Water resources data, Louisiana, water year 1986

Water resources data for the 1986 water year for Louisiana consist of records of stage, discharge, and water quality of streams; stage, contents, and water quality of lakes and reservoirs; and water levels and water quality of ground water. This report contains records for water discharge at 70 gaging stations; stage only for 17 gaging stations and 11 lakes; water quality for 56 surface-water stations (including 24 gaging stations), 6 lakes, and 113 wells; and water levels for 398 observation wells. Also included are data for 136 crest-stage and flood-profile partial-record stations. Additional water data were collected at various sites not involved in the systematic data-collection program, and are published as miscellaneous measurements. These data represent that part of the National Water Data System operated by the U.S. Geological Survey and cooperating State and Federal agencies in Louisiana.