Gulf Coast Gauges

Murphy Lake near Bayou Sorrel water level

USGS gauge 073815963 · Iberia Parish · Lafayette and Acadiana · NWS gauge MBSL1

9.17 ft

gage height, Oct 23, 2026 at 2:15 PM CDT · 4 hours ago

Highest since 2001 (USGS)
23.47 ft (May 28, 2011)
Usual range
8.67 to 9.65 ft

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

No National Weather Service alert covering Iberia 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

8.7 9.2 9.7 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. It is not a water depth. USGS publishes no datum elevation for this gauge, so it can't be converted to an elevation here.

Daily highs and lows since September 11, 2026

8.5 9.1 9.7 2026-09-11 – 2026-10-23 · bars are daily low to high

Annual peaks since 2001

In 24 complete water years of comparable USGS records (since 2001), the highest peak was 23.47 ft on May 28, 2011. So far in water year 2027 (since October 1) the highest reading is 9.71 ft on October 4, 2026.

9 13 17 21 25 2005 2010 2015 2020 2025 Water year 2001: 11.96 ft on June 11, 2001 Water year 2002: 14.27 ft on June 10, 2002 Water year 2003: 13.99 ft on June 6, 2003 Water year 2004: 13.51 ft on June 9, 2004 Water year 2005: 15.90 ft on February 7, 2005 Water year 2006: 10.56 ft on April 2, 2006 Water year 2007: 13.33 ft on February 3, 2007 Water year 2008: 18.12 ft on April 27, 2008 Water year 2009: 15.90 ft on June 4, 2009 Water year 2010: 14.44 ft on February 22, 2010 Water year 2011: 23.47 ft on May 28, 2011 Water year 2012: 13.21 ft on April 5, 2012 Water year 2013: 14.35 ft on May 23, 2013 Water year 2014: 12.97 ft on April 29, 2014 Water year 2017: 16.94 ft on June 1, 2017 Water year 2018: 18.29 ft on March 23, 2018 Water year 2019: 19.12 ft on March 16, 2019 Water year 2020: 17.98 ft on April 21, 2020 Water year 2021: 15.76 ft on April 16, 2021 Water year 2022: 14.24 ft on March 30, 2022 Water year 2023: 13.73 ft on April 16, 2023 Water year 2024: 13.57 ft on June 2, 2024 Water year 2025: 16.69 ft on May 9, 2025 Water year 2026: 12.34 ft on July 14, 2026 Water year 2027 so far: 9.71 ft on October 4, 2026 2011 2019

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
May 28, 201123.47 ft—
April 27, 200818.12 ft—
June 1, 201716.94 ft—
February 7, 200515.90 ft—
April 4, 200915.90 ft—
January 24, 201915.53 ft—
February 22, 201014.44 ft—
May 23, 201314.35 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

murphy-lake-near-bayou-sorrel.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.