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Columbus Marina

Chuquatonchee Creek near Columbus Marina

River16.0 mi
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About this river

Chuquatonchee Creek is a 16.0 mile river near Columbus Marina in Mississippi. Streamflow is measured at USGS gauge site 02440500. The National Hydrography Dataset places it at stream order 6. Reach geometry comes from the USGS National Hydrography Dataset.

Typical flow by month

1944 to 2004

Chuquatonchee Creek typically runs highest in March, at a median 714 cfs, and lowest in October, at 6.1 cfs. The highest flow on record for any single day is 48,400 cfs, in 1973.

Typical flow by month at USGS gauge 02440500, in cfs
MonthTypical (cfs)Usual range (cfs)Relative level
January441149 to 1,540
February622275 to 2,150
March714313 to 2,270
April358174 to 1,595
May11257 to 367
June5220 to 197
July449.9 to 189
August173.8 to 60
September9.81.2 to 40
October6.10.5 to 43
November256.2 to 110
December21551 to 1,090

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 37 years of record. Statistics published by the US Geological Survey for USGS gauge 02440500 (site 02440500). Conditions on any given day can fall well outside the usual range. Check the current reading before you go.

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