Gulf Coast Gauges

Buffalo Cove at Round Island near Charenton water level

USGS gauge 07381567 · St. Martin Parish · Lafayette and Acadiana

2.74 ft

gage height, Oct 23, 2026 at 2:45 PM CDT · 3 hours ago

Highest since 1998 (USGS)
17.12 ft (May 27, 2011)
Usual range
1.95 to 3.36 ft

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

No National Weather Service alert covering St. Martin 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

1.9 2.7 3.4 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 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

0.5 2.0 3.6 2026-09-11 – 2026-10-23 · bars are daily low to high

Annual peaks since 1998

In 21 complete water years of comparable USGS records (since 1998), the highest peak was 17.12 ft on May 27, 2011. So far in water year 2027 (since October 1) the highest reading is 3.63 ft on October 5, 2026.

3 6 10 14 18 2000 2005 2010 2015 2020 2025 Water year 1998: 14.60 ft on March 28, 1998 Water year 1999: 12.83 ft on February 17, 1999 Water year 2000: 8.44 ft on April 21, 2000 Water year 2001: 12.62 ft on March 13, 2001 Water year 2002: 12.62 ft on April 16, 2002 Water year 2003: 12.02 ft on March 13, 2003 Water year 2004: 10.73 ft on July 4, 2004 Water year 2005: 13.47 ft on February 3, 2005 Water year 2006: 7.99 ft on March 31, 2006 Water year 2007: 11.33 ft on February 1, 2007 Water year 2008: 14.37 ft on April 26, 2008 Water year 2009: 13.64 ft on June 2, 2009 Water year 2010: 12.16 ft on February 17, 2010 Water year 2011: 17.12 ft on May 27, 2011 Water year 2012: 10.54 ft on December 30, 2011 Water year 2013: 11.71 ft on May 22, 2013 Water year 2014: 10.04 ft on April 25, 2014 Water year 2023: 10.48 ft on April 16, 2023 Water year 2024: 10.14 ft on May 26, 2024 Water year 2025: 12.86 ft on May 7, 2025 Water year 2026: 8.07 ft on July 11, 2026 Water year 2027 so far: 3.63 ft on October 5, 2026 2011 1998 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

buffalo-cove-at-round-island-near-charenton.csv (CSV): every reading stored for this gauge since September 11, 2026, 3,867 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.