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Hydrograph River at a Glance Download
Contraband Bayou at Common Street Stage (ft)Observed: 0.83 ft at 5:57AM May 09, 2024Observed: 0.94 ft at 6:21AM May 09, 2024Observed: 1.05 ft at 6:42AM May 09, 2024Observed: 1.17 ft at 7:00AM May 09, 2024Observed: 1.29 ft at 7:21AM May 09, 2024Observed: 1.35 ft at 7:36AM May 09, 2024Observed: 1.39 ft at 7:45AM May 09, 2024Observed: 1.5 ft at 8:15AM May 09, 2024Observed: 1.61 ft at 8:42AM May 09, 2024Observed: 1.72 ft at 9:18AM May 09, 2024Observed: 1.77 ft at 9:36AM May 09, 2024Observed: 1.83 ft at 9:48AM May 09, 2024Observed: 1.9 ft at 11:36AM May 09, 2024Observed: 1.72 ft at 12:48PM May 09, 2024Observed: 1.62 ft at 1:21PM May 09, 2024Observed: 1.59 ft at 1:36PM May 09, 2024Observed: 1.51 ft at 2:00PM May 09, 2024Observed: 1.4 ft at 2:48PM May 09, 2024Observed: 1.3 ft at 3:36PM May 09, 2024Observed: 1.29 ft at 4:06PM May 09, 2024Observed: 1.39 ft at 5:12PM May 09, 2024Observed: 1.42 ft at 5:36PM May 09, 2024Observed: 1.4 ft at 7:36PM May 09, 2024Observed: 1.28 ft at 8:33PM May 09, 2024Observed: 1.17 ft at 9:06PM May 09, 2024Observed: 1.07 ft at 9:36PM May 09, 2024Observed: 0.96 ft at 10:15PM May 09, 2024Observed: 0.86 ft at 10:48PM May 09, 2024Observed: 0.75 ft at 11:18PM May 09, 2024Observed: 0.72 ft at 11:36PM May 09, 2024Observed: 0.65 ft at 12:03AM May 10, 2024Observed: 0.55 ft at 12:33AM May 10, 2024Observed: 0.44 ft at 1:12AM May 10, 2024Observed: 0.39 ft at 1:36AM May 10, 2024Observed: 0.25 ft at 2:06AM May 10, 2024Observed: 0.44 ft at 2:12AM May 10, 2024Observed: 0.28 ft at 2:15AM May 10, 2024Observed: 0.36 ft at 3:36AM May 10, 2024Observed: 0.18 ft at 5:12AM May 10, 2024Observed: 0.07 ft at 5:30AM May 10, 2024Observed: 0.06 ft at 5:36AM May 10, 2024Observed: 0.18 ft at 6:27AM May 10, 2024Observed: 0.28 ft at 6:45AM May 10, 2024Observed: 0.4 ft at 7:36AM May 10, 2024Observed: 0.53 ft at 7:51AM May 10, 2024Observed: 0.64 ft at 8:06AM May 10, 2024Observed: 0.75 ft at 8:24AM May 10, 2024Observed: 0.88 ft at 8:48AM May 10, 2024Observed: 0.98 ft at 9:06AM May 10, 2024Observed: 1.08 ft at 9:24AM May 10, 2024Observed: 1.13 ft at 9:36AM May 10, 2024Observed: 1.19 ft at 9:45AM May 10, 2024Observed: 1.3 ft at 10:18AM May 10, 2024Observed: 1.35 ft at 11:36AM May 10, 2024Observed: 1.25 ft at 1:36PM May 10, 2024Observed: 1.18 ft at 2:21PM May 10, 2024Observed: 1.08 ft at 2:54PM May 10, 2024Observed: 0.98 ft at 3:30PM May 10, 2024Observed: 0.97 ft at 3:36PM May 10, 2024Observed: 0.88 ft at 4:03PM May 10, 2024Observed: 0.77 ft at 5:15PM May 10, 2024Observed: 0.74 ft at 5:36PM May 10, 2024Observed: 0.77 ft at 7:36PM May 10, 