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Big Black River near Bentonia Stage (ft)Flow (kcfs)Observed: 19.87 ft at 5:00PM Mar 23, 2024Observed: 19.76 ft at 6:00PM Mar 23, 2024Observed: 19.7 ft at 7:00PM Mar 23, 2024Observed: 19.6 ft at 8:00PM Mar 23, 2024Observed: 19.48 ft at 9:00PM Mar 23, 2024Observed: 19.37 ft at 10:00PM Mar 23, 2024Observed: 19.27 ft at 11:00PM Mar 23, 2024Observed: 19.11 ft at 12:00AM Mar 24, 2024Observed: 18.98 ft at 1:00AM Mar 24, 2024Observed: 18.82 ft at 2:00AM Mar 24, 2024Observed: 18.67 ft at 3:00AM Mar 24, 2024Observed: 18.52 ft at 4:00AM Mar 24, 2024Observed: 18.37 ft at 5:00AM Mar 24, 2024Observed: 18.2 ft at 6:00AM Mar 24, 2024Observed: 18.02 ft at 7:00AM Mar 24, 2024Observed: 17.88 ft at 8:00AM Mar 24, 2024Observed: 17.7 ft at 9:00AM Mar 24, 2024Observed: 17.52 ft at 10:00AM Mar 24, 2024Observed: 17.34 ft at 11:00AM Mar 24, 2024Observed: 17.18 ft at 12:00PM Mar 24, 2024Observed: 17.02 ft at 1:00PM Mar 24, 2024Observed: 16.84 ft at 2:00PM Mar 24, 2024Observed: 16.66 ft at 3:00PM Mar 24, 2024Observed: 16.5 ft at 4:00PM Mar 24, 2024Observed: 16.35 ft at 5:00PM Mar 24, 2024Observed: 16.21 ft at 6:00PM Mar 24, 2024Observed: 16.06 ft at 7:00PM Mar 24, 2024Observed: 15.93 ft at 8:00PM Mar 24, 2024Observed: 15.78 ft at 9:00PM Mar 24, 2024Observed: 15.64 ft at 10:00PM Mar 24, 2024Observed: 15.52 ft at 11:00PM Mar 24, 2024Observed: 15.39 ft at 12:00AM Mar 25, 2024Observed: 15.25 ft at 1:00AM Mar 25, 2024Observed: 15.13 ft at 2:00AM Mar 25, 2024Observed: 14.99 ft at 3:00AM Mar 25, 2024Observed: 14.89 ft at 4:00AM Mar 25, 2024Observed: 14.76 ft at 5:00AM Mar 25, 2024Observed: 14.65 ft at 6:00AM Mar 25, 2024Observed: 14.54 ft at 7:00AM Mar 25, 2024Observed: 14.42 ft at 8:00AM Mar 25, 2024Observed: 14.3 ft at 9:00AM Mar 25, 2024Observed: 14.2 ft at 10:00AM Mar 25, 2024Observed: 14.09 ft at 11:00AM Mar 25, 2024Observed: 13.99 ft at 12:00PM Mar 25, 2024Observed: 13.88 ft at 1:00PM Mar 25, 2024Observed: 13.78 ft at 2:00PM Mar 25, 2024Observed: 13.69 ft at 3:00PM Mar 25, 2024Observed: 13.6 ft at 4:00PM Mar 25, 2024Observed: 13.49 ft at 5:00PM Mar 25, 2024Observed: 13.42 ft at 6:00PM Mar 25, 2024Observed: 13.32 ft at 7:00PM Mar 25, 2024Observed: 13.23 ft at 8:00PM Mar 25, 2024Observed: 13.07 ft at 9:00PM Mar 25, 2024Observed: 13.44 ft at 10:00PM Mar 25, 2024Observed: 14.53 ft at 11:00PM Mar 25, 2024Observed: 16.56 ft at 12:00AM Mar 26, 2024Observed: 18.06 ft at 1:00AM Mar 26, 2024Observed: 19.03 ft at 2:00AM Mar 26, 2024Observed: 19.73 ft at 3:00AM Mar 26, 2024Observed: 20.27 ft at 4:00AM Mar 26, 2024Observed: 20.69 ft at 5:00AM Mar 26, 2024Observed: 21 ft at 6:00AM Mar 26, 2024Observed: 21.27 ft at 7:00AM Mar 26, 2024Observed: 21.5 ft at 8:00AM Mar 26, 2024Observed: 21.7 ft at 9:00AM Mar 26, 2024Observed: 21.86 ft at 10:00AM Mar 26, 2024Observed: 22.01 ft at 11:00AM Mar 26, 2024Observed: 22.11 ft at 12:00PM Mar 26, 2024Observed: 22.23 ft at 1:00PM Mar 26, 2024Observed: 22.32 ft at 2:00PM Mar 26, 2024Observed: 22.4 ft at 3:00PM Mar 26, 2024Observed: 22.46 ft at 4:00PM Mar 26, 2024Observed: 22.51 ft at 5:00PM Mar 26, 2024Observed: 22.58 ft at 6:00PM Mar 26, 2024Observed: 22.62 ft at 7:00PM Mar 26, 2024Observed: 