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Topashaw Creek Canal in Mississippi

River17.3 mi
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5 mi

Data Source: Recreation.gov · Public land: USGS PAD-US

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Topashaw Creek Canal is a 17.3 mile river. Streamflow is measured at the USGS gauge Yalobusha R and Topashaw C CA at Calhoun City, MS (site 07282000). The National Hydrography Dataset places it at stream order 5. Reach geometry comes from the USGS National Hydrography Dataset.

Typical flow by month

1951 to 2012

Topashaw Creek Canal typically runs highest in March, at a median 260 cfs, and lowest in September, at 5.7 cfs. The highest flow on record for any single day is 50,800 cfs, in 1983.

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Typical flow by month at Yalobusha R and Topashaw C CA at Calhoun City, MS, in cfs
MonthTypical (cfs)Usual range (cfs)
January19263 to 600
February21190 to 682
March260120 to 850
April14362 to 592
May4917 to 202
June227.8 to 106
July145.1 to 56
August7.22.6 to 26
September5.71.8 to 18
October5.81.8 to 17
November155.5 to 74
December9122 to 383

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 59 years of record. Statistics published by the US Geological Survey for Yalobusha R and Topashaw C CA at Calhoun City, MS (site 07282000). Conditions on any given day can fall well outside the usual range. Check the current reading before you go.

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