Gulf Coast Gauges

Aransas River near Skidmore water level

USGS gauge 08189700 · Bee County · Corpus Christi and the Coastal Bend · NWS gauge SKMT2

0.39 ft

gage height, Oct 23, 2026 at 2:15 PM CDT · 35 minutes ago

Below NWS minor flood stage
12.6 ft
NWS action stage
7.0 ft
NWS minor flood stage
13.0 ft
NWS moderate flood stage
14.0 ft
NWS major flood stage
20.0 ft
Highest since 1964 (USGS)
42.22 ft (September 22, 1967)
Usual range
0.32 to 0.48 ft

USGS marks recent readings as provisional: they can be revised after review.

No National Weather Service alert covering Bee County was active when this page was generated (Oct 23, 2026 at 2:50 PM CDT). Alerts are issued and expire at any time; the current list is at alerts.weather.gov.

Last 7 days

0.3 0.6 0.8 Oct 17 Oct 18 Oct 19 Oct 20 Oct 21 Oct 22 Oct 23

Hourly averages of USGS readings. The shaded band is this gauge's usual range: the middle 80% of its readings since September 11, 2026.

How to read this gauge

Gage height is the height of the water surface above this gauge's own zero point, which sits at 72.21 ft NAVD88. It is not a water depth and not an elevation: add 72.21 ft to get the water surface elevation.

The flood stages are the National Weather Service's, on the same scale as the gage height; they are the NWS's references for this location, not estimates made here.

Daily highs and lows since September 11, 2026

0.3 0.7 1.1 2026-09-11 – 2026-10-23 · bars are daily low to high

Annual peaks since 1964

In 63 complete water years of comparable USGS records (since 1964), the highest peak was 42.22 ft on September 22, 1967. So far in water year 2027 (since October 1) the highest reading is 1.06 ft on October 4, 2026.

-2 10 22 34 46 1970 1980 1990 2000 2010 2020 major 20 ft moderate 14 ft minor 13 ft action 7 ft Water year 1964: 12.32 ft on July 19, 1964 Water year 1965: 14.65 ft on February 17, 1965 Water year 1966: 19.73 ft on April 25, 1966 Water year 1967: 42.22 ft on September 22, 1967 Water year 1968: 23.90 ft on May 11, 1968 Water year 1969: 20.10 ft on February 14, 1969 Water year 1970: 14.34 ft on May 31, 1970 Water year 1971: 41.15 ft on September 12, 1971 Water year 1972: 28.80 ft on May 10, 1972 Water year 1973: 25.91 ft on June 25, 1973 Water year 1974: 34.46 ft on September 13, 1974 Water year 1975: 2.49 ft on September 16, 1975 Water year 1976: 12.25 ft on July 11, 1976 Water year 1977: 19.86 ft on December 20, 1976 Water year 1978: 11.62 ft on September 14, 1978 Water year 1979: 15.17 ft on March 21, 1979 Water year 1980: 21.92 ft on August 11, 1980 Water year 1981: 22.81 ft on June 13, 1981 Water year 1982: 16.40 ft on May 25, 1982 Water year 1983: 19.59 ft on July 15, 1983 Water year 1984: 20.24 ft on October 9, 1983 Water year 1985: 25.32 ft on April 11, 1985 Water year 1986: 7.89 ft on February 4, 1986 Water year 1987: 19.14 ft on June 11, 1987 Water year 1988: 15.65 ft on September 30, 1988 Water year 1989: 4.32 ft on October 31, 1988 Water year 1990: 29.66 ft on July 17, 1990 Water year 1991: 6.41 ft on April 7, 1991 Water year 1992: 29.40 ft on December 22, 1991 Water year 1993: 23.67 ft on June 21, 1993 Water year 1994: 10.84 ft on March 16, 1994 Water year 1995: 16.11 ft on October 18, 1994 Water year 1996: 10.58 ft on August 27, 1996 Water year 1997: 20.99 ft on April 4, 1997 Water year 1998: 20.80 ft on October 10, 1997 Water year 1999: 20.23 ft on October 19, 1998 Water year 2000: 14.21 ft on March 14, 2000 Water year 2001: 21.10 ft on August 31, 2001 Water year 2002: 18.48 ft on September 16, 2002 Water year 2003: 20.58 ft on October 25, 2002 Water year 2004: 35.27 ft on May 14, 2004 Water year 2005: 26.38 ft on March 6, 2005 Water year 2006: 20.89 ft on September 18, 2006 Water year 2007: 34.72 ft on July 5, 2007 Water year 2008: 14.42 ft on August 20, 2008 Water year 2009: 9.30 ft on September 12, 2009 Water year 2010: 24.48 ft on September 20, 2010 Water year 2011: 8.36 ft on January 16, 2011 Water year 2012: 8.96 ft on September 30, 2012 Water year 2013: 13.61 ft on September 21, 2013 Water year 2014: 5.12 ft on May 27, 2014 Water year 2015: 32.82 ft on May 16, 2015 Water year 2016: 13.62 ft on November 8, 2015 Water year 2017: 4.60 ft on December 5, 2016 Water year 2018: 22.01 ft on June 20, 2018 Water year 2019: 13.73 ft on December 8, 2018 Water year 2020: 11.73 ft on June 1, 2020 Water year 2021: 32.65 ft on July 9, 2021 Water year 2022: 11.92 ft on October 14, 2021 Water year 2023: 10.29 ft on May 13, 2023 Water year 2024: 17.69 ft on July 29, 2024 Water year 2025: 12.63 ft on March 26, 2025 Water year 2026: 17.44 ft on May 27, 2026 Water year 2027 so far: 1.06 ft on October 4, 2026 1967 1971 2004

Each dot is the highest gage height of a water year (October to September), from the USGS annual peak record, with recent years USGS has not published yet taken from its 15-minute readings and this site's own; hover a dot for its date. Dashed lines are NWS flood stages.

NWS historic crests

DateCrestAbove minor flood stage
September 22, 196742.22 ft29.2 ft
May 14, 200436.47 ft23.5 ft
July 5, 200734.72 ft21.7 ft
May 16, 201532.85 ft19.9 ft
July 9, 202132.60 ft19.6 ft
July 17, 199029.66 ft16.7 ft
December 22, 199129.40 ft16.4 ft
April 5, 200426.90 ft13.9 ft

The highest crests the National Weather Service lists for this gauge, as published. They can differ from the USGS annual peaks above: USGS records the year's highest gage height, which is not always the crest the NWS lists for the same flood.

Download the readings

aransas-river-near-skidmore.csv (CSV): every reading stored for this gauge since September 11, 2026, 4,036 rows, with time in UTC and Central, gage height in feet, and the USGS approval status.

Source. Gage height from the U.S. Geological Survey; flood stages and historic crests from the NWS National Water Prediction Service. This site is not affiliated with either agency.