About this river
Bayou Courtableau is a 4.2 mile river near Champagne's Cajun Swamp Tours in Louisiana. Streamflow is measured at the USGS gauge Bayou Courtableau at Washington, LA (site 07382500). The National Hydrography Dataset places it at stream order 7. Reach geometry comes from the USGS National Hydrography Dataset.
Typical flow by month
1947 to 2025
Bayou Courtableau typically runs highest in February, at a median 1,550 cfs, and lowest in August, at 210 cfs. The highest flow on record for any single day is 9,440 cfs, in 1953.
| Month | Typical (cfs) | Usual range (cfs) | Relative level |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 1,230 | 677 to 2,400 | |
| February | 1,550 | 787 to 2,970 | |
| March | 1,110 | 639 to 2,200 | |
| April | 889 | 419 to 2,240 | |
| May | 599 | 274 to 1,810 | |
| June | 316 | 173 to 749 | |
| July | 238 | 139 to 525 | |
| August | 210 | 130 to 377 | |
| September | 294 | 154 to 520 | |
| October | 216 | 121 to 445 | |
| November | 278 | 145 to 712 | |
| December | 1,000 | 345 to 2,220 |
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 68 years of record. Statistics published by the US Geological Survey for Bayou Courtableau at Washington, LA (site 07382500). Conditions on any given day can fall well outside the usual range. Check the current reading before you go.
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