About this river
Magby Creek is a 5.9 mile stream near Columbus Marina in Mississippi. Streamflow is measured at the USGS gauge Luxapallila Creek near Columbus, MS (site 02443500). The National Hydrography Dataset places it at stream order 4. Reach geometry comes from the USGS National Hydrography Dataset.
Typical flow by month
1929 to 2026
Magby Creek typically runs highest in March, at a median 1,520 cfs, and lowest in September, at 161 cfs. The highest flow on record for any single day is 38,000 cfs, in 1979.
| Month | Typical (cfs) | Usual range (cfs) | Relative level |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 1,240 | 667 to 2,140 | |
| February | 1,350 | 868 to 2,600 | |
| March | 1,520 | 975 to 2,610 | |
| April | 1,010 | 677 to 2,120 | |
| May | 589 | 336 to 1,090 | |
| June | 326 | 194 to 622 | |
| July | 240 | 139 to 511 | |
| August | 182 | 117 to 319 | |
| September | 161 | 105 to 265 | |
| October | 176 | 117 to 334 | |
| November | 344 | 204 to 675 | |
| December | 757 | 463 to 1,470 |
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 54 years of record. Statistics published by the US Geological Survey for Luxapallila Creek near Columbus, MS (site 02443500). Conditions on any given day can fall well outside the usual range. Check the current reading before you go.
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