Gulf Coast Gauges

Choke Canyon Reservoir OWC near Three Rivers water level

USGS gauge 08206910 · Live Oak County · Corpus Christi and the Coastal Bend

3.69 ft

gage height, Oct 23, 2026 at 2:00 PM CDT · 50 minutes ago

Highest since 1999 (USGS)
33.62 ft (July 10, 2007)
Usual range
3.98 to 4.23 ft

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

No National Weather Service alert covering Live Oak 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

3.7 4.0 4.4 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 121.14 ft NAVD88. It is not a water depth and not an elevation: add 121.14 ft to get the water surface elevation.

Daily highs and lows since September 11, 2026

3.7 4.0 4.4 2026-09-11 – 2026-10-23 · bars are daily low to high

Annual peaks since 1999

In 27 complete water years of comparable USGS records (since 1999), the highest peak was 33.62 ft on July 10, 2007. So far in water year 2027 (since October 1) the highest reading is 4.38 ft on October 19, 2026.

2 11 19 27 36 2000 2005 2010 2015 2020 2025 Water year 1999: 9.90 ft on March 31, 1999 Water year 2000: 9.96 ft on February 17, 2000 Water year 2001: 5.84 ft on January 24, 2001 Water year 2002: 9.94 ft on July 27, 2002 Water year 2003: 9.96 ft on December 14, 2002 Water year 2004: 9.96 ft on July 15, 2004 Water year 2005: 9.96 ft on February 27, 2005 Water year 2006: 7.41 ft on October 5, 2005 Water year 2007: 33.62 ft on July 10, 2007 Water year 2008: 8.85 ft on April 30, 2008 Water year 2009: 5.83 ft on November 1, 2008 Water year 2010: 16.01 ft on April 20, 2010 Water year 2011: 5.63 ft on May 26, 2011 Water year 2012: 8.33 ft on May 13, 2012 Water year 2013: 24.24 ft on May 26, 2013 Water year 2014: 16.11 ft on October 21, 2013 Water year 2015: 29.54 ft on May 18, 2015 Water year 2016: 22.78 ft on August 2, 2016 Water year 2017: 8.36 ft on June 17, 2017 Water year 2019: 11.96 ft on October 31, 2018 Water year 2020: 10.19 ft on March 22, 2020 Water year 2021: 23.89 ft on June 6, 2021 Water year 2022: 14.10 ft on August 22, 2022 Water year 2023: 15.06 ft on April 8, 2023 Water year 2024: 8.20 ft on June 20, 2024 Water year 2025: 10.47 ft on June 13, 2025 Water year 2026: 16.49 ft on August 1, 2026 Water year 2027 so far: 4.38 ft on October 19, 2026 2007 2015 2013

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.

Download the readings

choke-canyon-reservoir-owc-near-three-rivers.csv (CSV): every reading stored for this gauge since September 11, 2026, 4,034 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.