Gulf Coast Gauges

Brickhouse Gully at Costa Rica St, Houston water level

USGS gauge 08074250 · Harris County · White Oak Bayou watershed

47.44 ft

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

Highest since 1965 (USGS)
73.00 ft (June 9, 2001)
Usual range
47.44 to 47.52 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 11:35 AM CDT). Alerts are issued and expire at any time; the current list is at alerts.weather.gov.

Last 7 days

47.4 47.7 47.9 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

47.4 50.3 53.1 2026-09-11 – 2026-10-20 · bars are daily low to high

Annual peaks since 1965

In 56 complete water years of comparable USGS records (since 1965), the highest peak was 73.00 ft on June 9, 2001. So far in water year 2027 (since October 1) the highest reading is 53.09 ft on October 2, 2026.

51 57 63 69 75 1970 1980 1990 2000 2010 2020 Water year 1965: 64.60 ft on September 22, 1965 Water year 1966: 64.87 ft on April 14, 1966 Water year 1967: 59.45 ft on September 21, 1967 Water year 1968: 65.94 ft on May 10, 1968 Water year 1969: 61.24 ft on February 21, 1969 Water year 1970: 59.48 ft on May 1, 1970 Water year 1971: 64.70 ft on October 23, 1970 Water year 1972: 69.20 ft on March 20, 1972 Water year 1973: 65.91 ft on June 13, 1973 Water year 1974: 63.98 ft on September 13, 1974 Water year 1975: 65.75 ft on May 29, 1975 Water year 1976: 64.40 ft on June 1, 1976 Water year 1977: 63.12 ft on June 15, 1977 Water year 1978: 65.10 ft on June 7, 1978 Water year 1979: 64.92 ft on April 19, 1979 Water year 1980: 62.98 ft on March 29, 1980 Water year 1981: 66.37 ft on August 31, 1981 Water year 1982: 63.78 ft on May 13, 1982 Water year 1983: 66.65 ft on September 19, 1983 Water year 1984: 63.91 ft on July 18, 1984 Water year 1990: 64.97 ft on October 29, 1989 Water year 1991: 64.97 ft on June 16, 1991 Water year 1992: 71.26 ft on March 4, 1992 Water year 1993: 65.35 ft on March 1, 1993 Water year 1994: 66.22 ft on August 17, 1994 Water year 1995: 64.11 ft on January 12, 1995 Water year 1996: 66.83 ft on August 10, 1996 Water year 1997: 68.25 ft on May 24, 1997 Water year 1998: 68.66 ft on September 11, 1998 Water year 1999: 65.85 ft on March 19, 1999 Water year 2000: 61.89 ft on April 2, 2000 Water year 2001: 73.00 ft on June 9, 2001 Water year 2002: 67.12 ft on December 12, 2001 Water year 2003: 69.25 ft on October 28, 2002 Water year 2005: 66.72 ft on May 29, 2005 Water year 2006: 67.64 ft on December 14, 2005 Water year 2007: 69.12 ft on May 10, 2007 Water year 2008: 68.88 ft on September 14, 2008 Water year 2009: 69.11 ft on April 28, 2009 Water year 2010: 65.06 ft on October 22, 2009 Water year 2011: 65.19 ft on December 29, 2010 Water year 2012: 66.26 ft on January 25, 2012 Water year 2013: 66.59 ft on September 20, 2013 Water year 2014: 66.31 ft on May 28, 2014 Water year 2015: 70.94 ft on May 26, 2015 Water year 2016: 69.45 ft on April 18, 2016 Water year 2017: 66.97 ft on August 27, 2017 Water year 2018: 59.97 ft on July 4, 2018 Water year 2019: 64.06 ft on September 19, 2019 Water year 2020: 60.00 ft on September 22, 2020 Water year 2021: 58.96 ft on June 28, 2021 Water year 2022: 63.59 ft on January 9, 2022 Water year 2023: 60.72 ft on January 8, 2023 Water year 2024: 63.74 ft on July 8, 2024 Water year 2025: 58.51 ft on November 5, 2024 Water year 2026: 59.52 ft on March 7, 2026 Water year 2027 so far: 53.09 ft on October 2, 2026 2001 1992 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, 202653.09 ftOct 2, 2026 at 4:30 AM CDT5.6 fthighest since water year 2026 (59.52 ft on March 7, 2026)

Harris County gauge nearby

Brickhouse Gully at Costa Rica Road, less than 0.1 mi away, read 47.47 ft at Oct 20, 2026 at 7:52 AM CDT, 15.5 ft below its top of bank. Both gauges report water surface elevation.

Download the readings

brickhouse-gully-at-costa-rica-st-houston.csv (CSV): every reading stored for this gauge since September 11, 2026, 3,647 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.