Highest listed crest 26.00 ft December 9, 1919; 38,300 cubic feet per second
Flood stage 13.0 ft Major flooding from 19.0 ft
Crests at major 21 3rd of 74 gauges in Mississippi
Most recent flood crest April 26, 2020 14.53 ft, minor flooding Listed crests at the Tallahala Creek at Laurel, 1900 to 2020 10 15 20 25 30 ft Flood stage 13.0 ft Major 19.0 ft Apr 1, 1900: 24.00 ft, major flooding; 26,600 cubic feet per second Dec 9, 1919: 26.00 ft, major flooding; 38,300 cubic feet per second Apr 1, 1938: 20.70 ft, major flooding; 13,300 cubic feet per second Mar 9, 1939: 15.78 ft, minor flooding; 3,410 cubic feet per second May 2, 1940: 18.95 ft, moderate flooding; 12,100 cubic feet per second Mar 11, 1941: 14.73 ft, minor flooding; 2,260 cubic feet per second Mar 23, 1942: 17.40 ft, moderate flooding; 6,750 cubic feet per second Mar 22, 1943: 17.87 ft, moderate flooding; 8,200 cubic feet per second Apr 28, 1944: 18.80 ft, moderate flooding; 11,300 cubic feet per second Dec 10, 1944: 15.74 ft, minor flooding; 3,570 cubic feet per second Mar 18, 1946: 17.07 ft, moderate flooding; 6,050 cubic feet per second Jan 21, 1947: 20.29 ft, major flooding; 13,700 cubic feet per second Mar 6, 1948: 17.28 ft, moderate flooding; 6,920 cubic feet per second Apr 1, 1949: 18.98 ft, moderate flooding; 10,500 cubic feet per second Feb 16, 1950: 17.21 ft, moderate flooding; 6,260 cubic feet per second Mar 30, 1951: 18.40 ft, moderate flooding; 9,030 cubic feet per second May 6, 1953: 17.08 ft, moderate flooding; 6,040 cubic feet per second Apr 1, 1954: 14.52 ft, minor flooding; 2,230 cubic feet per second Apr 17, 1955: 15.36 ft, minor flooding; 3,040 cubic feet per second Mar 18, 1956: 17.14 ft, moderate flooding; 6,040 cubic feet per second Nov 23, 1957: 15.35 ft, minor flooding; 3,040 cubic feet per second Mar 16, 1960: 15.24 ft, minor flooding; 2,920 cubic feet per second Feb 23, 1961: 22.32 ft, major flooding; 19,100 cubic feet per second Dec 19, 1961: 18.75 ft, moderate flooding; 10,100 cubic feet per second Apr 7, 1964: 23.13 ft, major flooding; 21,100 cubic feet per second Dec 14, 1964: 17.13 ft, moderate flooding; 5,230 cubic feet per second Feb 14, 1966: 18.63 ft, moderate flooding; 8,390 cubic feet per second Dec 19, 1967: 16.39 ft, minor flooding; 4,050 cubic feet per second Apr 16, 1969: 20.22 ft, major flooding; 12,200 cubic feet per second Feb 23, 1971: 18.95 ft, moderate flooding; 8,210 cubic feet per second Jan 13, 1972: 16.72 ft, moderate flooding; 4,050 cubic feet per second Apr 27, 1973: 18.95 ft, moderate flooding; 8,720 cubic feet per second Apr 14, 1974: 23.28 ft, major flooding; 23,300 cubic feet per second Feb 19, 1975: 17.32 ft, moderate flooding; 5,580 cubic feet per second Apr 2, 1976: 18.84 ft, moderate flooding; 8,450 cubic feet per second Apr 24, 1977: 18.41 ft, moderate flooding; 7,420 cubic feet per second Jan 29, 1978: 15.04 ft, minor flooding; 3,240 cubic feet per second Jan 24, 1979: 15.84 ft, minor flooding; 3,500 cubic feet per second Feb 27, 1979: 16.33 ft, minor flooding; 4,040 cubic feet per second Mar 5, 1979: 20.27 ft, major flooding; 11,600 cubic feet per second Nov 29, 1979: 15.52 ft, minor flooding; 3,280 cubic feet per second Feb 13, 1980: 16.41 ft, minor flooding; 4,150 cubic feet per second Mar 23, 1980: 16.48 ft, minor flooding; 4,240 cubic feet per second Mar 30, 1980: 19.92 ft, major flooding; 10,700 cubic feet per second Apr 14, 1980: 20.84 ft, major flooding; 13,200 cubic feet per second May 19, 1980: 17.12 ft, moderate flooding; 5,120 cubic feet per second Apr 2, 1981: 17.02 ft, moderate flooding; 4,980 cubic feet per second Feb 20, 1982: 15.46 ft, minor flooding; 3,230 cubic feet per second Dec 6, 1982: 19.12 ft, major flooding; 7,800 cubic feet per second Feb 3, 1983: 19.12 ft, major flooding; 8,750 cubic feet per second Mar 8, 1983: 17.45 ft, moderate flooding; 5,620 cubic feet per second Apr 9, 1983: 18.98 ft, moderate flooding; 8,440 cubic feet per second Mar 9, 1984: 15.56 ft, minor flooding; 3,310 cubic feet per second Mar 1, 1985: 15.42 ft, minor flooding; 3,200 cubic feet per second Nov 1, 1985: 