Gulf Coast Gauges

Bayou Perot at Point Legard near Cutoff water level

USGS gauge 07380330 · Lafourche Parish · Houma–Thibodaux · NWS gauge BPPL1

2.81 ft

gage height, Oct 23, 2026 at 2:45 PM CDT · 2 hours ago

Highest since 2010 (USGS)
8.88 ft (August 29, 2012)
Usual range
2.37 to 3.29 ft

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

No National Weather Service alert covering Lafourche 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

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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 -1.67 ft NAVD88. It is not a water depth and not an elevation: add -1.67 ft to get the water surface elevation.

Daily highs and lows since September 11, 2026

1.4 2.7 4.0 2026-09-11 – 2026-10-23 · bars are daily low to high

Annual peaks since 2010

In 17 complete water years of comparable USGS records (since 2010), the highest peak was 8.88 ft on August 29, 2012. So far in water year 2027 (since October 1) the highest reading is 3.97 ft on October 4, 2026, higher than the annual peak in 5 of 17 years.

3 5 6 8 9 2010 2015 2020 2025 Water year 2010: 4.19 ft on July 7, 2010 Water year 2011: 5.41 ft on September 3, 2011 Water year 2012: 8.88 ft on August 29, 2012 Water year 2013: 3.52 ft on May 30, 2013 Water year 2014: 3.99 ft on March 29, 2014 Water year 2015: 3.48 ft on June 15, 2015 Water year 2016: 5.04 ft on October 26, 2015 Water year 2017: 4.56 ft on June 22, 2017 Water year 2018: 3.95 ft on October 3, 2017 Water year 2019: 5.65 ft on July 13, 2019 Water year 2020: 5.28 ft on August 27, 2020 Water year 2021: 7.38 ft on August 29, 2021 Water year 2022: 3.73 ft on March 30, 2022 Water year 2023: 3.57 ft on November 6, 2022 Water year 2024: 4.69 ft on September 11, 2024 Water year 2025: 4.23 ft on November 19, 2024 Water year 2026: 3.98 ft on October 6, 2025 Water year 2027 so far: 3.97 ft on October 4, 2026 2012 2021 2019

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 29, 20128.88 ft—
September 3, 20115.41 ft—
October 26, 20155.04 ft—
July 7, 20104.19 ft—
March 29, 20143.99 ft—
May 30, 20133.52 ft—
June 15, 20153.48 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-perot-at-point-legard-near-cutoff.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.