Gulf Coast Gauges

Caney Creek near Splendora water level

USGS gauge 08070500 · Montgomery County · San Jacinto River watershed · NWS gauge SDAT2

2.78 ft

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

Below NWS minor flood stage
14.2 ft
NWS action stage
13.0 ft
NWS minor flood stage
17.0 ft
NWS moderate flood stage
19.0 ft
NWS major flood stage
21.0 ft
Highest since 1966 (USGS)
26.63 ft (August 28, 2017)
Usual range
2.78 to 2.92 ft

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

No National Weather Service alert covering Montgomery 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

2.8 3.0 3.2 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 118.44 ft NGVD29. It is not a water depth and not an elevation: add 118.44 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

2.7 3.2 3.6 2026-09-11 – 2026-10-23 · bars are daily low to high

Annual peaks since 1944

In 61 complete water years of comparable USGS records (since 1966), the highest peak was 26.63 ft on August 28, 2017. So far in water year 2027 (since October 1) the highest reading is 3.61 ft on October 3, 2026.

2 8 15 22 28 1950 1960 1970 1980 1990 2000 2010 2020 major 21 ft moderate 19 ft minor 17 ft action 13 ft Water year 1944: 15.30 ft on February 15, 1944 (different datum or site: not compared) Water year 1945: 23.19 ft on April 1, 1945 (different datum or site: not compared) Water year 1946: 19.07 ft on July 3, 1946 (different datum or site: not compared) Water year 1947: 20.41 ft on November 6, 1946 (different datum or site: not compared) Water year 1948: 12.37 ft on April 26, 1948 (different datum or site: not compared) Water year 1949: 19.73 ft on February 26, 1949 (different datum or site: not compared) Water year 1950: 20.38 ft on June 3, 1950 (different datum or site: not compared) Water year 1951: 11.73 ft on March 28, 1951 (different datum or site: not compared) Water year 1952: 15.54 ft on May 25, 1952 (different datum or site: not compared) Water year 1953: 19.01 ft on April 30, 1953 (different datum or site: not compared) Water year 1954: 11.00 ft on July 31, 1954 (different datum or site: not compared) Water year 1955: 15.52 ft on February 7, 1955 (different datum or site: not compared) Water year 1956: 13.35 ft on February 9, 1956 (different datum or site: not compared) Water year 1957: 12.74 ft on April 30, 1957 (different datum or site: not compared) Water year 1958: 16.20 ft on October 15, 1957 (different datum or site: not compared) Water year 1959: 20.90 ft on April 18, 1959 (different datum or site: not compared) Water year 1960: 20.90 ft on June 27, 1960 (different datum or site: not compared) Water year 1961: 20.01 ft on September 13, 1961 (different datum or site: not compared) Water year 1962: 11.84 ft on April 28, 1962 (different datum or site: not compared) Water year 1963: 15.10 ft on December 29, 1962 (different datum or site: not compared) Water year 1964: 16.60 ft on March 3, 1964 (different datum or site: not compared) Water year 1965: 11.01 ft on February 17, 1965 (different datum or site: not compared) Water year 1966: 15.80 ft on May 2, 1966 Water year 1967: 13.08 ft on June 3, 1967 Water year 1968: 17.97 ft on June 23, 1968 Water year 1969: 17.48 ft on February 22, 1969 Water year 1970: 10.18 ft on April 11, 1970 Water year 1971: 11.52 ft on May 12, 1971 Water year 1972: 9.82 ft on May 12, 1972 Water year 1973: 26.30 ft on June 14, 1973 Water year 1974: 17.45 ft on September 14, 1974 Water year 1975: 18.64 ft on October 29, 1974 Water year 1976: 17.51 ft on June 2, 1976 Water year 1977: 16.63 ft on April 21, 1977 Water year 1978: 13.50 ft on February 9, 1978 Water year 1979: 20.39 ft on April 18, 1979 Water year 1980: 10.55 ft on March 28, 1980 Water year 1981: 14.48 ft on June 6, 1981 Water year 1982: 19.16 ft on May 14, 1982 Water year 1983: 16.20 ft on August 20, 1983 Water year 1984: 13.95 ft on March 25, 1984 Water year 1985: 13.12 ft on February 25, 1985 Water year 1986: 14.63 ft on May 26, 1986 Water year 1987: 13.23 ft on June 13, 1987 Water year 1988: 11.91 ft on March 19, 1988 Water year 1989: 17.87 ft on May 18, 1989 Water year 1990: 13.73 ft on May 5, 1990 Water year 1991: 14.20 ft on January 16, 1991 Water year 1992: 17.21 ft on March 5, 1992 Water year 1993: 18.72 ft on June 21, 1993 Water year 1994: 13.49 ft on February 23, 1994 Water year 1995: 26.40 ft on October 17, 1994 Water year 1996: 16.58 ft on December 18, 1995 Water year 1997: 13.01 ft on February 22, 1997 Water year 1998: 20.43 ft on January 7, 1998 Water year 1999: 22.55 ft on November 13, 1998 Water year 2000: 8.60 ft on May 5, 2000 Water year 2001: 26.45 ft on June 9, 2001 Water year 2002: 19.20 ft on December 13, 2001 Water year 2003: 19.18 ft on November 5, 2002 Water year 2004: 17.15 ft on June 28, 2004 Water year 2005: 16.96 ft on February 8, 2005 Water year 2006: 8.25 ft on January 23, 2006 Water year 2007: 19.76 ft on October 17, 2006 Water year 2008: 15.62 ft on September 15, 2008 Water year 2009: 16.72 ft on April 20, 2009 Water year 2010: 16.59 ft on October 31, 2009 Water year 2011: 7.08 ft on November 2, 2010 Water year 2012: 12.14 ft on February 19, 2012 Water year 2013: 7.10 ft on May 11, 2013 Water year 2014: 15.19 ft on November 1, 2013 Water year 2015: 16.74 ft on May 27, 2015 Water year 2016: 22.90 ft on May 28, 2016 Water year 2017: 26.63 ft on August 28, 2017 Water year 2018: 19.56 ft on March 30, 2018 Water year 2019: 22.15 ft on September 19, 2019 Water year 2020: 17.63 ft on June 25, 2020 Water year 2021: 19.50 ft on May 1, 2021 Water year 2022: 10.85 ft on March 23, 2022 Water year 2023: 16.67 ft on April 8, 2023 Water year 2024: 25.99 ft on May 3, 2024 Water year 2025: 18.39 ft on May 4, 2025 Water year 2026: 10.58 ft on May 21, 2026 Water year 2027 so far: 3.61 ft on October 3, 2026 2017 2001 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 (22 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
April 1, 194528.19 ft11.2 ft
August 28, 201726.63 ft9.6 ft
June 9, 200126.45 ft9.4 ft
October 17, 199426.40 ft9.4 ft
June 14, 197326.30 ft9.3 ft
May 3, 202425.99 ft9.0 ft
June 27, 196025.90 ft8.9 ft
April 18, 195925.90 ft8.9 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, 20263.61 ftOct 3, 2026 at 3:15 AM CDT0.8 fthighest since water year 2026 (10.58 ft on May 21, 2026)

Harris County gauge nearby

Caney Creek at FM 2090, less than 0.1 mi away, read 119.86 ft at Oct 23, 2026 at 11:36 AM CDT, 11.8 ft below its top of bank. The county gauge reports elevation and this one gage height above a local zero, so compare how the two move rather than the numbers.

Download the readings

caney-creek-near-splendora.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.