Gulf Coast Gauges

Clear Creek near Friendswood water level

USGS gauge 08077600 · Galveston County · Clear Creek watershed · NWS gauge HCCT2

2.06 ft

gage height, Oct 20, 2026 at 10:15 AM CDT · 80 minutes ago

Below NWS minor flood stage
9.9 ft
NWS action stage
7.0 ft
NWS minor flood stage
12.0 ft
NWS moderate flood stage
16.0 ft
NWS major flood stage
21.0 ft
Highest since 2008 (USGS)
24.25 ft (August 29, 2017)
Usual range
0.83 to 2.59 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

-0.2 1.3 2.7 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

-0.2 1.5 3.2 2026-09-11 – 2026-10-20 · bars are daily low to high

Annual peaks since 1972

In 19 complete water years of comparable USGS records (since 2008), the highest peak was 24.25 ft on August 29, 2017. So far in water year 2027 (since October 1) the highest reading is 3.16 ft on October 11, 2026.

1 8 14 20 26 1980 1990 2000 2010 2020 major 21 ft moderate 16 ft minor 12 ft action 7 ft Water year 1972: 12.06 ft on May 13, 1972 (different datum or site: not compared) Water year 1973: 19.27 ft on June 13, 1973 (different datum or site: not compared) Water year 1975: 10.89 ft on June 10, 1975 (different datum or site: not compared) Water year 1976: 12.75 ft on June 17, 1976 (different datum or site: not compared) Water year 1977: 10.40 ft on April 21, 1977 (different datum or site: not compared) Water year 1978: 10.00 ft on January 19, 1978 (different datum or site: not compared) Water year 1979: 19.10 ft on July 27, 1979 (different datum or site: not compared) Water year 1980: 15.35 ft on January 22, 1980 (different datum or site: not compared) Water year 1981: 15.89 ft on May 4, 1981 (different datum or site: not compared) Water year 1982: 10.23 ft on May 14, 1982 (different datum or site: not compared) Water year 1983: 17.29 ft on August 18, 1983 (different datum or site: not compared) Water year 1984: 7.73 ft on January 9, 1984 (different datum or site: not compared) Water year 1985: 12.54 ft on March 14, 1985 (different datum or site: not compared) Water year 1987: 14.02 ft on June 13, 1987 (different datum or site: not compared) Water year 1988: 7.06 ft on April 3, 1988 (different datum or site: not compared) Water year 1989: 20.85 ft on August 1, 1989 (different datum or site: not compared) Water year 1990: 7.37 ft on May 4, 1990 (different datum or site: not compared) Water year 1991: 14.16 ft on April 5, 1991 (different datum or site: not compared) Water year 1992: 11.67 ft on June 2, 1992 (different datum or site: not compared) Water year 1994: 12.38 ft on October 20, 1993 (different datum or site: not compared) Water year 1998: 13.47 ft on September 11, 1998 (different datum or site: not compared) Water year 1999: 13.50 ft on November 14, 1998 (different datum or site: not compared) Water year 2000: 3.79 ft on September 13, 2000 (different datum or site: not compared) Water year 2001: 20.43 ft on June 9, 2001 (different datum or site: not compared) Water year 2002: 13.92 ft on August 16, 2002 (different datum or site: not compared) Water year 2003: 12.12 ft on October 25, 2002 (different datum or site: not compared) Water year 2004: 10.10 ft on May 14, 2004 (different datum or site: not compared) Water year 2005: 9.27 ft on November 2, 2004 (different datum or site: not compared) Water year 2006: 10.13 ft on June 19, 2006 (different datum or site: not compared) Water year 2007: 17.07 ft on October 17, 2006 (different datum or site: not compared) Water year 2008: 16.39 ft on September 13, 2008 Water year 2009: 15.73 ft on April 19, 2009 Water year 2010: 10.55 ft on July 3, 2010 Water year 2011: 6.71 ft on December 30, 2010 Water year 2012: 11.84 ft on May 12, 2012 Water year 2013: 4.76 ft on January 9, 2013 Water year 2014: 9.56 ft on October 31, 2013 Water year 2015: 13.21 ft on May 26, 2015 Water year 2016: 12.93 ft on October 31, 2015 Water year 2017: 24.25 ft on August 29, 2017 Water year 2018: 6.75 ft on October 20, 2017 Water year 2019: 13.10 ft on May 10, 2019 Water year 2020: 16.44 ft on September 22, 2020 Water year 2021: 10.40 ft on September 14, 2021 Water year 2022: 5.46 ft on December 18, 2021 Water year 2023: 6.87 ft on November 24, 2022 Water year 2024: 13.68 ft on July 8, 2024 Water year 2025: 6.63 ft on June 12, 2025 Water year 2026: 9.04 ft on June 20, 2026 Water year 2027 so far: 3.16 ft on October 11, 2026 2017 2020 2008

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 (30 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
August 29, 201724.25 ft12.2 ft
September 20, 197918.48 ft6.5 ft
October 17, 200617.07 ft5.1 ft
September 22, 202016.48 ft4.5 ft
September 13, 200816.39 ft4.4 ft
October 18, 199415.98 ft4.0 ft
April 19, 200915.73 ft3.7 ft
April 25, 200914.23 ft2.2 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, 20263.14 ftOct 1, 2026 at 9:15 AM CDT0.1 fthighest since water year 2026 (9.04 ft on June 20, 2026)

Harris County gauge nearby

Clear Creek at FM 528, less than 0.1 mi away, read 2.01 ft at Oct 20, 2026 at 11:05 AM CDT, 10.0 ft below its top of bank. Both gauges report water surface elevation.

Download the readings

clear-creek-near-friendswood.csv (CSV): every reading stored for this gauge since September 11, 2026, 929 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.