Red River at Shreveport

Highest listed crest 45.90 ftFlood stage 30.0 ft69 crests since 1849

The Red River at Shreveport crested at major flood stage 37 times among the 69 crests the National Weather Service lists from 1849 to 2019. The highest, 45.90 ft on August 10, 1849, was major flooding, 15.90 feet above flood stage.

The gauge

Highest listed crest: 45.90 ft; August 10, 1849
Flood stage: 30.0 ft; Major flooding from 33.0 ft
Crests at major: 37; 2nd of 107 gauges in Louisiana
Most recent flood crest: May 11, 2019; 31.26 ft, minor flooding
Location: Bossier Parish; Near Shreveport (4.5 mi), Bossier City (5.0 mi)
Identifiers: NWS SVPL1; USGS 07348500

Flood stages

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

Flood categories, Red River at Shreveport

Action stage	26.0	20	Nov 1, 2009	The level at which the NWS or its partners begin to take action
Flood stage (minor)	30.0	6	May 11, 2019	Minimal or no property damage, but possibly some public threat
Moderate flood stage	31.5	6	May 4, 2016	Some inundation of structures and roads near the stream
Major flood stage	33.0	37	Jun 9, 2015	Extensive inundation of structures and roads

Every listed crest

69 crests from 1849 to 2019. 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.
5 crests measured on an earlier gauge datum are left out: 27.50 ft on May 27, 1929; 35.90 ft on May 26, 1930; 31.70 ft on Jan 31, 1932; 32.60 ft on May 29, 1935; 33.50 ft on Mar 1, 1938.

Highest crests

The 50 highest of 69 listed crests.

Highest listed crests, Red River at Shreveport

1	Aug 10, 1849	45.90	+15.90	Major	—
2	May 28, 1892	45.70	+15.70	Major	242,000
3	Jun 15, 1908	45.10	+15.10	Major	256,000
4	Feb 8, 1890	44.70	+14.70	Major	221,000
5	Apr 2, 1894	44.40	+14.40	Major	215,000
6	Dec 15, 1902	44.10	+14.10	Major	—
7	Jun 9, 1905	43.60	+13.60	Major	197,000
8	Mar 22, 1903	43.10	+13.10	Major	208,000
9	May 14, 1884	42.70	+12.70	Major	177,000
10	Jul 28, 1876	41.90	+11.90	Major	160,000
11	Feb 3, 1889	41.90	+11.90	Major	160,000
12	Feb 21, 1882	41.40	+11.40	Major	150,000
13	May 19, 1888	40.30	+10.30	Major	129,000
14	Jul 29, 1895	40.30	+10.30	Major	129,000
15	May 11, 1885	40.20	+10.20	Major	132,000
16	May 11, 1877	39.80	+9.80	Major	120,000
17	Jan 1, 1893	39.10	+9.10	Major	108,000
18	May 9, 1915	39.00	+9.00	Major	185,000
19	Jun 24, 1904	38.50	+8.50	Major	98,000
20	Jan 31, 1878	38.40	+8.40	Major	97,000
21	Apr 7, 1945	38.30	+8.30	Major	303,000
22	Apr 28, 1874	37.90	+7.90	Major	88,000
23	Apr 30, 1927	37.40	+7.40	Major	248,000
24	Mar 7, 1881	37.30	+7.30	Major	80,000
25	Jun 9, 2015	37.14	+7.14	Major	218,000
26	Jun 13, 1907	36.90	+6.90	Major	90,000
27	May 27, 1920	36.10	+6.10	Major	178,000
28	Apr 22, 1875	35.80	+5.80	Major	61,000
29	Jun 8, 1873	35.50	+5.50	Major	57,000
30	Feb 10, 1916	35.50	+5.50	Major	140,000
31	Mar 11, 1883	35.30	+5.30	Major	57,000
32	Feb 12, 1891	35.20	+5.20	Major	59,000
33	May 16, 1879	34.90	+4.90	Major	53,000
34	May 15, 1990	34.50	+4.50	Major	242,000
35	Apr 11, 1897	34.10	+4.10	Major	53,000
36	May 8, 1958	33.70	+3.70	Major	249,000
37	Apr 4, 1880	33.20	+3.20	Major	42,000
38	Apr 10, 1914	32.93	+2.93	Moderate	102,000
39	Jun 11, 1957	32.82	+2.82	Moderate	—
40	Jan 2, 1906	32.60	+2.60	Moderate	54,000
41	May 4, 2016	32.39	+2.39	Moderate	173,000
42	Mar 15, 2016	31.79	+1.79	Moderate	158,600
43	Oct 31, 1919	31.50	+1.50	Moderate	—
44	May 5, 1942	31.40	+1.40	Minor	183,000
45	Mar 4, 2018	31.39	+1.39	Minor	154,000
46	May 5, 1922	31.30	+1.30	Minor	132,000
47	May 11, 2019	31.26	+1.26	Minor	153,000
48	Jun 30, 2015	31.05	+1.05	Minor	151,000
49	Dec 26, 1923	30.40	+0.40	Minor	—
50	Mar 5, 2001	29.80	−0.20	Action	—

The worst floods along the Red River

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

June 15, 1908: 45.10 ft here, major flooding

Arthur CityOK · Jun 20, 1908 · 28.60 ft · Minor

February 8, 1890: 44.70 ft here, major flooding

CoushattaLA · Feb 15, 1890 · 38.10 ft · Major

Gauges on the Red River

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

Flood gauges on the Red River

Red River Lock 1	LA	53.0	58.33 ft, Mar 21, 2016	0
Alexandria	LA	32.0	45.23 ft, Apr 17, 1945	10
Arthur City	OK	27.0	43.20 ft, May 28, 1908	8
Coushatta	LA	31.0	39.90 ft, Apr 7, 1945	6
Fulton	AR	27.0	37.40 ft, Apr 2, 1945	3
Grand Ecore	LA	33.0	44.70 ft, Apr 10, 1945	11
Index	AR	25.0	34.40 ft, Feb 23, 1938	8
Shreveport this gauge	LA	30.0	45.90 ft, Aug 10, 1849	37
Spring Bank Ferry	AR	37.0	44.23 ft, Jun 7, 2015	1
Dekalb - Pecan Point	TX	24.0	36.00 ft, Feb 15, 1938	8

Other gauges in Bossier Parish

Flood gauges in Bossier Parish

Bayou Bodcau Lake	172.0	200.27 ft, Nov 5, 2009	1
Lake Bistineau	142.5	150.16 ft, Mar 13, 2016	8

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NOAA National Water Prediction Service, gauge SVPL1, 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.