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Bodcau Creek in Louisiana

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Around Bodcau Creek

5 mi

Public land: USGS PAD-US

About this river

Bodcau Creek is a 40.0 mile river. Streamflow is measured at the USGS gauge Bodcau Bayou near Springhill, LA (site 07349450). The National Hydrography Dataset places it at stream order 6. Reach geometry comes from the USGS National Hydrography Dataset.

Typical flow by month

2015 to 2025

Bodcau Creek typically runs highest in March, at a median 685 cfs, and lowest in September, at 17 cfs. The highest flow on record for any single day is 8,840 cfs, in 2018.

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Typical flow by month at Bodcau Bayou near Springhill, LA, in cfs
MonthTypical (cfs)Usual range (cfs)
January42295 to 1,010
February47594 to 1,280
March685437 to 1,780
April646418 to 1,450
May546282 to 1,470
June33190 to 702
July13316 to 355
August1813 to 135
September1712 to 94
October2211 to 144
November2414 to 194
December5514 to 264

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 11 years of record. Statistics published by the US Geological Survey for Bodcau Bayou near Springhill, LA (site 07349450). Conditions on any given day can fall well outside the usual range. Check the current reading before you go.

Boat access nearby

5 mapped launches sit in the mapped area of Bodcau Creek, all of them public access. Ramp data comes from the USGS national boat-ramp inventory.

  • Highway 2 BridgeBayou BodcauPublic
  • Teague LakeBayou BodcauPublic
  • UnknownBodcau Creek - Lake ErlingPublic
  • Cummings CampBodcau Creek - Lake ErlingPublic
  • Bodcau CreekBodcau CreekPublic

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