16.19 ft, minor flooding; 3,920 cubic feet per second Jan 20, 1987: 19.93 ft, major flooding; 10,700 cubic feet per second Feb 25, 1987: 15.89 ft, minor flooding; 3,230 cubic feet per second Mar 1, 1987: 19.15 ft, major flooding; 8,810 cubic feet per second Apr 5, 1988: 16.25 ft, minor flooding; 3,990 cubic feet per second Jan 3, 1989: 16.97 ft, moderate flooding; 4,910 cubic feet per second Dec 12, 1989: 15.36 ft, minor flooding; 3,210 cubic feet per second Jan 26, 1990: 20.02 ft, major flooding; 10,900 cubic feet per second Feb 17, 1990: 21.34 ft, major flooding; 14,800 cubic feet per second Mar 19, 1990: 16.33 ft, minor flooding; 4,080 cubic feet per second Feb 22, 1991: 18.02 ft, moderate flooding; 6,560 cubic feet per second May 2, 1991: 18.32 ft, moderate flooding; 7,110 cubic feet per second Jan 15, 1993: 17.09 ft, moderate flooding; 5,080 cubic feet per second Jan 23, 1993: 16.40 ft, minor flooding; 4,170 cubic feet per second Jan 30, 1994: 18.36 ft, moderate flooding; 8,130 cubic feet per second Apr 25, 1995: 16.28 ft, minor flooding; 4,750 cubic feet per second Apr 30, 1997: 17.06 ft, moderate flooding; 5,520 cubic feet per second Jan 8, 1998: 19.08 ft, major flooding; 10,900 cubic feet per second Mar 10, 1998: 15.80 ft, minor flooding; 4,620 cubic feet per second Feb 2, 1999: 15.48 ft, minor flooding; 4,040 cubic feet per second Mar 17, 1999: 14.50 ft, minor flooding; 3,340 cubic feet per second Mar 4, 2001: 18.64 ft, moderate flooding; 8,790 cubic feet per second Sep 5, 2001: 16.50 ft, moderate flooding; 4,960 cubic feet per second Feb 24, 2003: 17.00 ft, moderate flooding; 5,460 cubic feet per second Feb 8, 2004: 17.78 ft, moderate flooding; 6,300 cubic feet per second Sep 3, 2008: 14.61 ft, minor flooding; 3,410 cubic feet per second Mar 29, 2009: 18.09 ft, moderate flooding; 6,680 cubic feet per second Mar 11, 2011: 20.77 ft, major flooding; 14,500 cubic feet per second Mar 25, 2012: 17.02 ft, moderate flooding; 5,480 cubic feet per second Sep 2, 2012: 15.96 ft, minor flooding; 4,460 cubic feet per second Jan 17, 2013: 14.92 ft, minor flooding; 3,600 cubic feet per second Feb 13, 2013: 18.14 ft, moderate flooding; 6,760 cubic feet per second May 5, 2013: 14.52 ft, minor flooding; 3,350 cubic feet per second Mar 31, 2014: 16.91 ft, moderate flooding; 6,290 cubic feet per second Apr 9, 2014: 19.36 ft, major flooding; 8,769 cubic feet per second Jan 6, 2015: 17.17 ft, moderate flooding; 6,710 cubic feet per second Mar 13, 2016: 19.98 ft, major flooding; 12,800 cubic feet per second Apr 6, 2017: 14.73 ft, minor flooding; 3,690 cubic feet per second Jun 24, 2017: 16.63 ft, moderate flooding; 5,220 cubic feet per second Dec 28, 2018: 18.64 ft, moderate flooding; 9,526 cubic feet per second May 14, 2019: 16.34 ft, minor flooding; 5,464 cubic feet per second Jan 17, 2020: 17.29 ft, moderate flooding; 6,910 cubic feet per second Feb 8, 2020: 15.72 ft, minor flooding; 4,630 cubic feet per second Feb 23, 2020: 15.25 ft, minor flooding; 4,090 cubic feet per second Apr 26, 2020: 14.53 ft, minor flooding; 3,540 cubic feet per second Highest, 26.00 ft, Dec 9, 1919 1900 1920 1940 1960 1980 2000 2020 Crests at or above flood stage, by decade Crests at or above flood stage per decade, Tallahala Creek at Laurel 1900s: 1 1910s: 1 1920s: 0 1930s: 2 1940s: 10 1950s: 7 1960s: 8 1970s: 12 1980s: 20 20 1990s: 14 2000s: 6 2010s: 14 2020s: 4 1900s 1910s 1920s 1930s 1940s 1950s 1960s 1970s 1980s 1990s 2000s 2010s 2020s These are the crests the local National Weather Service office lists for the gauge: the highest on record and recent crests. Lesser floods between them may be missing, so counts by decade are a floor. Categories use today's flood stages. Levees, dams and channel changes since a crest can make old and new stages not directly comparable. Jones County: every hazard · River floods across the country · Mississippi
NOAA National Water Prediction Service, gauge LURM6, retrieved October 30, 2026. Stages in feet on the gauge's own datum, not elevation. Crests are as the National Weather Service lists them; preliminary values may be revised.