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Public land: USGS PAD-US
About this river
Bayou Anacoco is a 56.2 mile river. Streamflow is measured at the USGS gauge Bayou Anacoco near Rosepine, LA (site 08028000). The National Hydrography Dataset places it at stream order 6. Reach geometry comes from the USGS National Hydrography Dataset.
Typical flow by month
1952 to 2026
Bayou Anacoco typically runs highest in February, at a median 462 cfs, and lowest in October, at 33 cfs. The highest flow on record for any single day is 49,900 cfs, in 1953.
Show the numbers
| Month | Typical (cfs) | Usual range (cfs) |
|---|---|---|
| January | 387 | 152 to 812 |
| February | 462 | 236 to 932 |
| March | 413 | 221 to 851 |
| April | 330 | 143 to 679 |
| May | 178 | 80 to 426 |
| June | 100 | 38 to 271 |
| July | 72 | 30 to 241 |
| August | 46 | 19 to 120 |
| September | 40 | 16 to 119 |
| October | 33 | 17 to 84 |
| November | 65 | 27 to 227 |
| December | 250 | 101 to 692 |
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 75 years of record. Statistics published by the US Geological Survey for Bayou Anacoco near Rosepine, LA (site 08028000). Conditions on any given day can fall well outside the usual range. Check the current reading before you go.
Boat access nearby
7 mapped launches sit in the mapped area of Bayou Anacoco, all of them public access. Ramp data comes from the USGS national boat-ramp inventory.
- Spillway Park LandingAnacoco LakePublic
- VFW LandingAnacoco LakePublic
- Methodist LandingAnacoco LakePublic
- Sandy Creek LandingAnacoco LakePublic
- Vernon LakeBayou Anacoco - Vernon LakePublic
- Vernon Spillway ParkVernon LakePublic
- Lake View LandingVernon LakePublic
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