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Bogue Chitto River at Franklinton Stage (ft)Flow (kcfs)Observed: 2.07 ft at 9:00AM May 21, 2020Observed: 2.06 ft at 9:30AM May 21, 2020Observed: 2.04 ft at 10:00AM May 21, 2020Observed: 2.02 ft at 10:30AM May 21, 2020Observed: 2.02 ft at 11:00AM May 21, 2020Observed: 2.02 ft at 11:30AM May 21, 2020Observed: 1.98 ft at 12:00PM May 21, 2020Observed: 1.97 ft at 12:30PM May 21, 2020Observed: 1.95 ft at 1:00PM May 21, 2020Observed: 1.93 ft at 1:30PM May 21, 2020Observed: 1.92 ft at 2:00PM May 21, 2020Observed: 1.9 ft at 2:30PM May 21, 2020Observed: 1.9 ft at 3:00PM May 21, 2020Observed: 1.88 ft at 3:30PM May 21, 2020Observed: 1.86 ft at 4:00PM May 21, 2020Observed: 1.88 ft at 4:30PM May 21, 2020Observed: 1.88 ft at 5:00PM May 21, 2020Observed: 1.87 ft at 5:30PM May 21, 2020Observed: 1.85 ft at 6:00PM May 21, 2020Observed: 1.83 ft at 6:30PM May 21, 2020Observed: 1.83 ft at 7:00PM May 21, 2020Observed: 1.83 ft at 7:30PM May 21, 2020Observed: 1.81 ft at 8:00PM May 21, 2020Observed: 1.79 ft at 8:30PM May 21, 2020Observed: 1.8 ft at 9:00PM May 21, 2020Observed: 1.8 ft at 9:30PM May 21, 2020Observed: 1.78 ft at 10:00PM May 21, 2020Observed: 1.78 ft at 10:30PM May 21, 2020Observed: 1.77 ft at 11:00PM May 21, 2020Observed: 1.76 ft at 11:30PM May 21, 2020Observed: 1.75 ft at 12:00AM May 22, 2020Observed: 1.75 ft at 12:30AM May 22, 2020Observed: 1.77 ft at 1:00AM May 22, 2020Observed: 1.76 ft at 1:30AM May 22, 2020Observed: 1.77 ft at 2:00AM May 22, 2020Observed: 1.77 ft at 2:30AM May 22, 2020Observed: 1.76 ft at 3:00AM May 22, 2020Observed: 1.75 ft at 3:30AM May 22, 2020Observed: 1.74 ft at 4:00AM May 22, 2020Observed: 1.74 ft at 4:30AM May 22, 2020Observed: 1.72 ft at 5:00AM May 22, 2020Observed: 1.7 ft at 5:30AM May 22, 2020Observed: 1.68 ft at 6:00AM May 22, 2020Observed: 1.69 ft at 6:30AM May 22, 2020Observed: 1.68 ft at 7:00AM May 22, 2020Observed: 1.68 ft at 7:30AM May 22, 2020Observed: 1.68 ft at 8:00AM May 22, 2020Observed: 1.65 ft at 8:30AM May 22, 2020Observed: 1.66 ft at 9:00AM May 22, 2020Observed: 1.65 ft at 9:30AM May 22, 2020Observed: 1.63 ft at 10:00AM May 22, 2020Observed: 1.63 ft at 10:30AM May 22, 2020Observed: 1.64 ft at 11:00AM May 22, 2020Observed: 1.61 ft at 11:30AM May 22, 2020Observed: 1.59 ft at 12:00PM May 22, 2020Observed: 1.6 ft at 12:30PM May 22, 2020Observed: 1.6 ft at 1:00PM May 22, 2020Observed: 1.6 ft at 1:30PM May 22, 2020Observed: 1.58 ft at 2:00PM May 22, 2020Observed: 1.57 ft at 2:30PM May 22, 2020Observed: 1.56 ft at 3:00PM May 22, 2020Observed: 1.54 ft at 3:30PM May 22, 2020Observed: 1.53 ft at 4:00PM May 22, 2020Observed: 1.53 ft at 4:30PM May 