Highest listed crest 32.80 ft May 18, 1953; 144,000 cubic feet per second
Flood stage 15.0 ft Major flooding from 23.0 ft
Crests at major 12 14th of 107 gauges in Louisiana
Most recent flood crest October 11, 2020 22.27 ft, moderate flooding Listed crests at the Whisky Chitto Creek near Mittie, 1886 to 2020 0 10 20 30 40 ft Flood stage 15.0 ft Major 23.0 ft Jun 1, 1886: 25.70 ft, major flooding Aug 20, 1940: 23.42 ft, major flooding; 35,000 cubic feet per second May 7, 1941: 21.30 ft, moderate flooding; 16,300 cubic feet per second Nov 1, 1941: 20.10 ft, moderate flooding; 12,500 cubic feet per second Mar 26, 1943: 11.13 ft, below flood stage; 2,130 cubic feet per second May 7, 1944: 17.85 ft, minor flooding; 6,640 cubic feet per second Apr 3, 1945: 21.28 ft, moderate flooding; 16,500 cubic feet per second Mar 29, 1946: 19.64 ft, minor flooding; 10,400 cubic feet per second Jan 20, 1947: 19.62 ft, minor flooding; 10,400 cubic feet per second Dec 16, 1947: 13.80 ft, below flood stage; 3,350 cubic feet per second Apr 23, 1949: 21.18 ft, moderate flooding; 16,000 cubic feet per second Feb 14, 1950: 22.48 ft, moderate flooding; 24,200 cubic feet per second Jan 4, 1951: 11.74 ft, below flood stage; 2,540 cubic feet per second Apr 25, 1952: 20.84 ft, moderate flooding; 14,400 cubic feet per second May 18, 1953: 32.80 ft, major flooding; 144,000 cubic feet per second May 2, 1954: 22.78 ft, moderate flooding; 28,600 cubic feet per second Feb 7, 1955: 20.32 ft, moderate flooding; 14,800 cubic feet per second Feb 12, 1956: 16.15 ft, minor flooding; 5,540 cubic feet per second Dec 24, 1956: 19.65 ft, minor flooding; 10,600 cubic feet per second Sep 22, 1958: 20.65 ft, moderate flooding; 16,000 cubic feet per second Feb 5, 1959: 15.80 ft, minor flooding; 5,440 cubic feet per second Jan 18, 1960: 10.86 ft, below flood stage; 2,670 cubic feet per second Jan 10, 1961: 19.11 ft, minor flooding; 10,600 cubic feet per second Dec 19, 1961: 20.12 ft, moderate flooding; 14,000 cubic feet per second Dec 25, 1962: 12.61 ft, below flood stage; 3,500 cubic feet per second Mar 4, 1964: 18.52 ft, minor flooding; 9,050 cubic feet per second Dec 13, 1964: 16.93 ft, minor flooding; 6,480 cubic feet per second Nov 13, 1966: 23.87 ft, major flooding; 36,700 cubic feet per second Jan 11, 1968: 19.39 ft, minor flooding; 10,700 cubic feet per second Apr 16, 1969: 16.90 ft, minor flooding; 6,090 cubic feet per second Apr 13, 1970: 8.41 ft, below flood stage; 1,770 cubic feet per second Oct 13, 1970: 16.23 ft, minor flooding; 5,560 cubic feet per second Dec 7, 1971: 21.85 ft, moderate flooding; 22,500 cubic feet per second Mar 26, 1973: 22.10 ft, moderate flooding; 24,000 cubic feet per second Jan 21, 1974: 19.68 ft, minor flooding; 11,700 cubic feet per second May 5, 1975: 18.52 ft, minor flooding; 9,130 cubic feet per second Oct 28, 1975: 16.97 ft, minor flooding; 7,200 cubic feet per second Mar 7, 1977: 16.65 ft, minor flooding; 6,840 cubic feet per second Dec 1, 1977: 19.21 ft, minor flooding; 10,500 cubic feet per second Sep 22, 1979: 21.31 ft, moderate flooding; 19,300 cubic feet per second Apr 5, 1980: 19.06 ft, minor flooding; 9,960 cubic feet per second Apr 14, 1980: 20.32 ft, moderate flooding; 14,300 cubic feet per second Jun 7, 1981: 19.14 ft, minor flooding; 10,300 cubic feet per second Dec 28, 1982: 25.67 ft, major flooding; 45,100 cubic feet per second Feb 3, 1983: 20.06 ft, moderate flooding Feb 14, 1984: 23.15 ft, major flooding; 27,400 cubic feet per second Oct 22, 1984: 24.31 ft, major flooding; 34,700 cubic feet per second Oct 31, 1985: 21.46 ft, moderate flooding; 19,000 cubic feet per second Nov 28, 1986: 16.43 ft, minor flooding; 6,620 cubic feet per second Mar 1, 1987: 18.96 ft, minor flooding; 9,740 cubic feet per second Nov 18, 1987: 22.52 ft, moderate flooding; 24,000 cubic feet per second Mar 11, 1988: 14.89 ft, below