22.66 ft at 8:00PM Mar 26, 2024Observed: 22.72 ft at 9:00PM Mar 26, 2024Observed: 22.75 ft at 10:00PM Mar 26, 2024Observed: 22.79 ft at 11:00PM Mar 26, 2024Observed: 22.82 ft at 12:00AM Mar 27, 2024Observed: 22.87 ft at 1:00AM Mar 27, 2024Observed: 22.9 ft at 2:00AM Mar 27, 2024Observed: 22.94 ft at 3:00AM Mar 27, 2024Observed: 22.99 ft at 4:00AM Mar 27, 2024Observed: 23.03 ft at 5:00AM Mar 27, 2024Observed: 23.07 ft at 6:00AM Mar 27, 2024Observed: 23.11 ft at 7:00AM Mar 27, 2024Observed: 23.14 ft at 8:00AM Mar 27, 2024Observed: 23.18 ft at 9:00AM Mar 27, 2024Observed: 23.23 ft at 10:00AM Mar 27, 2024Observed: 23.27 ft at 11:00AM Mar 27, 2024Observed: 23.3 ft at 12:00PM Mar 27, 2024Observed: 23.33 ft at 1:00PM Mar 27, 2024Observed: 23.38 ft at 2:00PM Mar 27, 2024Observed: 23.4 ft at 3:00PM Mar 27, 2024Observed: 23.44 ft at 4:00PM Mar 27, 2024Observed: 23.47 ft at 5:00PM Mar 27, 2024Observed: 23.48 ft at 6:00PM Mar 27, 2024Observed: 23.51 ft at 7:00PM Mar 27, 2024Observed: 23.53 ft at 8:00PM Mar 27, 2024Observed: 23.56 ft at 9:00PM Mar 27, 2024Observed: 23.59 ft at 10:00PM Mar 27, 2024Observed: 23.59 ft at 11:00PM Mar 27, 2024Observed: 23.6 ft at 12:00AM Mar 28, 2024Observed: 23.61 ft at 1:00AM Mar 28, 2024Observed: 23.63 ft at 2:00AM Mar 28, 2024Observed: 23.65 ft at 3:00AM Mar 28, 2024Observed: 23.66 ft at 4:00AM Mar 28, 2024Observed: 23.66 ft at 5:00AM Mar 28, 2024Observed: 23.68 ft at 6:00AM Mar 28, 2024Observed: 23.68 ft at 7:00AM Mar 28, 2024Observed: 23.69 ft at 8:00AM Mar 28, 2024Observed: 23.69 ft at 9:00AM Mar 28, 2024Observed: 23.69 ft at 10:00AM Mar 28, 2024Observed: 23.7 ft at 11:00AM Mar 28, 2024Observed: 23.7 ft at 12:00PM Mar 28, 2024Observed: 23.7 ft at 1:00PM Mar 28, 2024Observed: 23.7 ft at 2:00PM Mar 28, 2024Highest Observation: 23.71 ft at 3:00PM Mar 28, 2024Highest Forecast: 23.7 ft 7:00PM Mar 28, 2024Highest Forecast: 23.7 ft 1:00AM Mar 29, 2024Highest Forecast: 23.7 ft 7:00AM Mar 29, 2024Forecast: 23.6 ft 1:00PM Mar 29, 2024Forecast: 23.4 ft 7:00PM Mar 29, 2024Forecast: 23.1 ft 1:00AM Mar 30, 2024Forecast: 22.8 ft 7:00AM Mar 30, 2024Forecast: 22.4 ft 1:00PM Mar 30, 2024Forecast: 22.1 ft 7:00PM Mar 30, 2024Forecast: 21.7 ft 1:00AM Mar 31, 2024Forecast: 21.3 ft 7:00AM Mar 31, 2024Forecast: 20.9 ft 1:00PM Mar 31, 2024Forecast: 20.5 ft 7:00PM Mar 31, 2024Forecast: 20.2 ft 1:00AM Apr 01, 2024Forecast: 19.8 ft 7:00AM Apr 01, 2024Forecast: 19.5 ft 1:00PM Apr 01, 2024Forecast: 19.3 ft 7:00PM Apr 01, 2024Forecast: 18.9 ft 1:00AM Apr 02, 2024Forecast: 18.8 ft 7:00AM Apr 02, 2024U.S. Army Corps of EngineersBTAM6(plotting HGIRG) Graph Created (4:09PM Mar 28, 2024)ObservedForecast (issued 8:24AM Mar 28)Latest observed value: 23.71 ft at 3:00 PM CDT 28-Mar-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
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Gauge Height Flood Stage Uses
NWS stage 0 ft 22 ft Interpreting hydrographs and NWS watch, warnings, and forecasts, and inundation maps
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(gauge height = 0)
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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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