Bayou Courtableau above Drainage Structure

Highest listed crest 20.60 ftFlood stage 19.0 ft2 crests since 1974

The Bayou Courtableau above Drainage Structure crested above flood stage 2 times among the 2 crests the National Weather Service lists from 1974 to 2020. The highest, 20.60 ft on February 7, 1974, was moderate flooding, 1.60 feet above flood stage.

The gauge

Highest listed crest: 20.60 ft; February 7, 1974
Flood stage: 19.0 ft; No major stage set
Crests at major: 0; 2 above flood stage
Most recent flood crest: October 12, 2020; 19.16 ft, minor flooding
Location: St. Landry Parish; Near Opelousas (13.2 mi)
Identifiers: NWS BCCL1; 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 Courtableau above Drainage Structure

Action stage	18.5	0	—	The level at which the NWS or its partners begin to take action
Flood stage (minor)	19.0	1	Oct 12, 2020	Minimal or no property damage, but possibly some public threat
Moderate flood stage	20.0	1	Feb 7, 1974	Some inundation of structures and roads near the stream

Every listed crest

2 crests from 1974 to 2020. Filled: at or above flood stage. Hover a crest for its date and stage.

Crests at or above flood stage, by decade

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 Courtableau above Drainage Structure

1	Feb 7, 1974	20.60	+1.60	Moderate	—
2	Oct 12, 2020	19.16	+0.16	Minor	—

Gauges on the Bayou Courtableau

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

Flood gauges on the Bayou Courtableau

Drainage Structure this gauge	LA	19.0	20.60 ft, Feb 7, 1974	0
Washington	LA	28.0	35.29 ft, May 22, 1953	1

Other gauges in St. Landry Parish

Flood gauges in St. Landry Parish

Krotz Springs	29.0	38.50 ft, May 15, 1927	0
Melville	34.0	46.98 ft, May 14, 1927	0
Washington	28.0	35.29 ft, May 22, 1953	1
Eunice	16.0	22.37 ft, Aug 15, 2016	7
Palmetto	26.0	27.55 ft, Jul 19, 2019	0

St. Landry Parish: every hazard · River floods across the country · Louisiana

NOAA National Water Prediction Service, gauge BCCL1, 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.