Gulf Coast Gauges

Cypress Creek at Grant Rd near Cypress water level

USGS gauge 08068800 · Harris County · Cypress Creek watershed · NWS gauge CCGT2

102.39 ft

gage height, Oct 20, 2026 at 11:45 AM CDT · 20 minutes ago

Below NWS minor flood stage
19.6 ft
NWS action stage
119.0 ft
NWS minor flood stage
122.0 ft
NWS moderate flood stage
124.0 ft
NWS major flood stage
125.0 ft
Highest since 2013 (USGS)
129.97 ft (August 28, 2017)
Usual range
102.23 to 103.57 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

102.2 102.9 103.6 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

97.4 107.3 117.2 2026-09-11 – 2026-10-20 · bars are daily low to high

Annual peaks since 1983

In 14 complete water years of comparable USGS records (since 2013), the highest peak was 129.97 ft on August 28, 2017. So far in water year 2027 (since October 1) the highest reading is 117.18 ft on October 5, 2026, higher than the annual peak in 6 of 14 years.

21 50 79 109 138 1990 2000 2010 2020 major 125 ft moderate 124 ft minor 122 ft action 119 ft Water year 1983: 42.90 ft on May 22, 1983 (different datum or site: not compared) Water year 1984: 33.81 ft on December 4, 1983 (different datum or site: not compared) Water year 1985: 39.51 ft on March 21, 1985 (different datum or site: not compared) Water year 1986: 42.86 ft on November 26, 1985 (different datum or site: not compared) Water year 1987: 39.82 ft on June 14, 1987 (different datum or site: not compared) Water year 1988: 43.35 ft on November 26, 1987 (different datum or site: not compared) Water year 1989: 42.54 ft on May 18, 1989 (different datum or site: not compared) Water year 1990: 35.39 ft on May 4, 1990 (different datum or site: not compared) Water year 1991: 42.83 ft on April 15, 1991 (different datum or site: not compared) Water year 1992: 41.41 ft on June 2, 1992 (different datum or site: not compared) Water year 1993: 42.60 ft on June 21, 1993 (different datum or site: not compared) Water year 1994: 36.23 ft on May 16, 1994 (different datum or site: not compared) Water year 1995: 47.38 ft on October 18, 1994 (different datum or site: not compared) Water year 1997: 39.08 ft on May 24, 1997 (different datum or site: not compared) Water year 1998: 42.40 ft on September 11, 1998 (different datum or site: not compared) Water year 1999: 46.28 ft on October 19, 1998 (different datum or site: not compared) Water year 2000: 36.18 ft on May 21, 2000 (different datum or site: not compared) Water year 2001: 46.12 ft on June 9, 2001 (different datum or site: not compared) Water year 2002: 36.56 ft on August 16, 2002 (different datum or site: not compared) Water year 2003: 42.32 ft on November 5, 2002 (different datum or site: not compared) Water year 2004: 38.88 ft on November 18, 2003 (different datum or site: not compared) Water year 2005: 41.92 ft on November 22, 2004 (different datum or site: not compared) Water year 2006: 38.52 ft on July 6, 2006 (different datum or site: not compared) Water year 2007: 40.42 ft on October 16, 2006 (different datum or site: not compared) Water year 2008: 41.79 ft on September 14, 2008 (different datum or site: not compared) Water year 2009: 45.32 ft on April 29, 2009 (different datum or site: not compared) Water year 2010: 38.88 ft on October 29, 2009 (different datum or site: not compared) Water year 2011: 28.65 ft on March 14, 2011 (different datum or site: not compared) Water year 2012: 124.81 ft on July 13, 2012 (different datum or site: not compared) Water year 2013: 111.94 ft on September 21, 2013 Water year 2014: 119.18 ft on May 28, 2014 Water year 2015: 119.82 ft on May 27, 2015 Water year 2016: 127.52 ft on April 19, 2016 Water year 2017: 129.97 ft on August 28, 2017 Water year 2018: 114.90 ft on March 29, 2018 Water year 2019: 117.67 ft on December 8, 2018 Water year 2020: 120.62 ft on September 23, 2020 Water year 2021: 115.69 ft on May 19, 2021 Water year 2022: 114.93 ft on October 1, 2021 Water year 2023: 120.39 ft on January 30, 2023 Water year 2024: 119.26 ft on July 8, 2024 Water year 2025: 111.13 ft on December 25, 2024 Water year 2026: 115.13 ft on May 1, 2026 Water year 2027 so far: 117.18 ft on October 5, 2026 2017 2020

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 (29 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 28, 2017129.97 ft8.0 ft
April 19, 2016127.52 ft5.5 ft
October 18, 1994125.18 ft3.2 ft
July 13, 2012124.81 ft2.8 ft
October 19, 1998124.08 ft2.1 ft
May 28, 2016124.00 ft2.0 ft
June 9, 2001123.92 ft1.9 ft
October 1, 1949123.40 ft1.4 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, 2026112.87 ftOct 2, 2026 at 8:45 AM CDT10.6 fthighest since water year 2026 (115.13 ft on May 1, 2026)

Harris County gauge nearby

Cypress Creek at Grant Road, less than 0.1 mi away, read 102.39 ft at Oct 20, 2026 at 11:23 AM CDT, 19.8 ft below its top of bank. Both gauges report water surface elevation.

Download the readings

cypress-creek-at-grant-rd-near-cypress.csv (CSV): every reading stored for this gauge since September 11, 2026, 930 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.