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Around Bayou Dorcheat
Data Source: Recreation.gov · Public land: USGS PAD-US
About this river
Bayou Dorcheat is a 48.9 mile river. Streamflow is measured at the USGS gauge Bayou Dorcheat near Springhill, LA (site 07348700). The National Hydrography Dataset places it at stream order 6. Reach geometry comes from the USGS National Hydrography Dataset.
Typical flow by month
1958 to 2025
Bayou Dorcheat typically runs highest in March, at a median 752 cfs, and lowest in September, at 5.8 cfs. The highest flow on record for any single day is 35,000 cfs, in 1958.
Show the numbers
| Month | Typical (cfs) | Usual range (cfs) |
|---|---|---|
| January | 487 | 142 to 1,250 |
| February | 645 | 266 to 1,420 |
| March | 752 | 340 to 1,520 |
| April | 529 | 190 to 1,215 |
| May | 252 | 85 to 1,020 |
| June | 67 | 15 to 371 |
| July | 13 | 3.3 to 96 |
| August | 7.3 | 2.4 to 36 |
| September | 5.8 | 2.0 to 31 |
| October | 9.9 | 2.2 to 42 |
| November | 35 | 8.5 to 142 |
| December | 195 | 56 to 955 |
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 Dorcheat near Springhill, LA (site 07348700). Conditions on any given day can fall well outside the usual range. Check the current reading before you go.
Boat access nearby
8 mapped launches sit in the mapped area of Bayou Dorcheat, all of them public access. Ramp data comes from the USGS national boat-ramp inventory.
- Highway 163 BridgeLake BistineauPublic
- DorcheatLake BistineauPublic
- Cox LandingBayou DorcheatPublic
- Neely's CampBayou DorcheatPublic
- Sikes FerryBayou DorcheatPublic
- Columbia Lake (South)Beech Creek - Columbia LakePublic
- Columbia Lake (North)Beech Creek - Columbia LakePublic
- Columbia Lake (East)Beech Creek - Columbia LakePublic
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