Gulf Coast Gauges

Amite River at Magnolia water level

USGS gauge 07377300 · East Baton Rouge Parish · Baton Rouge · NWS gauge MAGL1

26.89 ft

gage height, Oct 23, 2026 at 2:15 PM CDT · 3 hours ago

Below NWS minor flood stage
21.1 ft
NWS action stage
47.0 ft
NWS minor flood stage
48.0 ft
NWS moderate flood stage
50.0 ft
NWS major flood stage
53.0 ft
Highest since 1949 (USGS)
58.56 ft (August 13, 2016)
Usual range
26.92 to 27.33 ft

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

No National Weather Service alert covering East Baton Rouge 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

26.9 27.1 27.4 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 -1.43 ft NAVD88. It is not a water depth and not an elevation: add -1.43 ft to get the water surface elevation.

The flood stages are the National Weather Service's, on the same scale as the gage height; they are the NWS's references for this location, not estimates made here.

Daily highs and lows since September 11, 2026

26.9 27.4 27.9 2026-09-11 – 2026-10-23 · bars are daily low to high

Annual peaks since 1949

In 62 complete water years of comparable USGS records (since 1949), the highest peak was 58.56 ft on August 13, 2016. So far in water year 2027 (since October 1) the highest reading is 27.64 ft on October 4, 2026.

25 34 43 52 61 1950 1960 1970 1980 1990 2000 2010 2020 major 53 ft moderate 50 ft minor 48 ft action 47 ft Water year 1949: 42.26 ft on May 4, 1949 Water year 1950: 45.10 ft on January 9, 1950 Water year 1951: 44.32 ft on April 1, 1951 Water year 1952: 36.48 ft on April 5, 1952 Water year 1953: 47.46 ft on May 20, 1953 Water year 1954: 36.74 ft on December 11, 1953 Water year 1955: 48.26 ft on April 15, 1955 Water year 1956: 41.92 ft on March 14, 1956 Water year 1957: 37.71 ft on July 1, 1957 Water year 1958: 38.42 ft on September 25, 1958 Water year 1959: 39.39 ft on February 4, 1959 Water year 1960: 40.26 ft on December 19, 1959 Water year 1961: 46.57 ft on March 18, 1961 Water year 1962: 45.14 ft on April 29, 1962 Water year 1964: 43.78 ft on March 3, 1964 Water year 1965: 45.89 ft on October 6, 1964 Water year 1966: 43.97 ft on February 17, 1966 Water year 1967: 46.12 ft on April 15, 1967 Water year 1969: 40.52 ft on April 13, 1969 Water year 1970: 39.10 ft on October 8, 1969 Water year 1972: 46.42 ft on December 6, 1971 Water year 1973: 48.00 ft on March 27, 1973 Water year 1974: 41.73 ft on April 15, 1974 Water year 1975: 43.99 ft on January 10, 1975 Water year 1977: 51.91 ft on April 23, 1977 Water year 1978: 42.84 ft on December 1, 1977 Water year 1979: 46.51 ft on April 23, 1979 Water year 1980: 46.65 ft on April 14, 1980 Water year 1983: 50.97 ft on April 8, 1983 Water year 1993: 49.08 ft on January 21, 1993 Water year 1994: 48.40 ft on January 29, 1994 Water year 1995: 46.77 ft on April 12, 1995 Water year 1996: 44.48 ft on December 19, 1995 Water year 1997: 46.75 ft on April 29, 1997 Water year 1998: 45.32 ft on January 9, 1998 Water year 1999: 44.36 ft on March 15, 1999 Water year 2000: 32.56 ft on April 5, 2000 Water year 2001: 47.90 ft on June 9, 2001 Water year 2002: 41.17 ft on April 10, 2002 Water year 2003: 46.75 ft on February 4, 2003 Water year 2004: 43.41 ft on May 17, 2004 Water year 2005: 41.48 ft on February 2, 2005 Water year 2006: 34.31 ft on February 3, 2006 Water year 2008: 46.86 ft on September 4, 2008 Water year 2009: 44.76 ft on March 30, 2009 Water year 2010: 41.59 ft on December 19, 2009 Water year 2011: 42.33 ft on March 10, 2011 Water year 2012: 42.55 ft on September 2, 2012 Water year 2013: 43.67 ft on February 14, 2013 Water year 2014: 42.92 ft on February 23, 2014 Water year 2015: 41.68 ft on March 4, 2015 Water year 2016: 58.56 ft on August 13, 2016 Water year 2017: 41.46 ft on April 4, 2017 Water year 2018: 42.50 ft on January 29, 2018 Water year 2019: 42.86 ft on May 12, 2019 Water year 2020: 40.03 ft on February 7, 2020 Water year 2021: 43.09 ft on April 17, 2021 Water year 2022: 40.63 ft on August 25, 2022 Water year 2023: 42.03 ft on February 18, 2023 Water year 2024: 41.39 ft on January 27, 2024 Water year 2025: 41.34 ft on May 9, 2025 Water year 2026: 42.26 ft on June 18, 2026 Water year 2027 so far: 27.64 ft on October 4, 2026 2016 1977 1983

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
August 13, 201658.56 ft10.6 ft
April 23, 197751.91 ft3.9 ft
April 8, 198350.97 ft3.0 ft
January 21, 199349.08 ft1.1 ft
January 29, 199448.40 ft0.4 ft
April 15, 195548.26 ft0.3 ft
March 27, 197348.00 ft0.0 ft
June 9, 200147.90 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

amite-river-at-magnolia.csv (CSV): every reading stored for this gauge since September 11, 2026, 4,045 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; flood stages and historic crests from the NWS National Water Prediction Service. This site is not affiliated with either agency.