Gulf Coast Gauges

Abita River north of Abita Springs water level

USGS gauge 07375222 · St. Tammany Parish · New Orleans and the Northshore · NWS gauge ASBL1

6.89 ft

gage height, Oct 23, 2026 at 2:30 PM CDT · 3 hours ago

Highest since 1966 (USGS)
25.37 ft (April 12, 1995)
Usual range
6.91 to 7.34 ft

USGS marks recent readings as provisional: they can be revised after review.

No National Weather Service alert covering St. Tammany Parish was active when this page was generated (Oct 23, 2026 at 5:05 PM CDT). Alerts are issued and expire at any time; the current list is at alerts.weather.gov.

Last 7 days

6.9 7.1 7.4 Oct 17 Oct 18 Oct 19 Oct 20 Oct 21 Oct 22 Oct 23

Hourly averages of USGS readings. The shaded band is this gauge's usual range: the middle 80% of its readings since September 11, 2026.

How to read this gauge

Gage height is the height of the water surface above this gauge's own zero point, which sits at -0.83 ft NAVD88. It is not a water depth and not an elevation: add -0.83 ft to get the water surface elevation.

Daily highs and lows since September 11, 2026

6.9 7.8 8.8 2026-09-11 – 2026-10-23 · bars are daily low to high

Annual peaks since 1966

In 58 complete water years of comparable USGS records (since 1966), the highest peak was 25.37 ft on April 12, 1995. So far in water year 2027 (since October 1) the highest reading is 7.45 ft on October 5, 2026.

6 11 16 22 27 1970 1980 1990 2000 2010 2020 Water year 1966: 22.46 ft on February 13, 1966 Water year 1967: 19.58 ft on April 14, 1967 Water year 1968: 14.75 ft on January 15, 1968 Water year 1969: 19.31 ft on April 13, 1969 Water year 1970: 14.14 ft on March 4, 1970 Water year 1971: 20.64 ft on February 26, 1971 Water year 1972: 23.38 ft on May 8, 1972 Water year 1973: 23.69 ft on March 24, 1973 Water year 1974: 23.37 ft on May 23, 1974 Water year 1975: 20.05 ft on July 27, 1975 Water year 1976: 17.98 ft on February 1, 1976 Water year 1977: 22.16 ft on August 25, 1977 Water year 1978: 23.92 ft on May 3, 1978 Water year 1979: 21.05 ft on February 27, 1979 Water year 1980: 24.07 ft on March 29, 1980 Water year 1981: 23.06 ft on February 11, 1981 Water year 1982: 18.82 ft on February 2, 1982 Water year 1983: 23.66 ft on April 8, 1983 Water year 1984: 23.05 ft on December 29, 1983 Water year 1985: 18.31 ft on August 20, 1985 Water year 1986: 20.03 ft on October 28, 1985 Water year 1987: 22.88 ft on August 6, 1987 Water year 1988: 23.15 ft on April 3, 1988 Water year 1989: 18.76 ft on August 2, 1989 Water year 1990: 21.28 ft on May 12, 1990 Water year 1991: 22.25 ft on May 10, 1991 Water year 1992: 20.08 ft on August 27, 1992 Water year 1993: 23.75 ft on January 22, 1993 Water year 1994: 17.27 ft on July 13, 1994 Water year 1995: 25.37 ft on April 12, 1995 Water year 1996: 22.59 ft on March 18, 1996 Water year 1997: 20.09 ft on February 26, 1997 Water year 1998: 21.10 ft on January 9, 1998 Water year 2000: 13.19 ft on October 9, 1999 Water year 2001: 25.25 ft on June 11, 2001 Water year 2002: 23.23 ft on September 26, 2002 Water year 2003: 24.17 ft on July 1, 2003 Water year 2004: 20.20 ft on June 27, 2004 Water year 2005: 24.18 ft on August 30, 2005 Water year 2006: 20.50 ft on April 30, 2006 Water year 2007: 21.03 ft on December 31, 2006 Water year 2008: 23.78 ft on September 2, 2008 Water year 2009: 21.69 ft on March 27, 2009 Water year 2010: 20.22 ft on February 5, 2010 Water year 2011: 20.32 ft on September 5, 2011 Water year 2014: 21.75 ft on June 1, 2014 Water year 2015: 20.48 ft on January 23, 2015 Water year 2016: 21.11 ft on March 12, 2016 Water year 2017: 21.21 ft on January 2, 2017 Water year 2018: 20.76 ft on April 15, 2018 Water year 2019: 22.88 ft on December 28, 2018 Water year 2020: 20.73 ft on May 15, 2020 Water year 2021: 24.29 ft on August 30, 2021 Water year 2022: 19.51 ft on February 4, 2022 Water year 2023: 21.56 ft on February 9, 2023 Water year 2024: 24.41 ft on September 12, 2024 Water year 2025: 18.59 ft on May 10, 2025 Water year 2026: 23.17 ft on June 18, 2026 Water year 2027 so far: 7.45 ft on October 5, 2026 1995 2001 2024

Each dot is the highest gage height of a water year (October to September), from the USGS annual peak record, with recent years USGS has not published yet taken from its 15-minute readings and this site's own; hover a dot for its date. Dashed lines are NWS flood stages.

NWS historic crests

DateCrestAbove minor flood stage
April 12, 199525.37 ft—
June 11, 200125.25 ft—
August 30, 200524.18 ft—
July 1, 200324.17 ft—
March 29, 198024.07 ft—
May 3, 197823.92 ft—
September 2, 200823.78 ft—
January 22, 199323.75 ft—

The highest crests the National Weather Service lists for this gauge, as published. They can differ from the USGS annual peaks above: USGS records the year's highest gage height, which is not always the crest the NWS lists for the same flood.

Download the readings

abita-river-north-of-abita-springs.csv (CSV): every reading stored for this gauge since September 11, 2026, 4,047 rows, with time in UTC and Central, gage height in feet, and the USGS approval status.

Source. Gage height from the U.S. Geological Survey. This site is not affiliated with either agency.