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Big Black River near Bentonia Stage (ft)Flow (kcfs)Observed: 9.25 ft at 9:00PM May 11, 2024Observed: 9.28 ft at 10:00PM May 11, 2024Observed: 9.33 ft at 11:00PM May 11, 2024Observed: 9.37 ft at 12:00AM May 12, 2024Observed: 9.39 ft at 1:00AM May 12, 2024Observed: 9.44 ft at 2:00AM May 12, 2024Observed: 9.48 ft at 3:00AM May 12, 2024Observed: 9.49 ft at 4:00AM May 12, 2024Observed: 9.51 ft at 5:00AM May 12, 2024Observed: 9.53 ft at 6:00AM May 12, 2024Observed: 9.51 ft at 7:00AM May 12, 2024Observed: 9.52 ft at 8:00AM May 12, 2024Observed: 9.53 ft at 9:00AM May 12, 2024Observed: 9.55 ft at 10:00AM May 12, 2024Observed: 9.55 ft at 11:00AM May 12, 2024Observed: 9.56 ft at 12:00PM May 12, 2024Observed: 9.47 ft at 1:00PM May 12, 2024Observed: 9.52 ft at 2:00PM May 12, 2024Observed: 9.39 ft at 3:00PM May 12, 2024Observed: 9.5 ft at 4:00PM May 12, 2024Observed: 9.47 ft at 5:00PM May 12, 2024Observed: 9.44 ft at 6:00PM May 12, 2024Observed: 9.44 ft at 7:00PM May 12, 2024Observed: 9.4 ft at 8:00PM May 12, 2024Observed: 9.44 ft at 9:00PM May 12, 2024Observed: 9.4 ft at 10:00PM May 12, 2024Observed: 9.42 ft at 11:00PM May 12, 2024Observed: 9.33 ft at 12:00AM May 13, 2024Observed: 9.29 ft at 1:00AM May 13, 2024Observed: 9.29 ft at 2:00AM May 13, 2024Observed: 9.37 ft at 3:00AM May 13, 2024Observed: 9.47 ft at 4:00AM May 13, 2024Observed: 9.72 ft at 5:00AM May 13, 2024Observed: 10.11 ft at 6:00AM May 13, 2024Observed: 10.3 ft at 7:00AM May 13, 2024Highest Observation: 10.44 ft at 8:00AM May 13, 2024Observed: 10.39 ft at 9:00AM May 13, 2024Observed: 10.39 ft at 10:00AM May 13, 2024Observed: 10.36 ft at 11:00AM May 13, 2024Observed: 10.33 ft at 12:00PM May 13, 2024Observed: 10.29 ft at 1:00PM May 13, 2024Observed: 10.23 ft at 2:00PM May 13, 2024Observed: 10.2 ft at 3:00PM May 13, 2024Observed: 10.15 ft at 4:00PM May 13, 2024Observed: 10.09 ft at 5:00PM May 13, 2024Observed: 10.06 ft at 6:00PM May 13, 2024Observed: 10.05 ft at 7:00PM May 13, 2024Observed: 10.03 ft at 8:00PM May 13, 2024Observed: 10 ft at 9:00PM May 13, 2024Observed: 9.98 ft at 10:00PM May 13, 2024Observed: 9.95 ft at 11:00PM May 13, 2024Observed: 10.03 ft at 12:00AM May 14, 2024Observed: 10.01 ft at 1:00AM May 14, 2024Observed: 10.1 ft at 2:00AM May 14, 2024Observed: 10.11 ft at 3:00AM May 14, 2024Observed: 10.14 ft at 4:00AM May 14, 2024Observed: 10.19 ft at 5:00AM May 14, 2024Observed: 10.22 ft at 6:00AM May 14, 2024Observed: 10.24 ft at 7:00AM May 14, 2024Observed: 10.27 ft at 8:00AM May 14, 2024Observed: 10.29 ft at 9:00AM May 14, 2024Observed: 10.32 ft at 10:00AM May 14, 2024Observed: 10.31 ft at 11:00AM May 14, 2024Observed: 10.33 ft at 12:00PM May 14, 2024Observed: 10.35 ft at 1:00PM May 14, 2024Observed: 10.35 ft at 2:00PM May 14, 2024Observed: 10.32 ft at 3:00PM May 14, 2024Observed: 10.36 ft at 4:00PM May 14, 2024Observed: 10.37 ft at 5:00PM May 14, 2024Observed: 10.34 ft at 6:00PM May 14, 2024Observed: 10.35 ft at 7:00PM May 14, 2024Observed: 10.38 