Gulf Coast Gauges

Pearl River at Pools Bluff near Bogalusa water level

USGS gauge 02490193 · Washington Parish · New Orleans and the Northshore · NWS gauge PPBL1

56.14 ft

gage height, Oct 23, 2026 at 2:00 PM CDT · 4 hours ago

Highest since 2006 (USGS)
63.33 ft (March 12, 2016)
Usual range
56.14 to 56.36 ft

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

No National Weather Service alert covering Washington 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

56.1 56.4 56.6 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 0.32 ft NAVD88. It is not a water depth and not an elevation: add 0.32 ft to get the water surface elevation.

Daily highs and lows since September 11, 2026

56.1 56.3 56.6 2026-09-11 – 2026-10-23 · bars are daily low to high

Annual peaks since 2006

In 21 complete water years of comparable USGS records (since 2006), the highest peak was 63.33 ft on March 12, 2016. So far in water year 2027 (since October 1) the highest reading is 56.34 ft on October 6, 2026.

56 58 60 62 64 2010 2015 2020 2025 Water year 2006: 56.69 ft on July 25, 2006 Water year 2007: 61.92 ft on January 13, 2007 Water year 2008: 61.89 ft on March 1, 2008 Water year 2009: 62.39 ft on March 31, 2009 Water year 2010: 61.76 ft on October 20, 2009 Water year 2011: 61.93 ft on March 15, 2011 Water year 2012: 62.15 ft on August 31, 2012 Water year 2013: 62.32 ft on January 12, 2013 Water year 2014: 62.56 ft on April 16, 2014 Water year 2015: 62.25 ft on March 10, 2015 Water year 2016: 63.33 ft on March 12, 2016 Water year 2017: 62.49 ft on June 24, 2017 Water year 2018: 62.44 ft on April 15, 2018 Water year 2019: 62.56 ft on May 12, 2019 Water year 2020: 63.09 ft on February 25, 2020 Water year 2021: 62.65 ft on April 15, 2021 Water year 2022: 62.68 ft on September 7, 2022 Water year 2023: 62.82 ft on January 29, 2023 Water year 2024: 62.78 ft on February 4, 2024 Water year 2025: 62.67 ft on February 22, 2025 Water year 2026: 62.60 ft on May 9, 2026 Water year 2027 so far: 56.34 ft on October 6, 2026 2016 2020 2023

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
March 12, 201663.33 ft—
April 2, 200962.39 ft—
March 31, 200962.39 ft—
January 12, 201462.32 ft—
August 16, 201660.75 ft—
August 13, 201660.75 ft—
August 13, 201660.74 ft—
October 17, 200756.03 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

pearl-river-at-pools-bluff-near-bogalusa.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. This site is not affiliated with either agency.