About this river
Yellow Creek is a 14.6 mile river near Columbus Marina in Mississippi. Streamflow is measured at USGS gauge site 02443000. The National Hydrography Dataset places it at stream order 5. Reach geometry comes from the USGS National Hydrography Dataset.
Typical flow by month
1944 to 1991
Yellow Creek typically runs highest in December, at a median 308 cfs, and lowest in September, at 82 cfs. The highest flow on record for any single day is 9,060 cfs, in 1968.
| Month | Typical (cfs) | Usual range (cfs) | Relative level |
|---|---|---|---|
| May | 259 | 165 to 487 | |
| June | 132 | 93 to 246 | |
| July | 124 | 76 to 250 | |
| August | 95 | 71 to 141 | |
| September | 82 | 64 to 135 | |
| October | 98 | 67 to 140 | |
| November | 144 | 98 to 217 | |
| December | 308 | 161 to 632 |
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 34 years of record. Statistics published by the US Geological Survey for USGS gauge 02443000 (site 02443000). Conditions on any given day can fall well outside the usual range. Check the current reading before you go.
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