About this river
Pearl River is a 22.2 mile river near Main Harbor Development in Mississippi. Streamflow is measured at the USGS gauge Pearl River at Jackson, MS (site 02486000). The National Hydrography Dataset places it at stream order 8. Reach geometry comes from the USGS National Hydrography Dataset.
Typical flow by month
1962 to 2025
Pearl River typically runs highest in March, at a median 6,410 cfs, and lowest in October, at 313 cfs. The highest flow on record for any single day is 126,000 cfs, in 1979.
| Month | Typical (cfs) | Usual range (cfs) | Relative level |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 5,330 | 2,070 to 10,500 | |
| February | 6,240 | 2,840 to 13,200 | |
| March | 6,410 | 3,100 to 12,200 | |
| April | 4,935 | 1,435 to 12,700 | |
| May | 1,360 | 431 to 4,760 | |
| June | 503 | 296 to 1,860 | |
| July | 386 | 270 to 1,240 | |
| August | 364 | 252 to 869 | |
| September | 325 | 239 to 664 | |
| October | 313 | 229 to 627 | |
| November | 657 | 285 to 1,715 | |
| December | 2,570 | 839 to 6,430 |
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 62 years of record. Statistics published by the US Geological Survey for Pearl River at Jackson, MS (site 02486000). Conditions on any given day can fall well outside the usual range. Check the current reading before you go.
Boat access nearby
3 mapped launches sit in the mapped area of Pearl River, all of them public access. Ramp data comes from the USGS national boat-ramp inventory.
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