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Calcasieu River near Kinder

Critical Stages
13.5' - Action
16' - Flood
20' - Moderate
23' - Major

Latest Observation

Updated: 9:45 AM CST 12/15/25

Status: No Flooding

Stage: 2.59 ft

Flow: 0.478 kcfs

Forecast

TimeStage (ft)Flow (kcfs)
6 PM 12/15 4.1 0.907
12 AM 12/16 4.1 0.907
6 AM 12/16 4.1 0.907
12 PM 12/16 4.1 0.907
6 PM 12/16 4.1 0.907
12 AM 12/17 4.1 0.907
6 AM 12/17 4 0.869
12 PM 12/17 4 0.869
6 PM 12/17 4 0.869
12 AM 12/18 4 0.869
6 AM 12/18 4 0.869
12 PM 12/18 4 0.869
6 PM 12/18 4 0.869
12 AM 12/19 4 0.869
6 AM 12/19 4 0.869
12 PM 12/19 4 0.869
6 PM 12/19 4 0.869
12 AM 12/20 3.9 0.834
6 AM 12/20 3.9 0.834
TimeStage (ft)Flow (kcfs)
12:15 PM 12/15 -9999 -999
12:00 PM 12/15 -9999 -999
11:45 AM 12/15 -9999 -999
11:30 AM 12/15 -9999 -999
11:15 AM 12/15 -9999 -999
11:00 AM 12/15 -9999 -999
10:45 AM 12/15 -9999 -999
10:30 AM 12/15 -9999 -999
10:15 AM 12/15 -9999 -999
10:00 AM 12/15 -9999 -999
9:45 AM 12/15 2.59 0.478
9:30 AM 12/15 -9999 -999
9:15 AM 12/15 4.08 0.899
9:00 AM 12/15 -9999 -999
8:45 AM 12/15 -9999 -999
8:30 AM 12/15 3.21 0.625
8:15 AM 12/15 4.18 0.931
8:00 AM 12/15 -9999 -999
7:45 AM 12/15 -9999 -999
7:30 AM 12/15 -9999 -999
7:15 AM 12/15 -9999 -999
7:00 AM 12/15 3.48 0.694
6:45 AM 12/15 -9999 -999
6:30 AM 12/15 -9999 -999
6:15 AM 12/15 -9999 -999
6:00 AM 12/15 -9999 -999
5:45 AM 12/15 -9999 -999
5:30 AM 12/15 4.16 0.926
5:15 AM 12/15 -9999 -999
5:00 AM 12/15 -9999 -999
Hydrograph for Calcasieu River near Kinder
32.9' - At this level water will be flowing over the Highway 190 bridge.
32' - The river at its flood of record. Widespread catastrpohic flood damage will occur. Many communities along and at some distance from the river become flooded. These communities include Kinder, Indian Village, Buller and Hecker. Portions of U.S. Highway 165 may also flood.
29' - Flood waters reach the top of the rail on the railroad bridge downstream from the Hwy 190 bridge. Flooding of the bridge approaches on Hwy 190.
28.8' - The water will be at the low chord of the Highway 190 bridge.
27.8' - FEMA flood insurance maps indicate that at 27.8 feet, if you are located in the 1% (100 year) flood plain your property is at a high risk for flooding. A 1 percent flood is a flood that has a one percent or greater chance of occurring in any given year.
24' - Three feet of water is over the Calcasieu River Bridge on Old Pump Road. Some homes along Old Pump Road are flooded. Homes near Phillips Bluff, Lormand Bluff, and Indian Village begin to flood.
23' - Water is over numerous roads along the river. Several structures are subject to flooding in the Nevils Bluff community. Some of the roads that are or may be flooded include but are not limited to, Hecker Road from the Jefferson Davis Parish line to Hecker in several places. Amos Bluff, Old Ferry, Old Pump, Kinder Cemetary, Green Oaks, Fosset and Lyles roads.
21.5' - Two feet of water over Old Pump Road and Kinder Cemetery Road. The Old Pump Road Bridge over the Calcasieu River begins to flood.
19.5' - Lowland sections of Old Pump Road, Kinder Cemetery Road, and Nevils Bluff Road begin to flood.
18' - If gage reading at Kinder reaches 18 feet, flooding begins to cut off some of the roads around Topsy in Northwest Jefferson Davis Parish.
16' - Flooding of wooded areas near the river will occur.
DateStage (ft)
May 19, 1953 32
Jul 2, 1989 26.28
Dec 29, 1982 26.22
Aug 11, 1940 24.7
Nov 7, 2002 24.29
Oct 13, 2020 23.65
Dec 23, 1923 23.46
Dec 1, 2001 23.22
Apr 13, 1995 22.9
Nov 1, 1985 22.14
Oct 23, 1984 22.12
Dec 16, 1991 22.07
Mar 27, 1973 22.05
Feb 15, 1966 21.85
May 5, 1954 21.81
May 16, 2004 21.8
Mar 15, 2016 21.78
Mar 10, 1995 21.7
Feb 15, 1984 21.67
Sep 22, 1979 21.59

Data provided by the National Weather Service.