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Boeuf River near Fort Necessity

Highest listed crest 62.55 ftFlood stage 50.0 ft152 crests since 1947

The Boeuf River near Fort Necessity crested at major flood stage 7 times among the 152 crests the National Weather Service lists from 1947 to 2020. The highest, 62.55 ft on May 19, 1991, was major flooding, 12.55 feet above flood stage. 1 other gauge on the Boeuf River crested above flood stage within a week of it.

The gauge

Highest listed crest
62.55 ft
May 19, 1991
Flood stage
50.0 ft
Major flooding from 60.0 ft
Crests at major
7
24th of 107 gauges in Louisiana
Most recent flood crest
September 26, 2020
51.95 ft, minor flooding
Location
Franklin Parish
Louisiana
Identifiers
NWS NECL1
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, Boeuf River near Fort Necessity
Action stage49.031Feb 13, 2018The level at which the NWS or its partners begin to take action
Flood stage (minor)50.092Sep 26, 2020Minimal or no property damage, but possibly some public threat
Moderate flood stage55.022Mar 7, 2020Some inundation of structures and roads near the stream
Major flood stage60.07Apr 1, 2016Extensive inundation of structures and roads

Every listed crest

152 crests from 1947 to 2020. Filled: at or above flood stage. Hover a crest for its date and stage.