2024Observed: 0.77 ft at 9:36PM May 10, 2024Observed: 0.67 ft at 10:36PM May 10, 2024Observed: 0.56 ft at 11:33PM May 10, 2024Observed: 0.56 ft at 11:36PM May 10, 2024Observed: 0.45 ft at 12:00AM May 11, 2024Observed: 0.35 ft at 12:24AM May 11, 2024Observed: 0.24 ft at 12:57AM May 11, 2024Observed: 0.17 ft at 1:36AM May 11, 2024Observed: 0.12 ft at 1:39AM May 11, 2024Observed: 0.02 ft at 2:00AM May 11, 2024Observed: -0.09 ft at 2:39AM May 11, 2024Observed: -0.21 ft at 3:15AM May 11, 2024Observed: -0.25 ft at 3:36AM May 11, 2024Observed: -0.31 ft at 4:03AM May 11, 2024Observed: -0.41 ft at 4:39AM May 11, 2024Observed: -0.42 ft at 5:36AM May 11, 2024Observed: -0.28 ft at 7:09AM May 11, 2024Observed: -0.18 ft at 7:30AM May 11, 2024Observed: -0.17 ft at 7:36AM May 11, 2024Observed: -0.08 ft at 7:45AM May 11, 2024Observed: 0.05 ft at 8:00AM May 11, 2024Observed: 0.16 ft at 8:18AM May 11, 2024Observed: 0.28 ft at 8:36AM May 11, 2024Observed: 0.4 ft at 8:54AM May 11, 2024Observed: 0.51 ft at 9:09AM May 11, 2024Observed: 0.62 ft at 9:21AM May 11, 2024Observed: 0.73 ft at 9:33AM May 11, 2024Observed: 0.73 ft at 9:36AM May 11, 2024Observed: 0.85 ft at 9:51AM May 11, 2024Observed: 0.95 ft at 10:18AM May 11, 2024Observed: 1.06 ft at 10:48AM May 11, 2024Observed: 1.15 ft at 11:33AM May 11, 2024Observed: 1.15 ft at 11:36AM May 11, 2024Observed: 1.26 ft at 1:30PM May 11, 2024Observed: 1.27 ft at 1:36PM May 11, 2024Observed: 1.26 ft at 3:36PM May 11, 2024Observed: 1.27 ft at 5:36PM May 11, 2024Observed: 1.31 ft at 7:36PM May 11, 2024Observed: 1.37 ft at 9:36PM May 11, 2024Observed: 1.26 ft at 10:24PM May 11, 2024Observed: 1.15 ft at 11:24PM May 11, 2024Observed: 1.13 ft at 11:36PM May 11, 2024Observed: 1.06 ft at 12:15AM May 12, 2024Observed: 0.94 ft at 12:30AM May 12, 2024Observed: 0.81 ft at 1:00AM May 12, 2024Observed: 0.67 ft at 1:33AM May 12, 2024Observed: 0.67 ft at 1:36AM May 12, 2024Observed: 0.56 ft at 2:12AM May 12, 2024Observed: 0.46 ft at 2:51AM May 12, 2024Observed: 0.37 ft at 3:36AM May 12, 2024Observed: 0.35 ft at 4:21AM May 12, 2024Observed: 0.24 ft at 4:48AM May 12, 2024Observed: 0.19 ft at 5:36AM May 12, 2024Observed: 0.28 ft at 7:36AM May 12, 2024Observed: 0.34 ft at 7:51AM May 12, 2024Observed: 0.47 ft at 8:30AM May 12, 2024Observed: 0.56 ft at 8:45AM May 12, 2024Observed: 0.69 ft at 9:12AM May 12, 2024Observed: 0.72 ft at 9:36AM May 12, 2024Observed: 0.79 ft at 9:39AM May 12, 2024Observed: 0.91 ft at 10:00AM May 12, 2024Observed: 1.03 ft at 10:27AM May 12, 2024Observed: 1.13 ft at 10:54AM May 12, 2024Observed: 1.24 ft at 11:36AM May 12, 2024Observed: 1.35 ft at 12:00PM May 12, 2024Observed: 1.45 ft at 