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Yellow Creek in Mississippi

River24.7 mi
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Around Yellow Creek

Rainbow Falls6.7 mi5 mi

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Source: USGS GNIS · Public land: USGS PAD-US

About this river

Yellow Creek is a 24.7 mile river. Streamflow is measured at USGS gauge site 03592718. The National Hydrography Dataset places it at stream order 7. Reach geometry comes from the USGS National Hydrography Dataset.

Typical flow by month

1973 to 2013

Yellow Creek typically runs highest in February, at a median 38 cfs, and lowest in August, at 6.2 cfs. The highest flow on record for any single day is 4,910 cfs, in 1983.

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Typical flow by month at USGS gauge 03592718, in cfs
MonthTypical (cfs)Usual range (cfs)
January3824 to 61
February3826 to 60
March3525 to 54
April3021 to 51
May1812 to 34
June107.0 to 18
July7.65.4 to 13
August6.24.3 to 9.6
September6.54.7 to 12
October8.46.0 to 13
November1611 to 28
December2617 to 45

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 40 years of record. Statistics published by the US Geological Survey for USGS gauge 03592718 (site 03592718). Conditions on any given day can fall well outside the usual range. Check the current reading before you go.

Boat access nearby

8 mapped launches sit in the mapped area of Yellow Creek, all of them public access. Ramp data comes from the USGS national boat-ramp inventory.

  • Divide Cut Tenn-Tom Waterway US 72Tennessee-Tombigbee WaterwayPublic
  • Pickwick LakeYellow Creek - Pickwick LakePublic
  • Pickwick LakeTennessee-Tombigbee Waterway - Pickwick LakePublic
  • Pickwick LakeTennessee-Tombigbee Waterway - Pickwick LakePublic
  • Pickwick LakeTennessee-Tombigbee Waterway - Pickwick LakePublic
  • Pickwick LakeYellow Creek - Pickwick LakePublic
  • Aqua Yacht HarborSandy Creek - Pickwick LakePublic
  • Sandy Creek - Pickwick LakeSandy Creek - Pickwick LakePublic

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