Gulf Coast Gauges

Bundick Creek near DeRidder water level

USGS gauge 08014800 · Beauregard Parish · Lake Charles and Southwest Louisiana · NWS gauge BUNL1

2.25 ft

gage height, Oct 23, 2026 at 2:15 PM CDT · 3 hours ago

Below NWS minor flood stage
17.8 ft
NWS action stage
16.0 ft
NWS minor flood stage
20.0 ft
NWS moderate flood stage
21.5 ft
NWS major flood stage
22.5 ft
Highest since 1956 (USGS)
24.35 ft (March 21, 2012)
Usual range
2.26 to 2.46 ft

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

No National Weather Service alert covering Beauregard 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

2.2 2.5 2.8 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 112.97 ft NAVD88. It is not a water depth and not an elevation: add 112.97 ft to get the water surface elevation.

The flood stages are the National Weather Service's, on the same scale as the gage height; they are the NWS's references for this location, not estimates made here.

Daily highs and lows since September 11, 2026

2.2 2.5 2.7 2026-09-11 – 2026-10-23 · bars are daily low to high

Annual peaks since 1956

In 43 complete water years of comparable USGS records (since 1956), the highest peak was 24.35 ft on March 21, 2012. So far in water year 2027 (since October 1) the highest reading is 2.56 ft on October 14, 2026.

1 7 13 20 26 1960 1970 1980 1990 2000 2010 2020 major 22.5 ft moderate 21.5 ft minor 20 ft action 16 ft Water year 1956: 14.83 ft on April 6, 1956 Water year 1957: 18.75 ft on December 23, 1956 Water year 1958: 20.11 ft on September 21, 1958 Water year 1959: 16.25 ft on February 3, 1959 Water year 1960: 12.38 ft on January 18, 1960 Water year 1961: 18.25 ft on January 8, 1961 Water year 1962: 18.92 ft on December 18, 1961 Water year 1963: 13.57 ft on February 20, 1963 Water year 1964: 17.63 ft on March 3, 1964 Water year 1965: 17.14 ft on December 11, 1964 Water year 1966: 20.36 ft on February 11, 1966 Water year 1967: 20.79 ft on November 12, 1966 Water year 1968: 18.49 ft on December 15, 1967 Water year 1969: 17.55 ft on February 22, 1969 Water year 1970: 15.15 ft on December 7, 1969 Water year 1971: 15.00 ft on October 13, 1970 Water year 1972: 19.15 ft on December 6, 1971 Water year 1973: 21.71 ft on March 25, 1973 Water year 1974: 18.42 ft on January 20, 1974 Water year 1975: 18.77 ft on May 1, 1975 Water year 1976: 18.05 ft on October 26, 1975 Water year 1978: 19.20 ft on January 24, 1978 Water year 1979: 18.85 ft on September 20, 1979 Water year 1983: 21.88 ft on December 27, 1982 Water year 2008: 18.39 ft on February 17, 2008 Water year 2009: 17.99 ft on April 19, 2009 Water year 2010: 18.44 ft on October 31, 2009 Water year 2011: 7.45 ft on March 15, 2011 Water year 2012: 24.35 ft on March 21, 2012 Water year 2013: 18.68 ft on January 10, 2013 Water year 2014: 15.96 ft on July 19, 2014 Water year 2015: 17.91 ft on April 6, 2015 Water year 2016: 20.48 ft on November 1, 2015 Water year 2017: 23.76 ft on April 3, 2017 Water year 2018: 22.64 ft on March 29, 2018 Water year 2019: 20.75 ft on May 19, 2019 Water year 2020: 18.73 ft on September 24, 2020 Water year 2021: 20.60 ft on October 10, 2020 Water year 2022: 13.84 ft on March 24, 2022 Water year 2023: 17.53 ft on January 26, 2023 Water year 2024: 22.49 ft on April 11, 2024 Water year 2025: 18.00 ft on February 24, 2025 Water year 2026: 21.72 ft on June 17, 2026 Water year 2027 so far: 2.56 ft on October 14, 2026 2012 2017

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
March 25, 197321.71 ft1.7 ft
November 12, 196620.79 ft0.8 ft
October 10, 202020.60 ft0.6 ft
February 11, 196620.36 ft0.4 ft
September 21, 195820.11 ft0.1 ft
December 6, 197119.15 ft—
December 18, 196118.92 ft—
May 1, 197518.77 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

bundick-creek-near-deridder.csv (CSV): every reading stored for this gauge since September 11, 2026, 4,046 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; flood stages and historic crests from the NWS National Water Prediction Service. This site is not affiliated with either agency.