Gulf Coast Gauges

Vermilion Bay near Cypremort Point water level

USGS gauge 07387040 · St. Mary Parish · Lafayette and Acadiana · NWS gauge VCPL1

2.64 ft

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

Below NWS minor flood stage
1.4 ft
NWS action stage
3.0 ft
NWS minor flood stage
4.0 ft
NWS moderate flood stage
7.0 ft
NWS major flood stage
9.0 ft
Highest since 1998 (USGS)
10.93 ft (August 27, 2020)
Usual range
1.56 to 3.43 ft

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

No National Weather Service alert covering St. Mary 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

-1.4 1.1 3.5 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 -1.48 ft NAVD88. It is not a water depth and not an elevation: add -1.48 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

-1.4 1.4 4.2 NWS minor flood stage 2026-09-11 – 2026-10-23 · bars are daily low to high

Annual peaks since 1998

In 29 complete water years of comparable USGS records (since 1998), the highest peak was 10.93 ft on August 27, 2020. So far in water year 2027 (since October 1) the highest reading is 4.20 ft on October 1, 2026, higher than the annual peak in 5 of 29 years.

3 5 7 9 12 2000 2005 2010 2015 2020 2025 major 9 ft moderate 7 ft minor 4 ft action 3 ft Water year 1998: 5.07 ft on September 11, 1998 Water year 1999: 3.71 ft on May 4, 1999 Water year 2000: 3.68 ft on September 9, 2000 Water year 2001: 4.51 ft on November 6, 2000 Water year 2002: 5.01 ft on October 13, 2001 Water year 2003: 3.92 ft on July 14, 2003 Water year 2004: 3.63 ft on November 18, 2003 Water year 2005: 5.23 ft on September 23, 2005 Water year 2006: 3.21 ft on September 18, 2006 Water year 2007: 5.00 ft on October 16, 2006 Water year 2008: 7.54 ft on September 12, 2008 Water year 2009: 4.39 ft on April 12, 2009 Water year 2010: 4.73 ft on July 6, 2010 Water year 2011: 6.11 ft on September 4, 2011 Water year 2012: 5.23 ft on March 21, 2012 Water year 2013: 4.69 ft on September 21, 2013 Water year 2014: 4.46 ft on June 10, 2014 Water year 2015: 4.31 ft on June 15, 2015 Water year 2016: 5.59 ft on October 26, 2015 Water year 2017: 6.47 ft on June 22, 2017 Water year 2018: 4.71 ft on June 17, 2018 Water year 2019: 9.27 ft on July 13, 2019 Water year 2020: 10.93 ft on August 27, 2020 Water year 2021: 9.41 ft on October 9, 2020 Water year 2022: 5.14 ft on March 30, 2022 Water year 2023: 4.45 ft on November 15, 2022 Water year 2024: 4.77 ft on December 1, 2023 Water year 2025: 4.96 ft on November 5, 2024 Water year 2026: 5.00 ft on July 23, 2026 Water year 2027 so far: 4.20 ft on October 1, 2026 2020

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
October 9, 20209.41 ft5.4 ft
July 14, 20199.27 ft5.3 ft
September 4, 20116.11 ft2.1 ft
September 2, 20085.54 ft1.5 ft
September 23, 20055.23 ft1.2 ft
September 11, 19985.07 ft1.1 ft
August 5, 20085.06 ft1.1 ft
October 13, 20015.01 ft1.0 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

vermilion-bay-near-cypremort-point.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.