About this river
Hanging Moss Creek is a 2.0 mile stream near Main Harbor Development in Mississippi. Streamflow is measured at the USGS gauge Hanging Moss Creek near Jackson, MS (site 02485700). The National Hydrography Dataset places it at stream order 4. Reach geometry comes from the USGS National Hydrography Dataset.
Typical flow by month
1981 to 2016
Hanging Moss Creek typically runs highest in February, at a median 6.6 cfs, and lowest in October, at 0.7 cfs. The highest flow on record for any single day is 6,000 cfs, in 2003.
| Month | Typical (cfs) | Usual range (cfs) | Relative level |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 5.3 | 2.3 to 19 | |
| February | 6.6 | 2.9 to 27 | |
| March | 5.6 | 2.7 to 20 | |
| April | 2.5 | 1.3 to 10 | |
| May | 1.8 | 0.8 to 5.1 | |
| June | 1.4 | 0.7 to 4.5 | |
| July | 1.5 | 0.6 to 4.5 | |
| August | 1.3 | 0.5 to 3.6 | |
| September | 0.8 | 0.3 to 1.9 | |
| October | 0.7 | 0.3 to 2.2 | |
| November | 1.5 | 0.8 to 4.8 | |
| December | 4.3 | 1.6 to 15 |
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 35 years of record. Statistics published by the US Geological Survey for Hanging Moss Creek near Jackson, MS (site 02485700). Conditions on any given day can fall well outside the usual range. Check the current reading before you go.
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