National Weather Service United States Department of Commerce
Hurricane Carla
September 3-13, 1961

 

Carla Storm Surge: Measured and High Water Marks Louisiana Map
Sources: Louisiana U.S. Weather Bureau Post Storm Surveys
U.S. Army Corp of Engineers Survey
Carla Storm Surge: Measured and High Water Marks Louisiana Map

 

Carla Storm Surge: Measured and High Water Marks Texas Map
Sources: Verification Study of a Bathystrophic Storm Surge Model
TECHNICAL MEMORANDUM - NO. 50 (May 1975)
U.S. Army Corp of Engineers Survey
Carla Storm Surge: Measured and High Water Marks Texas Map

 

Carla Storm Surge: Measured and High Water Marks
Source: Texas and Louisiana U.S. Weather Bureau Post Storm Surveys
U.S. Army Corp of Engineers Survey
Location Feet (MSL)
High Island, TX (staff gage) 8.9
Orange, TX (staff gage) 7.4
Port Arthur, TX (Texaco Tank Farm) (HWM) 6.7
Port Arthur/Orange Bridge, TX (crest gage) 6.9
Lake Sabine, TX (crest gage) 7.2
Port Arthur, TX Corp of Engineer Office (recorder) 7.1
Sabine Pass, TX Old Coast Guard Station (recorder) 7.4
Sabine Pass, TX Coast Guard Station (HWM) 7.7
Sabine Pass, TX West Jetty (HWM) 8.8
Sabine Pass, TX Keith Lake Gully (crest gage) 7.3
Cameron, LA (recorder) 6.5
Grand Chenier, LA (recorder) 7.5
Morgan City, LA (HWM) 4.5
Eugene Island, LA (HWM) 7.1