Gulf Coast Gauges

Coleto Creek near Victoria water level

USGS gauge 08177500 · Victoria County · Victoria and Matagorda Bay · NWS gauge CCVT2

3.87 ft

gage height, Oct 23, 2026 at 2:30 PM CDT · 65 minutes ago

Below NWS minor flood stage
21.1 ft
NWS action stage
15.0 ft
NWS minor flood stage
25.0 ft
NWS moderate flood stage
28.0 ft
NWS major flood stage
30.0 ft
Highest since 1936 (USGS)
42.00 ft (September 22, 1967)
Usual range
3.86 to 4.05 ft

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

No National Weather Service alert covering Victoria County was active when this page was generated (Oct 23, 2026 at 3:35 PM CDT). Alerts are issued and expire at any time; the current list is at alerts.weather.gov.

Last 7 days

3.9 4.1 4.3 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 44.50 ft NAVD88. It is not a water depth and not an elevation: add 44.50 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

3.9 4.5 5.2 2026-09-11 – 2026-10-23 · bars are daily low to high

Annual peaks since 1936

In 67 complete water years of comparable USGS records (since 1936), the highest peak was 42.00 ft on September 22, 1967. So far in water year 2027 (since October 1) the highest reading is 5.25 ft on October 4, 2026, higher than the annual peak in 9 of 67 years.

0 11 23 34 45 1940 1950 1960 1970 1980 1990 2000 2010 2020 major 30 ft moderate 28 ft minor 25 ft action 15 ft Water year 1936: 32.20 ft on July 1, 1936 Water year 1939: 11.40 ft on July 12, 1939 Water year 1940: 22.05 ft on June 30, 1940 Water year 1941: 24.25 ft on November 25, 1940 Water year 1942: 20.75 ft on July 6, 1942 Water year 1943: 6.76 ft on May 31, 1943 Water year 1944: 13.08 ft on March 18, 1944 Water year 1945: 7.09 ft on April 20, 1945 Water year 1946: 12.02 ft on May 23, 1946 Water year 1947: 36.64 ft on October 16, 1946 Water year 1948: 8.78 ft on May 24, 1948 Water year 1949: 6.89 ft on April 26, 1949 Water year 1950: 6.43 ft on October 26, 1949 Water year 1951: 11.60 ft on September 13, 1951 Water year 1952: 15.18 ft on May 28, 1952 Water year 1953: 13.73 ft on August 30, 1953 Water year 1954: 3.33 ft on May 25, 1954 Water year 1967: 42.00 ft on September 22, 1967 Water year 1976: 37.85 ft on April 20, 1976 Water year 1979: 19.00 ft on May 11, 1979 Water year 1980: 15.72 ft on January 20, 1980 Water year 1981: 19.73 ft on September 1, 1981 Water year 1982: 27.02 ft on October 31, 1981 Water year 1983: 19.50 ft on November 19, 1982 Water year 1984: 18.82 ft on March 12, 1984 Water year 1985: 16.35 ft on July 4, 1985 Water year 1986: 8.17 ft on June 13, 1986 Water year 1987: 19.15 ft on June 11, 1987 Water year 1988: 5.32 ft on November 25, 1987 Water year 1989: 4.23 ft on April 30, 1989 Water year 1990: 20.86 ft on July 17, 1990 Water year 1991: 28.00 ft on April 5, 1991 Water year 1992: 27.68 ft on April 17, 1992 Water year 1993: 23.27 ft on May 5, 1993 Water year 1994: 14.00 ft on May 14, 1994 Water year 1995: 28.41 ft on October 18, 1994 Water year 1996: 4.95 ft on August 30, 1996 Water year 1997: 32.05 ft on April 4, 1997 Water year 1998: 26.03 ft on October 13, 1997 Water year 1999: 23.25 ft on October 18, 1998 Water year 2000: 6.75 ft on June 12, 2000 Water year 2001: 22.39 ft on September 1, 2001 Water year 2002: 17.97 ft on December 2, 2001 Water year 2003: 19.97 ft on October 25, 2002 Water year 2004: 18.52 ft on May 14, 2004 Water year 2005: 28.93 ft on November 21, 2004 Water year 2006: 4.94 ft on June 1, 2006 Water year 2007: 21.67 ft on July 2, 2007 Water year 2008: 4.28 ft on March 6, 2008 Water year 2009: 4.00 ft on January 20, 2009 Water year 2010: 20.41 ft on May 15, 2010 Water year 2011: 6.89 ft on January 17, 2011 Water year 2012: 7.12 ft on July 11, 2012 Water year 2013: 9.68 ft on May 25, 2013 Water year 2014: 4.27 ft on January 9, 2014 Water year 2015: 19.79 ft on June 18, 2015 Water year 2016: 16.01 ft on March 10, 2016 Water year 2017: 24.02 ft on August 26, 2017 Water year 2018: 8.37 ft on September 15, 2018 Water year 2019: 19.32 ft on December 8, 2018 Water year 2020: 4.48 ft on April 7, 2020 Water year 2021: 26.16 ft on July 9, 2021 Water year 2022: 10.66 ft on October 16, 2021 Water year 2023: 23.81 ft on May 14, 2023 Water year 2024: 21.29 ft on February 3, 2024 Water year 2025: 19.72 ft on June 13, 2025 Water year 2026: 4.63 ft on July 15, 2026 Water year 2027 so far: 5.25 ft on October 4, 2026 1967 1976 1947

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.

NWS historic crests

DateCrestAbove minor flood stage
September 22, 196742.00 ft17.0 ft
April 20, 197637.85 ft12.9 ft
October 16, 194636.64 ft11.6 ft
July 1, 193632.20 ft7.2 ft
April 5, 199128.00 ft3.0 ft
November 21, 200427.98 ft3.0 ft
April 17, 199227.68 ft2.7 ft
October 31, 198127.02 ft2.0 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, 20265.25 ftOct 4, 2026 at 1:45 AM CDT1.4 fthighest since water year 2025 (19.72 ft on June 13, 2025)

Download the readings

coleto-creek-near-victoria.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.