Gulf Coast Gauges

Brazos River at Richmond water level

USGS gauge 08114000 · Fort Bend County · NWS gauge RMOT2

8.37 ft

gage height, Oct 20, 2026 at 11:15 AM CDT · 35 minutes ago

Below NWS minor flood stage
36.6 ft
NWS action stage
20.0 ft
NWS minor flood stage
45.0 ft
NWS moderate flood stage
48.0 ft
NWS major flood stage
50.0 ft
Highest since 1989 (USGS)
55.19 ft (September 1, 2017)
Usual range
8.49 to 10.07 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

8.4 9.2 10.1 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 this gauge's own zero point, which sits at 26.73 ft NAVD88. It is not a water depth and not an elevation: add 26.73 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

8.4 9.8 11.2 2026-09-11 – 2026-10-20 · bars are daily low to high

Annual peaks since 1885

In 38 complete water years of comparable USGS records (since 1989), the highest peak was 55.19 ft on September 1, 2017. So far in water year 2027 (since October 1) the highest reading is 11.16 ft on October 4, 2026.

5 20 35 50 65 1890 1900 1910 1920 1930 1940 1950 1960 1970 1980 1990 2000 2010 2020 major 50 ft moderate 48 ft minor 45 ft action 20 ft Water year 1885: 57.70 ft on June 13, 1885 (different datum or site: not compared) Water year 1914: 61.20 ft on December 10, 1913 (different datum or site: not compared) Water year 1915: 56.30 ft on May 2, 1915 (different datum or site: not compared) Water year 1922: 53.90 ft on May 9, 1922 (different datum or site: not compared) Water year 1923: 29.40 ft on April 15, 1923 (different datum or site: not compared) Water year 1924: 33.00 ft on December 16, 1923 (different datum or site: not compared) Water year 1925: 17.10 ft on May 12, 1925 (different datum or site: not compared) Water year 1926: 37.10 ft on April 26, 1926 (different datum or site: not compared) Water year 1927: 22.40 ft on June 25, 1927 (different datum or site: not compared) Water year 1928: 20.60 ft on October 5, 1927 (different datum or site: not compared) Water year 1929: 46.20 ft on June 6, 1929 (different datum or site: not compared) Water year 1930: 36.80 ft on May 23, 1930 (different datum or site: not compared) Water year 1931: 27.60 ft on October 10, 1930 (different datum or site: not compared) Water year 1932: 31.85 ft on February 24, 1932 (different datum or site: not compared) Water year 1933: 18.70 ft on May 31, 1933 (different datum or site: not compared) Water year 1934: 29.40 ft on April 10, 1934 (different datum or site: not compared) Water year 1935: 36.12 ft on May 27, 1935 (different datum or site: not compared) Water year 1936: 33.10 ft on May 31, 1936 (different datum or site: not compared) Water year 1937: 32.17 ft on October 5, 1936 (different datum or site: not compared) Water year 1938: 29.70 ft on January 28, 1938 (different datum or site: not compared) Water year 1939: 20.52 ft on May 21, 1939 (different datum or site: not compared) Water year 1940: 31.22 ft on July 5, 1940 (different datum or site: not compared) Water year 1941: 38.40 ft on November 28, 1940 (different datum or site: not compared) Water year 1942: 32.42 ft on May 1, 1942 (different datum or site: not compared) Water year 1943: 22.17 ft on October 22, 1942 (different datum or site: not compared) Water year 1944: 34.70 ft on May 8, 1944 (different datum or site: not compared) Water year 1945: 32.60 ft on April 27, 1945 (different datum or site: not compared) Water year 1946: 30.10 ft on May 20, 1946 (different datum or site: not compared) Water year 1947: 22.06 ft on January 21, 1947 (different datum or site: not compared) Water year 1948: 13.22 ft on May 15, 1948 (different datum or site: not compared) Water year 1949: 21.49 ft on April 30, 1949 (different datum or site: not compared) Water year 1950: 19.83 ft on February 15, 1950 (different datum or site: not compared) Water year 1951: 9.48 ft on June 17, 1951 (different datum or site: not compared) Water year 1952: 15.75 ft on May 28, 1952 (different datum or site: not compared) Water year 1953: 29.86 ft on May 19, 1953 (different datum or site: not compared) Water year 1954: 15.59 ft on December 6, 1953 (different datum or site: not compared) Water year 1955: 12.76 ft on May 23, 1955 (different datum or site: not compared) Water year 1956: 12.25 ft on May 6, 1956 (different datum or site: not compared) Water year 1957: 37.13 ft on May 5, 1957 (different datum or site: not compared) Water year 1958: 31.90 ft on October 20, 1957 (different datum or site: not compared) Water year 1959: 19.19 ft on April 19, 1959 (different datum or site: not compared) Water year 1960: 25.00 ft on October 9, 1959 (different datum or site: not compared) Water year 1961: 29.66 ft on January 16, 1961 (different datum or site: not compared) Water