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Water-Year Summary for Site 07354100

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Water year 2025: 2025-10-01 to 2026-09-30
 
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USGS Water-Year Summary 2025
07354100 Kisatchie Bayou at Lotus, LA
LOCATION - Lat 31°29'04", long 93°08'19" referenced to North American Datum of 1927, in NW 1/4 SE 1/4 sec.24, T.6 N., R.8 W., Natchitoches Parish, LA, Hydrologic Unit 11140207, at bridge on Par Rd 830, at Lotus, La., and 18.8 miles south of Natchitoches, La., and 4.9 miles southeast of Bellwood, La.
DRAINAGE AREA - 140 mi².  
SURFACE-WATER RECORDS
PERIOD OF RECORD - June 5, 2023, to current (continuous stage). December 1979 to September 1992 (daily gage-heights and discharges). October 1992 to April 2002 (daily gage-heights and annual maximum discharge only). December 1938 to July 1942 (USACE New Orleans District gage-height records and discharge measurements). January 1956 to September 1979 (USACE New Orleans District gage-height records and discharge measurements).
GAGE - Water-stage recorder.  Datum of gage is 123.09 above NAVD88 GEOID18.  Prior to June 2023 datum of gage is 123.57 feet above NGVD 1929.
REMARKS - Satellite telemetry at station
EXTREMES FOR PERIOD OF RECORD - Maximum discharge, 33,700 ft³/s, December 27, 1982; maximum gage height, 18.17 ft,December 27, 1982; maximum recorded negative discharge, x.xx ft³/s, xxx xx,xxxx; minimum recorded gage height, xxxxx on xxxxx.