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Pearl River near Bogalusa Stage (ft)Flow (kcfs)Observed: 20.68 ft at 8:30PM May 15, 2013Observed: 20.68 ft at 9:00PM May 15, 2013Observed: 20.68 ft at 9:30PM May 15, 2013Observed: 20.68 ft at 10:00PM May 15, 2013Observed: 20.69 ft at 10:30PM May 15, 2013Observed: 20.69 ft at 11:00PM May 15, 2013Observed: 20.69 ft at 11:30PM May 15, 2013Observed: 20.69 ft at 12:00AM May 16, 2013Observed: 20.69 ft at 12:30AM May 16, 2013Observed: 20.7 ft at 1:00AM May 16, 2013Observed: 20.69 ft at 1:30AM May 16, 2013Observed: 20.69 ft at 2:00AM May 16, 2013Observed: 20.69 ft at 2:30AM May 16, 2013Observed: 20.69 ft at 3:00AM May 16, 2013Observed: 20.69 ft at 3:30AM May 16, 2013Observed: 20.69 ft at 4:00AM May 16, 2013Observed: 20.69 ft at 4:30AM May 16, 2013Observed: 20.71 ft at 5:00AM May 16, 2013Observed: 20.69 ft at 5:30AM May 16, 2013Observed: 20.7 ft at 6:00AM May 16, 2013Observed: 20.71 ft at 6:30AM May 16, 2013Observed: 20.7 ft at 7:00AM May 16, 2013Observed: 20.69 ft at 7:30AM May 16, 2013Observed: 20.69 ft at 8:00AM May 16, 2013Observed: 20.69 ft at 8:30AM May 16, 2013Observed: 20.7 ft at 9:00AM May 16, 2013Observed: 20.7 ft at 9:30AM May 16, 2013Observed: 20.7 ft at 10:00AM May 16, 2013Observed: 20.7 ft at 10:30AM May 16, 2013Observed: 20.7 ft at 11:00AM May 16, 2013Observed: 20.7 ft at 11:30AM May 16, 2013Observed: 20.69 ft at 12:00PM May 16, 2013Observed: 20.69 ft at 12:30PM May 16, 2013Observed: 20.7 ft at 1:00PM May 16, 2013Observed: 20.69 ft at 1:30PM May 16, 2013Observed: 20.7 ft at 2:00PM May 16, 2013Observed: 20.7 ft at 2:30PM May 16, 2013Observed: 20.7 ft at 3:00PM May 16, 2013Observed: 20.7 ft at 3:30PM May 16, 2013Observed: 20.7 ft at 4:00PM May 16, 2013Observed: 20.7 ft at 4:30PM May 16, 2013Observed: 20.7 ft at 5:00PM May 16, 2013Observed: 20.7 ft at 5:30PM May 16, 2013Observed: 20.7 ft at 6:00PM May 16, 2013Observed: 20.7 ft at 6:30PM May 16, 2013Observed: 20.7 ft at 7:00PM May 16, 2013Observed: 20.7 ft at 7:30PM May 16, 2013Observed: 20.71 ft at 8:00PM May 16, 2013Observed: 20.71 ft at 8:30PM May 16, 2013Observed: 20.71 ft at 9:00PM May 16, 2013Observed: 20.71 ft at 9:30PM May 16, 2013Observed: 20.71 ft at 10:00PM May 16, 2013Observed: 20.71 ft at 10:30PM May 16, 2013Observed: 20.71 ft at 11:00PM May 16, 2013Observed: 20.71 ft at 11:30PM May 16, 2013Observed: 20.71 ft at 12:00AM May 17, 2013Observed: 20.7 ft at 12:30AM May 17, 2013Observed: 20.71 ft at 1:00AM May 17, 2013Observed: 20.71 ft at 1:30AM May 17, 2013Highest Observation: 20.72 ft at 2:00AM May 17, 2013Observed: 20.71 ft at 2:30AM May 17, 2013Observed: 20.71 ft at 3:00AM May 17, 2013Highest Observation: 20.72 ft at 3:30AM May 17, 2013Highest Observation: 20.72 ft at 4:00AM May 17, 2013Observed: 20.71 ft at 4:30AM May 17, 2013Highest Observation: 20.72 ft at 5:00AM May 17, 2013Observed: 20.71 ft at 5:30AM May 17, 2013Observed: 20.71 ft at 6:00AM May 17, 2013Highest Observation: 20.72 ft at 6:30AM May 17, 2013Observed: 20.71 ft at 7:00AM May 17, 2013Observed: 20.71 ft at 7:30AM May 17, 2013Observed: 20.71 ft at 8:00AM May 17, 2013Observed: 20.7 ft at 8:30AM May 17, 2013Observed: 20.7 ft at 9:00AM May 17, 