Gulf Coast Gauges

Comite River at Greenwell Springs Road near Baton Rouge water level

USGS gauge 07378050 · East Baton Rouge Parish · Baton Rouge · NWS gauge GSRL1

17.87 ft

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

Highest since 1962 (USGS)
54.06 ft (August 14, 2016)
Usual range
17.87 to 18.04 ft

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

No National Weather Service alert covering East Baton Rouge 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

17.9 18.1 18.4 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 this gauge's own zero point, which sits at -0.95 ft NAVD88. It is not a water depth and not an elevation: add -0.95 ft to get the water surface elevation.

Daily highs and lows since September 11, 2026

17.8 18.3 18.8 2026-09-11 – 2026-10-23 · bars are daily low to high

Annual peaks since 1962

In 61 complete water years of comparable USGS records (since 1962), the highest peak was 54.06 ft on August 14, 2016. So far in water year 2027 (since October 1) the highest reading is 18.81 ft on October 4, 2026.

16 26 36 47 57 1970 1980 1990 2000 2010 2020 Water year 1962: 39.54 ft on April 29, 1962 Water year 1963: 36.20 ft on January 1, 1963 Water year 1964: 37.97 ft on March 3, 1964 Water year 1965: 40.15 ft on March 2, 1965 Water year 1966: 38.34 ft on February 12, 1966 Water year 1967: 42.53 ft on April 14, 1967 Water year 1968: 33.10 ft on January 1, 1968 Water year 1969: 33.88 ft on April 13, 1969 Water year 1970: 38.55 ft on October 7, 1969 Water year 1971: 33.10 ft on January 1, 1971 Water year 1972: 38.71 ft on December 5, 1971 Water year 1973: 40.69 ft on March 24, 1973 Water year 1974: 35.99 ft on January 20, 1974 Water year 1975: 37.17 ft on January 7, 1975 Water year 1976: 36.24 ft on March 25, 1976 Water year 1977: 47.05 ft on April 22, 1977 Water year 1978: 41.12 ft on December 1, 1977 Water year 1979: 44.66 ft on April 22, 1979 Water year 1980: 42.56 ft on March 29, 1980 Water year 1981: 34.95 ft on May 5, 1981 Water year 1982: 36.61 ft on February 16, 1982 Water year 1983: 49.42 ft on April 7, 1983 Water year 1984: 38.93 ft on December 11, 1983 Water year 1985: 39.52 ft on October 23, 1984 Water year 1986: 39.45 ft on October 31, 1985 Water year 1987: 39.15 ft on August 12, 1987 Water year 1989: 41.58 ft on June 29, 1989 Water year 1990: 44.82 ft on January 26, 1990 Water year 1991: 38.84 ft on February 21, 1991 Water year 1992: 42.17 ft on March 7, 1992 Water year 1995: 44.56 ft on April 12, 1995 Water year 1996: 42.05 ft on December 19, 1995 Water year 1997: 42.59 ft on April 29, 1997 Water year 1998: 41.63 ft on January 8, 1998 Water year 1999: 35.92 ft on March 14, 1999 Water year 2000: 32.50 ft on May 6, 2000 Water year 2001: 47.42 ft on June 9, 2001 Water year 2003: 41.72 ft on February 23, 2003 Water year 2004: 41.41 ft on May 16, 2004 Water year 2005: 38.21 ft on February 2, 2005 Water year 2006: 26.32 ft on December 15, 2005 Water year 2007: 41.25 ft on October 28, 2006 Water year 2008: 44.72 ft on September 4, 2008 Water year 2009: 38.27 ft on March 30, 2009 Water year 2010: 36.90 ft on December 18, 2009 Water year 2011: 38.28 ft on March 9, 2011 Water year 2012: 39.01 ft on February 19, 2012 Water year 2013: 40.23 ft on January 10, 2013 Water year 2014: 37.40 ft on February 22, 2014 Water year 2015: 37.76 ft on March 4, 2015 Water year 2016: 54.06 ft on August 14, 2016 Water year 2017: 38.00 ft on January 20, 2017 Water year 2018: 40.45 ft on October 24, 2017 Water year 2019: 40.97 ft on May 11, 2019 Water year 2020: 34.70 ft on February 6, 2020 Water year 2021: 42.55 ft on October 10, 2020 Water year 2022: 35.06 ft on August 26, 2022 Water year 2023: 39.00 ft on February 17, 2023 Water year 2024: 34.68 ft on January 27, 2024 Water year 2025: 33.35 ft on November 1, 2024 Water year 2026: 40.17 ft on June 18, 2026 Water year 2027 so far: 18.81 ft on October 4, 2026 2016 1983 2001

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
August 13, 201647.86 ft—
June 9, 200147.42 ft—
March 13, 201643.65 ft—
March 12, 201643.65 ft—
April 14, 196742.53 ft—
June 29, 198941.58 ft—
March 2, 196540.15 ft—
April 29, 196239.54 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

comite-river-at-greenwell-springs-road-near-baton-rouge.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.