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Big Cypress Creek at Mooringsport (Caddo Lake)

Critical Stages
171.5' - Action
172' - Flood
174.5' - Moderate
178' - Major

Latest Observation

Updated: 5:00 AM CST 12/6/25

Status: No Flooding

Stage: 169 ft

Flow: 0.499 kcfs

Forecast

TimeStage (ft)Flow (kcfs)
12 AM 12/7 169 0.499
6 AM 12/7 169 0.499
12 PM 12/7 169 0.499
6 PM 12/7 169 0.499
12 AM 12/8 169 0.499
6 AM 12/8 169 0.499
12 PM 12/8 169 0.499
6 PM 12/8 169 0.499
12 AM 12/9 169 0.499
6 AM 12/9 169 0.499
12 PM 12/9 169 0.499
6 PM 12/9 169 0.499
12 AM 12/10 169 0.499
6 AM 12/10 169 0.499
12 PM 12/10 169 0.499
6 PM 12/10 169 0.499
12 AM 12/11 169 0.499
6 AM 12/11 169 0.499
TimeStage (ft)Flow (kcfs)
5:00 AM 12/6 169 0.499
5:30 AM 12/3 169.2 1.1
6:00 AM 12/2 169.2 1.1
6:00 AM 12/1 169.2 1.1
6:00 AM 11/30 169.2 1.1
6:00 AM 11/29 169.2 1.1
4:50 AM 11/28 169.2 1.1
6:00 AM 11/27 169.2 1.1
5:09 AM 11/26 169.1 0.741
5:00 AM 11/25 169.1 0.741
5:00 AM 11/24 168.8 0.407
6:00 AM 11/23 168.8 0.407
5:30 AM 11/22 168.7 0.368
5:45 AM 11/21 168.7 0.368
5:45 AM 11/20 168.7 0.368
6:00 AM 11/19 168.7 0.368
6:00 AM 11/18 168.7 0.368
6:00 AM 11/17 168.7 0.368
7:00 AM 11/16 168.7 0.368
7:00 AM 11/15 168.7 0.368
6:00 AM 11/14 168.7 0.368
5:30 AM 11/13 168.8 0.407
6:00 AM 11/12 168.8 0.407
5:00 AM 11/11 168.8 0.407
5:00 AM 11/10 168.8 0.407
6:00 AM 11/8 -9999 -999
8:00 AM 11/7 168.8 0.407
Hydrograph for Big Cypress Creek at Mooringsport (Caddo Lake)
180' - Travel to homes in the lake very difficult by only using boat. Near record flooding of the Cypress Village, Caddo Lake State Park, and Uncertain, Texas as well as on the Louisiana side of the lake through Mooringsport. Expect near record backwater flooding of homes up through James Bayou. Major flooding also develops between levee systems below Caddo Lake on Twelve Mile Bayou.
178' - Near record flooding of several hundred homes including several stilted homes. Homeowners should be prepared for severe flooding.
175' - Homeowners should rush preparations to completion for significant flooding problems. Nearly all homes that are not stilted face flooding. Boats should be moved from boathouses and into open water to prevent them from rising through the boathouse roof. Also expect flooded access roadways in Cypress Village and Caddo Lake State Park. Backwater flooding will increase through James Bayou as well on the north side of the lake.
175' - Homeowners should rush preparations to completion for significant flooding problems. Nearly all homes that are not stilted face flooding. Boats should be moved from boathouses and into open water to prevent them from rising through the boathouse roof.
173' - Several secondary access roads will become flooded and travel will be difficult especially in and around Uncertain, Texas.
171.5' - Expect minor flooding with some secondary access roads to homes suffering flooding especially in and around Uncertain, Texas.
DateStage (ft)
May 5, 1958 182.92
Apr 5, 1945 182.31
May 3, 1966 180.7
Mar 15, 2016 179.95
May 4, 1957 179.22
May 24, 1930 178.74
May 9, 1944 178.54
Apr 2, 1989 177.1
Jan 1, 1988 176.7
May 24, 1953 176.64
Jun 9, 1946 176.32
Apr 5, 2016 175.9
Apr 30, 1973 175.78
Mar 7, 2001 175.6
Feb 20, 1950 175.34
Jan 13, 1932 175.24
Oct 20, 2009 175.2
May 8, 1991 174.9
Apr 29, 1921 174.34
Apr 17, 1942 174.14

Data provided by the National Weather Service.