About this river
Bala Chitto Creek is a 5.5 mile stream near Canoe & Trail Outpost in Mississippi. Streamflow is measured at the USGS gauge Tangipahoa River at Osyka, MS (site 07375280). The National Hydrography Dataset places it at stream order 4. Reach geometry comes from the USGS National Hydrography Dataset.
Typical flow by month
1997 to 2026
Bala Chitto Creek typically runs highest in February, at a median 219 cfs, and lowest in October, at 104 cfs. The highest flow on record for any single day is 23,300 cfs, in 1997.
| Month | Typical (cfs) | Usual range (cfs) | Relative level |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 204 | 146 to 360 | |
| February | 219 | 155 to 402 | |
| March | 204 | 154 to 330 | |
| April | 159 | 121 to 269 | |
| May | 140 | 106 to 184 | |
| June | 129 | 98 to 169 | |
| July | 129 | 106 to 181 | |
| August | 120 | 99 to 169 | |
| September | 114 | 97 to 143 | |
| October | 104 | 91 to 134 | |
| November | 119 | 96 to 152 | |
| December | 160 | 130 to 234 |
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 30 years of record. Statistics published by the US Geological Survey for Tangipahoa River at Osyka, MS (site 07375280). Conditions on any given day can fall well outside the usual range. Check the current reading before you go.
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