12:27PM May 12, 2024Observed: 1.52 ft at 1:36PM May 12, 2024Observed: 1.56 ft at 1:42PM May 12, 2024Observed: 1.66 ft at 2:48PM May 12, 2024Observed: 1.76 ft at 3:09PM May 12, 2024Observed: 1.88 ft at 3:33PM May 12, 2024Observed: 1.88 ft at 3:36PM May 12, 2024Observed: 1.99 ft at 3:57PM May 12, 2024Observed: 1.88 ft at 4:51PM May 12, 2024Observed: 1.88 ft at 5:36PM May 12, 2024Observed: 1.99 ft at 7:15PM May 12, 2024Observed: 2.02 ft at 7:36PM May 12, 2024Observed: 1.88 ft at 8:36PM May 12, 2024Observed: 1.78 ft at 9:03PM May 12, 2024Observed: 1.69 ft at 9:36PM May 12, 2024Observed: 1.68 ft at 9:45PM May 12, 2024Observed: 1.58 ft at 11:21PM May 12, 2024Observed: 1.57 ft at 11:36PM May 12, 2024Observed: 1.47 ft at 12:45AM May 13, 2024Observed: 1.36 ft at 1:18AM May 13, 2024Observed: 1.33 ft at 1:36AM May 13, 2024Observed: 1.25 ft at 2:48AM May 13, 2024Observed: 1.14 ft at 3:33AM May 13, 2024Observed: 1.14 ft at 3:36AM May 13, 2024Observed: 1.05 ft at 4:33AM May 13, 2024Observed: 0.95 ft at 5:33AM May 13, 2024Observed: 0.95 ft at 5:36AM May 13, 2024Observed: 0.84 ft at 6:39AM May 13, 2024Observed: 0.83 ft at 7:36AM May 13, 2024Observed: 0.94 ft at 9:36AM May 13, 2024Observed: 1.04 ft at 10:15AM May 13, 2024Observed: 1.15 ft at 10:45AM May 13, 2024Observed: 1.27 ft at 11:09AM May 13, 2024Observed: 1.36 ft at 11:36AM May 13, 2024Observed: 1.38 ft at 11:39AM May 13, 2024Observed: 1.49 ft at 12:15PM May 13, 2024Observed: 1.61 ft at 12:45PM May 13, 2024Observed: 1.71 ft at 1:24PM May 13, 2024Observed: 1.74 ft at 1:36PM May 13, 2024Observed: 1.82 ft at 2:54PM May 13, 2024Observed: 1.9 ft at 3:36PM May 13, 2024Observed: 1.94 ft at 4:51PM May 13, 2024Observed: 2.24 ft at 4:57PM May 13, 2024Observed: 2.54 ft at 5:00PM May 13, 2024Observed: 2.93 ft at 5:03PM May 13, 2024Observed: 3.22 ft at 5:06PM May 13, 2024Observed: 3.47 ft at 5:09PM May 13, 2024Observed: 3.68 ft at 5:12PM May 13, 2024Observed: 3.88 ft at 5:15PM May 13, 2024Observed: 4 ft at 5:18PM May 13, 2024Observed: 4.09 ft at 5:24PM May 13, 2024Highest Observation: 4.12 ft at 5:36PM May 13, 2024Observed: 3.98 ft at 5:45PM May 13, 2024Observed: 3.88 ft at 5:51PM May 13, 2024Observed: 3.77 ft at 5:57PM May 13, 2024Observed: 3.67 ft at 6:03PM May 13, 2024Observed: 3.52 ft at 6:12PM May 13, 2024Observed: 3.41 ft at 6:18PM May 13, 2024Observed: 3.29 ft at 6:24PM May 13, 2024Observed: 3.18 ft at 6:30PM May 13, 2024Observed: 3.07 ft at 6:36PM May 13, 2024Observed: 2.97 ft at 6:42PM May 13, 2024Observed: 2.82 ft at 6:51PM May 13, 2024Observed: 2.69 ft at 7:00PM May 13, 2024Observed: 2.56 ft at 7:12PM May 13, 2024Observed: 2.31 ft at 7:36PM May 13, 2024Observed: 2.18 ft