Breton Sound Basin at Delacroix water level
NWS gauge DCXL1 · U.S. Army Corps of Engineers · St. Bernard Parish · New Orleans and the Northshore
stage, NAVD88 · Nov 3, 2026 at 9:30 PM CST · 2 hours ago
- Highest NWS crest
- 5.11 ft (September 13, 2008)
- Usual range
- 1.33 to 2.96 ft
- Highest since October 4, 2026
- 4.66 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 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.
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, which is where this site reads them.
NWS historic crests
| Date | Crest | Above minor flood stage |
|---|---|---|
| September 13, 2008 | 5.11 ft | — |
| September 24, 2005 | 4.85 ft | — |
| October 29, 1985 | 3.99 ft | — |
| June 22, 2017 | 1.67 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
Other NWS-published gauges in New Orleans and the Northshore
Download the readings
breton-sound-basin-at-delacroix.csv (CSV): every reading from the last 90 days, 2,873 rows, with time in UTC and local time, and the reading in feet on NAVD88.
breton-sound-basin-at-delacroix-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 “Breton Sound Basin near Delacroix at the end of Hwy 300”. Recent readings are provisional and can be revised. This site is not affiliated with either.