Gulf Coast Gauges

Ruth Canal near Ruth water level

USGS gauge 07386700 · St. Martin Parish · Lafayette and Acadiana

8.60 ft

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

Highest since 1940 (USGS)
18.40 ft (August 13, 1940)
Usual range
8.58 to 8.83 ft

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

No National Weather Service alert covering St. Martin 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

8.5 8.7 9.0 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 -1.05 ft NAVD88. It is not a water depth and not an elevation: add -1.05 ft to get the water surface elevation.

Daily highs and lows since September 11, 2026

8.5 8.9 9.3 2026-09-11 – 2026-10-23 · bars are daily low to high

Annual peaks since 1940

In 65 complete water years of comparable USGS records (since 1940), the highest peak was 18.40 ft on August 13, 1940. So far in water year 2027 (since October 1) the highest reading is 9.26 ft on October 8, 2026.

9 11 14 16 19 1940 1950 1960 1970 1980 1990 2000 2010 2020 Water year 1940: 18.40 ft on August 13, 1940 Water year 1947: 15.40 ft on March 13, 1947 Water year 1948: 13.10 ft on March 6, 1948 Water year 1949: 12.80 ft on March 30, 1949 Water year 1950: 13.30 ft on January 8, 1950 Water year 1951: 11.80 ft on March 30, 1951 Water year 1952: 11.00 ft on April 13, 1952 Water year 1953: 15.70 ft on May 19, 1953 Water year 1954: 11.40 ft on July 30, 1954 Water year 1955: 14.60 ft on February 6, 1955 Water year 1956: 12.70 ft on December 20, 1955 Water year 1957: 12.40 ft on July 1, 1957 Water year 1958: 11.30 ft on September 24, 1958 Water year 1959: 14.10 ft on February 2, 1959 Water year 1960: 13.00 ft on December 19, 1959 Water year 1961: 13.30 ft on February 22, 1961 Water year 1962: 12.70 ft on December 18, 1961 Water year 1963: 12.30 ft on January 21, 1963 Water year 1964: 13.30 ft on March 3, 1964 Water year 1965: 17.38 ft on October 4, 1964 Water year 1966: 14.90 ft on February 17, 1966 Water year 1967: 14.90 ft on April 16, 1967 Water year 1968: 12.68 ft on December 28, 1967 Water year 1969: 14.46 ft on April 13, 1969 Water year 1970: 11.16 ft on December 10, 1969 Water year 1971: 13.00 ft on September 18, 1971 Water year 1972: 16.22 ft on December 6, 1971 Water year 1973: 15.10 ft on March 25, 1973 Water year 1974: 14.57 ft on February 7, 1974 Water year 1975: 13.33 ft on February 11, 1975 Water year 1976: 13.03 ft on March 27, 1976 Water year 1977: 15.12 ft on April 22, 1977 Water year 1978: 12.98 ft on June 6, 1978 Water year 1980: 15.78 ft on May 17, 1980 Water year 1981: 12.48 ft on June 11, 1981 Water year 1982: 12.70 ft on February 16, 1982 Water year 1983: 14.57 ft on December 27, 1982 Water year 1984: 11.31 ft on December 13, 1983 Water year 1985: 15.79 ft on October 23, 1984 Water year 1986: 14.65 ft on October 30, 1985 Water year 1987: 12.90 ft on November 25, 1986 Water year 1988: 13.27 ft on February 19, 1988 Water year 1989: 15.00 ft on July 14, 1989 Water year 1990: 14.13 ft on January 29, 1990 Water year 1991: 13.45 ft on January 11, 1991 Water year 1992: 12.88 ft on February 17, 1992 Water year 1993: 15.28 ft on January 21, 1993 Water year 1994: 13.41 ft on November 16, 1993 Water year 1995: 12.69 ft on January 28, 1995 Water year 1996: 14.80 ft on December 18, 1995 Water year 1997: 15.24 ft on October 26, 1996 Water year 1998: 14.69 ft on January 7, 1998 Water year 1999: 12.90 ft on January 9, 1999 Water year 2000: 12.88 ft on January 9, 2000 Water year 2001: 15.03 ft on June 8, 2001 Water year 2002: 13.85 ft on April 8, 2002 Water year 2003: 14.95 ft on October 29, 2002 Water year 2004: 18.26 ft on May 12, 2004 Water year 2005: 13.34 ft on October 10, 2004 Water year 2006: 12.75 ft on April 30, 2006 Water year 2022: 12.34 ft on August 25, 2022 Water year 2023: 14.05 ft on April 8, 2023 Water year 2024: 13.07 ft on June 2, 2024 Water year 2025: 15.44 ft on May 9, 2025 Water year 2026: 14.32 ft on May 11, 2026 Water year 2027 so far: 9.26 ft on October 8, 2026 1940 2004 1965

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.

Download the readings

ruth-canal-near-ruth.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.