Gulf Coast Gauges

Naomi Diversion Canal near Naomi water level

USGS gauge 07380238 · Plaquemines Parish · New Orleans and the Northshore · NWS gauge NAOL1

1.72 ft

gage height, Oct 23, 2026 at 2:30 PM CDT · 3 hours ago

Highest since 2006 (USGS)
5.28 ft (September 13, 2008)
Usual range
1.48 to 2.41 ft

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

No National Weather Service alert covering Plaquemines 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

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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 -0.84 ft NAVD88. It is not a water depth and not an elevation: add -0.84 ft to get the water surface elevation.

Daily highs and lows since September 11, 2026

0.4 1.7 3.0 2026-09-11 – 2026-10-23 · bars are daily low to high

Annual peaks since 2006

In 19 complete water years of comparable USGS records (since 2006), the highest peak was 5.28 ft on September 13, 2008. So far in water year 2027 (since October 1) the highest reading is 2.96 ft on October 4, 2026, higher than the annual peak in 3 of 19 years.

2 3 4 5 6 2010 2015 2020 2025 Water year 2006: 2.48 ft on April 30, 2006 Water year 2007: 4.14 ft on January 26, 2007 Water year 2008: 5.28 ft on September 13, 2008 Water year 2009: 2.67 ft on September 14, 2009 Water year 2010: 5.09 ft on October 30, 2009 Water year 2011: 4.61 ft on September 4, 2011 Water year 2012: 4.45 ft on February 12, 2012 Water year 2013: 3.36 ft on September 21, 2013 Water year 2014: 3.62 ft on April 28, 2014 Water year 2015: 2.41 ft on May 26, 2015 Water year 2016: 3.86 ft on October 26, 2015 Water year 2017: 3.97 ft on June 22, 2017 Water year 2018: 4.80 ft on March 20, 2018 Water year 2019: 4.58 ft on July 13, 2019 Water year 2020: 4.34 ft on April 23, 2020 Water year 2021: 3.86 ft on April 14, 2021 Water year 2022: 3.27 ft on September 26, 2022 Water year 2025: 4.13 ft on March 13, 2025 Water year 2026: 3.31 ft on June 18, 2026 Water year 2027 so far: 2.96 ft on October 4, 2026 2008 2010 2018

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
September 13, 20085.28 ft—
October 30, 20095.09 ft—
September 4, 20114.61 ft—
February 12, 20124.45 ft—
January 26, 20074.14 ft—
June 22, 20173.99 ft—
June 22, 20173.99 ft—
May 29, 20103.65 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

naomi-diversion-canal-near-naomi.csv (CSV): every reading stored for this gauge since September 11, 2026, 4,043 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.