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Choupique Bayou at Dave Dugas Road Stage (ft)Observed: 1.69 ft at 10:00AM Mar 22, 2024Observed: 1.68 ft at 10:06AM Mar 22, 2024Observed: 1.61 ft at 11:00AM Mar 22, 2024Observed: 1.58 ft at 11:21AM Mar 22, 2024Observed: 1.52 ft at 12:00PM Mar 22, 2024Observed: 1.47 ft at 12:30PM Mar 22, 2024Observed: 1.42 ft at 1:00PM Mar 22, 2024Observed: 1.37 ft at 1:27PM Mar 22, 2024Observed: 1.31 ft at 2:00PM Mar 22, 2024Observed: 1.26 ft at 2:21PM Mar 22, 2024Observed: 1.19 ft at 3:00PM Mar 22, 2024Observed: 1.15 ft at 3:12PM Mar 22, 2024Observed: 1.08 ft at 4:00PM Mar 22, 2024Observed: 1.06 ft at 4:09PM Mar 22, 2024Observed: 0.98 ft at 5:00PM Mar 22, 2024Observed: 0.96 ft at 5:21PM Mar 22, 2024Observed: 0.92 ft at 6:00PM Mar 22, 2024Observed: 0.9 ft at 7:00PM Mar 22, 2024Observed: 0.88 ft at 8:00PM Mar 22, 2024Observed: 0.86 ft at 9:00PM Mar 22, 2024Observed: 0.85 ft at 9:39PM Mar 22, 2024Observed: 0.85 ft at 10:00PM Mar 22, 2024Observed: 0.82 ft at 11:00PM Mar 22, 2024Observed: 0.75 ft at 11:48PM Mar 22, 2024Observed: 0.73 ft at 12:00AM Mar 23, 2024Observed: 0.65 ft at 12:51AM Mar 23, 2024Observed: 0.64 ft at 1:00AM Mar 23, 2024Observed: 0.53 ft at 1:54AM Mar 23, 2024Observed: 0.53 ft at 2:00AM Mar 23, 2024Observed: 0.43 ft at 2:42AM Mar 23, 2024Observed: 0.4 ft at 3:00AM Mar 23, 2024Observed: 0.33 ft at 3:24AM Mar 23, 2024Observed: 0.25 ft at 4:00AM Mar 23, 2024Observed: 0.22 ft at 4:09AM Mar 23, 2024Observed: 0.12 ft at 5:00AM Mar 23, 2024Observed: 0.02 ft at 6:01AM Mar 23, 2024Observed: 0.01 ft at 6:05AM Mar 23, 2024Observed: -0.06 ft at 7:00AM Mar 23, 2024Observed: -0.09 ft at 7:24AM Mar 23, 2024Observed: -0.12 ft at 8:00AM Mar 23, 2024Observed: -0.17 ft at 9:00AM Mar 23, 2024Observed: -0.19 ft at 9:12AM Mar 23, 2024Observed: -0.28 ft at 11:00AM Mar 23, 2024Observed: -0.3 ft at 11:06AM Mar 23, 2024Observed: -0.36 ft at 12:00PM Mar 23, 2024Observed: -0.4 ft at 12:21PM Mar 23, 2024Observed: -0.44 ft at 1:00PM Mar 23, 2024Observed: -0.5 ft at 1:36PM Mar 23, 2024Observed: -0.55 ft at 2:00PM Mar 23, 2024Observed: -0.6 ft at 2:36PM Mar 23, 2024Observed: -0.63 ft at 3:00PM Mar 23, 2024Observed: -0.7 ft at 4:00PM Mar 23, 2024Observed: -0.72 ft at 4:12PM Mar 23, 2024Observed: -0.63 ft at 5:00PM Mar 23, 2024Observed: -0.61 ft at 5:03PM Mar 23, 2024Observed: -0.5 ft at 5:39PM Mar 23, 2024Observed: -0.43 ft at 6:00PM Mar 23, 2024Observed: -0.39 ft at 6:06PM Mar 23, 2024Observed: -0.28 ft at 6:30PM Mar 23, 2024Observed: -0.18 ft at 6:54PM Mar 23, 2024Observed: -0.17 ft at 7:00PM Mar 23, 2024Observed: -0.08 ft at 7:18PM Mar 23, 2024Observed: 0.02 ft at 7:42PM Mar 23, 2024Observed: 0.08 ft at 8:00PM Mar 23, 2024Observed: 0.13 ft at 8:09PM Mar 23, 2024Observed: 0.23 ft at 8:39PM Mar 23, 2024Observed: 0.28 ft at 9:00PM Mar 23, 2024Observed: 0.34 ft at 9:15PM Mar 23, 2024Observed: 0.43 ft at 10:00PM Mar 23, 2024Observed: 0.44 ft at 10:03PM Mar 23, 2024Observed: 0.48 ft at 11:00PM Mar 23, 2024Observed: 0.43 ft at 12:00AM Mar 24, 2024Observed: 0.33 ft at 12:39AM Mar 24, 2024Observed: 0.28 ft at 1:00AM Mar 24, 2024Observed: 0.23 ft at 1:18AM Mar 24, 2024Observed: 0.12 ft at 1:57AM Mar 24, 2024Observed: 0.12 ft at 2:00AM Mar 24, 2024Observed: 0.02 ft at 2:36AM Mar 24, 2024Observed: -0.03 ft at 3:00AM Mar 24, 2024Observed: -0.09 ft at 3:18AM Mar 24, 2024Observed: -0.15 ft at 4:00AM Mar 24, 2024Observed: -0.19 ft at 4:39AM Mar 24, 2024Observed: -0.17 ft at 5:00AM Mar 24, 2024Observed: -0.09 ft at 5:36AM Mar 24, 2024Observed: -0.01 ft at 6:00AM Mar 24, 2024Observed: 0.02 ft at 6:03AM Mar 24, 2024Observed: 0.12 ft at 6:27AM Mar 24, 2024Observed: 0.23 ft at 6:54AM Mar 24, 2024Observed: 0.24 ft at 7:00AM Mar 24, 2024Observed: 0.34 ft at 7:27AM Mar 24, 2024Observed: 0.42 ft at 8:00AM Mar 24, 2024Observed: 0.44 ft at 8:06AM Mar 24, 2024Observed: 0.53 ft at 9:00AM Mar 24, 2024Observed: 0.54 ft at 9:03AM Mar 24, 2024Observed: 0.62 ft at 10:00AM Mar 24, 2024Observed: 0.64 ft at 10:15AM Mar 24, 2024Observed: 0.67 ft at 11:00AM Mar 24, 2024Observed: 0.65 ft at 12:00PM Mar 24, 2024Observed: 0.59 ft at 1:00PM Mar 24, 2024Observed: 0.54 ft at 1:33PM Mar 24, 2024Observed: 0.5 ft at 2:00PM Mar 24, 2024Observed: 0.46 ft at 3:00PM Mar 24, 2024Observed: 0.6 ft at 4:00PM Mar 24, 2024Observed: 0.64 ft at 4:09PM Mar 24, 2024Observed: 0.75 ft at 4:48PM Mar 24, 2024Observed: 0.77 ft at 5:00PM Mar 24, 2024Observed: 0.86 ft at 5:39PM Mar 24, 2024Observed: 0.89 ft at 6:00PM Mar 24, 2024Observed: 0.96 ft at 6:39PM Mar 24, 2024Observed: 0.99 ft at 7:00PM Mar 24, 2024Observed: 1.06 ft at 7:45PM Mar 24, 2024Observed: 1.09 ft at 8:00PM Mar 24, 2024Observed: 1.15 ft at 8:54PM Mar 24, 2024Observed: 1.17 ft at 9:00PM Mar 24, 2024Observed: 1.25 ft at 10:00PM Mar 24, 2024Observed: 1.27 ft at 10:12PM Mar 24, 2024Observed: 1.31 ft at 11:00PM Mar 24, 2024Observed: 1.36 ft at 12:00AM Mar 25, 2024Observed: 1.35 ft at 1:00AM Mar 25, 2024Observed: 1.32 ft at 2:00AM Mar 25, 2024Observed: 1.31 ft at 3:00AM Mar 25, 2024Observed: 1.27 ft at 4:00AM Mar 25, 2024Observed: 1.24 ft at 5:00AM Mar 25, 2024Observed: 1.31 ft at 6:00AM Mar 25, 2024Observed: 1.37 ft at 6:30AM Mar 25, 2024Observed: 