22, 2020Observed: 1.55 ft at 5:00PM May 22, 2020Observed: 1.56 ft at 5:30PM May 22, 2020Observed: 1.55 ft at 6:00PM May 22, 2020Observed: 1.53 ft at 6:30PM May 22, 2020Observed: 1.53 ft at 7:00PM May 22, 2020Observed: 1.54 ft at 7:30PM May 22, 2020Observed: 1.53 ft at 8:00PM May 22, 2020Observed: 1.52 ft at 8:30PM May 22, 2020Observed: 1.52 ft at 9:00PM May 22, 2020Observed: 1.5 ft at 9:30PM May 22, 2020Observed: 1.49 ft at 10:00PM May 22, 2020Observed: 1.5 ft at 10:30PM May 22, 2020Observed: 1.49 ft at 11:00PM May 22, 2020Observed: 1.51 ft at 11:30PM May 22, 2020Observed: 1.49 ft at 12:00AM May 23, 2020Observed: 1.5 ft at 12:30AM May 23, 2020Observed: 1.51 ft at 1:00AM May 23, 2020Observed: 1.5 ft at 1:30AM May 23, 2020Observed: 1.48 ft at 2:00AM May 23, 2020Observed: 1.48 ft at 2:30AM May 23, 2020Observed: 1.47 ft at 3:00AM May 23, 2020Observed: 1.48 ft at 3:30AM May 23, 2020Observed: 1.47 ft at 4:00AM May 23, 2020Observed: 1.47 ft at 4:30AM May 23, 2020Observed: 1.47 ft at 5:00AM May 23, 2020Observed: 1.47 ft at 5:30AM May 23, 2020Observed: 1.47 ft at 6:00AM May 23, 2020Observed: 1.45 ft at 6:30AM May 23, 2020Observed: 1.46 ft at 7:00AM May 23, 2020Observed: 1.46 ft at 7:30AM May 23, 2020Observed: 1.44 ft at 8:00AM May 23, 2020Observed: 1.43 ft at 8:30AM May 23, 2020Observed: 1.44 ft at 9:00AM May 23, 2020Observed: 1.45 ft at 9:30AM May 23, 2020Observed: 1.42 ft at 10:00AM May 23, 2020Observed: 1.43 ft at 10:30AM May 23, 2020Observed: 1.42 ft at 11:00AM May 23, 2020Observed: 1.42 ft at 11:30AM May 23, 2020Observed: 1.42 ft at 12:00PM May 23, 2020Observed: 1.4 ft at 12:30PM May 23, 2020Observed: 1.41 ft at 1:00PM May 23, 2020Observed: 1.42 ft at 1:30PM May 23, 2020Observed: 1.42 ft at 2:00PM May 23, 2020Observed: 1.43 ft at 2:30PM May 23, 2020Observed: 1.42 ft at 3:00PM May 23, 2020Observed: 1.41 ft at 3:30PM May 23, 2020Observed: 1.41 ft at 4:00PM May 23, 2020Observed: 1.44 ft at 4:30PM May 23, 2020Observed: 1.44 ft at 5:00PM May 23, 2020Observed: 1.5 ft at 5:30PM May 23, 2020Observed: 1.49 ft at 6:00PM May 23, 2020Observed: 1.5 ft at 6:30PM May 23, 2020Observed: 1.49 ft at 7:00PM May 23, 2020Observed: 1.49 ft at 7:30PM May 23, 2020Observed: 1.51 ft at 8:00PM May 23, 2020Observed: 1.49 ft at 8:30PM May 23, 2020Observed: 1.49 ft at 9:00PM May 23, 2020Observed: 1.49 ft at 9:30PM May 23, 2020Observed: 1.48 ft at 10:00PM May 23, 2020Observed: 1.46 ft at 10:30PM May 23, 2020Observed: 1.49 ft at 11:00PM May 23, 2020Observed: 1.49 ft at 11:30PM May 23, 2020Observed: 1.49 ft at 12:00AM May 24, 2020Observed: 1.5 ft at 12:30AM May 24, 2020Observed: 1.5 ft at 1:00AM May 24, 2020Observed: 1.55 ft at 1:30AM May 24, 2020Observed: 1.59 