Listed crests at the Boeuf River near Fort Necessity, 1947 to 2020 4550556065ft Flood stage 50.0 ftMajor 60.0 ft Apr 25, 1947: 54.00 ft, minor floodingMar 20, 1948: 53.60 ft, minor floodingFeb 27, 1949: 55.80 ft, moderate floodingMar 10, 1950: 59.80 ft, moderate floodingApr 1, 1951: 52.60 ft, minor floodingApr 28, 1952: 52.40 ft, minor floodingJun 1, 1953: 59.00 ft, moderate floodingMay 15, 1954: 50.40 ft, minor floodingApr 17, 1955: 51.70 ft, minor floodingFeb 11, 1956: 52.00 ft, minor floodingJun 30, 1957: 55.80 ft, moderate floodingMay 29, 1958: 59.70 ft, moderate floodingOct 1, 1958: 52.30 ft, minor floodingMar 5, 1960: 50.50 ft, minor floodingMar 2, 1961: 52.80 ft, minor floodingApr 15, 1961: 56.00 ft, moderate floodingDec 24, 1961: 54.10 ft, minor floodingJan 31, 1962: 53.00 ft, minor floodingMar 13, 1962: 51.60 ft, minor floodingApr 15, 1962: 52.90 ft, minor floodingMay 4, 1962: 52.90 ft, minor floodingMay 1, 1964: 51.70 ft, minor floodingDec 15, 1964: 50.40 ft, minor floodingFeb 17, 1965: 51.20 ft, minor floodingApr 3, 1965: 52.10 ft, minor floodingFeb 20, 1966: 53.20 ft, minor floodingApr 30, 1966: 50.20 ft, minor floodingMay 22, 1966: 51.60 ft, minor floodingJan 14, 1968: 51.70 ft, minor floodingMar 26, 1968: 49.10 ft, action stageApr 17, 1968: 53.80 ft, minor floodingJun 13, 1968: 52.80 ft, minor floodingJul 1, 1968: 50.10 ft, minor floodingDec 7, 1968: 51.90 ft, minor floodingMar 2, 1969: 50.40 ft, minor floodingApr 16, 1969: 49.80 ft, action stageJan 4, 1970: 49.80 ft, action stageMar 24, 1970: 49.60 ft, action stageMay 6, 1970: 49.60 ft, action stageFeb 28, 1971: 50.40 ft, minor floodingMay 17, 1971: 51.00 ft, minor floodingDec 20, 1971: 49.30 ft, action stageJan 10, 1972: 52.12 ft, minor floodingDec 23, 1972: 51.80 ft, minor floodingJan 14, 1973: 53.40 ft, minor floodingFeb 17, 1973: 53.30 ft, minor floodingApr 1, 1973: 58.10 ft, moderate floodingMay 13, 1973: 61.60 ft, major floodingDec 2, 1973: 49.00 ft, action stageFeb 3, 1974: 58.60 ft, moderate floodingFeb 22, 1974: 58.20 ft, moderate floodingApr 15, 1974: 51.80 ft, minor floodingJun 29, 1974: 51.20 ft, minor floodingJan 15, 1975: 51.90 ft, minor floodingFeb 21, 1975: 55.30 ft, moderate floodingApr 3, 1975: 56.90 ft, moderate floodingApr 19, 1975: 57.20 ft, moderate floodingMay 18, 1975: 59.10 ft, moderate floodingMar 8, 1977: 49.70 ft, action stageMay 16, 1978: 50.80 ft, minor floodingFeb 1, 1979: 53.70 ft, minor floodingMar 8, 1979: 52.70 ft, minor floodingMay 12, 1979: 57.10 ft, moderate floodingDec 5, 1979: 57.90 ft, moderate floodingApr 25, 1982: 49.40 ft, action stageJan 11, 1983: 60.00 ft, major floodingMay 30, 1983: 55.60 ft, moderate floodingDec 17, 1983: 60.20 ft, major floodingMar 10, 1984: 49.20 ft, action stageMay 10, 1984: 49.30 ft, action stageOct 31, 1984: 49.20 ft, action stageMar 10, 1987: 52.60 ft, minor floodingNov 21, 1987: 51.20 ft, minor floodingJan 23, 1988: 50.73 ft, minor floodingJan 19, 1989: 50.60 ft, minor floodingFeb 25, 1989: 50.00 ft, minor floodingMar 4, 1989: 52.50 ft, minor floodingMay 22, 1989: 51.30 ft, minor floodingJul 14, 1989: 53.30 ft, minor floodingJan 27, 1990: 51.60 ft, minor floodingFeb 14, 1990: 52.30 ft, minor floodingApr 4, 1990: 53.00 ft, minor floodingMay 24, 1990: 52.40 ft, minor floodingJun 7, 1990: 53.74 ft, minor floodingDec 28, 1990: 49.90 ft, action stageJan 29, 1991: 51.10 ft, minor floodingMar 6, 1991: 53.20 ft, minor floodingMay 19, 1991: 62.55 ft, major floodingNov 3, 1991: 49.30 ft, action stageDec 16, 1991: 50.50 ft, minor floodingFeb 18, 1992: 49.14 ft, action stageApr 17, 1993: 50.55 ft, minor floodingFeb 1, 1994: 60.40 ft, major floodingFeb 15, 1994: 62.26 ft, major floodingJan 23, 1995: 49.50 ft, action stageMar 11, 1995: 51.50 ft, minor floodingApr 30, 1995: 52.85 ft, minor floodingFeb 17, 1997: 51.50 ft, minor floodingMar 27, 1997: 54.90 ft, minor floodingJun 1, 1997: 49.20 ft, action stageJan 25, 1998: 52.50 ft, minor floodingDec 15, 1998: 49.80 ft, action stageFeb 10, 1999: 54.80 ft, minor floodingApr 9, 1999: 50.70 ft, minor floodingApr 8, 2000: 51.87 ft, minor floodingJan 24, 2001: 51.11 ft, minor floodingMar 19, 2001: 57.28 ft, moderate floodingDec 4, 2001: 51.79 ft, minor floodingDec 26, 2001: 53.60 ft, minor floodingJan 30, 2002: 49.70 ft, action stageApr 12, 2002: 52.29 ft, minor floodingDec 28, 2002: 53.66 ft, minor floodingMar 2, 2003: 51.38 ft, minor floodingFeb 17, 2004: 49.71 ft, action stageJul 5, 2004: 52.01 ft, minor floodingDec 2, 2004: 49.83 ft, action stageDec 10, 2004: 51.23 ft, minor floodingFeb 10, 2005: 51.02 ft, minor floodingMar 25, 2006: 49.81 ft, action stageOct 21, 2006: 51.72 ft, minor floodingJan 8, 2007: 50.50 ft, minor floodingMay 3, 2008: 50.55 ft, minor floodingMay 19, 2008: 51.14 ft, minor floodingSep 11, 2008: 53.43 ft, minor flooding; 21,061 cubic feet per secondDec 13, 2008: 49.16 ft, action stageJun 6, 2009: 53.26 ft, minor floodingNov 12, 2009: 55.85 ft, moderate floodingJan 2, 2010: 51.67 ft, minor floodingJan 25, 2010: 51.42 ft, minor floodingFeb 13, 2010: 51.53 ft, minor floodingMay 27, 2011: 49.88 ft, action stageDec 30, 2011: 50.16 ft, minor floodingMar 14, 2012: 50.03 ft, minor floodingOct 4, 2012: 49.07 ft, action stageJan 17, 2013: 51.77 ft, minor floodingFeb 15, 2013: 49.42 ft, action stageApr 12, 2014: 51.74 ft, minor floodingJan 6, 2015: 49.16 ft, action stageMar 25, 2015: 49.86 ft, action stageMay 21, 2015: 49.83 ft, action stageJan 28, 2016: 53.56 ft, minor floodingApr 1, 2016: 60.94 ft, major floodingJan 23, 2017: 49.24 ft, action stageFeb 13, 2018: 49.27 ft, action stageApr 4, 2018: 57.94 ft, moderate floodingDec 15, 2018: 50.55 ft, minor floodingJan 13, 2019: 55.09 ft, moderate floodingFeb 15, 2019: 50.72 ft, minor floodingMay 24, 2019: 58.80 ft, moderate floodingJan 20, 2020: 51.64 ft, minor floodingMar 7, 2020: 56.37 ft, moderate floodingSep 26, 2020: 51.95 ft, minor flooding Highest, 62.55 ft, May 19, 1991 19501960197019801990200020102020

