Gulf Coast Gauges

Mississippi River Southwest Pass Mile 7.5 BHP water level

U.S. Army Corps of Engineers gauge 01575 · Plaquemines Parish · New Orleans and the Northshore

1.87 ft

stage, NAVD88 · Oct 17, 2026 at 12:00 PM CDT · 10 days ago

Usual range
0.54 to 2.31 ft
Highest since September 30, 2025
3.66 ft

This gauge's most recent reading is from Oct 17, 2026 at 12:00 PM CDT (10 days ago). It may not reflect conditions now.

No National Weather Service alert covering Plaquemines Parish was active when this page was generated (Oct 27, 2026 at 2:35 PM CDT). Alerts are issued and expire at any time; the current list is at alerts.weather.gov.

Last 7 days

Not enough readings in this window to draw a chart.

Hourly averages of the Corps' readings. The shaded band is this gauge's usual range: the middle 80% of its readings since September 30, 2025.

How to read this gauge

The number is the water surface elevation in feet on NAVD88, the current national vertical datum: a height above a fixed survey reference, not a depth. Readings on different datums can't be compared directly.

Daily highs and lows since September 30, 2025

-0.9 1.4 3.7 2025-09-30 – 2026-10-17 · bars are daily low to high

Other Corps gauges in New Orleans and the Northshore

Corps gaugeStageDatumNWS flood stageUpdated
Bayou Segnette Sector Gate – Flood Side1.61 ftNAVD88—28 hours ago
Bayou Segnette Sector Gate – Protected Side1.51 ftNAVD88—28 hours ago
GIWW near Paris Road Bridge1.17 ftNAVD88—3 hours ago
Harvey Canal at Lapalco Blvd1.32 ftNAVD88—28 hours ago
IHNC Surge Barrier East / Flood Side1.50 ftNAVD88—28 hours ago
IHNC Surge Barrier West / Protected Side1.66 ftNAVD88—28 hours ago
Inner Harbor Navigation Canal at New Orleans1.29 ftNAVD88—2 hours ago
Lake Pontchartrain at Lakefront Airport1.83 ftNAVD88—2 hours ago
Mississippi River South Pass at Port Eads1.25 ftNAVD88—2 hours ago
Mississippi River Southwest Pass at East Jetty1.60 ftNAVD88—2 hours ago
Mississippi River at Alliance1.38 ftNAVD88—3 hours ago
Mississippi River at Bonnet Carre3.98 ftNGVD29—3 hours ago
Mississippi River at Empire1.09 ftNAVD88—2 hours ago
Mississippi River at Harvey Lock3.01 ftNGVD29—2 hours ago
Mississippi River at IHNC Lock1.80 ftNAVD88—2 hours ago
Mississippi River at New Orleans (Carrollton)3.04 ftlocal14.0 ft below minor flood stage3 hours ago
Mississippi River at Reserve4.29 ftNGVD29—3 hours ago
Mississippi River at Venice0.79 ftNAVD88—3 hours ago
Mississippi River at West Bay0.83 ftNAVD88—2 hours ago
Mississippi River at West Pointe a la Hache0.98 ftNAVD88—2 hours ago
Seabrook Bridge – Inner Harbor Navigation Canal1.44 ftNAVD88—3 hours ago
Sellers Canal at Hwy 902.16 ftlocal—3 hours ago
Walker Drainage Structure – Protected Side-0.84 ftlocal—28 hours ago
Western Tie-In Sector Gate – Flood Side1.14 ftNAVD88—28 hours ago
Western Tie-In Sector Gate – Protected Side1.35 ftNAVD88—28 hours ago

Download the readings

mississippi-river-southwest-pass-mile-7-5-bhp.csv (CSV): every reading from the last 90 days, 1,906 rows, with time in UTC and Central, and stage in feet on NAVD88.

mississippi-river-southwest-pass-mile-7-5-bhp-daily.csv (CSV): the low and high of every day since September 30, 2025.

Source. Stage and flood-fight phases from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, New Orleans District; flood stages from the National Weather Service. Recent readings are provisional and can be revised. This site is not affiliated with either.