at 7:48PM May 13, 2024Observed: 2.06 ft at 7:57PM May 13, 2024Observed: 1.95 ft at 8:06PM May 13, 2024Observed: 1.83 ft at 8:21PM May 13, 2024Observed: 1.73 ft at 8:33PM May 13, 2024Observed: 1.61 ft at 8:48PM May 13, 2024Observed: 1.5 ft at 9:06PM May 13, 2024Observed: 1.4 ft at 9:21PM May 13, 2024Observed: 1.33 ft at 9:36PM May 13, 2024Observed: 1.3 ft at 9:42PM May 13, 2024Observed: 1.19 ft at 10:42PM May 13, 2024Observed: 1.08 ft at 11:18PM May 13, 2024Observed: 1.04 ft at 11:36PM May 13, 2024Observed: 0.98 ft at 11:57PM May 13, 2024Observed: 0.87 ft at 12:36AM May 14, 2024Observed: 0.76 ft at 1:15AM May 14, 2024Observed: 0.72 ft at 1:36AM May 14, 2024Observed: 0.65 ft at 2:03AM May 14, 2024Observed: 0.55 ft at 2:39AM May 14, 2024Observed: 0.65 ft at 3:12AM May 14, 2024Observed: 0.64 ft at 3:36AM May 14, 2024Observed: 0.71 ft at 5:36AM May 14, 2024Observed: 0.62 ft at 7:36AM May 14, 2024Observed: 0.56 ft at 9:36AM May 14, 2024Observed: 0.75 ft at 10:33AM May 14, 2024Observed: 0.86 ft at 11:27AM May 14, 2024Observed: 0.88 ft at 11:36AM May 14, 2024Observed: 0.98 ft at 11:57AM May 14, 2024Observed: 1.08 ft at 12:33PM May 14, 2024Observed: 1.2 ft at 1:24PM May 14, 2024Observed: 1.22 ft at 1:36PM May 14, 2024Observed: 1.3 ft at 2:00PM May 14, 2024Observed: 1.41 ft at 3:06PM May 14, 2024Observed: 1.46 ft at 3:36PM May 14, 2024Observed: 1.33 ft at 5:36PM May 14, 2024Observed: 1.31 ft at 5:39PM May 14, 2024Observed: 1.21 ft at 6:42PM May 14, 2024Observed: 1.1 ft at 7:15PM May 14, 2024Observed: 1.04 ft at 7:36PM May 14, 2024Observed: 0.99 ft at 7:54PM May 14, 2024Observed: 0.89 ft at 8:39PM May 14, 2024Observed: 0.78 ft at 9:30PM May 14, 2024Observed: 0.78 ft at 9:36PM May 14, 2024Observed: 0.68 ft at 11:00PM May 14, 2024Observed: 0.66 ft at 11:36PM May 14, 2024Observed: 0.55 ft at 12:27AM May 15, 2024Observed: 0.55 ft at 1:36AM May 15, 2024Observed: 0.44 ft at 3:24AM May 15, 2024Observed: 0.42 ft at 3:36AM May 15, 2024Observed: 0.34 ft at 4:12AM May 15, 2024Observed: 0.24 ft at 5:18AM May 15, 2024Observed: 0.19 ft at 5:36AM May 15, 2024Observed: 0.13 ft at 6:09AM May 15, 2024Observed: 0.02 ft at 6:57AM May 15, 2024Observed: -0.02 ft at 7:36AM May 15, 2024Observed: -0.09 ft at 8:09AM May 15, 2024Observed: -0.12 ft at 9:36AM May 15, 2024Observed: 0.04 ft at 11:36AM May 15, 2024Observed: 0.16 ft at 11:39AM May 15, 2024Observed: 0.28 ft at 12:03PM May 15, 2024Observed: 0.4 ft at 12:27PM May 15, 2024Observed: 0.5 ft at 12:45PM May 15, 2024Observed: 0.61 ft at 1:12PM May 15, 2024Observed: 0.68 ft at 1:36PM May 15, 2024Observed: 0.71 ft at 1:42PM May 15, 2024Observed: 0.82 ft at 2:06PM May 15, 2024Observed: 0.91 ft at 