1.41 ft at 7:00AM Mar 25, 2024Observed: 1.47 ft at 7:33AM Mar 25, 2024Observed: 1.51 ft at 8:00AM Mar 25, 2024Observed: 1.57 ft at 8:42AM Mar 25, 2024Observed: 1.6 ft at 9:00AM Mar 25, 2024Observed: 1.68 ft at 9:51AM Mar 25, 2024Observed: 1.68 ft at 10:00AM Mar 25, 2024Observed: 1.74 ft at 11:00AM Mar 25, 2024Observed: 1.78 ft at 11:21AM Mar 25, 2024Observed: 1.81 ft at 12:00PM Mar 25, 2024Highest Observation: 1.84 ft at 1:00PM Mar 25, 2024Highest Observation: 1.84 ft at 2:00PM Mar 25, 2024Observed: 1.8 ft at 3:00PM Mar 25, 2024Observed: 1.78 ft at 4:00PM Mar 25, 2024Observed: 1.76 ft at 5:00PM Mar 25, 2024Observed: 1.76 ft at 6:00PM Mar 25, 2024Observed: 1.74 ft at 7:00PM Mar 25, 2024Observed: 1.78 ft at 8:00PM Mar 25, 2024Observed: 1.81 ft at 9:00PM Mar 25, 2024Highest Observation: 1.84 ft at 10:00PM Mar 25, 2024Observed: 1.82 ft at 11:00PM Mar 25, 2024Observed: 1.74 ft at 12:00AM Mar 26, 2024Observed: 1.67 ft at 12:45AM Mar 26, 2024Observed: 1.66 ft at 1:00AM Mar 26, 2024Observed: 1.57 ft at 1:57AM Mar 26, 2024Observed: 1.57 ft at 2:00AM Mar 26, 2024Observed: 1.47 ft at 3:00AM Mar 26, 2024Observed: 1.36 ft at 4:00AM Mar 26, 2024Observed: 1.27 ft at 5:00AM Mar 26, 2024Observed: 1.26 ft at 5:03AM Mar 26, 2024Observed: 1.17 ft at 6:00AM Mar 26, 2024Observed: 1.15 ft at 6:06AM Mar 26, 2024Observed: 1.09 ft at 7:00AM Mar 26, 2024Observed: 1.06 ft at 7:36AM Mar 26, 2024Observed: 1.05 ft at 8:00AM Mar 26, 2024Observed: 1.06 ft at 9:00AM Mar 26, 2024Observed: 1.13 ft at 10:00AM Mar 26, 2024Observed: 1.17 ft at 10:15AM Mar 26, 2024Observed: 1.23 ft at 11:00AM Mar 26, 2024Observed: 1.24 ft at 12:00PM Mar 26, 2024Observed: 1.12 ft at 1:00PM Mar 26, 2024Observed: 1.07 ft at 1:30PM Mar 26, 2024Observed: 1.01 ft at 2:00PM Mar 26, 2024Observed: 0.96 ft at 2:30PM Mar 26, 2024Observed: 0.92 ft at 3:00PM Mar 26, 2024Observed: 0.86 ft at 3:33PM Mar 26, 2024Observed: 0.82 ft at 4:00PM Mar 26, 2024Observed: 0.76 ft at 4:30PM Mar 26, 2024Observed: 0.72 ft at 5:00PM Mar 26, 2024Observed: 0.67 ft at 6:00PM Mar 26, 2024Observed: 0.75 ft at 7:00PM Mar 26, 2024Observed: 0.86 ft at 7:30PM Mar 26, 2024Observed: 0.95 ft at 8:00PM Mar 26, 2024Observed: 0.96 ft at 8:03PM Mar 26, 2024Observed: 1.06 ft at 9:00PM Mar 26, 2024Observed: 1.1 ft at 10:00PM Mar 26, 2024Observed: 1.11 ft at 11:00PM Mar 26, 2024Observed: 1.03 ft at 12:00AM Mar 27, 2024Observed: 0.96 ft at 12:30AM Mar 27, 2024Observed: 0.89 ft at 1:00AM Mar 27, 2024Observed: 0.86 ft at 1:15AM Mar 27, 2024Observed: 0.77 ft at 2:00AM Mar 27, 2024Observed: 0.75 ft at 2:03AM Mar 27, 2024Observed: 0.65 ft at 