ft at 2:00AM May 24, 2020Observed: 1.65 ft at 2:30AM May 24, 2020Observed: 1.72 ft at 3:00AM May 24, 2020Observed: 1.8 ft at 3:30AM May 24, 2020Observed: 1.9 ft at 4:00AM May 24, 2020Observed: 2.01 ft at 4:30AM May 24, 2020Observed: 2.12 ft at 5:00AM May 24, 2020Observed: 2.2 ft at 5:30AM May 24, 2020Observed: 2.26 ft at 6:00AM May 24, 2020Observed: 2.35 ft at 6:30AM May 24, 2020Observed: 2.4 ft at 7:00AM May 24, 2020Observed: 2.43 ft at 7:30AM May 24, 2020Observed: 2.44 ft at 8:00AM May 24, 2020Highest Observation: 2.47 ft at 8:30AM May 24, 2020Highest Observation: 2.47 ft at 9:00AM May 24, 2020Highest Observation: 2.47 ft at 9:30AM May 24, 2020Observed: 2.45 ft at 10:00AM May 24, 2020Observed: 2.43 ft at 10:30AM May 24, 2020Observed: 2.42 ft at 11:00AM May 24, 2020Observed: 2.39 ft at 11:30AM May 24, 2020Observed: 2.38 ft at 12:00PM May 24, 2020Observed: 2.36 ft at 12:30PM May 24, 2020Observed: 2.35 ft at 1:00PM May 24, 2020Observed: 2.34 ft at 1:30PM May 24, 2020Observed: 2.31 ft at 2:00PM May 24, 2020Observed: 2.31 ft at 2:30PM May 24, 2020Observed: 2.28 ft at 3:00PM May 24, 2020Observed: 2.27 ft at 3:30PM May 24, 2020Observed: 2.23 ft at 4:00PM May 24, 2020Observed: 2.24 ft at 4:30PM May 24, 2020Observed: 2.23 ft at 5:00PM May 24, 2020Observed: 2.21 ft at 5:30PM May 24, 2020Observed: 2.19 ft at 6:00PM May 24, 2020Observed: 2.17 ft at 6:30PM May 24, 2020Observed: 2.15 ft at 7:00PM May 24, 2020Observed: 2.12 ft at 7:30PM May 24, 2020Observed: 2.08 ft at 8:00PM May 24, 2020Observed: 2.06 ft at 8:30PM May 24, 2020Observed: 2.04 ft at 9:00PM May 24, 2020Observed: 2.02 ft at 9:30PM May 24, 2020Observed: 2.01 ft at 10:00PM May 24, 2020Observed: 1.97 ft at 10:30PM May 24, 2020Observed: 1.95 ft at 11:00PM May 24, 2020Observed: 1.93 ft at 11:30PM May 24, 2020Observed: 1.91 ft at 12:00AM May 25, 2020Observed: 1.87 ft at 12:30AM May 25, 2020Observed: 1.85 ft at 1:00AM May 25, 2020Observed: 1.84 ft at 1:30AM May 25, 2020Observed: 1.82 ft at 2:00AM May 25, 2020Observed: 1.81 ft at 2:30AM May 25, 2020Observed: 1.79 ft at 3:00AM May 25, 2020Observed: 1.77 ft at 3:30AM May 25, 2020Observed: 1.76 ft at 4:00AM May 25, 2020Observed: 1.75 ft at 4:30AM May 25, 2020Observed: 1.72 ft at 5:00AM May 25, 2020Observed: 1.7 ft at 5:30AM May 25, 2020Observed: 1.71 ft at 6:00AM May 25, 2020Observed: 1.7 ft at 6:30AM May 25, 2020Observed: 1.7 ft at 7:00AM May 25, 2020Observed: 1.7 ft at 7:30AM May 25, 2020Observed: 1.69 ft at 8:00AM May 25, 2020Observed: 1.68 ft at 8:30AM May 25, 2020Observed: 1.66 ft at 9:00AM May 25, 2020Observed: 1.66 ft at 9:30AM May 25, 2020Observed: 1.64 ft at 10:00AM May 25, 2020Observed: 1.65 ft at 10:30AM May 25, 2020Observed: 