year 1962: 13.33 ft on September 17, 1962 (different datum or site: not compared) Water year 1963: 12.02 ft on December 30, 1962 (different datum or site: not compared) Water year 1964: 10.13 ft on June 20, 1964 (different datum or site: not compared) Water year 1965: 34.72 ft on May 25, 1965 (different datum or site: not compared) Water year 1966: 28.60 ft on April 30, 1966 (different datum or site: not compared) Water year 1967: 10.50 ft on October 2, 1966 (different datum or site: not compared) Water year 1968: 32.43 ft on May 14, 1968 (different datum or site: not compared) Water year 1969: 24.38 ft on April 15, 1969 (different datum or site: not compared) Water year 1970: 21.25 ft on March 11, 1970 (different datum or site: not compared) Water year 1971: 12.76 ft on October 25, 1970 (different datum or site: not compared) Water year 1972: 14.14 ft on May 12, 1972 (different datum or site: not compared) Water year 1973: 31.62 ft on June 15, 1973 (different datum or site: not compared) Water year 1974: 23.80 ft on September 16, 1974 (different datum or site: not compared) Water year 1975: 26.51 ft on May 29, 1975 (different datum or site: not compared) Water year 1976: 22.05 ft on April 22, 1976 (different datum or site: not compared) Water year 1977: 34.05 ft on April 22, 1977 (different datum or site: not compared) Water year 1978: 13.55 ft on September 14, 1978 (different datum or site: not compared) Water year 1979: 35.29 ft on June 8, 1979 (different datum or site: not compared) Water year 1980: 24.10 ft on May 20, 1980 (different datum or site: not compared) Water year 1981: 29.67 ft on June 14, 1981 (different datum or site: not compared) Water year 1982: 28.80 ft on November 2, 1981 (different datum or site: not compared) Water year 1983: 28.08 ft on May 24, 1983 (different datum or site: not compared) Water year 1984: 10.80 ft on March 26, 1984 (different datum or site: not compared) Water year 1985: 21.62 ft on October 25, 1984 (different datum or site: not compared) Water year 1986: 24.47 ft on June 10, 1986 (different datum or site: not compared) Water year 1987: 32.18 ft on June 17, 1987 (different datum or site: not compared) Water year 1988: 13.49 ft on March 19, 1988 (different datum or site: not compared) Water year 1989: 34.07 ft on May 22, 1989 Water year 1990: 38.75 ft on May 8, 1990 Water year 1991: 37.53 ft on January 20, 1991 Water year 1992: 49.68 ft on January 1, 1992 Water year 1993: 40.15 ft on June 23, 1993 Water year 1994: 30.15 ft on May 17, 1994 Water year 1995: 50.30 ft on October 21, 1994 Water year 1996: 26.85 ft on September 23, 1996 Water year 1997: 40.93 ft on March 14, 1997 Water year 1998: 38.10 ft on January 11, 1998 Water year 1999: 47.08 ft on October 22, 1998 Water year 2000: 20.76 ft on May 6, 2000 Water year 2001: 35.46 ft on March 17, 2001 Water year 2002: 37.52 ft on December 21, 2001 Water year 2003: 45.22 ft on November 7, 2002 Water year 2004: 43.10 ft on July 2, 2004 Water year 2005: 45.84 ft on November 29, 2004 Water year 2006: 18.50 ft on May 10, 2006 Water year 2007: 45.04 ft on July 20, 2007 Water year 2008: 26.54 ft on May 19, 2008 Water year 2009: 28.01 ft on April 20, 2009 Water year 2010: 37.85 ft on October 31, 2009 Water year 2011: 14.03 ft on January 22, 2011 Water year 2012: 38.22 ft on March 25, 2012 Water year 2013: 19.79 ft on January 14, 2013 Water year 2014: 35.34 ft on November 5, 2013 Water year 2015: 50.01 ft on June 3, 2015 Water year 2016: 54.74 ft on June 2, 2016 Water year 2017: 55.19 ft on September 1, 2017 Water year 2018: 36.28 ft on April 1, 2018 Water year 2019: 48.09 ft on May 10, 2019 Water year 2020: 28.00 ft on March 30, 2020 Water year 2021: 43.69 ft on June 6, 2021 Water year 2022: 25.19 ft on February 6, 2022 Water year 2023: 31.12 ft on May 16, 2023 Water year 2024: 45.92 ft on May 11, 2024 Water year 2025: 34.76 ft on June 17, 2025 Water year 2026: 34.45 ft on June 19, 2026 Water year 2027 so far: 11.16 ft on October 4, 2026 2017 1995

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 (70 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
September 1, 201755.19 ft10.2 ft
June 2, 201654.74 ft9.7 ft
November 28, 194051.40 ft6.4 ft
October 21, 199450.30 ft5.3 ft
May 5, 195750.13 ft5.1 ft
June 3, 201550.01 ft5.0 ft
January 1, 199249.68 ft4.7 ft
April 21, 201649.67 ft4.7 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.

In past storms

StormPeakPeak timeRiseCompared with its record
October 1–2, 202611.16 ftOct 4, 2026 at 7:15 AM CDT2.7 fthighest since water year 2026 (34.45 ft on June 19, 2026)

Download the readings

brazos-river-at-richmond.csv (CSV): every reading stored for this gauge since September 11, 2026, 930 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.