Bayou Courtableau at Courtableau water level
NWS gauge BCDL1 · U.S. Army Corps of Engineers · St. Landry Parish · Lafayette and Acadiana
stage, NGVD29 · Nov 3, 2026 at 10:00 PM CST · 50 minutes ago
- Below NWS minor flood stage
- 1.6 ft
- NWS action stage
- 18.5 ft
- NWS minor flood stage
- 19.0 ft
- NWS moderate flood stage
- 20.0 ft
- Usual range
- 17.37 to 17.75 ft
- Highest since October 4, 2026
- 17.78 ft
Last 7 days
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 water surface elevation in feet on NGVD29, an older national vertical datum (NGVD29 and NAVD88 heights differ by an amount that varies from place to place): a height above a fixed survey reference, not a depth. Readings on different datums can't be compared directly.
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.
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers runs this gauge; the National Weather Service publishes its readings and its flood stages, which is where this site reads them.
Daily highs and lows since October 4, 2026
Other NWS-published gauges in Lafayette and Acadiana
| Gauge | Stage | Datum | NWS flood stage | Updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bayou Cocodrie near Whiteville | 18.70 ft | — | 13.3 ft below minor flood stage | 2 hours ago |
| Bayou Rouge near Palmetto | 17.29 ft | NAVD88 | 8.7 ft below minor flood stage | 50 minutes ago |
| Bayou Teche near Port Barre | 17.10 ft | local | 4.9 ft below minor flood stage | 2 hours ago |
Download the readings
bayou-courtableau-at-courtableau.csv (CSV): every reading from the last 90 days, 722 rows, with time in UTC and local time, and the reading in feet on NGVD29.
bayou-courtableau-at-courtableau-daily.csv (CSV): the low and high of every day since October 4, 2026.
Source. Readings from U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, 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 Courtableau at Courtableau”. Recent readings are provisional and can be revised. This site is not affiliated with either.