1.63 ft at 11:00AM May 25, 2020Observed: 1.61 ft at 11:30AM May 25, 2020Observed: 1.62 ft at 12:00PM May 25, 2020Observed: 1.6 ft at 12:30PM May 25, 2020Observed: 1.6 ft at 1:00PM May 25, 2020Observed: 1.6 ft at 1:30PM May 25, 2020Observed: 1.62 ft at 2:00PM May 25, 2020Observed: 1.61 ft at 2:30PM May 25, 2020Observed: 1.58 ft at 3:00PM May 25, 2020Observed: 1.61 ft at 3:30PM May 25, 2020Observed: 1.62 ft at 4:00PM May 25, 2020Observed: 1.58 ft at 4:30PM May 25, 2020Observed: 1.59 ft at 5:00PM May 25, 2020Observed: 1.61 ft at 5:30PM May 25, 2020Observed: 1.61 ft at 6:00PM May 25, 2020Observed: 1.62 ft at 6:30PM May 25, 2020Observed: 1.64 ft at 7:00PM May 25, 2020Observed: 1.65 ft at 7:30PM May 25, 2020Observed: 1.65 ft at 8:00PM May 25, 2020Observed: 1.66 ft at 8:30PM May 25, 2020Observed: 1.67 ft at 9:00PM May 25, 2020Observed: 1.67 ft at 9:30PM May 25, 2020Observed: 1.68 ft at 10:00PM May 25, 2020Observed: 1.69 ft at 10:30PM May 25, 2020Observed: 1.69 ft at 11:00PM May 25, 2020Observed: 1.72 ft at 11:30PM May 25, 2020Observed: 1.73 ft at 12:00AM May 26, 2020Observed: 1.73 ft at 12:30AM May 26, 2020Observed: 1.74 ft at 1:00AM May 26, 2020Observed: 1.74 ft at 1:30AM May 26, 2020Observed: 1.74 ft at 2:00AM May 26, 2020Observed: 1.73 ft at 2:30AM May 26, 2020Observed: 1.74 ft at 3:00AM May 26, 2020Observed: 1.74 ft at 3:30AM May 26, 2020Observed: 1.73 ft at 4:00AM May 26, 2020Observed: 1.72 ft at 4:30AM May 26, 2020Observed: 1.73 ft at 5:00AM May 26, 2020Observed: 1.72 ft at 5:30AM May 26, 2020Observed: 1.71 ft at 6:00AM May 26, 2020Observed: 1.73 ft at 6:30AM May 26, 2020Observed: 1.73 ft at 7:00AM May 26, 2020Observed: 1.71 ft at 7:30AM May 26, 2020Observed: 1.7 ft at 8:00AM May 26, 2020Highest Forecast: 1.4 ft 1:00PM May 26, 2020Highest Forecast: 1.4 ft 7:00PM May 26, 2020Forecast: 1.3 ft 1:00AM May 27, 2020Forecast: 1.3 ft 7:00AM May 27, 2020Forecast: 1.3 ft 1:00PM May 27, 2020Forecast: 1.3 ft 7:00PM May 27, 2020Forecast: 1.3 ft 1:00AM May 28, 2020Forecast: 1.2 ft 7:00AM May 28, 2020Forecast: 1.2 ft 1:00PM May 28, 2020Forecast: 1.2 ft 7:00PM May 28, 2020Forecast: 1.2 ft 1:00AM May 29, 2020Forecast: 1.2 ft 7:00AM May 29, 2020Forecast: 1.1 ft 1:00PM May 29, 2020Forecast: 1.1 ft 7:00PM May 29, 2020Forecast: 1.1 ft 1:00AM May 30, 2020Forecast: 1.1 ft 7:00AM May 30, 2020USGS--Water Resources of the United StatesFRNL1(plotting HGIRG) Graph Created (8:39AM May 26, 2020)ObservedForecast (issued 8:12AM May 25)Latest observed value: 1.7 ft at 8:00 AM CDT 26-May-2020. Flood Stage is 12 ft
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NOTE: Forecasts for the Bogue Chitto River at Franklinton are issued routinely year-round.

