Mississippi River at Baton Rouge, LA - 07374000
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Mississippi River at Baton Rouge, LA - 07374000
Subscribe to WaterAlert March 24, 2025 - March 31, 2025
Gage height, feet
25.95 ft - Mar 31, 2025 03:15:00 AM CDT
Important Data may be provisional
Value
Status
Time
Latest value
25.95 ft
Provisional
Mar 31, 2025
03:15:00 AM CDT
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25.95 ft
Provisional
Mar 31, 2025
03:15:00 AM CDT
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Statistics for March 31, 2025 based on 18 years of data
Gage height, ft
low (2005)
17.31 ft
25th percentile
24.24 ft
median
31.35 ft
75th percentile
36.75 ft
mean
30.87 ft
high (2019)
43.65 ft
Available data
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Learn about the data collection categories Continuous data
10 data types available - data from 2004-03-17 to 2025-03-31
Continuous data are collected via automated sensors installed at a monitoring location.
Data type
Data date range
Gage height, feet
2007-10-01 - 2025-03-31
Discharge, cubic feet per second
2004-03-17 - 2025-03-31
Dissolved oxygen, water, unfiltered, milligrams per liter
2007-10-01 - 2025-03-31
Nitrate plus nitrite, water, in situ, milligrams per liter as nitrogen
2011-11-09 - 2025-03-31
pH, water, unfiltered, field, standard units
2007-10-01 - 2025-03-31
Salinity, water, unfiltered, parts per thousand
2007-10-01 - 2025-03-31
Specific conductance, water, unfiltered, microsiemens per centimeter at 25 degrees Celsius
2007-10-01 - 2025-03-31
Stream water level elevation above NAVD 1988, in feet
2024-11-30 - 2025-03-31
Temperature, water, degrees Celsius
2007-10-01 - 2025-03-31
Turbidity, water, unfiltered, monochrome near infra-red LED light, 780-900 nm, detection angle 90 +-2.5 degrees, formazin nephelometric units (FNU)
2011-10-01 - 2025-03-31
Daily data
9 data types available - data from 1997-07-01 to 2025-03-30
Field measurements - Coming soon
0 data types available
Discrete sample data
665 Observed properties (data types) available - with data from 1975-03-25 to 2024-09-23
773 Sampling activities
- Monitoring Location
- Active Monitoring Locations
5 km
3 mi
Leaflet USGS The National Map: National Boundaries Dataset, 3DEP Elevation Program, Geographic Names Information System, National Hydrography Dataset, National Land Cover Database, National Structures Dataset, and National Transportation Dataset; USGS Global Ecosystems; U.S. Census Bureau TIGER/Line data; USFS Road data; Natural Earth Data; U.S. Department of State HIU; NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information. Data refreshed February, 2025.
Interested in understanding how to access the upstream/downstream data? Learn about the Network-Linked Data Index (NLDI)
| USGS Parameter Group | Data Types | Start Date | End Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Biological | Water-quality | 2004-05-18 | 2012-05-29 |
| Information | Water-quality | 1988-06-24 | 2023-08-24 |
| Inorganics, Major, Metals | Water-quality | 1975-07-24 | 2017-02-13 |
| Inorganics, Major, Non-metals | Daily Values, Unit Values, Water-quality | 1975-07-24 | 2025-03-31 |
| Inorganics, Minor, Non-metals | Water-quality | 2004-05-18 | 2017-02-13 |
| Inorganics, Minor, metals | Water-quality | 2004-05-18 | 2017-02-13 |
| Microbiological | Water-quality | 2004-05-18 | 2010-08-11 |
| Nutrient | Daily Values, Unit Values, Water-quality | 1975-07-24 | 2025-03-31 |
| Organics, PCBs | Water-quality | 1993-08-16 | 1993-08-16 |
| Organics, other | Water-quality | 1991-06-06 | 2017-02-13 |
| Organics, pesticide | Water-quality | 1991-04-11 | 2017-02-13 |
| Physical | Daily Values, Unit Values, Water-quality | 1975-03-25 | 2025-03-31 |
| Radiochemistry | Water-quality | 2004-06-23 | 2007-08-29 |
| Sediment | Water-quality | 1975-03-25 | 2023-08-24 |
| Stable Isotopes | Water-quality | 2016-05-23 | 2016-08-22 |
| n/a | Peak Measurements | 1828-01-01 | 2021-04-16 |
| n/a | Site Visits | 2004-03-22 | 2025-01-20 |
| n/a | USGS Annual Water Data Reports Site | 2006-01-01 | 2024-01-01 |
Monitoring location 07374000 is associated with a Stream in West Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana. Current conditions of Discharge, Dissolved oxygen, Gage height, and more are available. Water data back to 1828 are available online.
| Metadata Element | Location Metadata | Metadata Code |
|---|---|---|
|
Agency
|
U.S. Geological Survey | USGS |
|
Site identification number
|
07374000 | n/a |
|
Site name
|
Mississippi River at Baton Rouge, LA | n/a |
|
Site type
|
Stream
|
ST |
| DMS latitude | 302644.4 | n/a |
| DMS longitude | 0911129.6 | n/a |
| Decimal latitude | 30.44566667 | n/a |
| Decimal longitude | -91.1915556 | n/a |
|
Latitude-longitude method
|
Interpolated from MAP. | M |
|
Latitude-longitude accuracy
|
Accurate to + or - 1 sec. | S |
|
Latitude-longitude datum
|
North American Datum of 1983 | NAD83 |
| Decimal Latitude-longitude datum | North American Datum of 1983 | NAD83 |
|
District
|
Louisiana | 22 |
|
State
|
Louisiana | 22 |
|
County
|
West Baton Rouge Parish | 121 |
| Country | US | n/a |
| Land net location description | S 45T7S R1W | n/a |
| Name of location map | Baton Rouge West | n/a |
| Scale of location map | 24000 | n/a |
| Altitude of Gage/land surface | 0.00 feet | n/a |
| Method altitude determined | Level or other surveyed method. | L |
| Altitude accuracy | .01 feet | n/a |
|
Altitude datum
|
North American Vertical Datum of 1988 | NAVD88 |
|
Subbasin hydrologic unit
|
Lower Mississippi-Baton Rouge | 08070100 |
|
Drainage basin
|
n/a | |
|
Topographic setting
|
Stream channel
|
C |
| Flags for instruments at site | YNNNYNNNNNNNNNYNYNNNNNNNNNNNNN | n/a |
|
Date of first construction
|
n/a | |
| Date site established or inventoried | 20040311 | n/a |
|
Drainage area
|
1125810 square miles | n/a |
| Contributing drainage area | n/a | |
| Time Zone abbreviation | CST | n/a |
|
Site honors Daylight Saving Time
|
Y | n/a |
|
Data reliability
|
n/a | |
| Data-other GW files | NNNNNNNN | n/a |
| National aquifer | n/a | |
| Local aquifer | n/a | |
|
Local aquifer type
|
n/a | |
| Well depth | n/a | |
|
Hole depth
|
n/a | |
| Source of depth data | n/a | |
| Project number | BBB00 | n/a |
