YAZOO RIVER BASIN Name of Waterway From To Date Black Bayou MS State Highway 12; in Leroy Steele Bayou; origin and 1990 Percy Wildlife Management Area; confluence of Swan Lake; west of Hollandale, MS east of MS south of MS State Highway State Highway 1; in south central 12; southeast of Hollandale, Washington County MS; in south central 33° 09′ 33″ / 90° 55′ 26″ Washington County 33° 07′ 16″ / 90° 57′ 31″ Steele Bayou Origin, confluence of Swan Lake Big Sunflower River; just 1990 and Black Bayou; southwest of upstream of the Corps of Hollandale, MS; south of MS State Engineers' Steele Bayou Highway 12; betweeb MS State Control Structure; just north Highway 1 and U.S. Highway 61; of MS State Highway 465; north of MS State Highway 436; in southwest of Redwood, MS; southwest Washington County in south Issaquena County 33° 07′ 16″ / 90° 57′ 31″ 32° 27′ 42″ / 90° 53′ 30″ Quiver River Confluence of Parks Bayou; east Big Sunflower River; north- 1990 of Drew, MS; west of Glendora, east of Indianola, MS; north- MS; just north of Leflore - west of Moorhead, MS; just Tallahatchie County line; in south- north of U.S. Highway 82; west Tallahatchie County just downstream of county 33° 48′ 59″ / 90° 25′ 23″ road bridge; in south central Sunflower County 33° 28′ 05″ / 90° 33′ 53″ Big Sunflower River U.S. Highway 61; in Clarksdale, Yazoo River; north of 1990 MS; in Coahoma County Vicksburg, MS; southwest of 34° 11′ 32″ / 90° 34′ 15″ Redwood, MS; just south of MS State Highway 465; Issaquena County /Warren County line 32° 26′ 54″ / 90° 53′ 30″ Hushpuckena River U.S. Highway 61; southwest of Big Sunflower River; north 1990 Clarksdale, MS; south of of MS State Highway 32; Duncan, MS; north of southwest of Baltzer, MS; Hushpuckena, MS; in northeast northwest of Lombardy, MS; Bolivar County in northwest Sunflower 34° 00′ 35″ / 90° 45′ 15″ County 33° 58′ 07″ / 90° 37′ 58″ Bogue Phalia MS State Highway 8; northwest of Big Sunflower River; north- 1990 Cleveland, MS; just west of east of Hollandale, MS; north Symonds Road; in west central of MS State Highway 12; Bolivar County northeast of Darlove, MS; 33° 48′ 15″ / 90° 52′ 36″ just north of intersection of Avon-Darlove Road and Sunflower River Road; Washington / Humphreys County line; in southeast Washington County 33° 15′ 16″ / 90° 43′ 48″ Deer Creek U.S. Highway 82; in Leland, MS; Big Sunflower River; north 1990 between North Deer Creek Drive E of Redwood, MS; east of and South Deer Creek Drive E; U.S. Highway 61; east of west of U.S. Highway 61; in Floweree, MS; in north northeast Washington County central Warren County 33° 23′ 59″ / 90° 53′ 21″ 32° 32′ 40″ / 90° 48′ 09″ Yazoo River Origin, confluence of Talla- Mississippi River; Centen- 1988 hatchie and Yalobusha Rivers; nial Cutoff; just west of just north of Greenwood, MS; west Vicksburg, MS; of Illinois Central Railroad; in 32° 20′ 08″ / 90° 53′ 48″ east central Leflore County 33° 33′ 06″ / 90° 10′ 51″ Tallahatchie River Origin, confluence of Coldwater Yazoo River; origin, con- 1988 and Old Little Tallahatchie fluence of Yalobusha River; Rivers; southeast of Marks, MS; just north of Greenwood, MS; just upstream of MS State Highway west of Illinois Central Rail- 322 bridge; in southeast Quitman road; in east central Leflore County County 34° 11′ 01″ / 90° 12′ 54″ 33° 33′ 06″ / 90° 10′ 51″ Little Tallahatchie MS State Highway 15; just