Gulf Coast Gauges

Bayou Des Cannes near Eunice water level

USGS gauge 08010000 · St. Landry Parish · Lafayette and Acadiana · NWS gauge BDCL1

0.04 ft

gage height, Oct 23, 2026 at 2:15 PM CDT · 4 hours ago

Below NWS minor flood stage
16.0 ft
NWS action stage
14.0 ft
NWS minor flood stage
16.0 ft
NWS moderate flood stage
18.0 ft
NWS major flood stage
21.0 ft
Highest since 1939 (USGS)
22.37 ft (August 15, 2016)
Usual range
0.08 to 0.39 ft

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

No National Weather Service alert covering St. Landry 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

0.0 0.3 0.5 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 12.97 ft NAVD88. It is not a water depth and not an elevation: add 12.97 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

0.0 1.5 2.9 2026-09-11 – 2026-10-23 · bars are daily low to high

Annual peaks since 1939

In 88 complete water years of comparable USGS records (since 1939), the highest peak was 22.37 ft on August 15, 2016. So far in water year 2027 (since October 1) the highest reading is 0.21 ft on October 14, 2026.

-2 5 11 18 24 1940 1950 1960 1970 1980 1990 2000 2010 2020 major 21 ft moderate 18 ft minor 16 ft action 14 ft Water year 1939: 10.86 ft on June 6, 1939 Water year 1940: 21.13 ft on August 10, 1940 Water year 1941: 18.50 ft on June 1, 1941 Water year 1942: 18.63 ft on June 11, 1942 Water year 1943: 18.55 ft on February 7, 1943 Water year 1944: 17.60 ft on March 20, 1944 Water year 1945: 16.41 ft on February 7, 1945 Water year 1946: 21.15 ft on July 7, 1946 Water year 1947: 17.90 ft on January 15, 1947 Water year 1948: 16.98 ft on March 4, 1948 Water year 1949: 16.95 ft on March 23, 1949 Water year 1950: 17.54 ft on February 15, 1950 Water year 1951: 16.10 ft on February 2, 1951 Water year 1952: 16.43 ft on February 4, 1952 Water year 1953: 22.36 ft on May 20, 1953 Water year 1954: 15.19 ft on May 5, 1954 Water year 1955: 21.21 ft on February 7, 1955 Water year 1956: 16.86 ft on February 5, 1956 Water year 1957: 18.32 ft on December 24, 1956 Water year 1958: 15.27 ft on October 19, 1957 Water year 1959: 18.13 ft on February 1, 1959 Water year 1960: 17.89 ft on December 18, 1959 Water year 1961: 17.92 ft on February 19, 1961 Water year 1962: 17.74 ft on November 15, 1961 Water year 1963: 17.32 ft on January 21, 1963 Water year 1964: 20.70 ft on April 20, 1964 Water year 1965: 16.76 ft on March 3, 1965 Water year 1966: 17.38 ft on February 14, 1966 Water year 1967: 19.79 ft on April 17, 1967 Water year 1968: 15.94 ft on January 12, 1968 Water year 1969: 16.90 ft on April 15, 1969 Water year 1970: 16.06 ft on May 5, 1970 Water year 1971: 17.72 ft on May 13, 1971 Water year 1972: 21.77 ft on December 7, 1971 Water year 1973: 19.22 ft on April 18, 1973 Water year 1974: 18.75 ft on February 3, 1974 Water year 1975: 18.54 ft on August 3, 1975 Water year 1976: 18.98 ft on March 26, 1976 Water year 1977: 19.66 ft on April 22, 1977 Water year 1978: 18.86 ft on December 1, 1977 Water year 1979: 19.14 ft on May 31, 1979 Water year 1980: 19.27 ft on March 29, 1980 Water year 1981: 17.30 ft on June 5, 1981 Water year 1982: 18.56 ft on September 13, 1982 Water year 1983: 20.16 ft on December 28, 1982 Water year 1984: 19.54 ft on December 12, 1983 Water year 1985: 17.91 ft on October 24, 1984 Water year 1986: 20.74 ft on October 31, 1985 Water year 1987: 18.39 ft on January 19, 1987 Water year 1988: 19.82 ft on February 2, 1988 Water year 1989: 21.00 ft on December 25, 1988 Water year 1990: 18.80 ft on January 26, 1990 Water year 1991: 18.55 ft on January 11, 1991 Water year 1992: 18.18 ft on December 15, 1991 Water year 1993: 18.76 ft on May 3, 1993 Water year 1994: 18.52 ft on January 29, 1994 Water year 1995: 18.47 ft on January 28, 1995 Water year 1996: 17.27 ft on December 19, 1995 Water year 1997: 19.07 ft on October 27, 1996 Water year 1998: 18.86 ft on September 13, 1998 Water year 1999: 18.54 ft on January 8, 1999 Water year 2000: 17.50 ft on May 5, 2000 Water year 2001: 18.07 ft on January 20, 2001 Water year 2002: 17.36 ft on April 9, 2002 Water year 2003: 19.00 ft on October 30, 2002 Water year 2004: 19.78 ft on May 15, 2004 Water year 2005: 18.13 ft on September 26, 2005 Water year 2006: 17.37 ft on February 3, 2006 Water year 2007: 20.05 ft on October 29, 2006 Water year 2008: 18.18 ft on May 16, 2008 Water year 2009: 18.65 ft on April 20, 2009 Water year 2010: 17.40 ft on November 23, 2009 Water year 2011: 15.00 ft on December 31, 2010 Water year 2012: 18.15 ft on January 11, 2012 Water year 2013: 21.40 ft on January 12, 2013 Water year 2014: 16.85 ft on February 13, 2014 Water year 2015: 17.07 ft on March 3, 2015 Water year 2016: 22.37 ft on August 15, 2016 Water year 2017: 20.64 ft on May 4, 2017 Water year 2018: 16.97 ft on February 11, 2018 Water year 2019: 19.26 ft on June 7, 2019 Water year 2020: 18.81 ft on August 29, 2020 Water year 2021: 18.72 ft on October 11, 2020 Water year 2022: 16.30 ft on August 27, 2022 Water year 2023: 19.22 ft on December 14, 2022 Water year 2024: 17.89 ft on January 27, 2024 Water year 2025: 18.08 ft on May 9, 2025 Water year 2026: 16.41 ft on March 10, 2026 Water year 2027 so far: 0.21 ft on October 14, 2026 2016 1953 1972

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 15, 201622.37 ft6.4 ft
May 20, 195322.36 ft6.4 ft
December 7, 197121.77 ft5.8 ft
January 12, 201321.40 ft5.4 ft
February 7, 195521.21 ft5.2 ft
July 7, 194621.15 ft5.1 ft
August 10, 194021.13 ft5.1 ft
October 31, 198520.74 ft4.7 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

bayou-des-cannes-near-eunice.csv (CSV): every reading stored for this gauge since September 11, 2026, 4,046 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.