Buxton Creek at Highway 27 near DeQuincy water level

USGS gauge 08016910 · Calcasieu Parish · Lake Charles and Southwest Louisiana · NWS gauge BUXL1

1.52 ft

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

Below NWS minor flood stage: 16.5 ft
NWS action stage: 9.0 ft
NWS minor flood stage: 18.0 ft
NWS moderate flood stage: 20.0 ft
NWS major flood stage: 22.0 ft
Usual range: 1.43 to 1.59 ft

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

No National Weather Service alert covering Calcasieu 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

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 24.53 ft NAVD88. It is not a water depth and not an elevation: add 24.53 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

Download the readings

buxton-creek-at-highway-27-near-dequincy.csv (CSV): every reading stored for this gauge since September 11, 2026, 4,045 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.