Dataset

Mississippi Water Stewards

Dataset by Mississippi State University

Dataset summary

Observations

  • 20 July 2023

    Old Trace Park by Jennifer Sigrest

    Water a bit cloudy looking. Boat traffic on the water. A few people were in the park playing disc golf. Many geese all around. A great blue heron was spotted at the western end of the OTP shore.

  • 20 July 2023

    Leake County Water Park by William W Mitchell

  • 20 July 2023

    OB Curtis by Will McDearman

    virtually no flow in creek due to backwater flooding from Pearl River downstream

  • 20 July 2023

    Purple Creek by Will McDearman

    no current or flow, backwater flooding from Pearl River downstream

  • 20 July 2023

    Westbrook Rd by Will McDearman

    River up and access blocked by flooding to regular test site. Stage is 25.5' at downstream USGS Hwy 25 Lakeland Drive gauge. Alternate site is considered equivalent to regular site. Alternative site is about 600 feet upstream from regular site.

  • 20 July 2023

    Harold Hamrick Bayou La Croix Public Boat Launch by Megan Chevis

    Some trash debris in water, small fish and crabs, swallows nesting under bridge. Rising tide.

  • 20 July 2023

    Fannye Cook Natural Area by Will McDearman

    virtually no headwater current due to backwater flooding from Pearl River. Surface of tributary scummy.

  • 20 July 2023

    First Pentecostal Church North by Will McDearman

    no flow due to backwater flooding from Pearl River, surface scummy

  • 19 July 2023

    Highway 35 Bridge by Foch Dickens

    River out of it's banks. samples taken in grassy backwater....

  • 19 July 2023

    East Spillway by LeAnn Nealey

    Moderately high water; spillway wide open, a lot of waves; numerous egrets and herons on west side of spillway, some in trees

  • 14 July 2023

    Purple Creek by Will McDearman

    Creek running at typical summer low flow, lots of trash on banks from high water weeks ago.

  • 14 July 2023

    Westbrook Rd by Will McDearman

    River up from recent rain and spillway release, at 19.1' on USGS downstream gauge at Hwy 25, though falling from earlier high of 20.9' 12 hours earlier.

  • 14 July 2023

    Fannye Cook Natural Area North by Will McDearman

    river up from week before due to recent rain and releases from upstream reservoir spillway, 19.1' at USGS lHwy 25 downstream gauge, though on fall from high of 20.9 feet 12 hours earlier. Large alligator in river at test site.