Pearl River above Slidell

Highest listed crest 11.12 ftFlood stage 10.0 ft1 crests since 2016

The Pearl River above Slidell crested above flood stage 1 time among the 1 crests the National Weather Service lists from 2016 to 2016. The highest, 11.12 ft on March 15, 2016, was minor flooding, 1.12 feet above flood stage. 11 other gauges on the Pearl River crested above flood stage within a week of it.

The gauge

Highest listed crest: 11.12 ft; March 15, 2016
Flood stage: 10.0 ft; Major flooding from 14.0 ft
Crests at major: 0; 1 above flood stage
Most recent flood crest: March 15, 2016; 11.12 ft, minor flooding
Location: St. Tammany Parish; Near Slidell (4.9 mi)
Identifiers: NWS PRBL1; USGS 02492700

Flood stages

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

Flood categories, Pearl River above Slidell

Action stage	8.0	0	—	The level at which the NWS or its partners begin to take action
Flood stage (minor)	10.0	1	Mar 15, 2016	Minimal or no property damage, but possibly some public threat
Moderate flood stage	12.0	0	—	Some inundation of structures and roads near the stream
Major flood stage	14.0	0	—	Extensive inundation of structures and roads

Every listed crest

1 crests from 2016 to 2016. 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, Pearl River above Slidell

1	Mar 15, 2016	11.12	+1.12	Minor	—

The worst floods along the Pearl River

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

March 15, 2016: 11.12 ft here, minor flooding

Pearl RiverLA · Mar 14, 2016 · 20.35 ft · Major
JacksonMS · Mar 16, 2016 · 33.30 ft · Moderate
MonticelloMS · Mar 20, 2016 · 27.87 ft · Moderate
BogalusaLA · Mar 13, 2016 · 22.75 ft · Moderate
Philadelphia/at BurnsideMS · Mar 13, 2016 · 16.74 ft · Moderate
Ratliff's FerryMS · Mar 15, 2016 · 305.96 ft · Minor
RockportMS · Mar 19, 2016 · 32.05 ft · Minor
LenaMS · Mar 13, 2016 · 26.36 ft · Minor
EdinburgMS · Mar 14, 2016 · 25.38 ft · Minor
CarthageMS · Mar 15, 2016 · 23.20 ft · Minor

Gauges on the Pearl River

In USGS station-number order, which runs downstream within a river basin.

Flood gauges on the Pearl River

Philadelphia/at Burnside	MS	13.0	23.60 ft, Apr 13, 1979	1
Edinburg	MS	20.0	28.35 ft, May 22, 1983	0
Carthage	MS	17.0	28.74 ft, Apr 14, 1979	3
Lena	MS	24.0	32.70 ft, Apr 17, 1979	2
Ratliff's Ferry	MS	303.0	313.10 ft, Apr 14, 1979	0
Jackson	MS	28.0	43.28 ft, Apr 17, 1979	8
Rockport	MS	25.0	42.83 ft, Apr 18, 1979	4
Monticello	MS	22.0	34.08 ft, Apr 20, 1979	1
Columbia	MS	17.0	27.80 ft, Apr 22, 1979	5
Bogalusa	LA	18.0	23.23 ft, Apr 24, 1979	1
Pearl River	LA	14.0	21.05 ft, Apr 9, 1983	15
Slidell this gauge	LA	10.0	11.12 ft, Mar 15, 2016	0

Other gauges in St. Tammany Parish

Flood gauges in St. Tammany Parish

Slidell	7.0	11.54 ft, Aug 29, 2005	1
Bush	11.0	21.36 ft, Mar 13, 2016	3
Boston Street	6.0	19.20 ft, Mar 12, 2016	2
Camp Covington	45.0	61.14 ft, Mar 11, 2016	1
Pearl River	14.0	21.05 ft, Apr 9, 1983	15
Covington	20.0	32.00 ft, Feb 3, 1988	6
Folsom	16.0	25.25 ft, Mar 12, 2016	31

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

NOAA National Water Prediction Service, gauge PRBL1, 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.