Bayou Cocodrie near Whiteville

Highest listed crest 35.35 ftFlood stage 32.0 ft1 crests since 2020

The Bayou Cocodrie near Whiteville crested at major flood stage 1 time among the 1 crests the National Weather Service lists from 2020 to 2020. The highest, 35.35 ft on October 19, 2020, was major flooding, 3.35 feet above flood stage.

The gauge

Highest listed crest: 35.35 ft; October 19, 2020
Flood stage: 32.0 ft; Major flooding from 35.0 ft
Crests at major: 1; 66th of 107 gauges in Louisiana
Most recent flood crest: October 19, 2020; 35.35 ft, major flooding
Location: Evangeline Parish; Louisiana
Identifiers: NWS WHTL1; No USGS station

Flood stages

The thresholds the National Weather Service uses for this gauge today, and how many listed crests reached each.

Flood categories, Bayou Cocodrie near Whiteville

Action stage	30.0	0	—	The level at which the NWS or its partners begin to take action
Flood stage (minor)	32.0	0	—	Minimal or no property damage, but possibly some public threat
Moderate flood stage	34.0	0	—	Some inundation of structures and roads near the stream
Major flood stage	35.0	1	Oct 19, 2020	Extensive inundation of structures and roads

Every listed crest

1 crests from 2020 to 2020. Filled: at or above flood stage. Hover a crest for its date and stage.

These are the crests the local National Weather Service office lists for the gauge: the highest on record and recent crests. Lesser floods between them may be missing, so counts by decade are a floor.
Categories use today's flood stages. Levees, dams and channel changes since a crest can make old and new stages not directly comparable.

Highest crests

Highest listed crests, Bayou Cocodrie near Whiteville

1	Oct 19, 2020	35.35	+3.35	Major	—

Gauges on the Bayou Cocodrie

Flood gauges sharing the river's name, linked within 80 miles of one another.

Flood gauges on the Bayou Cocodrie

Clearwater	LA	19.0	26.72 ft, May 18, 1953	3
Whiteville this gauge	LA	32.0	35.35 ft, Oct 19, 2020	1

Evangeline Parish: every hazard · River floods across the country · Louisiana

NOAA National Water Prediction Service, gauge WHTL1, retrieved October 30, 2026. Stages in feet on the gauge's own datum, not elevation. Crests are as the National Weather Service lists them; preliminary values may be revised.