Gulf Coast Gauges

Atascosa River at Whitsett water level

USGS gauge 08208000 · Live Oak County · Corpus Christi and the Coastal Bend · NWS gauge WTTT2

1.76 ft

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

Below NWS minor flood stage
18.2 ft
NWS action stage
20.0 ft
NWS minor flood stage
20.0 ft
NWS moderate flood stage
24.0 ft
NWS major flood stage
26.0 ft
Highest since 1925 (USGS)
41.30 ft (September 23, 1967)
Usual range
0.93 to 1.77 ft

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

No National Weather Service alert covering Live Oak 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

0.9 1.4 1.8 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 158.71 ft NAVD88. It is not a water depth and not an elevation: add 158.71 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

0.8 1.3 1.9 2026-09-11 – 2026-10-23 · bars are daily low to high

Annual peaks since 1925

In 96 complete water years of comparable USGS records (since 1925), the highest peak was 41.30 ft on September 23, 1967. So far in water year 2027 (since October 1) the highest reading is 1.86 ft on October 1, 2026.

-1 10 22 33 44 1930 1940 1950 1960 1970 1980 1990 2000 2010 2020 major 26 ft moderate 24 ft action 20 ft minor 20 ft Water year 1925: 17.30 ft on July 12, 1925 Water year 1926: 10.20 ft on April 11, 1926 Water year 1933: 15.65 ft on October 4, 1932 Water year 1934: 19.63 ft on February 1, 1934 Water year 1935: 38.00 ft on June 14, 1935 Water year 1936: 28.00 ft on July 2, 1936 Water year 1937: 11.36 ft on June 3, 1937 Water year 1938: 22.77 ft on December 30, 1937 Water year 1939: 17.08 ft on June 1, 1939 Water year 1940: 23.60 ft on June 30, 1940 Water year 1941: 34.00 ft on September 18, 1941 Water year 1942: 38.30 ft on July 7, 1942 Water year 1943: 13.77 ft on September 7, 1943 Water year 1944: 23.93 ft on May 29, 1944 Water year 1945: 19.71 ft on April 22, 1945 Water year 1946: 33.34 ft on August 30, 1946 Water year 1947: 27.65 ft on October 17, 1946 Water year 1948: 18.93 ft on August 27, 1948 Water year 1949: 30.92 ft on July 27, 1949 Water year 1950: 21.69 ft on July 15, 1950 Water year 1951: 25.49 ft on September 14, 1951 Water year 1952: 22.96 ft on September 10, 1952 Water year 1953: 25.81 ft on September 5, 1953 Water year 1954: 13.90 ft on April 9, 1954 Water year 1955: 16.62 ft on February 7, 1955 Water year 1956: 22.10 ft on September 3, 1956 Water year 1957: 27.73 ft on May 29, 1957 Water year 1958: 32.52 ft on February 23, 1958 Water year 1959: 24.08 ft on October 31, 1958 Water year 1960: 23.12 ft on June 27, 1960 Water year 1961: 28.30 ft on June 18, 1961 Water year 1962: 23.39 ft on October 27, 1961 Water year 1963: 11.80 ft on February 19, 1963 Water year 1964: 15.82 ft on August 24, 1964 Water year 1965: 26.83 ft on May 21, 1965 Water year 1966: 24.04 ft on April 26, 1966 Water year 1967: 41.30 ft on September 23, 1967 Water year 1968: 35.93 ft on January 21, 1968 Water year 1969: 21.10 ft on May 6, 1969 Water year 1970: 30.93 ft on June 1, 1970 Water year 1971: 23.48 ft on August 7, 1971 Water year 1972: 25.98 ft on May 8, 1972 Water year 1973: 33.60 ft on June 14, 1973 Water year 1974: 20.84 ft on October 18, 1973 Water year 1975: 31.84 ft on May 26, 1975 Water year 1976: 18.38 ft on May 9, 1976 Water year 1977: 32.50 ft on April 21, 1977 Water year 1978: 28.65 ft on August 3, 1978 Water year 1979: 23.40 ft on June 8, 1979 Water year 1980: 33.49 ft on May 16, 1980 Water year 1981: 21.95 ft on September 3, 1981 Water year 1982: 21.51 ft on May 25, 1982 Water year 1983: 31.50 ft on September 19, 1983 Water year 1984: 11.33 ft on October 9, 1983 Water year 1985: 23.16 ft on April 27, 1985 Water year 1986: 24.40 ft on October 21, 1985 Water year 1987: 25.49 ft on June 5, 1987 Water year 1988: 7.85 ft on July 13, 1988 Water year 1989: 5.47 ft on March 27, 1989 Water year 1990: 30.23 ft on July 18, 1990 Water year 1991: 22.09 ft on February 7, 1991 Water year 1992: 27.77 ft on December 23, 1991 Water year 1993: 28.76 ft on June 28, 1993 Water year 1994: 24.60 ft on May 16, 1994 Water year 1995: 10.67 ft on December 29, 1994 Water year 1996: 23.61 ft on August 31, 1996 Water year 1997: 20.67 ft on June 23, 1997 Water year 1998: 19.20 ft on February 20, 1998 Water year 1999: 22.44 ft on March 30, 1999 Water year 2000: 22.41 ft on June 12, 2000 Water year 2001: 13.52 ft on September 7, 2001 Water year 2002: 32.76 ft on November 15, 2001 Water year 2003: 28.40 ft on November 6, 2002 Water year 2004: 22.92 ft on April 26, 2004 Water year 2005: 16.57 ft on November 19, 2004 Water year 2006: 17.01 ft on September 26, 2006 Water year 2007: 30.98 ft on March 15, 2007 Water year 2008: 11.03 ft on July 25, 2008 Water year 2009: 8.68 ft on September 14, 2009 Water year 2010: 23.92 ft on April 19, 2010 Water year 2011: 6.46 ft on January 17, 2011 Water year 2012: 18.79 ft on May 13, 2012 Water year 2013: 18.11 ft on May 25, 2013 Water year 2014: 23.34 ft on May 29, 2014 Water year 2015: 32.00 ft on May 17, 2015 Water year 2016: 26.83 ft on August 22, 2016 Water year 2017: 12.94 ft on December 7, 2016 Water year 2018: 21.87 ft on September 18, 2018 Water year 2019: 16.35 ft on May 11, 2019 Water year 2020: 18.02 ft on March 21, 2020 Water year 2021: 27.04 ft on June 5, 2021 Water year 2022: 9.43 ft on September 1, 2022 Water year 2023: 21.14 ft on May 17, 2023 Water year 2024: 9.08 ft on August 30, 2024 Water year 2025: 16.81 ft on June 14, 2025 Water year 2026: 21.17 ft on May 3, 2026 Water year 2027 so far: 1.86 ft on October 1, 2026 1967 1942 1935

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 23, 196741.40 ft21.4 ft
September 1, 191941.00 ft21.0 ft
May 17, 201532.00 ft12.0 ft
September 19, 198331.50 ft11.5 ft
March 15, 200730.68 ft10.7 ft
September 11, 200230.26 ft10.3 ft
July 18, 199030.23 ft10.2 ft
July 6, 200729.69 ft9.7 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

atascosa-river-at-whitsett.csv (CSV): every reading stored for this gauge since September 11, 2026, 4,037 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.