Gulf Coast Gauges

Corporation Canal at East Roosevelt Street at Baton Rouge water level

USGS gauge 07379503 · East Baton Rouge Parish · Baton Rouge

16.34 ft

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

Highest since 1971 (USGS)
24.57 ft (August 13, 2016)
Usual range
16.34 to 16.38 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

16.3 16.6 16.8 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 -0.50 ft NAVD88. It is not a water depth and not an elevation: add -0.50 ft to get the water surface elevation.

Daily highs and lows since September 11, 2026

16.3 16.5 16.8 2026-09-11 – 2026-10-23 · bars are daily low to high

Annual peaks since 1971

In 47 complete water years of comparable USGS records (since 1971), the highest peak was 24.57 ft on August 13, 2016. So far in water year 2027 (since October 1) the highest reading is 16.41 ft on October 17, 2026.

16 18 20 23 25 1980 1990 2000 2010 2020 Water year 1971: 22.36 ft on October 27, 1970 Water year 1972: 22.86 ft on May 7, 1972 Water year 1973: 21.47 ft on March 24, 1973 Water year 1974: 22.79 ft on November 5, 1973 Water year 1975: 23.03 ft on April 14, 1975 Water year 1976: 22.71 ft on May 10, 1976 Water year 1977: 23.11 ft on April 22, 1977 Water year 1978: 23.05 ft on October 11, 1977 Water year 1979: 22.90 ft on April 22, 1979 Water year 1980: 23.69 ft on April 13, 1980 Water year 1981: 21.69 ft on June 10, 1981 Water year 1982: 22.42 ft on July 17, 1982 Water year 1983: 23.59 ft on August 2, 1983 Water year 1984: 21.57 ft on November 19, 1983 Water year 1985: 22.45 ft on October 22, 1984 Water year 1986: 21.67 ft on June 29, 1986 Water year 1987: 22.43 ft on May 22, 1987 Water year 1988: 22.83 ft on February 1, 1988 Water year 1989: 23.63 ft on June 28, 1989 Water year 1990: 23.03 ft on November 7, 1989 Water year 1991: 22.12 ft on July 7, 1991 Water year 1992: 23.18 ft on June 30, 1992 Water year 1993: 22.62 ft on April 14, 1993 Water year 1994: 23.03 ft on July 10, 1994 Water year 1995: 23.84 ft on April 11, 1995 Water year 1997: 22.54 ft on October 26, 1996 Water year 1998: 21.91 ft on January 12, 1998 Water year 1999: 22.09 ft on January 29, 1999 Water year 2000: 18.96 ft on October 9, 1999 Water year 2001: 22.44 ft on June 7, 2001 Water year 2002: 22.71 ft on March 26, 2002 Water year 2003: 21.97 ft on February 21, 2003 Water year 2004: 22.95 ft on May 12, 2004 Water year 2005: 22.39 ft on September 24, 2005 Water year 2006: 22.40 ft on August 24, 2006 Water year 2007: 22.93 ft on May 4, 2007 Water year 2008: 22.38 ft on May 15, 2008 Water year 2009: 18.49 ft on March 26, 2009 Water year 2011: 20.83 ft on September 3, 2011 Water year 2012: 22.41 ft on June 6, 2012 Water year 2013: 22.45 ft on May 10, 2013 Water year 2015: 22.03 ft on June 9, 2015 Water year 2016: 24.57 ft on August 13, 2016 Water year 2017: 21.20 ft on March 25, 2017 Water year 2018: 20.21 ft on June 12, 2018 Water year 2019: 21.64 ft on June 9, 2019 Water year 2026: 21.57 ft on May 8, 2026 Water year 2027 so far: 16.41 ft on October 17, 2026 2016 1995 1980

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

corporation-canal-at-east-roosevelt-street-at-baton-rouge.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. This site is not affiliated with either agency.