Bayou Dorcheat at Dixie Inn, LA

The last 7 days and the forecast

NWS forecast issued Sun, Dec 31, 6 PM. Forecasts change as rain falls and as upstream water arrives.

Flood stages

What floods at each level

From the National Weather Service, highest first.

• 24 ftMajor flooding of several hundred acres of land. Preparations should be completed for near record flooding. The Bayou Inn in Dixie Inn will face flooding problems also. In addition, the old highway 80 bridge will be inundated as well. Some homes downstream from Dixie Inn and upstream from Lake Bistineau also face flooding. Homeowners in low areas prone to high water on Bayou Dorcheat should rush preparations to completion for flooding.
• 20 ftExpect moderate to severe flooding of bayou bottoms. The boat ramp park at Dixie Inn is completely flooded at this point.
• 19 ftLowland flooding will continue for several more days. The bayou will continue to slowly fall and flood problems will decrease and end.
• 14 ftExpect minor lowland flooding with the boat ramp suffering overflow.

Highest crests on record

1. 25.95 ft — March 12, 2016
2. 25.12 ft — April 8, 1997
3. 24.9 ft — May 1, 1958
4. 24.05 ft — November 2, 2009
5. 23.49 ft — April 16, 1991

Recent crests: 22.3 ft (March 4, 2021) · 20.43 ft (April 11, 2019) · 15.45 ft (April 1, 2018) · 20.69 ft (March 1, 2018) · 16.87 ft (May 7, 2016)

Up and down the river, and nearby

• UpstreamBayou Dorcheat near Springhill, LA
• DownstreamBayou Dorcheat at Lake Bistineau, LA
• Bayou Pierre at Shreveport, LA
• Bayou D'Arbonne at Lake Claiborne, LA
• Cross Lake at Shreveport, LA
• McCain Creek near Blanchard, LA
• Twelvemile Bayou near Dixie, LA
• Shettleworth Bayou near Blanchard, LA