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Around Bayou Lafourche
Data Source: Recreation.gov · Public land: USGS PAD-US
About this river
Bayou Lafourche is a 47.5 mile river. Streamflow is measured at the USGS gauge Bayou Lafourche near Crew Lake, LA (site 07369000). 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
Bayou Lafourche typically runs highest in February, at a median 1,670 cfs, and lowest in October, at 69 cfs. The highest flow on record for any single day is 45,600 cfs, in 2016.
Show the numbers
| Month | Typical (cfs) | Usual range (cfs) |
|---|---|---|
| January | 1,310 | 413 to 4,640 |
| February | 1,670 | 614 to 5,400 |
| March | 1,520 | 506 to 4,030 |
| April | 952 | 314 to 3,545 |
| May | 478 | 141 to 1,970 |
| June | 250 | 86 to 899 |
| July | 195 | 69 to 625 |
| August | 210 | 74 to 560 |
| September | 141 | 45 to 306 |
| October | 69 | 20 to 243 |
| November | 101 | 27 to 750 |
| December | 730 | 175 to 2,880 |
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 86 years of record. Statistics published by the US Geological Survey for Bayou Lafourche near Crew Lake, LA (site 07369000). Conditions on any given day can fall well outside the usual range. Check the current reading before you go.
Boat access nearby
4 mapped launches sit in the mapped area of Bayou Lafourche, all of them public access. Ramp data comes from the USGS national boat-ramp inventory.
- Boeuf River at Woolen LakeBoeuf RiverPublic
- Hilliard's (North) CoopLake LafourchePublic
- Marengo RampLake LafourchePublic
- Parish RampLake LafourchePublic
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