Crests at or above flood stage, by decade

Crests at or above flood stage per decade, Boeuf River near Fort Necessity 1940s: 3 1950s: 10 1960s: 21 1970s: 22 22 1980s: 11 1990s: 19 2000s: 18 2010s: 14 2020s: 3 1940s1950s1960s1970s1980s1990s2000s2010s2020s
  1. 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.
  2. 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

The 50 highest of 152 listed crests.

Highest listed crests, Boeuf River near Fort Necessity
1May 19, 199162.55+12.55Major—
2Feb 15, 199462.26+12.26Major—
3May 13, 197361.60+11.60Major—
4Apr 1, 201660.94+10.94Major—
5Feb 1, 199460.40+10.40Major—
6Dec 17, 198360.20+10.20Major—
7Jan 11, 198360.00+10.00Major—
8Mar 10, 195059.80+9.80Moderate—
9May 29, 195859.70+9.70Moderate—
10May 18, 197559.10+9.10Moderate—
11Jun 1, 195359.00+9.00Moderate—
12May 24, 201958.80+8.80Moderate—
13Feb 3, 197458.60+8.60Moderate—
14Feb 22, 197458.20+8.20Moderate—
15Apr 1, 197358.10+8.10Moderate—
16Apr 4, 201857.94+7.94Moderate—
17Dec 5, 197957.90+7.90Moderate—
18Mar 19, 200157.28+7.28Moderate—
19Apr 19, 197557.20+7.20Moderate—
20May 12, 197957.10+7.10Moderate—
21Apr 3, 197556.90+6.90Moderate—
22Mar 7, 202056.37+6.37Moderate—
23Apr 15, 196156.00+6.00Moderate—
24Nov 12, 200955.85+5.85Moderate—
25Feb 27, 194955.80+5.80Moderate—
26Jun 30, 195755.80+5.80Moderate—
27May 30, 198355.60+5.60Moderate—
28Feb 21, 197555.30+5.30Moderate—
29Jan 13, 201955.09+5.09Moderate—
30Mar 27, 199754.90+4.90Minor—
31Feb 10, 199954.80+4.80Minor—
32Dec 24, 196154.10+4.10Minor—
33Apr 25, 194754.00+4.00Minor—
34Apr 17, 196853.80+3.80Minor—
35Jun 7, 199053.74+3.74Minor—
36Feb 1, 197953.70+3.70Minor—
37Dec 28, 200253.66+3.66Minor—
38Mar 20, 194853.60+3.60Minor—
39Dec 26, 200153.60+3.60Minor—
40Jan 28, 201653.56+3.56Minor—
41Sep 11, 200853.43+3.43Minor21,061
42Jan 14, 197353.40+3.40Minor—
43Feb 17, 197353.30+3.30Minor—
44Jul 14, 198953.30+3.30Minor—
45Jun 6, 200953.26+3.26Minor—
46Feb 20, 196653.20+3.20Minor—
47Mar 6, 199153.20+3.20Minor—
48Jan 31, 196253.00+3.00Minor—
49Apr 4, 199053.00+3.00Minor—
50Apr 15, 196252.90+2.90Minor—

The worst floods along the Boeuf River

For this gauge's highest crests, the other gauges on the Boeuf River that crested above flood stage within a week.

May 19, 1991: 62.55 ft here, major flooding

  • AltoLA · May 14, 1991 · 27.76 ft · Minor

Gauges on the Boeuf River

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

Flood gauges on the Boeuf River
AltoLA25.030.71 ft, Mar 11, 20160
Fort Necessity this gaugeLA50.062.55 ft, May 19, 19917

Other gauges in Franklin Parish

Flood gauges in Franklin Parish
Como62.064.48 ft, Sep 5, 20080

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

NOAA National Water Prediction Service, gauge NECL1, 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.