2:51AM Mar 27, 2024Observed: 0.63 ft at 3:00AM Mar 27, 2024Observed: 0.55 ft at 3:33AM Mar 27, 2024Observed: 0.49 ft at 4:00AM Mar 27, 2024Observed: 0.44 ft at 4:15AM Mar 27, 2024Observed: 0.35 ft at 5:00AM Mar 27, 2024Observed: 0.33 ft at 5:24AM Mar 27, 2024Observed: 0.25 ft at 6:00AM Mar 27, 2024Observed: 0.27 ft at 7:00AM Mar 27, 2024Observed: 0.44 ft at 7:48AM Mar 27, 2024Observed: 0.46 ft at 8:00AM Mar 27, 2024Observed: 0.54 ft at 8:18AM Mar 27, 2024Observed: 0.65 ft at 8:54AM Mar 27, 2024Observed: 0.67 ft at 9:00AM Mar 27, 2024Observed: 0.76 ft at 10:00AM Mar 27, 2024Observed: 0.79 ft at 11:00AM Mar 27, 2024Observed: 0.78 ft at 12:00PM Mar 27, 2024Observed: 0.75 ft at 1:00PM Mar 27, 2024Observed: 0.67 ft at 2:00PM Mar 27, 2024Observed: 0.65 ft at 2:06PM Mar 27, 2024Observed: 0.59 ft at 3:00PM Mar 27, 2024Observed: 0.55 ft at 3:27PM Mar 27, 2024Observed: 0.53 ft at 4:00PM Mar 27, 2024Observed: 0.51 ft at 5:00PM Mar 27, 2024Observed: 0.56 ft at 6:00PM Mar 27, 2024Observed: 0.66 ft at 6:39PM Mar 27, 2024Observed: 0.7 ft at 7:00PM Mar 27, 2024Observed: 0.76 ft at 7:51PM Mar 27, 2024Observed: 0.76 ft at 8:00PM Mar 27, 2024Observed: 0.79 ft at 9:00PM Mar 27, 2024Observed: 0.8 ft at 10:00PM Mar 27, 2024Observed: 0.73 ft at 11:00PM Mar 27, 2024Observed: 0.66 ft at 11:24PM Mar 27, 2024Observed: 0.57 ft at 12:00AM Mar 28, 2024Observed: 0.55 ft at 12:09AM Mar 28, 2024Observed: 0.47 ft at 1:00AM Mar 28, 2024Observed: 0.45 ft at 1:06AM Mar 28, 2024Observed: 0.35 ft at 2:00AM Mar 28, 2024Observed: 0.25 ft at 2:45AM Mar 28, 2024Observed: 0.22 ft at 3:00AM Mar 28, 2024Observed: 0.14 ft at 3:33AM Mar 28, 2024Observed: 0.11 ft at 4:00AM Mar 28, 2024Observed: 0.05 ft at 5:00AM Mar 28, 2024Observed: 0.09 ft at 6:00AM Mar 28, 2024Observed: 0.19 ft at 7:00AM Mar 28, 2024Observed: 0.25 ft at 7:24AM Mar 28, 2024Observed: 0.33 ft at 8:00AM Mar 28, 2024Observed: 0.35 ft at 8:06AM Mar 28, 2024Observed: 0.46 ft at 8:45AM Mar 28, 2024Observed: 0.49 ft at 9:00AM Mar 28, 2024Observed: 0.56 ft at 9:30AM Mar 28, 2024Observed: 0.62 ft at 10:00AM Mar 28, 2024Observed: 0.67 ft at 10:24AM Mar 28, 2024Observed: 0.72 ft at 11:00AM Mar 28, 2024Observed: 0.78 ft at 11:45AM Mar 28, 2024Observed: 0.78 ft at 12:00PM Mar 28, 2024Observed: 0.88 ft at 1:57PM Mar 28, 2024Observed: 0.88 ft at 2:00PM Mar 28, 2024Observed: 0.88 ft at 3:00PM Mar 28, 2024Observed: 0.78 ft at 3:57PM Mar 28, 2024Observed: 0.78 ft at 4:00PM Mar 28, 2024Observed: 0.68 ft at 4:48PM Mar 28, 2024Observed: 0.67 ft at 5:00PM Mar 28, 2024Observed: 0.59 ft at 6:00PM Mar 28, 2024Observed: 0.56 ft at 6:06PM Mar 