Gulf Coast Gauges

Cedar Bayou at I-10 near Mont Belvieu water level

USGS gauge 08067505 · Harris County · Cedar Bayou watershed · NWS gauge MBVT2

1.94 ft

gage height, Oct 20, 2026 at 11:50 AM CDT · 15 minutes ago

Below NWS minor flood stage
11.1 ft
NWS action stage
8.0 ft
NWS minor flood stage
13.0 ft
NWS moderate flood stage
18.5 ft
NWS major flood stage
20.5 ft
Usual range
0.92 to 2.76 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

-0.7 1.1 2.8 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.

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

-0.8 1.3 3.5 2026-09-11 – 2026-10-20 · bars are daily low to high

In past storms

StormPeakPeak timeRiseCompared with its record
October 1–2, 20263.47 ftOct 1, 2026 at 8:05 AM CDT0.0 ft—

Harris County gauge nearby

Smith Gully at SH146, 0.8 mi away, read 10.14 ft at Oct 20, 2026 at 11:34 AM CDT, 17.1 ft below its top of bank. Both gauges report water surface elevation.

Download the readings

cedar-bayou-at-i-10-near-mont-belvieu.csv (CSV): every reading stored for this gauge since September 11, 2026, 3,689 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.