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Atchafalaya Basin Landing Airboat Swamp Tours

Bayou Teche near Henderson, LA

River62.1 mi

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Around Bayou Teche

Bayou Teche National Wildlife Refuge5 mi10 mi

Data Source: Recreation.gov · Source: USGS GNIS · Public land: USGS PAD-US

About this river

Bayou Teche is a 62.1 mile river near Atchafalaya Basin Landing Airboat Swamp Tours in Louisiana. Streamflow is measured at the USGS gauge Bayou Teche at Keystone L&D nr St. Martinville, LA (site 07385700). The National Hydrography Dataset places it at stream order 6. Reach geometry comes from the USGS National Hydrography Dataset.

Typical flow by month

1960 to 2025

Bayou Teche typically runs highest in February, at a median 609 cfs, and lowest in October, at 306 cfs. The highest flow on record for any single day is 3,310 cfs, in 1973.

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Typical flow by month at Bayou Teche at Keystone L&D nr St. Martinville, LA, in cfs
MonthTypical (cfs)Usual range (cfs)
January591418 to 822
February609418 to 804
March527337 to 709
April396267 to 644
May369261 to 626
June325236 to 498
July311216 to 424
August314224 to 407
September330257 to 477
October306225 to 411
November339249 to 532
December436308 to 668

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 66 years of record. Statistics published by the US Geological Survey for Bayou Teche at Keystone L&D nr St. Martinville, LA (site 07385700). Conditions on any given day can fall well outside the usual range. Check the current reading before you go.

Boat access nearby

8 mapped launches sit in the mapped area of Bayou Teche, all of them public access. Ramp data comes from the USGS national boat-ramp inventory.

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