ft at 8:00PM May 14, 2024Observed: 10.37 ft at 9:00PM May 14, 2024Observed: 10.39 ft at 10:00PM May 14, 2024Observed: 10.4 ft at 11:00PM May 14, 2024Observed: 10.41 ft at 12:00AM May 15, 2024Observed: 10.41 ft at 1:00AM May 15, 2024Observed: 10.42 ft at 2:00AM May 15, 2024Observed: 10.42 ft at 3:00AM May 15, 2024Highest Observation: 10.44 ft at 4:00AM May 15, 2024Observed: 10.42 ft at 5:00AM May 15, 2024Observed: 10.41 ft at 6:00AM May 15, 2024Observed: 10.41 ft at 7:00AM May 15, 2024Observed: 10.41 ft at 8:00AM May 15, 2024Observed: 10.38 ft at 9:00AM May 15, 2024Observed: 10.37 ft at 10:00AM May 15, 2024Observed: 10.34 ft at 11:00AM May 15, 2024Observed: 10.32 ft at 12:00PM May 15, 2024Observed: 10.33 ft at 1:00PM May 15, 2024Observed: 10.27 ft at 2:00PM May 15, 2024Observed: 10.31 ft at 3:00PM May 15, 2024Observed: 10.27 ft at 4:00PM May 15, 2024Observed: 10.24 ft at 5:00PM May 15, 2024Observed: 10.21 ft at 6:00PM May 15, 2024Observed: 10.2 ft at 7:00PM May 15, 2024Observed: 10.15 ft at 8:00PM May 15, 2024Observed: 10.15 ft at 9:00PM May 15, 2024Observed: 10.15 ft at 10:00PM May 15, 2024Observed: 10.1 ft at 11:00PM May 15, 2024Observed: 10.08 ft at 12:00AM May 16, 2024Observed: 10.02 ft at 1:00AM May 16, 2024Observed: 10.02 ft at 2:00AM May 16, 2024Observed: 9.97 ft at 3:00AM May 16, 2024Observed: 9.92 ft at 4:00AM May 16, 2024Observed: 9.88 ft at 5:00AM May 16, 2024Observed: 9.83 ft at 6:00AM May 16, 2024Observed: 9.8 ft at 7:00AM May 16, 2024Observed: 9.75 ft at 8:00AM May 16, 2024Observed: 9.7 ft at 9:00AM May 16, 2024Observed: 9.65 ft at 10:00AM May 16, 2024Observed: 9.6 ft at 11:00AM May 16, 2024Observed: 9.55 ft at 12:00PM May 16, 2024Observed: 9.49 ft at 1:00PM May 16, 2024Observed: 9.44 ft at 2:00PM May 16, 2024Observed: 9.39 ft at 3:00PM May 16, 2024Observed: 9.34 ft at 4:00PM May 16, 2024Observed: 9.28 ft at 5:00PM May 16, 2024Observed: 9.23 ft at 6:00PM May 16, 2024Observed: 9.2 ft at 7:00PM May 16, 2024Observed: 9.15 ft at 8:00PM May 16, 2024Forecast: 9 ft 1:00AM May 17, 2024Forecast: 8.9 ft 7:00AM May 17, 2024Forecast: 8.9 ft 1:00PM May 17, 2024Forecast: 9.5 ft 7:00PM May 17, 2024Forecast: 10.4 ft 1:00AM May 18, 2024Forecast: 11.4 ft 7:00AM May 18, 2024Forecast: 12.8 ft 1:00PM May 18, 2024Forecast: 14.1 ft 7:00PM May 18, 2024Forecast: 15.4 ft 1:00AM May 19, 2024Forecast: 16.2 ft 7:00AM May 19, 2024Forecast: 16.9 ft 1:00PM May 19, 2024Forecast: 18.3 ft 7:00PM May 19, 2024Forecast: 19.3 ft 1:00AM May 20, 2024Forecast: 19.7 ft 7:00AM May 20, 2024Highest Forecast: 19.9 ft 1:00PM May 20, 2024Highest Forecast: 19.9 ft 7:00PM May 20, 2024Forecast: 19.7 ft 1:00AM May 21, 2024Forecast: 19.4 ft 7:00AM May 21, 2024U.S. Army Corps of EngineersBTAM6(plotting HGIRG) Graph Created (8:53PM May 16, 2024)ObservedForecast (issued 9:02AM May 16)Latest observed value: 9.15 ft at 8:00 PM CDT 16-May-2024. Flood Stage is 22 ft
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NOTE: Forecasts for the Big Black River near Bentonia are issued routinely year-round.

