USGS Water-Year Summary 2024
02481660 JOURDAN RIVER NEAR BAY ST. LOUIS, MS
LOCATION - Lat 30°23'14", long 89°26'29" referenced to North American Datum of 1983, in SE 1/4 SW 1/4 sec.31, T.7 S., R.14 W., Hancock County, MS, Hydrologic Unit 03170009, St. Stephens Meridian, at State Highway 43, 1.5 mi south of Kiln, MS, about 10 mi north of Bay St. Louis, MS, and about 10.6 mi upstream of the Gulf of Mexico.
DRAINAGE AREA - 210 mi².
SURFACE-WATER RECORDS
PERIOD OF RECORD - February 1999 to current year.
GAGE - Stage-only station. Water level recorder and satellite transmitter at site. Datum of gage is 0.00 feet above NAVD of 1988.
EXTREMES OUTSIDE PERIOD OF RECORD - Flood of May 9-10, 1995, discharge 37,000 ft³/s, May 10, 1995, gage height 12.48 ft.
WATER-QUALITY RECORDS
PERIOD OF RECORD - February 1999 to September 2008.
PERIOD OF DAILY RECORD - SPECIFIC CONDUCTANCE: January 2006 to September 2008.
WATER TEMPERATURE: January 2006 to September 2008.
EXTREMES FOR PERIOD OF DAILY RECORD -
SPECIFIC CONDUCTANCE: Maximum recorded 21,400 microsiemens, Oct. 9, 2006, but may have been higher during periods of instrument malfunction; minimum recorded, 29 microsiemens, Aug. 18, 2008, but may have been lower during periods of instrument malfunction.
WATER TEMPERATURE: Maximum recorded, 33.4 °C, Aug. 22, 2007, but may have been highter during periods of instrument malfunction; minimum recorded, 6.9 °C, Jan. 21, 2008, but may have been lower during periods of instrument malfunction.