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Flood Categories (in feet)
Major Flood Stage: 21
Moderate Flood Stage: 16
Flood Stage: 12
Action Stage: 10
Low Stage (in feet): -9999

Historic Crests
(1) 29.60 ft on 04/15/1900
(2) 24.69 ft on 04/07/1983
(3) 24.27 ft on 03/11/2016
(4) 22.13 ft on 08/31/2012
(5) 21.16 ft on 01/26/1990
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(P): Preliminary values subject to further review.

Recent Crests
(1) 11.51 ft on 01/05/2019
(2) 17.90 ft on 12/28/2018
(3) 11.32 ft on 04/05/2017
(4) 20.65 ft on 08/12/2016
(5) 24.27 ft on 03/11/2016
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(P): Preliminary values subject to further review.

Low Water Records
(1) -0.79 ft on 09/01/2011
(2) -0.57 ft on 07/01/2012
(3) -0.56 ft on 10/19/2010
(4) -0.38 ft on 07/21/2008
(5) -0.33 ft on 10/20/2015
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29.6 Flood of Record occurred on April 15, 1900. Water will cover sections of LA Highways 10, 16, 25, and 440. Water will threaten other roads as far east as LA Highway 1072. Water will back up along tributaries.
28 There will be major flooding for about one mile either side of the river from Warnerton through Franklinton downstream to Enon. Louisiana Highway 16 near Enon will be under water.
21 There will be major flooding for three-quarters of a mile east of the river above Bogue Chitto Heights and for three-quarters of a mile either side of the river from Bogue Chitto Heights downstream. Homes on the west bank along Highway 10 will flood.
20 Homes on the west bank along Highway 10 will flood along with homes, recreational camps, and industry for a mile along the east bank below the Franklinton bridge. Portions of Bogue Chitto Heights Subdivision will remain flooded affecting some homes.
18 Homes, recreational camps, and industry for a mile along the east bank below the Franklinton bridge will be flooded. Bogue Citto Heights Subdivision will begin to flood. Some homes will be damaged. Homes on the west bank north of Louisiana Highway 10 will flood.
16 Bogue Chitto Heights Subdivision will begin to flood. Some homes will be damaged. Homes on the west bank north of Louisiana Highway 10 will flood. It is recommended that sand and gravel operations be stopped and equipment secured. Access roads to recreational areas will flood.
14 There will be minor flooding along both banks. The National Guard Armory and parish corrections facility will require flood protection measures, as river front property will flood. Sand bagging is recommended. It is recommended that sand and gravel operations be stopped and equipment secured. Access roads to recreational areas will flood.
12 The national guard armory and parish corrections facility will require flood protection measures as river front property will flood. Sand bagging is recommended
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Latitude: 30.842778° N, Longitude: 90.161944° W, Horizontal Datum: NAD83/WGS84

River Stage
Reference Frame		 Gauge Height Flood Stage Uses
NWS stage 0 ft 12 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 123.81 ft 135.81 ft 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 Not Available Not Available  

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