative level
January892485 to 1,940
February1,360691 to 2,500
March1,410673 to 2,550
April919425 to 2,285
May383184 to 960
June199116 to 422
July195108 to 443
August16093 to 292
September11172 to 230
October10166 to 195
November16381 to 409
December553245 to 1,390

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 83 years of record. Statistics published by the US Geological Survey for USGS gauge 02474500 (site 02474500). Conditions on any given day can fall well outside the usual range. Check the current reading before you go.

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