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Corney Bayou in Louisiana

River47.2 mi
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Around Corney Bayou

10 mi

Public land: USGS PAD-US

About this river

Corney Bayou is a 47.2 mile river. Streamflow is measured at the USGS gauge Little Corney Bayou near Lillie, LA (site 07366200). The National Hydrography Dataset places it at stream order 6. Reach geometry comes from the USGS National Hydrography Dataset.

Typical flow by month

1956 to 2025

Corney Bayou typically runs highest in March, at a median 202 cfs, and lowest in August, at 6.8 cfs. The highest flow on record for any single day is 20,000 cfs, in 1958.

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Typical flow by month at Little Corney Bayou near Lillie, LA, in cfs
MonthTypical (cfs)Usual range (cfs)
January14063 to 406
February20184 to 493
March20297 to 460
April14961 to 362
May5127 to 217
June248.9 to 63
July123.6 to 34
August6.81.7 to 19
September7.01.9 to 20
October122.8 to 31
November3413 to 84
December8943 to 329

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 69 years of record. Statistics published by the US Geological Survey for Little Corney Bayou near Lillie, LA (site 07366200). Conditions on any given day can fall well outside the usual range. Check the current reading before you go.

Boat access nearby

6 mapped launches sit in the mapped area of Corney Bayou, all of them public access. Ramp data comes from the USGS national boat-ramp inventory.

  • D'Arbonne State ParkLake D'ArbonnePublic
  • Kisatchie National ForestCorney LakePublic
  • Highway 2Lake D'ArbonnePublic
  • Hog Pen LandingLake D'ArbonnePublic
  • Lisbon LandingLake ClaibornePublic
  • D'Arbonne VillageLake D'ArbonnePublic

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