Gulf Coast Gauges

Big Cow Creek near Newton water level

USGS gauge 08029500 · Newton County · Beaumont–Port Arthur · NWS gauge NCCT2

5.58 ft

gage height, Oct 23, 2026 at 2:30 PM CDT · 20 minutes ago

Below NWS minor flood stage
9.4 ft
NWS action stage
14.0 ft
NWS minor flood stage
15.0 ft
NWS moderate flood stage
16.0 ft
NWS major flood stage
18.0 ft
Highest since 1952 (USGS)
21.09 ft (October 17, 2006)
Usual range
5.60 to 5.88 ft

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

No National Weather Service alert covering Newton 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

5.6 5.8 6.1 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 133.84 ft NAVD88. It is not a water depth and not an elevation: add 133.84 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

5.6 5.9 6.3 2026-09-11 – 2026-10-23 · bars are daily low to high

Annual peaks since 1952

In 75 complete water years of comparable USGS records (since 1952), the highest peak was 21.09 ft on October 17, 2006. So far in water year 2027 (since October 1) the highest reading is 6.27 ft on October 3, 2026.

5 9 14 18 22 1960 1970 1980 1990 2000 2010 2020 major 18 ft moderate 16 ft minor 15 ft action 14 ft Water year 1952: 14.93 ft on April 24, 1952 Water year 1953: 19.45 ft on April 29, 1953 Water year 1954: 15.40 ft on May 3, 1954 Water year 1955: 15.34 ft on April 13, 1955 Water year 1956: 14.70 ft on February 9, 1956 Water year 1957: 14.80 ft on March 22, 1957 Water year 1958: 15.08 ft on January 21, 1958 Water year 1959: 14.89 ft on February 3, 1959 Water year 1960: 14.18 ft on December 17, 1959 Water year 1961: 16.98 ft on September 13, 1961 Water year 1962: 14.62 ft on December 18, 1961 Water year 1963: 13.38 ft on February 19, 1963 Water year 1964: 15.42 ft on March 3, 1964 Water year 1965: 12.42 ft on March 31, 1965 Water year 1966: 18.11 ft on February 10, 1966 Water year 1967: 15.30 ft on April 14, 1967 Water year 1968: 16.63 ft on April 9, 1968 Water year 1969: 15.75 ft on February 22, 1969 Water year 1970: 14.39 ft on May 2, 1970 Water year 1971: 14.04 ft on October 28, 1970 Water year 1972: 14.92 ft on January 5, 1972 Water year 1973: 16.78 ft on April 18, 1973 Water year 1974: 16.89 ft on April 12, 1974 Water year 1975: 16.21 ft on June 10, 1975 Water year 1976: 15.23 ft on October 26, 1975 Water year 1977: 14.61 ft on March 4, 1977 Water year 1978: 15.02 ft on January 25, 1978 Water year 1979: 15.13 ft on January 7, 1979 Water year 1980: 15.54 ft on March 28, 1980 Water year 1981: 16.34 ft on June 6, 1981 Water year 1982: 14.10 ft on February 17, 1982 Water year 1983: 16.75 ft on February 1, 1983 Water year 1984: 19.12 ft on February 12, 1984 Water year 1985: 15.73 ft on February 11, 1985 Water year 1986: 15.14 ft on December 12, 1985 Water year 1987: 16.75 ft on November 25, 1986 Water year 1988: 15.71 ft on December 7, 1987 Water year 1989: 16.87 ft on May 18, 1989 Water year 1990: 16.85 ft on March 29, 1990 Water year 1991: 15.72 ft on January 11, 1991 Water year 1992: 15.63 ft on March 5, 1992 Water year 1993: 16.02 ft on June 24, 1993 Water year 1994: 18.13 ft on January 28, 1994 Water year 1995: 17.42 ft on April 11, 1995 Water year 1996: 14.85 ft on September 28, 1996 Water year 1997: 16.19 ft on February 13, 1997 Water year 1998: 17.31 ft on September 13, 1998 Water year 1999: 17.08 ft on November 14, 1998 Water year 2000: 13.95 ft on May 5, 2000 Water year 2001: 16.22 ft on June 9, 2001 Water year 2002: 16.94 ft on December 14, 2001 Water year 2003: 16.78 ft on November 4, 2002 Water year 2004: 16.51 ft on May 2, 2004 Water year 2005: 15.98 ft on November 24, 2004 Water year 2006: 14.79 ft on April 30, 2006 Water year 2007: 21.09 ft on October 17, 2006 Water year 2008: 14.97 ft on February 18, 2008 Water year 2009: 17.16 ft on April 19, 2009 Water year 2010: 15.43 ft on October 28, 2009 Water year 2011: 9.53 ft on February 2, 2011 Water year 2012: 17.55 ft on March 21, 2012 Water year 2013: 15.10 ft on May 11, 2013 Water year 2014: 17.37 ft on October 31, 2013 Water year 2015: 15.88 ft on June 18, 2015 Water year 2016: 20.90 ft on March 10, 2016 Water year 2017: 21.08 ft on August 30, 2017 Water year 2018: 18.75 ft on March 29, 2018 Water year 2019: 17.63 ft on May 19, 2019 Water year 2020: 17.31 ft on September 23, 2020 Water year 2021: 19.37 ft on May 17, 2021 Water year 2022: 12.87 ft on March 23, 2022 Water year 2023: 15.29 ft on December 31, 2022 Water year 2024: 18.67 ft on April 10, 2024 Water year 2025: 16.88 ft on May 7, 2025 Water year 2026: 15.56 ft on July 15, 2026 Water year 2027 so far: 6.27 ft on October 3, 2026 2007 2017

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
October 17, 200621.09 ft6.1 ft
August 30, 201721.08 ft6.1 ft
March 10, 201620.90 ft5.9 ft
April 29, 195319.45 ft4.4 ft
May 17, 202119.37 ft4.4 ft
February 12, 198419.12 ft4.1 ft
March 29, 201818.75 ft3.8 ft
April 10, 202418.67 ft3.7 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

big-cow-creek-near-newton.csv (CSV): every reading stored for this gauge since September 11, 2026, 4,038 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.