Gulf Coast Gauges

Vermillion River north of I-10 at Lafayette water level

USGS gauge 07386655 · Lafayette Parish · Lafayette and Acadiana · NWS gauge VRIL1

5.19 ft

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

Below NWS minor flood stage
9.8 ft
NWS action stage
13.0 ft
NWS minor flood stage
15.0 ft
NWS moderate flood stage
17.0 ft
NWS major flood stage
18.0 ft
Highest since 2022 (USGS)
16.35 ft (May 9, 2025)
Usual range
4.97 to 5.66 ft

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

No National Weather Service alert covering Lafayette 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

4.6 5.2 5.7 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 -2.40 ft NAVD88. It is not a water depth and not an elevation: add -2.40 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

4.6 5.3 5.9 2026-09-11 – 2026-10-23 · bars are daily low to high

Annual peaks since 2022

In 5 complete water years of comparable USGS records (since 2022), the highest peak was 16.35 ft on May 9, 2025. So far in water year 2027 (since October 1) the highest reading is 5.81 ft on October 4, 2026.

5 8 12 15 19 2025 major 18 ft moderate 17 ft minor 15 ft action 13 ft Water year 2022: 12.79 ft on August 25, 2022 Water year 2023: 14.22 ft on April 7, 2023 Water year 2024: 13.26 ft on June 1, 2024 Water year 2025: 16.35 ft on May 9, 2025 Water year 2026: 15.14 ft on May 11, 2026 Water year 2027 so far: 5.81 ft on October 4, 2026 2025 2026 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.

Download the readings

vermillion-river-north-of-i-10-at-lafayette.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.