Gulf Coast Gauges

Barataria Bay near Grand Terre Island water level

USGS gauge 291929089562600 · Jefferson Parish · New Orleans and the Northshore · NWS gauge GTEL1

3.17 ft

gage height, Oct 23, 2026 at 2:00 PM CDT · 4 hours ago

Highest since 2002 (USGS)
8.17 ft (August 29, 2012)
Usual range
2.50 to 3.94 ft

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

No National Weather Service alert covering Jefferson Parish was active when this page was generated (Oct 23, 2026 at 5:50 PM CDT). Alerts are issued and expire at any time; the current list is at alerts.weather.gov.

Last 7 days

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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 -2.30 ft NAVD88. It is not a water depth and not an elevation: add -2.30 ft to get the water surface elevation.

Daily highs and lows since September 11, 2026

1.7 3.2 4.7 2026-09-11 – 2026-10-23 · bars are daily low to high

Annual peaks since 2002

In 25 complete water years of comparable USGS records (since 2002), the highest peak was 8.17 ft on August 29, 2012. So far in water year 2027 (since October 1) the highest reading is 4.73 ft on October 2, 2026, higher than the annual peak in 6 of 25 years.

4 5 6 7 8 2005 2010 2015 2020 2025 Water year 2002: 4.60 ft on September 14, 2002 Water year 2003: 5.67 ft on June 30, 2003 Water year 2004: 5.10 ft on September 23, 2004 Water year 2005: 7.42 ft on September 24, 2005 Water year 2006: 4.78 ft on April 30, 2006 Water year 2007: 5.49 ft on October 16, 2006 Water year 2008: 5.30 ft on September 1, 2008 Water year 2009: 4.79 ft on September 14, 2009 Water year 2010: 4.99 ft on December 1, 2009 Water year 2011: 6.05 ft on September 3, 2011 Water year 2012: 8.17 ft on August 29, 2012 Water year 2013: 4.37 ft on April 14, 2013 Water year 2014: 4.38 ft on October 6, 2013 Water year 2015: 4.50 ft on December 23, 2014 Water year 2016: 5.74 ft on October 25, 2015 Water year 2017: 5.32 ft on June 21, 2017 Water year 2018: 5.11 ft on October 7, 2017 Water year 2019: 5.84 ft on July 13, 2019 Water year 2020: 6.46 ft on September 21, 2020 Water year 2021: 7.77 ft on August 29, 2021 Water year 2022: 4.21 ft on September 17, 2022 Water year 2023: 5.25 ft on November 15, 2022 Water year 2024: 5.51 ft on September 11, 2024 Water year 2025: 5.14 ft on November 19, 2024 Water year 2026: 4.51 ft on June 18, 2026 Water year 2027 so far: 4.73 ft on October 2, 2026 2012 2021 2005

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.

Download the readings

barataria-bay-near-grand-terre-island.csv (CSV): every reading stored for this gauge since September 11, 2026, 3,983 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.