Biloxi, MS Coastal Erosion Rate
What USGS measures 14.3 miles south of Biloxi, MS
The coast 14.3 miles south of Biloxi, MS shows no statistically significant trend either way. USGS's transects measured a rate here, but it's smaller than the survey's own margin of error for this stretch, so calling it "eroding" or "growing" would overstate what the data actually shows.
What "Biloxi" means on this page
Nothing here is parcel-level. USGS's raw transects run every few hundred feet along the shore; this page averages the ones nearest Biloxi, MS into one ~3.5-mile reading rather than picking a single arbitrary line to represent the area. Centered near 30.22°N, 88.96°W. The survey behind it runs to 2001, in USGS's Gulf of Mexico assessment, using the LRR method. Shoreline surveys aren't repeated every year, so this is the most recent long-term measurement USGS has published for this coast, not a live reading.
Where this fits nationally
Averaging 63 separate transects produced this segment's rate, with 29% individually reading as erosion, rather than relying on any single survey line. Uncertainty on this specific number: 2.08 ft/yr either side. Taken at face value, this segment's raw 0.56 ft/yr reading would land it 1036 of 1211 nationally - a number worth ignoring, since it's statistical noise rather than a real trend. Source: USGS Open-File Report 2004-1089. Rank 995 nationally for growth belongs to Beach Haven, NJ, 1054 miles from this stretch, measured at 0.4 ft/yr. 0.8 miles up the coast, Biloxi, MS shows the same lack of a significant trend.
One address near Biloxi: the Coastal Change Hazards Portal zooms past this stretch to the underlying map.