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Cypress Bayou in Louisiana

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Data Source: Recreation.gov · Public land: USGS PAD-US

About this river

Cypress Bayou is a 10.7 mile river. Streamflow is measured at the USGS gauge Cypress Bayou near Keithville, LA (site 07351500). The National Hydrography Dataset places it at stream order 6. Reach geometry comes from the USGS National Hydrography Dataset.

Typical flow by month

1939 to 2025

Cypress Bayou typically runs highest in February, at a median 33 cfs, and lowest in September, at 0.0 cfs. The highest flow on record for any single day is 16,600 cfs, in 1999.

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Typical flow by month at Cypress Bayou near Keithville, LA, in cfs
MonthTypical (cfs)Usual range (cfs)
January206.5 to 59
February3310 to 103
March2411 to 62
April116.3 to 30
May7.42.4 to 25
June3.50.6 to 11
July0.60.0 to 3.2
August0.10.0 to 1.3
September0.00.0 to 0.7
October0.10.0 to 1.2
November1.40.0 to 6.4
December8.01.8 to 36

Typical is the median of each month’s daily median values, and the usual range runs from the median 25th to the median 75th percentile, across about 60 years of record. Statistics published by the US Geological Survey for Cypress Bayou near Keithville, LA (site 07351500). Conditions on any given day can fall well outside the usual range. Check the current reading before you go.

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