Gulf Coast Gauges

Wax Lake Outlet at Calumet water level

USGS gauge 07381590 · St. Mary Parish · Lafayette and Acadiana

3.26 ft

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

Highest since 1942 (USGS)
11.08 ft (July 13, 2019)
Usual range
2.14 to 3.55 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 5:05 PM CDT). Alerts are issued and expire at any time; the current list is at alerts.weather.gov.

Last 7 days

1.3 2.5 3.7 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 -1.79 ft NAVD88. It is not a water depth and not an elevation: add -1.79 ft to get the water surface elevation.

Daily highs and lows since September 11, 2026

1.2 2.7 4.2 2026-09-11 – 2026-10-23 · bars are daily low to high

Annual peaks since 1942

In 80 complete water years of comparable USGS records (since 1942), the highest peak was 11.08 ft on July 13, 2019. So far in water year 2027 (since October 1) the highest reading is 4.17 ft on October 10, 2026, higher than the annual peak in 16 of 80 years.

2 4 7 9 12 1950 1960 1970 1980 1990 2000 2010 2020 Water year 1942: 3.20 ft on August 30, 1942 Water year 1943: 3.47 ft on May 11, 1943 Water year 1944: 3.98 ft on May 23, 1944 Water year 1945: 5.64 ft on April 1, 1945 Water year 1946: 3.98 ft on March 15, 1946 Water year 1947: 3.56 ft on May 24, 1947 Water year 1948: 3.91 ft on April 13, 1948 Water year 1949: 5.06 ft on March 21, 1949 Water year 1950: 4.80 ft on March 7, 1950 Water year 1951: 3.77 ft on March 28, 1951 Water year 1952: 4.50 ft on April 12, 1952 Water year 1953: 3.80 ft on June 8, 1953 Water year 1954: 2.40 ft on September 17, 1954 Water year 1955: 4.11 ft on May 20, 1955 Water year 1956: 3.19 ft on April 3, 1956 Water year 1957: 8.40 ft on June 27, 1957 Water year 1958: 3.80 ft on June 5, 1958 Water year 1959: 4.07 ft on May 30, 1959 Water year 1960: 3.71 ft on April 29, 1960 Water year 1961: 4.94 ft on September 11, 1961 Water year 1962: 5.21 ft on April 28, 1962 Water year 1963: 3.73 ft on April 19, 1963 Water year 1964: 3.17 ft on April 27, 1964 Water year 1965: 4.98 ft on October 3, 1964 Water year 1966: 4.20 ft on May 21, 1966 Water year 1967: 4.31 ft on May 31, 1967 Water year 1968: 4.70 ft on June 24, 1968 Water year 1969: 5.20 ft on May 8, 1969 Water year 1970: 5.54 ft on June 1, 1970 Water year 1971: 5.68 ft on September 16, 1971 Water year 1972: 5.21 ft on May 13, 1972 Water year 1973: 11.02 ft on May 27, 1973 Water year 1974: 7.31 ft on February 21, 1974 Water year 1975: 8.96 ft on April 19, 1975 Water year 1976: 5.20 ft on March 20, 1976 Water year 1977: 5.01 ft on April 21, 1977 Water year 1978: 5.18 ft on April 11, 1978 Water year 1979: 7.32 ft on May 4, 1979 Water year 1980: 6.39 ft on April 13, 1980 Water year 1981: 4.45 ft on June 15, 1981 Water year 1982: 4.72 ft on June 27, 1982 Water year 1983: 7.80 ft on June 6, 1983 Water year 1984: 6.62 ft on May 20, 1984 Water year 1985: 6.50 ft on March 30, 1985 Water year 1986: 6.29 ft on October 28, 1985 Water year 1987: 6.17 ft on March 17, 1987 Water year 1988: 4.84 ft on January 12, 1988 Water year 1989: 5.46 ft on June 28, 1989 Water year 1990: 5.51 ft on June 9, 1990 Water year 1996: 6.01 ft on June 12, 1996 Water year 1997: 8.51 ft on April 5, 1997 Water year 1998: 6.53 ft on May 15, 1998 Water year 1999: 6.70 ft on February 17, 1999 Water year 2000: 4.72 ft on April 23, 2000 Water year 2001: 6.58 ft on March 12, 2001 Water year 2002: 6.81 ft on June 10, 2002 Water year 2003: 8.02 ft on October 3, 2002 Water year 2004: 5.71 ft on July 3, 2004 Water year 2005: 7.78 ft on September 24, 2005 Water year 2006: 4.45 ft on March 9, 2006 Water year 2007: 5.97 ft on February 2, 2007 Water year 2008: 8.67 ft on September 12, 2008 Water year 2009: 7.59 ft on June 2, 2009 Water year 2010: 6.58 ft on November 21, 2009 Water year 2011: 10.94 ft on May 29, 2011 Water year 2012: 5.75 ft on December 22, 2011 Water year 2013: 6.40 ft on May 30, 2013 Water year 2014: 5.75 ft on April 28, 2014 Water year 2015: 6.64 ft on July 31, 2015 Water year 2016: 8.60 ft on January 22, 2016 Water year 2017: 7.67 ft on May 30, 2017 Water year 2018: 8.31 ft on March 22, 2018 Water year 2019: 11.08 ft on July 13, 2019 Water year 2020: 8.56 ft on April 12, 2020 Water year 2021: 8.00 ft on April 14, 2021 Water year 2022: 6.70 ft on March 30, 2022 Water year 2023: 6.60 ft on April 16, 2023 Water year 2024: 6.44 ft on June 5, 2024 Water year 2025: 7.83 ft on May 1, 2025 Water year 2026: 5.88 ft on July 23, 2026 Water year 2027 so far: 4.17 ft on October 10, 2026 2019 1973 2011

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

wax-lake-outlet-at-calumet.csv (CSV): every reading stored for this gauge since September 11, 2026, 4,040 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.