2013Observed: 20.71 ft at 9:30AM May 17, 2013Observed: 20.71 ft at 10:00AM May 17, 2013Observed: 20.7 ft at 10:30AM May 17, 2013Observed: 20.71 ft at 11:00AM May 17, 2013Observed: 20.7 ft at 11:30AM May 17, 2013Observed: 20.7 ft at 12:00PM May 17, 2013Observed: 20.7 ft at 12:30PM May 17, 2013Observed: 20.7 ft at 1:00PM May 17, 2013Observed: 20.71 ft at 1:30PM May 17, 2013Observed: 20.71 ft at 2:00PM May 17, 2013Observed: 20.7 ft at 2:30PM May 17, 2013Observed: 20.7 ft at 3:00PM May 17, 2013Observed: 20.7 ft at 3:30PM May 17, 2013Observed: 20.7 ft at 4:00PM May 17, 2013Observed: 20.7 ft at 4:30PM May 17, 2013Observed: 20.69 ft at 5:00PM May 17, 2013Observed: 20.7 ft at 5:30PM May 17, 2013Observed: 20.69 ft at 6:00PM May 17, 2013Observed: 20.7 ft at 6:30PM May 17, 2013Observed: 20.7 ft at 7:00PM May 17, 2013Observed: 20.7 ft at 7:30PM May 17, 2013Observed: 20.7 ft at 8:00PM May 17, 2013Observed: 20.7 ft at 8:30PM May 17, 2013Observed: 20.7 ft at 9:00PM May 17, 2013Observed: 20.69 ft at 9:30PM May 17, 2013Observed: 20.69 ft at 10:00PM May 17, 2013Observed: 20.69 ft at 10:30PM May 17, 2013Observed: 20.7 ft at 11:00PM May 17, 2013Observed: 20.7 ft at 11:30PM May 17, 2013Observed: 20.69 ft at 12:00AM May 18, 2013Observed: 20.7 ft at 12:30AM May 18, 2013Observed: 20.69 ft at 1:00AM May 18, 2013Observed: 20.69 ft at 1:30AM May 18, 2013Observed: 20.69 ft at 2:00AM May 18, 2013Observed: 20.68 ft at 2:30AM May 18, 2013Observed: 20.68 ft at 3:00AM May 18, 2013Observed: 20.67 ft at 3:30AM May 18, 2013Observed: 20.69 ft at 4:00AM May 18, 2013Observed: 20.68 ft at 4:30AM May 18, 2013Observed: 20.68 ft at 5:00AM May 18, 2013Observed: 20.67 ft at 5:30AM May 18, 2013Observed: 20.68 ft at 6:00AM May 18, 2013Observed: 20.68 ft at 6:30AM May 18, 2013Observed: 20.68 ft at 7:00AM May 18, 2013Observed: 20.67 ft at 7:30AM May 18, 2013Observed: 20.67 ft at 8:00AM May 18, 2013Observed: 20.66 ft at 8:30AM May 18, 2013Observed: 20.66 ft at 9:00AM May 18, 2013Observed: 20.66 ft at 9:30AM May 18, 2013Observed: 20.66 ft at 10:00AM May 18, 2013Observed: 20.65 ft at 10:30AM May 18, 2013Observed: 20.65 ft at 11:00AM May 18, 2013Observed: 20.64 ft at 11:30AM May 18, 2013Observed: 20.65 ft at 12:00PM May 18, 2013Observed: 20.64 ft at 12:30PM May 18, 2013Observed: 20.64 ft at 1:00PM May 18, 2013Observed: 20.64 ft at 1:30PM May 18, 2013Observed: 20.63 ft at 2:00PM May 18, 2013Observed: 20.63 ft at 2:30PM May 18, 2013Observed: 20.63 ft at 3:00PM May 18, 2013Observed: 20.63 ft at 3:30PM May 18, 2013Observed: 20.62 ft at 4:00PM May 18, 2013Observed: 20.62 ft at 4:30PM May 18, 2013Observed: 20.61 ft at 5:00PM May 18, 2013Observed: 20.61 ft at 5:30PM May 18, 2013Observed: 20.61 ft at 6:00PM May 18, 2013Observed: 20.6 ft at 6:30PM May 18, 2013Observed: 20.6 ft at 7:00PM May 18, 2013Highest Forecast: 20.5 ft 1:00AM May 19, 2013Forecast: 20.4 ft 7:00AM May 19, 2013Forecast: 20.3 ft 1:00PM May 19, 2013Forecast: 20.1 ft 7:00PM May 19, 2013Forecast: 20 ft 1:00AM May 20, 2013Forecast: 19.8 ft 7:00AM May 20, 2013Forecast: 19.6 ft 1:00PM May 20, 2013Forecast: 19.3 ft 7:00PM May 20, 2013Forecast: 19 ft 1:00AM May 21, 2013Forecast: 18.6 ft 7:00AM May 21, 2013Forecast: 18.2 ft 1:00PM