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Pearl River near Bogalusa

Critical Stages
16' - Action
18' - Flood
21' - Moderate
23' - Major

Latest Observation

Updated: 1:00 PM CST 12/15/25

Status: No Flooding

Stage: 7.21 ft

Flow: 2.22 kcfs

Forecast

TimeStage (ft)Flow (kcfs)
6 PM 12/15 7.2 2.21
12 AM 12/16 7.2 2.21
6 AM 12/16 7.1 2.14
12 PM 12/16 7.1 2.14
6 PM 12/16 7.2 2.21
12 AM 12/17 7.2 2.21
6 AM 12/17 7.3 2.29
12 PM 12/17 7.4 2.36
6 PM 12/17 7.4 2.36
12 AM 12/18 7.5 2.44
6 AM 12/18 7.6 2.53
12 PM 12/18 7.6 2.53
6 PM 12/18 7.6 2.53
12 AM 12/19 7.6 2.53
6 AM 12/19 7.6 2.53
12 PM 12/19 7.5 2.44
6 PM 12/19 7.5 2.44
12 AM 12/20 7.4 2.36
6 AM 12/20 7.4 2.36
12 PM 12/20 7.3 2.29
6 PM 12/20 7.3 2.29
12 AM 12/21 7.2 2.21
6 AM 12/21 7.2 2.21
12 PM 12/21 7.2 2.21
6 PM 12/21 7.2 2.21
12 AM 12/22 7.1 2.14
6 AM 12/22 7.1 2.14
12 PM 12/22 7.1 2.14
6 PM 12/22 7.1 2.14
12 AM 12/23 7.1 2.14
6 AM 12/23 7.1 2.14
12 PM 12/23 7.1 2.14
6 PM 12/23 7.1 2.14
12 AM 12/24 7.1 2.14
6 AM 12/24 7.1 2.14
12 PM 12/24 7.1 2.14
6 PM 12/24 7.1 2.14
12 AM 12/25 7 2.06
6 AM 12/25 7 2.06
TimeStage (ft)Flow (kcfs)
1:00 PM 12/15 7.21 2.22
12:30 PM 12/15 7.21 2.22
12:00 PM 12/15 7.22 2.23
11:30 AM 12/15 7.22 2.23
11:00 AM 12/15 7.22 2.23
10:30 AM 12/15 7.22 2.23
10:00 AM 12/15 7.2 2.21
9:30 AM 12/15 7.22 2.23
9:00 AM 12/15 7.2 2.21
8:30 AM 12/15 7.24 2.24
8:00 AM 12/15 7.24 2.24
7:30 AM 12/15 7.25 2.25
7:00 AM 12/15 7.26 2.26
6:30 AM 12/15 7.25 2.25
6:00 AM 12/15 7.26 2.26
5:30 AM 12/15 7.26 2.26
5:00 AM 12/15 7.26 2.26
4:30 AM 12/15 7.27 2.26
4:00 AM 12/15 7.27 2.26
3:30 AM 12/15 7.28 2.27
3:00 AM 12/15 7.27 2.26
2:30 AM 12/15 7.29 2.28
2:00 AM 12/15 7.28 2.27
1:30 AM 12/15 7.29 2.28
1:00 AM 12/15 7.27 2.26
12:30 AM 12/15 7.31 2.29
12:00 AM 12/15 7.3 2.29
11:30 PM 12/14 7.28 2.27
11:00 PM 12/14 7.31 2.29
10:30 PM 12/14 7.3 2.29
Hydrograph for Pearl River near Bogalusa
23.23' - Flood of Record occurred on April 24, 1979. Sections of LA Highways 10 and 21 will be inundated. Water will back up along Coburn Creek and Bogalusa Creek.
23' - Flood of Record occurred on April 24, 1979. Property east of Louisiana Highway 21 along Bogalusa Creek will flood. Bogalusa Creek will back up threatening the Sewage Treatment Plant. Homes south of Bogalusa Creek and east of Highway 21 will flood. The city water treatment plant and property near City Hall will be threatened by flooding.
22' - Woodlands and crop acreage along the river will be flooded. The Bogue Chitto Wildlife Management area will be inundated with water in recreational camps and over access roads. At 21 feet, property east of Highway 21 along Bogalusa Creek will begin to flood. Bogalusa Creek will back up threatening the Sewage Treatment Plant. Homes south of Bogalusa Creek and east of Highway 21 will flood.
21' - Woodlands and crop acreage along the river will be flooded. The Bogue Chitto Wildlife Management area will be inundated with water in recreational camps and over access roads. At 21 feet, property east of Louisiana Highway 21 along Bogalusa Creek will begin to flood.
20' - Woodlands and crop acreage along the river will be flooded. The Bogue Chitto Wildlife Management area will be inundated with water in recreational camps and over access roads.
18.5' - Woodlands and crop acreage along the river will be flooded. The Bogue Chitto Wildlife Management area will be inundated with water in recreational camps and over access roads.
17' - Woodlands and crop acreage along the river will be flooded.
16' - Woodlands along the river and wildlife management property will be flooded.
DateStage (ft)
Apr 24, 1979 23.23
Apr 8, 1983 22.78
Mar 13, 2016 22.75
Feb 25, 2020 22.6
Mar 31, 1980 22.42
May 11, 1991 22.17
Apr 17, 1974 22.13
Mar 30, 2009 21.99
Jan 29, 1990 21.77
Feb 27, 2003 21.77
Apr 15, 2014 21.73
Feb 23, 1961 21.7
Mar 6, 2001 21.68
Jan 23, 2020 21.55
Feb 16, 2004 21.5
Apr 17, 2021 21.36
Sep 5, 2022 21.29
Dec 30, 2018 21.23
Mar 3, 1987 21.18
Feb 26, 2013 21.14

Data provided by the National Weather Service.