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Flood Categories (in feet)
Major Flood Stage: 29
Moderate Flood Stage: 25
Flood Stage: 22
Action Stage: 21
Low Stage (in feet): 0

Historic Crests
(1) 32.48 ft on 05/23/1983
(2) 31.81 ft on 04/15/1979
(3) 31.64 ft on 03/30/1951
(4) 31.35 ft on 12/19/1961
(5) 31.20 ft on 02/13/2020
(6) 30.80 ft on 05/02/1958
(7) 29.76 ft on 04/07/2000
(8) 29.66 ft on 05/02/1991
(9) 29.50 ft on 03/20/1973
(10) 29.47 ft on 04/16/2019
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(P): Preliminary values subject to further review.

Recent Crests
(1) 25.57 ft on 07/23/2021
(2) 28.47 ft on 06/15/2021
(3) 24.32 ft on 04/14/2021
(4) 24.75 ft on 09/28/2020
(5) 27.50 ft on 04/26/2020
(6) 26.84 ft on 03/07/2020
(7) 31.20 ft on 02/13/2020
(8) 28.51 ft on 01/17/2020
(9) 24.32 ft on 12/28/2019
(10) 27.55 ft on 11/02/2019
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(P): Preliminary values subject to further review.

Low Water Records
(1) 0.20 ft on 10/31/1984
(2) 3.90 ft on 01/23/1996
(3) 4.30 ft on 03/01/1987
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43 River reaches gage house along Highway 49.
40 Water is near the road surface on the Highway 49 bridge over the Big Black River.
37.5 Water is approaching the underclearance of the Highway 49 bridge.
32.47 The river is at the flood of record.
29 Agricultural land along the river is devastated by flood waters.
28 Devastating flooding of agricultural land begins to occur.
26.5 Flooding of agricultural land has more than doubled in the last 1.5 feet rise.
25 Extensive flooding of agricultural land is occurring.
23.5 Agricultural land near the river begins to flood.
22 Low lying woodland areas along the river begins to flood.
21 Minor low land flooding occurs along the river.
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(1) Upstream view from the Highway 49 Bridge - Stage 10.93 feet
(2) Downstream view from Highway 49 bridge - stage 10.98 Feet
(3) Wire Weight Gage
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Latitude: 32.603055° N, Longitude: 90.363880° W, Horizontal Datum: NAD83/WGS84

River Stage
Reference Frame		 Gauge Height Flood Stage Uses
NWS stage 0 ft 22 ft Interpreting hydrographs and NWS watch, warnings, and forecasts, and inundation maps
Vertical Datum Elevation
(gauge height = 0)		 Elevation
(gauge height = flood stage)		 Elevation information source
NAVD88 Not Available Not Available Survey grade GPS equipment, FEMA flood plain maps, newer USGS topographic maps
NGVD 29 130.18 ft 152.18 ft Older USGS topographic maps, NGVD29 benchmarks
MSL Not Available Not Available Older USGS topographic maps, MSL benchmarks
Other Not Available Not Available  

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