Gulf Coast Gauges

Bayou Teche east of Calumet Flood Gate at Calumet water level

USGS gauge 073815945 · St. Mary Parish · Lafayette and Acadiana

2.81 ft

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

Highest since 1952 (USGS)
5.22 ft (October 3, 1964)
Usual range
2.26 to 2.93 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 5:05 PM CDT). Alerts are issued and expire at any time; the current list is at alerts.weather.gov.

Last 7 days

2.0 2.4 2.9 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 -1.81 ft NAVD88. It is not a water depth and not an elevation: add -1.81 ft to get the water surface elevation.

Daily highs and lows since September 11, 2026

1.7 2.5 3.2 2026-09-11 – 2026-10-23 · bars are daily low to high

Annual peaks since 1952

In 43 complete water years of comparable USGS records (since 1952), the highest peak was 5.22 ft on October 3, 1964. So far in water year 2027 (since October 1) the highest reading is 3.08 ft on October 1, 2026, higher than the annual peak in 1 of 43 years.

2 3 4 5 5 1960 1970 1980 1990 2000 2010 2020 Water year 1952: 4.21 ft on April 12, 1952 Water year 1953: 4.59 ft on April 29, 1953 Water year 1954: 4.15 ft on July 29, 1954 Water year 1955: 3.99 ft on May 20, 1955 Water year 1956: 3.55 ft on April 3, 1956 Water year 1957: 3.55 ft on June 27, 1957 Water year 1958: 3.17 ft on September 20, 1958 Water year 1959: 3.50 ft on May 11, 1959 Water year 1960: 3.38 ft on April 30, 1960 Water year 1961: 3.51 ft on September 12, 1961 Water year 1962: 3.42 ft on February 21, 1962 Water year 1964: 2.70 ft on August 22, 1964 Water year 1965: 5.22 ft on October 3, 1964 Water year 1966: 3.27 ft on February 12, 1966 Water year 1967: 3.36 ft on September 6, 1967 Water year 1968: 3.29 ft on April 29, 1968 Water year 1969: 3.85 ft on May 8, 1969 Water year 1970: 3.10 ft on January 11, 1970 Water year 1971: 3.93 ft on November 14, 1970 Water year 1972: 3.50 ft on May 13, 1972 Water year 1973: 4.22 ft on September 6, 1973 Water year 1974: 4.07 ft on March 27, 1974 Water year 1975: 3.95 ft on July 11, 1975 Water year 1976: 3.32 ft on May 13, 1976 Water year 1977: 3.15 ft on April 23, 1977 Water year 2009: 3.42 ft on March 27, 2009 Water year 2010: 3.95 ft on October 4, 2009 Water year 2011: 3.46 ft on September 4, 2011 Water year 2012: 3.70 ft on April 5, 2012 Water year 2013: 4.05 ft on May 10, 2013 Water year 2014: 3.17 ft on November 3, 2013 Water year 2015: 3.68 ft on April 14, 2015 Water year 2016: 3.80 ft on August 13, 2016 Water year 2017: 3.98 ft on May 3, 2017 Water year 2018: 3.28 ft on January 27, 2018 Water year 2019: 3.86 ft on June 7, 2019 Water year 2020: 3.35 ft on October 26, 2019 Water year 2021: 3.95 ft on September 15, 2021 Water year 2022: 3.49 ft on March 30, 2022 Water year 2023: 3.50 ft on December 31, 2022 Water year 2024: 4.28 ft on September 12, 2024 Water year 2025: 3.54 ft on February 23, 2025 Water year 2026: 3.58 ft on May 23, 2026 Water year 2027 so far: 3.08 ft on October 1, 2026 1965 1953 2024

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-east-of-calumet-flood-gate-at-calumet.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.