Gulf Coast Gauges

Natalbany River at Baptist water level

USGS gauge 07376500 · Tangipahoa Parish · New Orleans and the Northshore · NWS gauge NRBL1

3.71 ft

gage height, Oct 23, 2026 at 2:00 PM CDT · 3 hours ago

Below NWS minor flood stage
12.3 ft
NWS action stage
15.0 ft
NWS minor flood stage
16.0 ft
NWS moderate flood stage
20.0 ft
NWS major flood stage
25.0 ft
Highest since 1944 (USGS)
24.33 ft (August 13, 2016)
Usual range
3.73 to 4.03 ft

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

No National Weather Service alert covering Tangipahoa 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

3.7 4.0 4.2 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 10.79 ft NAVD88. It is not a water depth and not an elevation: add 10.79 ft to get the water surface elevation.

The flood stages are the National Weather Service's, on the same scale as the gage height; they are the NWS's references for this location, not estimates made here.

Daily highs and lows since September 11, 2026

3.7 4.4 5.0 2026-09-11 – 2026-10-23 · bars are daily low to high

Annual peaks since 1944

In 82 complete water years of comparable USGS records (since 1944), the highest peak was 24.33 ft on August 13, 2016. So far in water year 2027 (since October 1) the highest reading is 4.07 ft on October 4, 2026.

2 8 15 21 27 1950 1960 1970 1980 1990 2000 2010 2020 major 25 ft moderate 20 ft minor 16 ft action 15 ft Water year 1944: 12.00 ft on May 5, 1944 Water year 1945: 10.80 ft on November 26, 1944 Water year 1946: 12.64 ft on March 16, 1946 Water year 1947: 15.70 ft on March 13, 1947 Water year 1948: 14.68 ft on December 11, 1947 Water year 1949: 16.10 ft on November 26, 1948 Water year 1950: 16.57 ft on June 7, 1950 Water year 1951: 14.85 ft on March 18, 1951 Water year 1952: 12.23 ft on February 15, 1952 Water year 1953: 19.73 ft on May 3, 1953 Water year 1954: 13.72 ft on December 9, 1953 Water year 1955: 13.15 ft on February 6, 1955 Water year 1956: 13.37 ft on February 4, 1956 Water year 1957: 13.58 ft on April 4, 1957 Water year 1958: 12.70 ft on March 7, 1958 Water year 1959: 15.15 ft on May 31, 1959 Water year 1960: 12.66 ft on February 4, 1960 Water year 1961: 15.87 ft on February 21, 1961 Water year 1962: 14.75 ft on November 13, 1961 Water year 1963: 9.23 ft on February 24, 1963 Water year 1964: 18.55 ft on September 28, 1964 Water year 1965: 13.66 ft on February 17, 1965 Water year 1966: 15.36 ft on February 13, 1966 Water year 1967: 18.20 ft on April 15, 1967 Water year 1968: 11.40 ft on January 2, 1968 Water year 1969: 15.30 ft on April 14, 1969 Water year 1970: 12.17 ft on March 4, 1970 Water year 1972: 16.01 ft on May 12, 1972 Water year 1973: 16.42 ft on March 25, 1973 Water year 1974: 17.84 ft on May 23, 1974 Water year 1975: 15.23 ft on April 15, 1975 Water year 1976: 11.62 ft on March 25, 1976 Water year 1977: 18.12 ft on April 21, 1977 Water year 1978: 13.70 ft on November 30, 1977 Water year 1979: 15.78 ft on April 23, 1979 Water year 1980: 15.08 ft on April 13, 1980 Water year 1981: 13.72 ft on February 10, 1981 Water year 1982: 12.09 ft on August 2, 1982 Water year 1983: 20.80 ft on April 7, 1983 Water year 1984: 14.35 ft on December 11, 1983 Water year 1985: 13.10 ft on February 26, 1985 Water year 1986: 14.79 ft on October 30, 1985 Water year 1987: 15.16 ft on February 27, 1987 Water year 1988: 14.50 ft on February 19, 1988 Water year 1989: 13.67 ft on March 30, 1989 Water year 1990: 13.71 ft on January 25, 1990 Water year 1991: 14.83 ft on May 10, 1991 Water year 1992: 15.08 ft on August 28, 1992 Water year 1993: 17.79 ft on January 21, 1993 Water year 1994: 14.39 ft on September 16, 1994 Water year 1995: 15.81 ft on April 11, 1995 Water year 1996: 13.66 ft on January 27, 1996 Water year 1997: 15.41 ft on October 26, 1996 Water year 1998: 14.28 ft on March 8, 1998 Water year 1999: 10.84 ft on March 14, 1999 Water year 2000: 9.35 ft on August 11, 2000 Water year 2001: 15.56 ft on June 8, 2001 Water year 2002: 13.66 ft on April 9, 2002 Water year 2003: 16.37 ft on July 1, 2003 Water year 2004: 16.47 ft on May 16, 2004 Water year 2005: 12.48 ft on February 1, 2005 Water year 2006: 9.61 ft on April 30, 2006 Water year 2007: 14.65 ft on January 1, 2007 Water year 2008: 15.37 ft on May 15, 2008 Water year 2009: 13.56 ft on March 28, 2009 Water year 2010: 13.96 ft on December 18, 2009 Water year 2011: 12.84 ft on September 5, 2011 Water year 2012: 18.70 ft on August 31, 2012 Water year 2013: 17.40 ft on January 10, 2013 Water year 2014: 13.42 ft on April 7, 2014 Water year 2015: 12.69 ft on March 3, 2015 Water year 2016: 24.33 ft on August 13, 2016 Water year 2017: 13.82 ft on January 23, 2017 Water year 2018: 13.07 ft on January 28, 2018 Water year 2019: 15.08 ft on December 28, 2018 Water year 2020: 14.65 ft on October 26, 2019 Water year 2021: 18.72 ft on August 30, 2021 Water year 2022: 12.88 ft on July 22, 2022 Water year 2023: 13.55 ft on January 29, 2023 Water year 2024: 14.21 ft on January 25, 2024 Water year 2025: 12.70 ft on December 11, 2024 Water year 2026: 14.43 ft on June 18, 2026 Water year 2027 so far: 4.07 ft on October 4, 2026 2016 1983 1953

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, 201624.33 ft8.3 ft
April 7, 198320.80 ft4.8 ft
March 11, 201619.76 ft3.8 ft
May 3, 195319.73 ft3.7 ft
August 30, 202118.72 ft2.7 ft
August 31, 201218.66 ft2.7 ft
September 28, 196418.55 ft2.6 ft
April 15, 196718.20 ft2.2 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

natalbany-river-at-baptist.csv (CSV): every reading stored for this gauge since September 11, 2026, 4,045 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; flood stages and historic crests from the NWS National Water Prediction Service. This site is not affiliated with either agency.