Gulf Coast Gauges

Bayou Teche at Adeline Bridge near Jeanerette water level

USGS gauge 07385765 · St. Mary Parish · Lafayette and Acadiana

1.96 ft

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

Highest since 1997 (USGS)
5.91 ft (August 14, 2016)
Usual range
1.64 to 2.47 ft

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

No National Weather Service alert covering St. Mary 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 the gauge's zero point. This gauge's zero is set at 0 ft NAVD88, so its gage height is the water surface elevation above that datum. It is not a water depth.

Daily highs and lows since September 11, 2026

1.0 1.9 2.7 2026-09-11 – 2026-10-23 · bars are daily low to high

Annual peaks since 1997

In 30 complete water years of comparable USGS records (since 1997), the highest peak was 5.91 ft on August 14, 2016. So far in water year 2027 (since October 1) the highest reading is 2.72 ft on October 2, 2026.

2 3 4 5 6 2000 2005 2010 2015 2020 2025 Water year 1997: 4.64 ft on October 25, 1996 Water year 1998: 4.63 ft on September 12, 1998 Water year 1999: 3.38 ft on June 26, 1999 Water year 2000: 2.82 ft on October 8, 1999 Water year 2001: 4.52 ft on June 10, 2001 Water year 2002: 3.08 ft on April 9, 2002 Water year 2003: 4.33 ft on October 3, 2002 Water year 2004: 4.40 ft on May 19, 2004 Water year 2005: 5.74 ft on September 24, 2005 Water year 2006: 3.51 ft on April 29, 2006 Water year 2007: 3.62 ft on October 17, 2006 Water year 2008: 5.71 ft on September 13, 2008 Water year 2009: 4.15 ft on March 27, 2009 Water year 2010: 4.77 ft on July 6, 2010 Water year 2011: 3.82 ft on September 4, 2011 Water year 2012: 3.69 ft on March 21, 2012 Water year 2013: 4.49 ft on January 14, 2013 Water year 2014: 4.07 ft on July 18, 2014 Water year 2015: 3.50 ft on April 14, 2015 Water year 2016: 5.91 ft on August 14, 2016 Water year 2017: 4.62 ft on August 30, 2017 Water year 2018: 4.36 ft on October 22, 2017 Water year 2019: 5.38 ft on July 14, 2019 Water year 2020: 4.83 ft on August 27, 2020 Water year 2021: 4.73 ft on May 12, 2021 Water year 2022: 3.26 ft on April 13, 2022 Water year 2023: 3.76 ft on April 16, 2023 Water year 2024: 3.43 ft on December 1, 2023 Water year 2025: 3.84 ft on June 13, 2025 Water year 2026: 3.73 ft on May 11, 2026 Water year 2027 so far: 2.72 ft on October 2, 2026 2016 2005 2008

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

bayou-teche-at-adeline-bridge-near-jeanerette.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.