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Live river level, flow, historical records and forecast for Bogue Falaya River near Camp Covington in LA, United States, built from official government gauge data.
The Bogue Falaya River near Camp Covington sits in the Liberty Bayou-Tchefuncta watershed in Louisiana.
This station has more than 29 years of record through the U.S. Geological Survey. For people living, farming, or fishing here, that length of record matters because it shows how the river behaves across wet spells, dry spells, and the seasonal highs and lows that repeat from year to year.
In this part of Louisiana, water can stay elevated after rain and can also be pushed around by backwater. That means the level you see one day may not be gone the next. If you use the river for access, a dock, or a nearby intake, the useful question is not just whether it is up or down, but how long it tends to stay that way.
The record high is 55.67 ft (16.97 m), reached in March 2016. The record low is 33.98 ft (10.36 m), in June 2000. That spread shows the range this station has seen, from very high water to a much lower summer reading.
The seasonal pattern is modest but real. The highest typical month is February at 35.29 ft (10.76 m), and the lowest typical month is October at 34.64 ft (10.56 m). The typical annual swing is 7.8 in (19.8 cm). For a river user, that is the scale of change to expect between the calmer part of the year and the lower part of the year.
The number on the page is best read beside the median for the same calendar day, not as a raw elevation by itself. A single level only says where the water is right now; the calendar-day median says whether that reading is ordinary for this date at this station.
That matters on a river with a long local record from the U.S. Geological Survey. It lets you compare today’s stage with what this river usually does at this point in the year, using the station’s own history rather than a general rule.
Readings come from official government gauges and are rolled into daily records: the daily mean, high and low for every day on record. Each calendar day gets its own baseline from the full history, so the level you see is compared against what this specific date usually looks like rather than an annual average.
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The level right now, in feet or metres, updated as the source agency publishes new readings - for many stations that is every five to fifteen minutes. How today compares to typical: every location carries its own typical-for-this-date band built from its historical record, so a reading is never just a number - it is above, below, or near what this water usually does on this calendar day. Which way it is moving: a measured RISING, FALLING, or STEADY verdict computed from the gauge's own recent readings, with the rate of change - the difference between a flood ending and one beginning. What comes next: level forecasts up to 72 hours ahead, driven by the gauge's recent behaviour, upstream water, and quantitative precipitation forecasts, alongside live radar, lightning, and weather for the surrounding region.
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