About this river
Bars Branch is a 3.3 mile stream near Canoe & Trail Outpost in Mississippi. Streamflow is measured at the USGS gauge Bogue Chitto near Tylertown, MS (site 02490500). The National Hydrography Dataset places it at stream order 4. Reach geometry comes from the USGS National Hydrography Dataset.
Typical flow by month
1944 to 2026
Bars Branch typically runs highest in February, at a median 714 cfs, and lowest in October, at 273 cfs. The highest flow on record for any single day is 56,900 cfs, in 1983.
| Month | Typical (cfs) | Usual range (cfs) | Relative level |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 576 | 404 to 1,220 | |
| February | 714 | 469 to 1,550 | |
| March | 639 | 457 to 1,230 | |
| April | 513 | 370 to 888 | |
| May | 386 | 307 to 598 | |
| June | 336 | 272 to 467 | |
| July | 329 | 271 to 429 | |
| August | 308 | 260 to 403 | |
| September | 297 | 254 to 353 | |
| October | 273 | 237 to 341 | |
| November | 309 | 253 to 386 | |
| December | 450 | 326 to 715 |
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 81 years of record. Statistics published by the US Geological Survey for Bogue Chitto near Tylertown, MS (site 02490500). Conditions on any given day can fall well outside the usual range. Check the current reading before you go.
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