Gulf Coast Gauges

Brays Bayou at MLK Jr Blvd, Houston water level

USGS gauge 08075110 · Harris County · Brays Bayou watershed

2.14 ft

gage height, Oct 20, 2026 at 11:30 AM CDT · 20 minutes ago

Highest since 2007 (USGS)
32.29 ft (August 27, 2017)
Usual range
1.08 to 3.07 ft

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

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Text as issued by NWS Houston/Galveston.

Last 7 days

-0.5 1.3 3.1 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.

Daily highs and lows since September 11, 2026

-0.5 3.9 8.3 2026-09-11 – 2026-10-20 · bars are daily low to high

Annual peaks since 2007

In 20 complete water years of comparable USGS records (since 2007), the highest peak was 32.29 ft on August 27, 2017. So far in water year 2027 (since October 1) the highest reading is 8.26 ft on October 2, 2026.

6 13 20 27 34 2010 2015 2020 2025 Water year 2007: 24.39 ft on October 16, 2006 Water year 2008: 30.06 ft on September 13, 2008 Water year 2009: 21.47 ft on April 28, 2009 Water year 2010: 23.31 ft on July 2, 2010 Water year 2011: 18.75 ft on December 29, 2010 Water year 2012: 27.35 ft on January 9, 2012 Water year 2013: 24.55 ft on April 27, 2013 Water year 2014: 19.30 ft on September 19, 2014 Water year 2015: 29.63 ft on May 26, 2015 Water year 2016: 27.99 ft on April 18, 2016 Water year 2017: 32.29 ft on August 27, 2017 Water year 2018: 23.31 ft on July 4, 2018 Water year 2019: 25.29 ft on September 19, 2019 Water year 2020: 26.81 ft on September 22, 2020 Water year 2021: 17.50 ft on May 24, 2021 Water year 2022: 16.59 ft on October 2, 2021 Water year 2023: 15.40 ft on January 24, 2023 Water year 2024: 28.92 ft on July 8, 2024 Water year 2025: 14.76 ft on August 31, 2025 Water year 2026: 16.17 ft on May 1, 2026 Water year 2027 so far: 8.26 ft on October 2, 2026 2017 2008 2015

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.

In past storms

StormPeakPeak timeRiseCompared with its record
October 1–2, 20268.26 ftOct 2, 2026 at 4:45 AM CDT4.8 fthighest since water year 2026 (16.17 ft on May 1, 2026)

Harris County gauge nearby

Brays Bayou at Martin Luther King Blvd, less than 0.1 mi away, read 2.16 ft at Oct 20, 2026 at 11:43 AM CDT, 33.8 ft below its top of bank. Both gauges report water surface elevation.

Download the readings

brays-bayou-at-mlk-jr-blvd-houston.csv (CSV): every reading stored for this gauge since September 11, 2026, 3,639 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. This site is not affiliated with either agency.