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Calcasieu River

River in Louisiana, read from 4 USGS gauges, draining about 1,700 square miles. Figures refresh every fifteen minutes.

Discharge

260

cfs · 52 min ago

Normal for today

405

cfs median, 77 yrs

Water temp

—

not measured here

Gage height

1.59

ft

Below normal for the date64% of medianUSGS gauge 08015500
Thirty-day mean discharge · 246–370 cfsdashed line: today’s long-term median

Gauges on this water

Reading by reach

StationFlowTempUpdated
Calcasieu River near Kinder, LA08015500260 cfs—52 min ago
Calcasieu River near Oberlin, LA0801350043.4 cfs—52 min ago
Calcasieu River nr Glenmora, LA0801300023.5 cfs—22 min ago

Reading the number

On this date the gauge has averaged 405 cfs over 77 years of record, with the middle half of years falling between 307 and 552 cfs. Today is below that band: lower, clearer and, in summer, warmer water than a typical October day here.

Reports

From anglers on Calcasieu River

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