Gulf Coast Gauges

Bayou Teche at Port Barre water level

USGS gauge 07385450 · St. Landry Parish · Lafayette and Acadiana

17.29 ft

gage height, Oct 22, 2026 at 7:30 AM CDT · 34 hours ago

Highest since 1938 (USGS)
28.30 ft (May 24, 1953)
Usual range
16.97 to 17.33 ft

This gauge's most recent reading is from Oct 22, 2026 at 7:30 AM CDT (34 hours ago). It may not reflect conditions now.

No National Weather Service alert covering St. Landry 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

17.0 17.2 17.5 Oct 17 Oct 18 Oct 19 Oct 20 Oct 21 Oct 22

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 -0.50 ft NAVD88. It is not a water depth and not an elevation: add -0.50 ft to get the water surface elevation.

Daily highs and lows since September 11, 2026

16.9 17.1 17.4 2026-09-11 – 2026-10-22 · bars are daily low to high

Annual peaks since 1938

In 46 complete water years of comparable USGS records (since 1938), the highest peak was 28.30 ft on May 24, 1953. So far in water year 2027 (since October 1) the highest reading is 17.36 ft on October 12, 2026.

16 20 23 26 29 1940 1950 1960 1970 1980 1990 2000 2010 2020 Water year 1938: 22.00 ft on April 20, 1938 Water year 1939: 19.20 ft on May 22, 1939 Water year 1940: 26.60 ft on August 10, 1940 Water year 1941: 21.80 ft on December 16, 1940 Water year 1942: 20.90 ft on January 3, 1942 Water year 1943: 22.20 ft on February 7, 1943 Water year 1944: 21.30 ft on March 20, 1944 Water year 1945: 21.30 ft on April 3, 1945 Water year 1946: 21.90 ft on July 8, 1946 Water year 1947: 22.50 ft on January 14, 1947 Water year 1948: 22.50 ft on March 6, 1948 Water year 1949: 21.60 ft on April 29, 1949 Water year 1950: 22.30 ft on January 6, 1950 Water year 1951: 20.80 ft on February 1, 1951 Water year 1952: 20.20 ft on April 25, 1952 Water year 1953: 28.30 ft on May 24, 1953 Water year 1954: 21.20 ft on May 5, 1954 Water year 1955: 24.70 ft on February 7, 1955 Water year 1956: 21.40 ft on March 17, 1956 Water year 1957: 21.60 ft on December 24, 1956 Water year 1958: 20.90 ft on November 25, 1957 Water year 1959: 21.60 ft on February 4, 1959 Water year 1960: 22.30 ft on December 18, 1959 Water year 1961: 21.30 ft on June 21, 1961 Water year 1962: 21.60 ft on December 19, 1961 Water year 1963: 21.00 ft on January 21, 1963 Water year 1964: 20.93 ft on March 4, 1964 Water year 1965: 21.79 ft on March 2, 1965 Water year 1966: 23.02 ft on February 15, 1966 Water year 1967: 23.60 ft on April 16, 1967 Water year 1968: 20.68 ft on January 12, 1968 Water year 1969: 21.57 ft on April 14, 1969 Water year 1970: 19.52 ft on May 4, 1970 Water year 1971: 20.95 ft on October 29, 1970 Water year 1972: 20.53 ft on February 1, 1972 Water year 1973: 23.00 ft on April 19, 1973 Water year 1974: 24.80 ft on February 2, 1974 Water year 1975: 21.94 ft on May 3, 1975 Water year 1976: 21.22 ft on March 26, 1976 Water year 1977: 24.30 ft on April 21, 1977 Water year 1978: 21.49 ft on December 3, 1977 Water year 2022: 18.52 ft on August 26, 2022 Water year 2023: 21.12 ft on February 2, 2023 Water year 2024: 21.23 ft on January 27, 2024 Water year 2025: 21.22 ft on May 10, 2025 Water year 2026: 21.09 ft on June 25, 2026 Water year 2027 so far: 17.36 ft on October 12, 2026 1953 1940 1974

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-port-barre.csv (CSV): every reading stored for this gauge since September 11, 2026, 3,923 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.