3:36PM May 15, 2024Observed: 0.92 ft at 3:42PM May 15, 2024Observed: 0.82 ft at 4:51PM May 15, 2024Observed: 0.75 ft at 5:36PM May 15, 2024Observed: 0.72 ft at 5:45PM May 15, 2024Observed: 0.62 ft at 6:39PM May 15, 2024Observed: 0.53 ft at 7:36PM May 15, 2024Observed: 0.51 ft at 7:39PM May 15, 2024Observed: 0.44 ft at 9:36PM May 15, 2024Observed: 0.41 ft at 10:12PM May 15, 2024Observed: 0.49 ft at 11:36PM May 15, 2024Observed: 0.51 ft at 1:00AM May 16, 2024Observed: 0.56 ft at 1:36AM May 16, 2024Observed: 0.62 ft at 2:15AM May 16, 2024Observed: 0.73 ft at 2:51AM May 16, 2024Observed: 0.68 ft at 3:36AM May 16, 2024Observed: 0.59 ft at 3:54AM May 16, 2024Observed: 0.69 ft at 3:57AM May 16, 2024Observed: 0.57 ft at 4:18AM May 16, 2024Calcasieu Parish Police JuryCCAL1(plotting HGIRZ) Graph Created (5:55AM May 16, 2024)ObservedLatest observed value: 0.57 ft at 4:18 AM CDT 16-May-2024. Flood Stage is 8 ft
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NOTE: River forecasts for this location take into account past precipitation and the precipitation amounts expected approximately 48 hours into the future from the forecast issuance time.

NOTE: Forecasts are not available for the Contraband Bayou at Common Street. Only observed stages are available for this point.

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Flood Categories (in feet)
Major Flood Stage: 10
Moderate Flood Stage: 9
Flood Stage: 8
Action Stage: 7
Low Stage (in feet): -9999

Historic Crests
(1) 11.53 ft on 05/01/2016
(2) 11.31 ft on 04/10/2015
(3) 8.86 ft on 04/04/2019
(4) 7.73 ft on 05/03/2017
(5) 5.98 ft on 06/21/2018

(P): Preliminary values subject to further review.

Recent Crests
(1) 8.86 ft on 04/04/2019
(2) 5.98 ft on 06/21/2018
(3) 7.73 ft on 05/03/2017
(4) 11.53 ft on 05/01/2016
(5) 11.31 ft on 04/10/2015

(P): Preliminary values subject to further review.

Low Water Records
Currently none available.
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Latitude: 30.177417° N, Longitude: 93.213861° W, Horizontal Datum: NAD83/WGS84

River Stage
Reference Frame		 Gauge Height Flood Stage Uses
NWS stage 0 ft 8 ft Interpreting hydrographs and NWS watch, warnings, and forecasts, and inundation maps
Vertical Datum Elevation
(gauge height = 0)		 Elevation
(gauge height = flood stage)		 Elevation information source
NAVD88 Not Available Not Available Survey grade GPS equipment, FEMA flood plain maps, newer USGS topographic maps
NGVD 29 Not Available Not Available Older USGS topographic maps, NGVD29 benchmarks
MSL Not Available Not Available Older USGS topographic maps, MSL benchmarks
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