Observation

Gatesville Bridge

Pearl River

River or stream

Quality check pending

August 4, 2025 at 1:45 PM

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Weather observations

  • Current weather

    Community scientist interpretation

    • Sunny

  • Current weather description

    Community scientist interpretation

    Sunny and clear

  • Weather in the past 24hrs

    Community scientist interpretation

    • Sunny

  • Weather in the past 24hrs description

    Community scientist interpretation

    No rain in past 24 hours , but scattered rain over the past week

Chemistry tests

  • Air temperature

    °C

    Other thermometer

    30

  • Water temperature

    °C

    Other thermometer

    28

Biological tests

  • E. coli

    CFU/100 mL

    Roth R-Card ECC-A (E. coli, total coliform)

    266.67

    Average of 400, 200, 200

  • Other coliform

    CFU/100 mL

    Roth R-Card ECC-A (E. coli, total coliform)

    2166.67

    Average of 1900, 2200, 2400

  • Total coliform

    CFU/100 mL

    Roth R-Card ECC-A (E. coli, total coliform)

    2433.33

    Average of 2300, 2400, 2600

Physical tests

  • River stage

    m

    Ruler (metric)

    4.1

  • Water depth

    m

    Ruler (metric)

    1

Other tests

  • Incubation time

    hours

    Digital timer

    23

  • Incubation temperature

    °C

    Digital thermometer

    37

Recent photos

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Notes

Some evidence of recent local fishing. The water had a brownish, green color. Some improvement in bacterial contamination from last month due to upstream sewage releases.

Location description
This testing site is on the eastern/Simpson County side of the river on Gatesville Rd., east of I-55 and north of MS Hwy 27. Parking can be had on the east side of the bridge, with a foot path on the downstream side of the bridge to a sandy riverbank along the paved road right-of-way. Depending on the river level, there will be a gentle current here.