Gulf Coast Gauges

Brazos River near Rosharon water level

USGS gauge 08116650 · Fort Bend County · NWS gauge ROST2

4.46 ft

gage height, Oct 23, 2026 at 12:45 PM CDT · 80 minutes ago

Below NWS minor flood stage
38.5 ft
NWS action stage
40.0 ft
NWS minor flood stage
43.0 ft
NWS moderate flood stage
47.0 ft
NWS major flood stage
51.3 ft
Highest since 1914 (USGS)
56.40 ft (December 11, 1913)
Usual range
4.73 to 6.46 ft

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

No National Weather Service alert covering Fort Bend County was active when this page was generated (Oct 23, 2026 at 2:05 PM CDT). Alerts are issued and expire at any time; the current list is at alerts.weather.gov.

Last 7 days

4.5 5.5 6.5 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 -1.20 ft NAVD88. It is not a water depth and not an elevation: add -1.20 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

4.5 6.1 7.7 2026-09-11 – 2026-10-23 · bars are daily low to high

Annual peaks since 1914

In 57 complete water years of comparable USGS records (since 1914), the highest peak was 56.40 ft on December 11, 1913. So far in water year 2027 (since October 1) the highest reading is 7.66 ft on October 5, 2026.

4 18 32 46 60 1920 1930 1940 1950 1960 1970 1980 1990 2000 2010 2020 major 51.3 ft moderate 47 ft minor 43 ft action 40 ft Water year 1914: 56.40 ft on December 11, 1913 Water year 1967: 19.04 ft on May 6, 1967 Water year 1968: 50.74 ft on May 14, 1968 Water year 1969: 42.44 ft on April 16, 1969 Water year 1970: 39.63 ft on March 11, 1970 Water year 1971: 28.42 ft on October 13, 1970 Water year 1972: 31.86 ft on May 13, 1972 Water year 1973: 50.49 ft on June 15, 1973 Water year 1974: 41.30 ft on October 17, 1973 Water year 1975: 44.29 ft on May 30, 1975 Water year 1976: 34.07 ft on April 23, 1976 Water year 1977: 48.75 ft on April 23, 1977 Water year 1978: 21.25 ft on January 20, 1978 Water year 1979: 48.56 ft on June 9, 1979 Water year 1980: 37.47 ft on May 20, 1980 Water year 1984: 16.57 ft on May 22, 1984 Water year 1985: 37.24 ft on October 26, 1984 Water year 1986: 37.86 ft on February 8, 1986 Water year 1987: 46.60 ft on June 17, 1987 Water year 1988: 22.39 ft on March 20, 1988 Water year 1990: 42.66 ft on May 9, 1990 Water year 1991: 42.29 ft on January 20, 1991 Water year 1992: 51.89 ft on January 3, 1992 Water year 1993: 45.95 ft on June 24, 1993 Water year 1994: 34.83 ft on May 17, 1994 Water year 1995: 51.82 ft on October 22, 1994 Water year 1996: 28.28 ft on September 23, 1996 Water year 1997: 45.20 ft on March 15, 1997 Water year 1998: 42.07 ft on January 11, 1998 Water year 1999: 49.42 ft on November 17, 1998 Water year 2000: 20.39 ft on June 10, 2000 Water year 2001: 38.66 ft on March 18, 2001 Water year 2002: 40.52 ft on December 21, 2001 Water year 2003: 47.66 ft on November 9, 2002 Water year 2004: 47.49 ft on July 3, 2004 Water year 2005: 49.88 ft on November 29, 2004 Water year 2006: 16.64 ft on May 11, 2006 Water year 2007: 48.89 ft on July 6, 2007 Water year 2008: 27.81 ft on May 19, 2008 Water year 2009: 33.47 ft on April 20, 2009 Water year 2010: 41.43 ft on November 1, 2009 Water year 2011: 12.93 ft on December 30, 2010 Water year 2012: 41.10 ft on March 26, 2012 Water year 2013: 17.66 ft on January 14, 2013 Water year 2014: 36.97 ft on November 5, 2013 Water year 2015: 51.46 ft on June 5, 2015 Water year 2016: 52.56 ft on June 4, 2016 Water year 2017: 52.65 ft on August 29, 2017 Water year 2018: 38.28 ft on April 1, 2018 Water year 2019: 51.36 ft on May 10, 2019 Water year 2020: 28.69 ft on March 30, 2020 Water year 2021: 45.64 ft on June 7, 2021 Water year 2022: 24.67 ft on February 7, 2022 Water year 2023: 32.36 ft on May 16, 2023 Water year 2024: 46.91 ft on May 23, 2024 Water year 2025: 36.02 ft on June 17, 2025 Water year 2026: 35.35 ft on June 19, 2026 Water year 2027 so far: 7.66 ft on October 5, 2026 1914 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
August 29, 201752.65 ft9.6 ft
June 4, 201652.56 ft9.6 ft
May 1, 196552.00 ft9.0 ft
January 3, 199251.89 ft8.9 ft
October 22, 199451.82 ft8.8 ft
June 5, 201551.46 ft8.5 ft
May 10, 201951.36 ft8.4 ft
April 24, 201651.05 ft8.0 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, 20267.48 ftOct 4, 2026 at 5:45 PM CDT2.3 fthighest since water year 2026 (35.35 ft on June 19, 2026)

Download the readings

brazos-river-near-rosharon.csv (CSV): every reading stored for this gauge since September 11, 2026, 4,033 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.