flood stage; 5,220 cubic feet per second Jun 29, 1989: 25.80 ft, major flooding; 46,200 cubic feet per second Jul 3, 1989: 19.01 ft, minor flooding; 9,840 cubic feet per second Jan 27, 1990: 19.85 ft, minor flooding; 12,300 cubic feet per second May 10, 1991: 19.42 ft, minor flooding; 11,000 cubic feet per second Dec 15, 1991: 22.47 ft, moderate flooding; 23,800 cubic feet per second Mar 7, 1992: 18.02 ft, minor flooding; 8,330 cubic feet per second Mar 4, 1993: 19.02 ft, minor flooding; 9,950 cubic feet per second Apr 11, 1993: 16.17 ft, minor flooding; 6,410 cubic feet per second Jan 30, 1994: 20.43 ft, moderate flooding; 14,500 cubic feet per second Jan 30, 1995: 17.72 ft, minor flooding; 7,990 cubic feet per second Mar 9, 1995: 23.41 ft, major flooding; 29,000 cubic feet per second Apr 13, 1995: 21.82 ft, moderate flooding; 20,600 cubic feet per second Oct 6, 1995: 14.29 ft, below flood stage; 4,710 cubic feet per second Dec 22, 1995: 16.56 ft, minor flooding; 6,790 cubic feet per second Feb 15, 1997: 17.91 ft, minor flooding; 8,200 cubic feet per second Feb 27, 1997: 19.73 ft, minor flooding; 11,900 cubic feet per second Jan 9, 1998: 18.68 ft, minor flooding; 9,300 cubic feet per second Sep 14, 1998: 18.61 ft, minor flooding; 9,190 cubic feet per second Dec 14, 1998: 19.24 ft, minor flooding; 10,500 cubic feet per second Feb 1, 1999: 20.56 ft, moderate flooding; 15,100 cubic feet per second Apr 6, 1999: 20.94 ft, moderate flooding; 16,800 cubic feet per second May 8, 2000: 10.26 ft, below flood stage; 2,590 cubic feet per second Jun 11, 2001: 12.70 ft, below flood stage; 3,590 cubic feet per second Oct 15, 2001: 21.38 ft, moderate flooding; 18,700 cubic feet per second Nov 30, 2001: 24.75 ft, major flooding; 37,900 cubic feet per second Nov 5, 2002: 23.80 ft, major flooding; 32,800 cubic feet per second Feb 14, 2004: 18.64 ft, minor flooding; 9,460 cubic feet per second May 13, 2004: 20.02 ft, moderate flooding; 13,900 cubic feet per second Nov 26, 2004: 15.28 ft, minor flooding; 5,570 cubic feet per second Oct 22, 2006: 18.82 ft, minor flooding; 9,524 cubic feet per second Jan 2, 2007: 19.00 ft, minor flooding; 9,794 cubic feet per second Feb 20, 2008: 15.42 ft, minor flooding; 5,719 cubic feet per second Sep 15, 2008: 17.84 ft, minor flooding; 8,127 cubic feet per second Apr 22, 2009: 14.72 ft, below flood stage; 5,070 cubic feet per second Feb 8, 2010: 15.93 ft, minor flooding; 6,180 cubic feet per second Mar 10, 2011: 7.88 ft, below flood stage; 1,590 cubic feet per second Feb 5, 2012: 19.74 ft, minor flooding; 12,000 cubic feet per second Mar 24, 2012: 18.93 ft, minor flooding; 9,689 cubic feet per second Jan 12, 2013: 21.40 ft, moderate flooding; 18,700 cubic feet per second Feb 13, 2014: 10.23 ft, below flood stage; 2,710 cubic feet per second Apr 8, 2015: 15.52 ft, minor flooding; 5,790 cubic feet per second Nov 4, 2015: 17.44 ft, minor flooding; 7,694 cubic feet per second Mar 12, 2016: 20.30 ft, moderate flooding; 13,990 cubic feet per second Apr 5, 2017: 22.77 ft, moderate flooding Mar 31, 2018: 23.29 ft, major flooding May 10, 2019: 19.96 ft, minor flooding Sep 27, 2020: 14.40 ft, below flood stage Oct 11, 2020: 22.27 ft, moderate flooding; 22,835 cubic feet per second Highest, 32.80 ft, May 18, 1953 1900 1920 1940 1960 1980 2000 2020 Crests at or above flood stage, by decade Crests at or above flood stage per decade, Whisky Chitto Creek near Mittie 1880s: 1 1890s: 0 1900s: 0 1910s: 0 1920s: 0 1930s: 0 1940s: 8 1950s: 9 1960s: 7 1970s: 9 1980s: 13 1990s: 18 18 2000s: 10 2010s: 10 2020s: 1 1880s 1900s 1920s 1940s 1960s 1980s 2000s 2020s 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. 05 Other gauges in Allen Parish Allen Parish: every hazard · River floods across the country · Louisiana
NOAA National Water Prediction Service, gauge MTTL1, 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.