north Tallahatchie River, via 1988 River of New Albany, MS; in north Panola Quitman Floodway; central Union County northeast of Sumner, MS; 34° 30′ 26″ / 88° 59′ 33″ north of MS State Highway 32; west of Charleston, MS; in north central Tallahatchie County 34° 00′ 22″ / 90° 11′ 01″ Lappatubby Creek Pontotoc County Road 257; west Little Tallahatchie River; 1988 of Ecru, MS; west of MS State southwest of New Albany, Highway 15; north of MS State MS; southeast of Enterprise, Highway 346; northwest of MS; east of MS State High- Pontotoc, MS; in north central way 355; in west central Pontotoc County Union County 34° 21′ 20″ / 89° 03′ 09″ 34° 26′ 02″ / 89° 08′ 22″ Tippah River Confluence of Little Channel; just Little Tallahatchie River 1988 upstream from Beck Spring Road (Canal); east of Sardis Lake; bridge; south of MS State Highway east of MS State Highway 7; 4; west of Ripley, MS; northwest northeast of Abbeville, MS; of Blue Mountain, MS; in east in southeast Marshall central Benton County County 34° 31′ 52″ / 89° 24′ 41″ 34° 31′ 53″ / 89° 24′ 39″ Yocona River MS State Highway 331; southeast Panola Quitman Floodway; 1988 of Oxford, MS; south of intersection south of MS State Highway of MS State Highways 331 and 334; 322; near Tallahatchie / in southeast Lafayette County Quitman / Panola County 34° 15′ 34″ / 89° 21′ 32″ line 34° 10′ 23″ / 90° 06′ 27″ Otoucalofa Creek MS State Highway 7; just south- Yocona River (Enid Lake); 1990 west of Water Valley, MS; north of northwest of Water Valley, intersection of MS State Highways MS; in northeast Yalobusha 32 and 7; in northeast Yalobusha County County 34° 10′ 38″ / 89° 42′ 45″ 34° 08′ 39″ / 89° 39′ 11″ Coldwater River Confluence of Little Coldwater Tallahatchie River; origin, 1988 Creek; southeast of Olive Branch, confluence of Old Little MS; northwest of Holly Springs, Tallahatchie River; southeast MS; between MS State Highways of Marks, MS; just upstream 309 and 311; in northwest Marshall of MS State Highway 322; in County southeast Quitman County 34° 54′ 24″ / 89° 36′ 28″ 34° 11′ 01″ / 90° 12′ 54″ Pigeon Roost Creek MS State Highway 309; west of Coldwater River; east of 1988 Holly Springs, MS; just north of Hernando, MS; north of intersection of Brumley Road and Holly Spring Road; west of MS State Highway 309; in west MS State Highway 305; south central Marshall County of Vaiden Road; in southeast 34° 45′ 40″ / 89° 40′ 13″ DeSoto County 34° 49′ 31″ / 89° 50′ 30″ Hickahala Creek Confluence of James Wolf Coldwater River (Arkabutla 1990 Canal; northeast of Senatobia, MS; Reservoir); northwest of north of MS State Highway 4; just Coldwater, MS; west of U.S. east of Deantown Road bridge; in Interstate 55 and U.S. High- southeast Tate County way 51; in north central 34° 38′ 34″ / 89° 50′ 14″ Tate County 34° 42′ 44″ / 90° 01′ 11″ Arkabutla Creek Confluence of Hoover Branch; Coldwater River; south- 1990 southwest of Arkabutla, MS; east of Tunica, MS; north- upstream of Bluegoose Road west of Sarah, MS; just bridge; in southwest Tate County upstream of Sarah Road 34° 39′ 39″ / 90° 08′ 36″ bridge over Coon Bayou Cutoff; in southwest Tate County 34° 34′ 57″ / 90° 13′ 17″ Yazoo Pass Moon Lake; north of Clarksdale, Coldwater River; northeast 1990 MS; southwest of Lula, MS; west of Clarksdale, MS; north of and south of U.S. Highway 49; in Birdie, MS; just downstream northeast Coahoma