Calcasieu River near Kinder, LA

The last 7 days and the forecast

NWS forecast issued Mon, Oct 12, 10:10 AM. Forecasts change as rain falls and as upstream water arrives.

Flood stages

What floods at each level

From the National Weather Service, highest first.

• 32.9 ftAt this level water will be flowing over the Highway 190 bridge.
• 32 ftThe river at its flood of record. Widespread catastrpohic flood damage will occur. Many communities along and at some distance from the river become flooded. These communities include Kinder, Indian Village, Buller and Hecker. Portions of U.S. Highway 165 may also flood.
• 29 ftFlood waters reach the top of the rail on the railroad bridge downstream from the Hwy 190 bridge. Flooding of the bridge approaches on Hwy 190.
• 28.8 ftThe water will be at the low chord of the Highway 190 bridge.
• 27.8 ftFEMA flood insurance maps indicate that at 27.8 feet, if you are located in the 1% (100 year) flood plain your property is at a high risk for flooding. A 1 percent flood is a flood that has a one percent or greater chance of occurring in any given year.
• 24 ftThree feet of water is over the Calcasieu River Bridge on Old Pump Road. Some homes along Old Pump Road are flooded. Homes near Phillips Bluff, Lormand Bluff, and Indian Village begin to flood.
• 23 ftWater is over numerous roads along the river. Several structures are subject to flooding in the Nevils Bluff community. Some of the roads that are or may be flooded include but are not limited to, Hecker Road from the Jefferson Davis Parish line to Hecker in several places. Amos Bluff, Old Ferry, Old Pump, Kinder Cemetary, Green Oaks, Fosset and Lyles roads.
• 21.5 ftTwo feet of water over Old Pump Road and Kinder Cemetery Road. The Old Pump Road Bridge over the Calcasieu River begins to flood.
• 19.5 ftLowland sections of Old Pump Road, Kinder Cemetery Road, and Nevils Bluff Road begin to flood.
• 18 ftIf gage reading at Kinder reaches 18 feet, flooding begins to cut off some of the roads around Topsy in Northwest Jefferson Davis Parish.
• 16 ftFlooding of wooded areas near the river will occur.

Highest crests on record

1. 32 ft — May 19, 1953
2. 26.28 ft — July 2, 1989
3. 26.22 ft — December 29, 1982
4. 24.7 ft — August 11, 1940
5. 24.29 ft — November 7, 2002

Recent crests: 17.7 ft (January 31, 2023) · 16.41 ft (March 25, 2022) · 20.03 ft (May 23, 2021) · 23.65 ft (October 13, 2020) · 21.31 ft (September 2, 2017)

Up and down the river, and nearby

• UpstreamCalcasieu River near Oberlin, LA
• Barnes Creek at Topsy Bel Road, LA
• Whisky Chitto Creek near Mittie, LA
• Bundick Creek at HWY 113, LA
• Bayou Nezpique at Basile, LA
• Bundick Creek at Bundick Lake, LA
• Bayou Des Cannes west of Iota, LA
• Bayou Des Cannes near Eunice, LA