Gulf Coast Gauges

Comite River at Point Hudson-Pride Road near Milldale water level

USGS gauge 07377600 · East Baton Rouge Parish · Baton Rouge · NWS gauge MLDL1

12.90 ft

gage height, Oct 23, 2026 at 3:00 PM CDT · 3 hours ago

Highest since 2003 (USGS)
39.55 ft (August 13, 2016)
Usual range
12.89 to 13.00 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 5:50 PM CDT). Alerts are issued and expire at any time; the current list is at alerts.weather.gov.

Last 7 days

12.9 13.1 13.4 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 80.00 ft NAVD88. It is not a water depth and not an elevation: add 80.00 ft to get the water surface elevation.

Daily highs and lows since September 11, 2026

12.9 13.1 13.4 2026-09-11 – 2026-10-23 · bars are daily low to high

Annual peaks since 2003

In 24 complete water years of comparable USGS records (since 2003), the highest peak was 39.55 ft on August 13, 2016. So far in water year 2027 (since October 1) the highest reading is 13.17 ft on October 4, 2026.

11 19 26 34 42 2005 2010 2015 2020 2025 Water year 2003: 23.61 ft on January 24, 2003 Water year 2004: 25.98 ft on May 15, 2004 Water year 2005: 22.14 ft on February 1, 2005 Water year 2006: 18.89 ft on July 10, 2006 Water year 2007: 28.51 ft on October 28, 2006 Water year 2008: 30.38 ft on September 3, 2008 Water year 2009: 25.27 ft on March 28, 2009 Water year 2010: 21.03 ft on October 17, 2009 Water year 2011: 22.60 ft on March 9, 2011 Water year 2012: 23.99 ft on February 18, 2012 Water year 2013: 23.57 ft on April 14, 2013 Water year 2014: 24.49 ft on February 21, 2014 Water year 2015: 24.41 ft on March 3, 2015 Water year 2016: 39.55 ft on August 13, 2016 Water year 2017: 21.78 ft on January 21, 2017 Water year 2018: 31.34 ft on October 23, 2017 Water year 2019: 24.80 ft on May 10, 2019 Water year 2020: 17.78 ft on May 9, 2020 Water year 2021: 28.96 ft on February 11, 2021 Water year 2022: 21.23 ft on August 27, 2022 Water year 2023: 24.45 ft on February 17, 2023 Water year 2024: 21.01 ft on January 26, 2024 Water year 2025: 20.50 ft on December 5, 2024 Water year 2026: 24.54 ft on June 17, 2026 Water year 2027 so far: 13.17 ft on October 4, 2026 2016 2018 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.

NWS historic crests

DateCrestAbove minor flood stage
August 13, 201638.98 ft—
September 3, 200830.38 ft—
October 28, 200628.51 ft—
March 12, 201626.86 ft—
May 15, 200425.98 ft—
March 28, 200925.27 ft—
February 18, 201223.99 ft—
April 14, 201323.57 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-point-hudson-pride-road-near-milldale.csv (CSV): every reading stored for this gauge since September 11, 2026, 4,049 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.