County of USCOE gage; in northwest 34° 26′ 19″ / 90° 29′ 46″ Quitman County 34° 24′ 30″ / 90° 23′ 19″ Old Little Confluence of Bobo Bayou; Coldwater River; southeast 1990 Tallahatchie River southeast of Marks, MS; northwest of Marks, MS; northwest of of Crowder, MS; north of MS Crowder, MS; north of MS State Highway 322; in southeast State Highway 322; in south- Quitman County east Quitman County 34° 11′ 24″ / 90° 12′ 14″ 34° 11′ 01″ / 90° 12′ 54″ Bobo Bayou MS State Highway 6; east of Old Little Tallahatchie 1990 Marks, MS; west of Bobo, MS; in River; southeast of Marks, east central Quitman County MS; northwest of Crowder, 34° 17′ 02″ / 90° 10′ 33″ MS; southeast of Lambert, MS; in southeast Quitman County 34° 11′ 24″ / 90° 12′ 14″ Tillatoba Creek Confluence of South Fork Tallahatchie River; west of 1990 Tillatoba Creek; southeast of Charleston, MS; northeast of Charleston, MS; south of MS State Sumner, MS; north of MS Highway 32; east of MS State State Highway 32; in north Highway 35; in east central central Tallahatchie County Tallahatchie County 34° 00′ 19″ / 90° 11′ 00″ 33° 59′ 22″ / 89° 59′ 32″ Opossum Bayou Confluence of Muddy Bayou; Tallahatchie River; northeast 1990 just downstream of the White Lake of Sumner, MS; north of MS Road bridge over Muddy Bayou; State Highway 32; east of MS northeast of Sumner, MS; north State Highway 321; in north of MS State Highway 32; east of central Tallahatchie County MS State Highway 321; in north 33° 59′ 10″ / 90° 13′ 34″ central Tallahatchie County 34° 00′ 16″ / 90° 14′ 07″ Cassidy Bayou MS State Highway 3; just north of Tallahatchie River; south- 1990 Vance, MS; southeast of Clarks- east of Sumner, MS; south dale, MS; just south of intersection of MS State Highway 32; of Walnut Road and MS State east of MS State Highway Highway 3; in southeast Quitman 49E; in central Tallahatchie County County 34° 05′ 33″ / 90° 20′ 26″ 33° 54′ 33″ / 90° 16′ 25″ Yalobusha River MS State Highway 8 / 9; just Yazoo River; origin, con- 1988 south of Calhoun City, MS; in fluence with Tallahatchie south central Calhoun County River; just northeast of 33° 50′ 18″ / 89° 18′ 56″ Greenwood, MS; in south- east Leflore County 33° 33′ 07″ / 90° 10′ 50″ Sabougla Creek Confluence of Horse Pen Creek; Yalobusha River; just south 1990 southwest of Calhoun City, MS; of County Road #67; north northeast of Gore Springs, MS; of MS State Highway 8; east north of MS State Highway 8; in of Grenada Lake; in south- southwest Calhoun County east Calhoun County 33° 46′ 48″ / 89° 29′ 23″ 33° 48′ 45″ / 89° 29′ 57″ Skuna River MS State Highway 341; northeast Yalobusha River / Grenada 1988 of Bruce, MS; south of MS State Lake; approximately 1.4 Highway 32; in northeast Calhoun miles northeast of spillway; County in north central Grenada 34° 01′ 49″ / 89° 11′ 13″ County 33° 48′ 57.2″ / 89° 44′ 50.7″ Turkey Creek Confluence of Cypress Creek; Skuna River / Grenada 1988 southwest of Coffeeville, MS; and Lake; south of Coffeeville, just south of Bruce Junction, MS; MS; in south central east of MS State Highway 7; and Yalobusha County west of MS State Highway 330; 33° 48′ 57.2″ / 89° 44′ 50.7″ in south central Yalobusha County 33° 56′ 57″ / 89° 41′ 11″ Batupan Bogue Origin, confluence of Big Bogue Yalobusha River; just north- 1990 and Little Bogue; southeast east of Grenada, MS; east of of Grenada, MS; east of Elliot, U.S.