Gulf Coast Gauges

Clodine Ditch at Noble Rd near Addicks water level

USGS gauge 08072520 · Harris County · Buffalo Bayou watershed

68.33 ft

gage height, Oct 20, 2026 at 12:15 PM CDT · 35 minutes ago

Highest since 2022 (USGS)
74.50 ft (July 8, 2024)
Usual range
68.39 to 70.36 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 12:50 PM CDT). Alerts are issued and expire at any time; the current list is at alerts.weather.gov.

Last 7 days

68.3 69.3 70.4 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

68.3 70.4 72.5 2026-09-11 – 2026-10-20 · bars are daily low to high

Annual peaks since 2022

In 5 complete water years of comparable USGS records (since 2022), the highest peak was 74.50 ft on July 8, 2024. So far in water year 2027 (since October 1) the highest reading is 72.45 ft on October 2, 2026, higher than the annual peak in 4 of 5 years.

71 72 73 74 75 2025 Water year 2022: 71.17 ft on January 9, 2022 Water year 2023: 70.90 ft on January 24, 2023 Water year 2024: 74.50 ft on July 8, 2024 Water year 2025: 71.73 ft on November 3, 2024 Water year 2026: 71.19 ft on May 1, 2026 Water year 2027 so far: 72.45 ft on October 2, 2026 2024 2025 2026

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, 202672.45 ftOct 2, 2026 at 5:15 PM CDT3.8 fthighest since water year 2024 (74.50 ft on July 8, 2024)

Download the readings

clodine-ditch-at-noble-rd-near-addicks.csv (CSV): every reading stored for this gauge since September 11, 2026, 931 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.