Gulf Coast Gauges

Bundick Lake at Spillway near DeRidder water level

USGS gauge 08014881 · Beauregard Parish · Lake Charles and Southwest Louisiana · NWS gauge BKDL1

5.99 ft

gage height, Oct 23, 2026 at 2:00 PM CDT · 4 hours ago

Highest since 2008 (USGS)
13.10 ft (March 22, 2012)
Usual range
5.94 to 6.03 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 5:50 PM CDT). Alerts are issued and expire at any time; the current list is at alerts.weather.gov.

Last 7 days

5.8 6.0 6.3 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 88.54 ft NAVD88. It is not a water depth and not an elevation: add 88.54 ft to get the water surface elevation.

Daily highs and lows since September 11, 2026

5.8 6.0 6.3 2026-09-11 – 2026-10-23 · bars are daily low to high

Annual peaks since 2008

In 19 complete water years of comparable USGS records (since 2008), the highest peak was 13.10 ft on March 22, 2012. So far in water year 2027 (since October 1) the highest reading is 6.06 ft on October 1, 2026.

5 8 10 12 14 2010 2015 2020 2025 Water year 2008: 8.89 ft on February 18, 2008 Water year 2009: 8.32 ft on April 20, 2009 Water year 2010: 8.52 ft on February 6, 2010 Water year 2011: 6.66 ft on March 9, 2011 Water year 2012: 13.10 ft on March 22, 2012 Water year 2013: 8.97 ft on January 11, 2013 Water year 2014: 7.59 ft on July 21, 2014 Water year 2015: 7.90 ft on April 8, 2015 Water year 2016: 9.95 ft on November 2, 2015 Water year 2017: 12.04 ft on August 31, 2017 Water year 2018: 12.55 ft on March 30, 2018 Water year 2019: 10.79 ft on May 20, 2019 Water year 2020: 8.50 ft on September 25, 2020 Water year 2021: 9.84 ft on May 22, 2021 Water year 2022: 7.49 ft on October 2, 2021 Water year 2023: 8.23 ft on January 26, 2023 Water year 2024: 10.38 ft on April 12, 2024 Water year 2025: 10.27 ft on May 7, 2025 Water year 2026: 10.26 ft on June 18, 2026 Water year 2027 so far: 6.06 ft on October 1, 2026 2012 2018 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.

Download the readings

bundick-lake-at-spillway-near-deridder.csv (CSV): every reading stored for this gauge since September 11, 2026, 1,012 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.