Gulf Coast Gauges

Bear Creek near Barker water level

USGS gauge 08072730 · Harris County · Addicks Reservoir watershed · NWS gauge BBAT2

96.65 ft

gage height, Oct 20, 2026 at 12:30 PM CDT · 65 minutes ago

Below NWS minor flood stage
14.3 ft
NWS action stage
108.0 ft
NWS minor flood stage
111.0 ft
NWS moderate flood stage
112.0 ft
NWS major flood stage
113.5 ft
Highest since 2010 (USGS)
114.86 ft (April 18, 2016)
Usual range
96.65 to 97.74 ft

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

No National Weather Service alert covering Harris County was active when this page was generated (Oct 20, 2026 at 1:35 PM CDT). Alerts are issued and expire at any time; the current list is at alerts.weather.gov.

Last 7 days

96.6 97.2 97.7 Oct 14 Oct 15 Oct 16 Oct 17 Oct 18 Oct 19 Oct 20

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 the gauge's zero point. This gauge's zero is set at 0 ft NAVD88, so its gage height is the water surface elevation above that datum. It is not a water depth.

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

96.6 100.8 105.0 2026-09-11 – 2026-10-20 · bars are daily low to high

Annual peaks since 1978

In 16 complete water years of comparable USGS records (since 2010), the highest peak was 114.86 ft on April 18, 2016. So far in water year 2027 (since October 1) the highest reading is 105.05 ft on October 2, 2026, higher than the annual peak in 3 of 16 years.

-2 29 61 92 124 1980 1990 2000 2010 2020 major 113.5 ft moderate 112 ft minor 111 ft action 108 ft Water year 1978: 12.94 ft on January 19, 1978 (different datum or site: not compared) Water year 1979: 16.72 ft on September 20, 1979 (different datum or site: not compared) Water year 1980: 14.12 ft on January 22, 1980 (different datum or site: not compared) Water year 1981: 15.86 ft on August 31, 1981 (different datum or site: not compared) Water year 1982: 12.69 ft on May 14, 1982 (different datum or site: not compared) Water year 1983: 12.79 ft on August 18, 1983 (different datum or site: not compared) Water year 1984: 9.30 ft on February 21, 1984 (different datum or site: not compared) Water year 1985: 13.72 ft on October 29, 1984 (different datum or site: not compared) Water year 1986: 12.79 ft on November 24, 1985 (different datum or site: not compared) Water year 1987: 11.41 ft on December 23, 1986 (different datum or site: not compared) Water year 1988: 6.36 ft on August 11, 1988 (different datum or site: not compared) Water year 1989: 9.54 ft on May 17, 1989 (different datum or site: not compared) Water year 1990: 8.39 ft on April 28, 1990 (different datum or site: not compared) Water year 1991: 12.59 ft on April 4, 1991 (different datum or site: not compared) Water year 1992: 10.57 ft on December 21, 1991 (different datum or site: not compared) Water year 1993: 10.37 ft on June 20, 1993 (different datum or site: not compared) Water year 1994: 11.18 ft on February 20, 1994 (different datum or site: not compared) Water year 1995: 10.70 ft on October 19, 1994 (different datum or site: not compared) Water year 1996: 7.08 ft on December 18, 1995 (different datum or site: not compared) Water year 1997: 12.14 ft on May 24, 1997 (different datum or site: not compared) Water year 1998: 11.82 ft on September 11, 1998 (different datum or site: not compared) Water year 1999: 11.75 ft on November 13, 1998 (different datum or site: not compared) Water year 2000: 9.43 ft on April 2, 2000 (different datum or site: not compared) Water year 2001: 9.12 ft on June 9, 2001 (different datum or site: not compared) Water year 2002: 9.35 ft on August 15, 2002 (different datum or site: not compared) Water year 2003: 11.95 ft on October 28, 2002 (different datum or site: not compared) Water year 2004: 10.66 ft on April 10, 2004 (different datum or site: not compared) Water year 2005: 11.64 ft on November 22, 2004 (different datum or site: not compared) Water year 2006: 12.53 ft on July 26, 2006 (different datum or site: not compared) Water year 2007: 11.24 ft on October 16, 2006 (different datum or site: not compared) Water year 2008: 14.57 ft on September 14, 2008 (different datum or site: not compared) Water year 2009: 114.06 ft on April 28, 2009 (different datum or site: not compared) Water year 2010: 108.81 ft on October 29, 2009 Water year 2011: 103.91 ft on March 14, 2011 Water year 2012: 108.89 ft on July 12, 2012 Water year 2013: 108.65 ft on April 27, 2013 Water year 2014: 109.47 ft on September 19, 2014 Water year 2015: 110.04 ft on May 25, 2015 Water year 2016: 114.86 ft on April 18, 2016 Water year 2017: 114.71 ft on August 27, 2017 Water year 2018: 108.25 ft on September 22, 2018 Water year 2019: 106.69 ft on December 7, 2018 Water year 2020: 108.38 ft on June 25, 2020 Water year 2021: 105.23 ft on June 3, 2021 Water year 2022: 104.29 ft on October 1, 2021 Water year 2024: 109.73 ft on July 8, 2024 Water year 2025: 103.49 ft on November 5, 2024 Water year 2026: 106.08 ft on July 23, 2026 Water year 2027 so far: 105.05 ft on October 2, 2026 2016

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. Grey hollow dots (32 years) were measured on a different datum or at a different site, or before the gauge's datum last changed, so they are shown but not compared.

NWS historic crests

DateCrestAbove minor flood stage
April 18, 2016114.86 ft3.9 ft
September 20, 1979114.79 ft3.8 ft
August 27, 2017114.71 ft3.7 ft
April 28, 2009114.06 ft3.1 ft
August 31, 1981113.93 ft2.9 ft
September 14, 2008112.64 ft1.6 ft
October 29, 1984111.79 ft0.8 ft
April 4, 1991110.66 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.

In past storms

StormPeakPeak timeRiseCompared with its record
October 1–2, 2026105.05 ftOct 2, 2026 at 12:30 AM CDT8.3 fthighest since water year 2026 (106.08 ft on July 23, 2026)

Harris County gauge nearby

Bear Creek at Clay Road, less than 0.1 mi away, read 96.65 ft at Oct 20, 2026 at 11:07 AM CDT, 16.4 ft below its top of bank. Both gauges report water surface elevation.

Download the readings

bear-creek-near-barker.csv (CSV): every reading stored for this gauge since September 11, 2026, 931 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.