Gulf Coast Gauges

Ouiska Chitto Creek near Oberlin water level

USGS gauge 08014500 · Allen Parish · Lake Charles and Southwest Louisiana · NWS gauge MTTL1

2.72 ft

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

Below NWS minor flood stage
12.3 ft
NWS action stage
15.0 ft
NWS minor flood stage
15.0 ft
NWS moderate flood stage
20.0 ft
NWS major flood stage
23.0 ft
Highest since 1886 (USGS)
32.80 ft (May 18, 1953)
Usual range
2.52 to 2.81 ft

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

No National Weather Service alert covering Allen 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

2.5 2.8 3.0 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 46.24 ft NGVD29. It is not a water depth and not an elevation: add 46.24 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

2.3 2.6 2.9 2026-09-11 – 2026-10-23 · bars are daily low to high

Annual peaks since 1886

In 87 complete water years of comparable USGS records (since 1886), the highest peak was 32.80 ft on May 18, 1953. So far in water year 2027 (since October 1) the highest reading is 2.86 ft on October 14, 2026.

0 9 18 27 35 1890 1900 1910 1920 1930 1940 1950 1960 1970 1980 1990 2000 2010 2020 major 23 ft moderate 20 ft action 15 ft minor 15 ft Water year 1886: 25.70 ft on June 1, 1886 Water year 1940: 23.42 ft on August 20, 1940 Water year 1941: 21.30 ft on May 7, 1941 Water year 1942: 20.10 ft on November 1, 1941 Water year 1943: 11.13 ft on March 26, 1943 Water year 1944: 17.85 ft on May 7, 1944 Water year 1945: 21.28 ft on April 3, 1945 Water year 1946: 19.64 ft on March 29, 1946 Water year 1947: 19.62 ft on January 20, 1947 Water year 1948: 13.80 ft on December 16, 1947 Water year 1949: 21.18 ft on April 23, 1949 Water year 1950: 22.48 ft on February 14, 1950 Water year 1951: 11.74 ft on January 4, 1951 Water year 1952: 20.84 ft on April 25, 1952 Water year 1953: 32.80 ft on May 18, 1953 Water year 1954: 22.78 ft on May 2, 1954 Water year 1955: 20.32 ft on February 7, 1955 Water year 1956: 16.15 ft on February 12, 1956 Water year 1957: 19.65 ft on December 24, 1956 Water year 1958: 20.65 ft on September 22, 1958 Water year 1959: 15.80 ft on February 5, 1959 Water year 1960: 10.86 ft on January 18, 1960 Water year 1961: 19.11 ft on January 10, 1961 Water year 1962: 20.12 ft on December 19, 1961 Water year 1963: 12.61 ft on December 25, 1962 Water year 1964: 18.52 ft on March 4, 1964 Water year 1965: 16.93 ft on December 13, 1964 Water year 1967: 23.87 ft on November 13, 1966 Water year 1968: 19.39 ft on January 11, 1968 Water year 1969: 16.90 ft on April 16, 1969 Water year 1970: 8.41 ft on April 13, 1970 Water year 1971: 16.23 ft on October 13, 1970 Water year 1972: 21.85 ft on December 7, 1971 Water year 1973: 22.10 ft on March 26, 1973 Water year 1974: 19.68 ft on January 21, 1974 Water year 1975: 18.52 ft on May 5, 1975 Water year 1976: 16.97 ft on October 28, 1975 Water year 1977: 16.65 ft on March 7, 1977 Water year 1978: 19.21 ft on December 1, 1977 Water year 1979: 21.31 ft on September 22, 1979 Water year 1980: 20.32 ft on April 14, 1980 Water year 1981: 19.14 ft on June 7, 1981 Water year 1982: 11.80 ft on February 17, 1982 Water year 1983: 25.67 ft on December 28, 1982 Water year 1984: 23.15 ft on February 14, 1984 Water year 1985: 24.31 ft on October 22, 1984 Water year 1986: 21.46 ft on October 31, 1985 Water year 1987: 18.96 ft on March 1, 1987 Water year 1988: 22.52 ft on November 18, 1987 Water year 1989: 25.80 ft on June 29, 1989 Water year 1990: 19.85 ft on January 27, 1990 Water year 1991: 19.42 ft on May 10, 1991 Water year 1992: 22.47 ft on December 15, 1991 Water year 1993: 19.02 ft on March 4, 1993 Water year 1994: 20.43 ft on January 30, 1994 Water year 1995: 23.41 ft on March 9, 1995 Water year 1996: 16.56 ft on December 22, 1995 Water year 1997: 19.73 ft on February 27, 1997 Water year 1998: 18.68 ft on January 9, 1998 Water year 1999: 20.94 ft on April 6, 1999 Water year 2000: 10.26 ft on May 8, 2000 Water year 2001: 12.70 ft on June 11, 2001 Water year 2002: 24.75 ft on November 30, 2001 Water year 2003: 23.80 ft on November 5, 2002 Water year 2004: 20.02 ft on May 13, 2004 Water year 2005: 15.28 ft on November 26, 2004 Water year 2006: 11.18 ft on May 4, 2006 Water year 2007: 19.00 ft on January 2, 2007 Water year 2008: 17.84 ft on September 15, 2008 Water year 2009: 14.72 ft on April 22, 2009 Water year 2010: 15.93 ft on February 8, 2010 Water year 2011: 7.88 ft on March 10, 2011 Water year 2012: 19.74 ft on February 5, 2012 Water year 2013: 21.40 ft on January 12, 2013 Water year 2014: 10.23 ft on February 13, 2014 Water year 2015: 15.52 ft on April 8, 2015 Water year 2016: 20.30 ft on March 12, 2016 Water year 2017: 22.77 ft on April 5, 2017 Water year 2018: 23.29 ft on March 31, 2018 Water year 2019: 19.96 ft on May 10, 2019 Water year 2020: 14.40 ft on September 27, 2020 Water year 2021: 22.27 ft on October 11, 2020 Water year 2022: 15.84 ft on October 2, 2021 Water year 2023: 14.48 ft on January 30, 2023 Water year 2024: 19.06 ft on April 13, 2024 Water year 2025: 19.63 ft on May 8, 2025 Water year 2026: 19.23 ft on June 19, 2026 Water year 2027 so far: 2.86 ft on October 14, 2026 1953 1989 1886

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 18, 195332.80 ft17.8 ft
June 29, 198925.80 ft10.8 ft
June 1, 188625.70 ft10.7 ft
December 28, 198225.67 ft10.7 ft
November 30, 200124.75 ft9.8 ft
October 22, 198424.31 ft9.3 ft
November 13, 196623.87 ft8.9 ft
November 5, 200223.80 ft8.8 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

ouiska-chitto-creek-near-oberlin.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; flood stages and historic crests from the NWS National Water Prediction Service. This site is not affiliated with either agency.