Pearl River
Brandon, Mississippi, United States
Site is on upstream edge of sandbar on right downstream bank of Pearl River located 0.25 miles south of the Lake Hico water intake tower on River. Site is upstream of confluence with Purple Creek. Access is from the east end of Westbrook Road. Westbrook Road ends at the open gate to the Westbrook family compound. Drive thru the open gate on the gravel road and continue straight. Gravel track will change to dirt track at 0.10 mile from gate where the gravel drive to the Westbrook family compound veers to left – continue straight. Park on side of track at bar gate located on
right side that leads to the Lake Hico water intake structure on the Pearl River. The trail or path to the sandbar begins here. Walk down the open access track to the Lake Hico intake structure. Continue straight past intake along trails thru the woods along and near the upper bank of the Pearl River. The distance is 0.4 miles from the parking site to the sandbar. Sample the river at the upstream edge of the sandbar. The Pearl River bank at the end of Westbrook Road is high and steep. If walking to the sandbar site is not desirable, alternative sampling sites are along the river downstream from the Lake Hico water intake structure, although the very steep river bank is ~ 15 – 25 feet in height in these areas. Jack Westbrook owns the property where parking is located and down the trails thru woodlands to the sandbar. Louise York lives nearby. The driveway to Ms. York’s house is the last gravel drive to the right just before the Westbrook gate. Ms. York contacted Mr. Westbrook about the desire of RiverKeepers to monitor the Pearl River at this location, and Mr. Westbrook approved.
Location created by
Abby Braman
- Group: Mississippi State University : Mississippi Water Stewards
- Lat: 32.3650645
- Lng: -90.1007438
- Waterbody Type: River
- Timezone: America/Chicago
Latest photos
Air and water temp not available as I fell into a creek during afterwards and field notebook got wet, loosing these data. River stage 17 .5 feet from USGS downstream gauge at Hwy 25.
river stage 16.5 feet at downstream USGS Hwy 25 gauge. Very little flocullent in water from OB Curtis water treatment plant upstream, compared to last week. City of Jackson gave public notice last week of water filtration issues at OB Curtis, with boil water notice. Valves being removed and replaced at OBC. Flocullent part of filtration. OB Curtis permit prohibits discharge of visible flocculent (sp?)
low river, hardly any current. Very small, very fine, strange debris in slack water, almost like very small pieces of features. Speculating it could be flocculant discharge from nearby upstream drinking water treatment plant?
low flow, very little current. USGS gauge at Hwy 25 downstream 16.5'
low flow in river.
very little current, river stage 16.9 feet at downstream USGS Hwy 25 gauge.
River stage at downstream Hwy 25 Lakeland Drive gauge. River at very low flow due to low summer discharge from upstream reservoir spillway. Very little current. Monitoring form not used or uploaded because home printer broken.
River at an approximate summer low flow from diminshed reservoir spillway discharge upstream. USGS gauge at Hwy 25 Lakeland Dr. downstream.
River stage USGS gauge at Hwy 25 Lakeland Dr. downstream. River has fallen to a much lower stage in absence of heavy rain and typical summer reduced discharge from the upstream Ross Barnett Reservoir spillway. Very low current.
River running lower than previous high water. 17.8 feet at downstream USGS Hwy 25 Lakeland Dr. gauge.