May 21, 2013Forecast: 18 ft 7:00PM May 21, 2013Forecast: 17.8 ft 1:00AM May 22, 2013Forecast: 17.6 ft 7:00AM May 22, 2013Forecast: 17.4 ft 1:00PM May 22, 2013Forecast: 17.2 ft 7:00PM May 22, 2013Forecast: 17.1 ft 1:00AM May 23, 2013Forecast: 16.9 ft 7:00AM May 23, 2013Forecast: 16.8 ft 1:00PM May 23, 2013Forecast: 16.7 ft 7:00PM May 23, 2013USGS--Water Resources of the United StatesBXAL1(plotting HGIRG) Graph Created (8:24PM May 18, 2013)ObservedForecast (issued 7:43PM May 18)Latest observed value: 20.6 ft at 7:00 PM CDT 18-May-2013. Flood Stage is 18 ft
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NOTE: Forecasts for the Pearl River near Bogalusa are issued routinely year-round.
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Flood Categories (in feet)
Major Flood Stage:23
Moderate Flood Stage:21
Flood Stage:18
Action Stage:16

Historical Crests
(1) 23.23 ft on 04/24/1979
(2) 22.78 ft on 04/08/1983
(3) 22.42 ft on 03/31/1980
(4) 22.17 ft on 05/11/1991
(5) 22.13 ft on 04/17/1974
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Low Water Records
(1) 4.80 ft on 10/31/1963
(2) 5.11 ft on 09/27/1963
(3) 5.36 ft on 09/15/1954
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23 PROPERTY EAST OF LOUISIANA HIGHWAY 21 ALONG BOGALUSA CREEK WILL FLOOD. BOGALUSA CREEK WILL BACK UP THREATENING THE SEWAGE TREATMENT PLANT. HOMES SOUTH OF BOGALUSA CREEK AND EAST OF HIGHWAY 21 WILL FLOOD. THE CITY WATER TREATMENT PLANT AND PROPERTY NEAR CITY HALL WILL BE THREATENED BY FLOODING
22 WOODLANDS AND CROP ACREAGE ALONG THE RIVER WILL BE FLOODED. THE BOGUE CHITTO WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT AREA WILL BE INUNDATED WITH WATER IN RECREATIONAL CAMPS AND OVER ACCESS ROADS. AT 21 FEET PROPERTY EAST OF HIGHWAY 21 ALONG BOGALUSA CREEK WILL BEGIN TO FLOOD. BOGALUSA CREEK WILL BACK UP THREATENING THE SEWAGE TREATMENT PLANT. HOMES SOUTH OF BOGALUSA CREEK AND EAST OF HIGHWAY 21 WILL FLOOD
21 WOODLANDS AND CROP ACREAGE ALONG THE RIVER WILL BE FLOODED. THE BOGUE CHITTO WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT AREA WILL BE INUNDATED WITH WATER IN RECREATIONAL CAMPS AND OVER ACCESS ROADS. AT 21 FEET PROPERTY EAST OF LOUISIANA HIGHWAY 21 ALONG BOGALUSA CREEK WILL BEGIN TO FLOOD
20 WOODLANDS AND CROP ACREAGE ALONG THE RIVER WILL BE FLOODED. THE BOGUE CHITTO WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT AREA WILL BE INUNDATED WITH WATER IN RECREATIONAL CAMPS AND OVER ACCESS ROADS
18.5 WOODLANDS AND CROP ACREAGE ALONG THE RIVER WILL BE FLOODED. THE BOGUE CHITTO WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT AREA WILL BE INUNDATED WITH WATER IN RECREATIONAL CAMPS AND OVER ACCESS ROADS
17 WOODLANDS AND CROP ACREAGE ALONG THE RIVER WILL BE FLOODED.
16 WOODLANDS ALONG THE RIVER AND WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT PROPERTY WILL BE FLOODED
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Latitude: 30.793056° N, Longitude: 89.820833° W, Horizontal Datum: NAD83/WGS84

River Stage
Reference Frame		 Gauge Height Flood Stage Uses
NWS stage 0 ft 18 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
Other 55 ft 73 ft  

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