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Black Creek in Mississippi

River36.3 mi
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Morgan Brake National Wildlife Refuge13.9 miHillside National Wildlife Refuge17.8 mi5 mi

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

About this river

Black Creek is a 36.3 mile river. Streamflow is measured at USGS gauge site 07287400. The National Hydrography Dataset places it at stream order 6. Reach geometry comes from the USGS National Hydrography Dataset.

Typical flow by month

1987 to 2010

Black Creek typically runs highest in February, at a median 84 cfs, and lowest in October, at 26 cfs. The highest flow on record for any single day is 13,000 cfs, in 1997.

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Typical flow by month at USGS gauge 07287400, in cfs
MonthTypical (cfs)Usual range (cfs)
January7045 to 157
February8455 to 190
March7949 to 165
April5442 to 119
May4131 to 81
June3528 to 58
July3326 to 47
August2721 to 35
September2722 to 37
October2623 to 39
November3426 to 48
December5739 to 113

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 24 years of record. Statistics published by the US Geological Survey for USGS gauge 07287400 (site 07287400). Conditions on any given day can fall well outside the usual range. Check the current reading before you go.

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