Gulf Coast Gauges

Bayou Cocodrie near Whiteville water level

NWS gauge WHTL1 · St. Landry Parish · Lafayette and Acadiana

18.79 ft

stage above a datum the NWS does not state · Nov 3, 2026 at 10:00 PM CST · 65 minutes ago

Below NWS minor flood stage
13.2 ft
NWS action stage
30.0 ft
NWS minor flood stage
32.0 ft
NWS moderate flood stage
34.0 ft
NWS major flood stage
35.0 ft
Highest NWS crest
35.35 ft (October 19, 2020)
Usual range
17.41 to 17.78 ft
Highest since October 4, 2026
18.79 ft
No National Weather Service alert covering St. Landry Parish was active when this page was generated (Nov 3, 2026 at 11:05 PM CST). Alerts are issued and expire at any time; the current list is at alerts.weather.gov.

Last 7 days

17.4 18.1 18.8 Oct 29 Oct 30 Oct 31 Nov 1 Nov 2 Nov 3

Hourly averages of the readings. The shaded band is this gauge's usual range: the middle 80% of its readings since October 4, 2026.

How to read this gauge

The number is the stage in feet on this gauge's own scale, as the NWS publishes it. The NWS gives no datum for it, so it is not a depth and can't be compared with other gauges.

The flood stages are the National Weather Service's references for this location, on the same scale as the reading. They describe the gauge, not any particular street or property.

Readings the NWS marks out of service are left out, and so is any single reading more than 2 ft from the readings either side of it, which is a sensor error rather than water; a newest reading that far from the one before waits for the next to agree.

The NWS does not name the agency that runs this gauge; the National Weather Service publishes its readings and its flood stages, which is where this site reads them.

NWS historic crests

DateCrestAbove minor flood stage
October 19, 202035.35 ft3.4 ft

The highest crests the National Weather Service lists for this gauge, as published, on the same scale as the reading.

Daily highs and lows since October 4, 2026

17.3 18.0 18.8 2026-10-04 – 2026-11-03 · bars are daily low to high

Other NWS-published gauges in Lafayette and Acadiana

GaugeStageDatumNWS flood stageUpdated
Bayou Courtableau at Courtableau17.43 ftNGVD291.6 ft below minor flood stage65 minutes ago
Bayou Rouge near Palmetto17.29 ftNAVD888.7 ft below minor flood stage65 minutes ago
Bayou Teche near Port Barre17.10 ftlocal4.9 ft below minor flood stage65 minutes ago

Download the readings

bayou-cocodrie-near-whiteville.csv (CSV): every reading from the last 90 days, 711 rows, with time in UTC and local time, and the reading in feet on a datum the NWS does not state.

bayou-cocodrie-near-whiteville-daily.csv (CSV): the low and high of every day since October 4, 2026.

Source. Readings from the gauge's operator, as published by the National Weather Service, which also sets the flood stages and lists the crests. The NWS name for this gauge is “Bayou Cocodrie near Whiteville”. Recent readings are provisional and can be revised. This site is not affiliated with either.