Gulf Coast Gauges

Tickfaw River at Holden water level

USGS gauge 07376000 · Livingston Parish · Baton Rouge · NWS gauge HOLL1

0.56 ft

gage height, Oct 23, 2026 at 2:45 PM CDT · 2 hours ago

Below NWS minor flood stage
14.4 ft
NWS action stage
14.0 ft
NWS minor flood stage
15.0 ft
NWS moderate flood stage
19.0 ft
NWS major flood stage
21.0 ft
Highest since 1941 (USGS)
22.16 ft (August 13, 2016)
Usual range
0.55 to 0.80 ft

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

No National Weather Service alert covering Livingston 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

0.5 0.8 1.0 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 18.65 ft NAVD88. It is not a water depth and not an elevation: add 18.65 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

0.5 0.8 1.2 2026-09-11 – 2026-10-23 · bars are daily low to high

Annual peaks since 1941

In 86 complete water years of comparable USGS records (since 1941), the highest peak was 22.16 ft on August 13, 2016. So far in water year 2027 (since October 1) the highest reading is 1.05 ft on October 7, 2026.

-1 5 12 18 24 1950 1960 1970 1980 1990 2000 2010 2020 major 21 ft moderate 19 ft minor 15 ft action 14 ft Water year 1941: 16.87 ft on December 17, 1940 Water year 1942: 14.81 ft on September 19, 1942 Water year 1943: 19.75 ft on March 22, 1943 Water year 1944: 13.40 ft on April 1, 1944 Water year 1945: 13.17 ft on May 2, 1945 Water year 1946: 15.25 ft on March 18, 1946 Water year 1947: 17.76 ft on April 3, 1947 Water year 1948: 17.82 ft on March 5, 1948 Water year 1949: 17.80 ft on March 24, 1949 Water year 1950: 17.06 ft on June 9, 1950 Water year 1951: 16.24 ft on March 31, 1951 Water year 1952: 10.93 ft on April 7, 1952 Water year 1953: 18.97 ft on May 20, 1953 Water year 1954: 14.44 ft on December 6, 1953 Water year 1955: 16.58 ft on August 4, 1955 Water year 1956: 16.04 ft on March 14, 1956 Water year 1957: 12.83 ft on September 21, 1957 Water year 1958: 15.33 ft on November 16, 1957 Water year 1959: 15.74 ft on June 4, 1959 Water year 1960: 12.05 ft on February 7, 1960 Water year 1961: 18.55 ft on February 23, 1961 Water year 1962: 19.41 ft on April 29, 1962 Water year 1963: 6.47 ft on February 26, 1963 Water year 1964: 16.48 ft on March 5, 1964 Water year 1965: 16.47 ft on October 7, 1964 Water year 1966: 19.00 ft on February 14, 1966 Water year 1967: 18.78 ft on April 15, 1967 Water year 1968: 15.13 ft on April 12, 1968 Water year 1969: 16.48 ft on April 15, 1969 Water year 1970: 8.30 ft on March 5, 1970 Water year 1971: 12.65 ft on September 20, 1971 Water year 1972: 16.73 ft on December 9, 1971 Water year 1973: 18.50 ft on March 26, 1973 Water year 1974: 20.37 ft on May 23, 1974 Water year 1975: 16.41 ft on January 10, 1975 Water year 1976: 8.43 ft on March 27, 1976 Water year 1977: 20.18 ft on April 22, 1977 Water year 1978: 17.90 ft on December 1, 1977 Water year 1979: 20.08 ft on April 23, 1979 Water year 1980: 19.04 ft on March 31, 1980 Water year 1981: 7.98 ft on February 12, 1981 Water year 1982: 11.05 ft on February 20, 1982 Water year 1983: 21.04 ft on April 7, 1983 Water year 1984: 10.03 ft on December 30, 1983 Water year 1985: 12.83 ft on February 28, 1985 Water year 1986: 16.33 ft on October 31, 1985 Water year 1987: 16.05 ft on March 2, 1987 Water year 1988: 16.19 ft on April 4, 1988 Water year 1989: 13.48 ft on January 4, 1989 Water year 1990: 19.13 ft on January 27, 1990 Water year 1991: 16.41 ft on May 12, 1991 Water year 1992: 16.75 ft on March 7, 1992 Water year 1993: 20.08 ft on January 22, 1993 Water year 1994: 18.93 ft on January 30, 1994 Water year 1995: 18.63 ft on April 13, 1995 Water year 1996: 16.82 ft on December 21, 1995 Water year 1997: 15.96 ft on February 27, 1997 Water year 1998: 16.97 ft on January 8, 1998 Water year 1999: 16.05 ft on March 15, 1999 Water year 2000: 3.17 ft on September 14, 2000 Water year 2001: 16.64 ft on June 8, 2001 Water year 2002: 14.27 ft on September 29, 2002 Water year 2003: 14.75 ft on April 10, 2003 Water year 2004: 17.23 ft on May 17, 2004 Water year 2005: 13.38 ft on February 3, 2005 Water year 2006: 6.85 ft on February 28, 2006 Water year 2007: 13.93 ft on January 2, 2007 Water year 2008: 13.69 ft on September 4, 2008 Water year 2009: 17.48 ft on March 30, 2009 Water year 2010: 14.49 ft on December 20, 2009 Water year 2011: 17.93 ft on March 11, 2011 Water year 2012: 14.81 ft on September 1, 2012 Water year 2013: 18.02 ft on January 11, 2013 Water year 2014: 14.33 ft on February 24, 2014 Water year 2015: 12.68 ft on January 7, 2015 Water year 2016: 22.16 ft on August 13, 2016 Water year 2017: 15.95 ft on January 23, 2017 Water year 2018: 14.82 ft on January 30, 2018 Water year 2019: 16.90 ft on December 29, 2018 Water year 2020: 10.12 ft on February 8, 2020 Water year 2021: 18.82 ft on September 2, 2021 Water year 2022: 15.78 ft on August 27, 2022 Water year 2023: 12.79 ft on February 12, 2023 Water year 2024: 11.65 ft on January 27, 2024 Water year 2025: 12.84 ft on May 11, 2025 Water year 2026: 14.66 ft on June 19, 2026 Water year 2027 so far: 1.05 ft on October 7, 2026 2016 1983 1974

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, 201622.16 ft7.2 ft
April 7, 198321.04 ft6.0 ft
May 23, 197420.37 ft5.4 ft
March 12, 201620.23 ft5.2 ft
April 22, 197720.18 ft5.2 ft
April 17, 199320.08 ft5.1 ft
April 23, 197920.08 ft5.1 ft
January 22, 199320.08 ft5.1 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

tickfaw-river-at-holden.csv (CSV): every reading stored for this gauge since September 11, 2026, 4,047 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.