28, 2024Observed: 0.52 ft at 7:00PM Mar 28, 2024Observed: 0.47 ft at 7:51PM Mar 28, 2024Observed: 0.47 ft at 8:00PM Mar 28, 2024Observed: 0.47 ft at 9:00PM Mar 28, 2024Observed: 0.54 ft at 10:00PM Mar 28, 2024Observed: 0.55 ft at 11:00PM Mar 28, 2024Observed: 0.47 ft at 12:00AM Mar 29, 2024Observed: 0.37 ft at 12:48AM Mar 29, 2024Observed: 0.35 ft at 1:00AM Mar 29, 2024Observed: 0.26 ft at 1:33AM Mar 29, 2024Observed: 0.2 ft at 2:00AM Mar 29, 2024Observed: 0.16 ft at 2:15AM Mar 29, 2024Observed: 0.05 ft at 2:57AM Mar 29, 2024Observed: 0.05 ft at 3:00AM Mar 29, 2024Observed: -0.06 ft at 3:42AM Mar 29, 2024Observed: -0.09 ft at 4:00AM Mar 29, 2024Observed: -0.16 ft at 4:27AM Mar 29, 2024Observed: -0.22 ft at 5:00AM Mar 29, 2024Observed: -0.27 ft at 5:30AM Mar 29, 2024Observed: -0.28 ft at 6:00AM Mar 29, 2024Observed: -0.3 ft at 7:00AM Mar 29, 2024Observed: -0.17 ft at 8:00AM Mar 29, 2024Observed: -0.06 ft at 8:30AM Mar 29, 2024Observed: 0.04 ft at 8:57AM Mar 29, 2024Calcasieu Parish Police JuryCCDL1(plotting HGIRZ) Graph Created (9:39AM Mar 29, 2024)ObservedLatest observed value: 0.04 ft at 8:57 AM CDT 29-Mar-2024. Flood Stage is 5 ft
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Datum: NAVD88
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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 Choupique Bayou at Dave Dugas Road. Only observed stages are available for this point.

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Flood Categories (in feet)
Major Flood Stage: 8
Moderate Flood Stage: 6
Flood Stage: 5
Action Stage: 4
Low Stage (in feet): -9999

Historic Crests
(1) 13.15 ft on 01/14/2016
(2) 7.80 ft on 08/30/2017
(3) 7.02 ft on 09/21/2013
(4) 6.41 ft on 10/10/2020 (P)
(5) 5.75 ft on 06/27/2014
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(P): Preliminary values subject to further review.

Recent Crests
(1) 6.41 ft on 10/10/2020 (P)
(2) 5.08 ft on 12/08/2018
(3) 7.80 ft on 08/30/2017
(4) 13.15 ft on 01/14/2016
(5) 5.00 ft on 04/18/2015
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(P): Preliminary values subject to further review.

Low Water Records
Currently none available.

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5 Several streets upstream of the gage are flooded.
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Latitude: 30.168611° N, Longitude: 93.426944° W, Horizontal Datum: NAD83/WGS84

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NGVD 29 Not Available Not Available Older USGS topographic maps, NGVD29 benchmarks
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