Gulf Coast Gauges

Dry Creek near Rosenberg water level

USGS gauge 08116400 · Fort Bend County

66.75 ft

gage height, Oct 20, 2026 at 12:00 PM CDT · 50 minutes ago

Highest since 2010 (USGS)
83.20 ft (May 7, 2019)
Usual range
66.75 to 67.08 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

65.9 66.5 67.1 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

65.9 66.6 67.3 2026-09-11 – 2026-10-20 · bars are daily low to high

Annual peaks since 1959

In 17 complete water years of comparable USGS records (since 2010), the highest peak was 83.20 ft on May 7, 2019. So far in water year 2027 (since October 1) the highest reading is 67.31 ft on October 3, 2026.

0 23 45 67 89 1960 1970 1980 1990 2000 2010 2020 Water year 1959: 8.00 ft on April 11, 1959 (different datum or site: not compared) Water year 1960: 12.66 ft on October 31, 1959 (different datum or site: not compared) Water year 1961: 11.13 ft on June 19, 1961 (different datum or site: not compared) Water year 1962: 6.88 ft on November 13, 1961 (different datum or site: not compared) Water year 1963: 9.83 ft on January 17, 1963 (different datum or site: not compared) Water year 1964: 8.13 ft on March 19, 1964 (different datum or site: not compared) Water year 1965: 10.30 ft on February 16, 1965 (different datum or site: not compared) Water year 1966: 10.96 ft on April 14, 1966 (different datum or site: not compared) Water year 1967: 6.56 ft on August 25, 1967 (different datum or site: not compared) Water year 1968: 10.30 ft on June 24, 1968 (different datum or site: not compared) Water year 1969: 11.29 ft on May 16, 1969 (different datum or site: not compared) Water year 1970: 9.10 ft on September 1, 1970 (different datum or site: not compared) Water year 1971: 12.26 ft on October 12, 1970 (different datum or site: not compared) Water year 1972: 10.12 ft on May 10, 1972 (different datum or site: not compared) Water year 1973: 11.12 ft on June 13, 1973 (different datum or site: not compared) Water year 1974: 9.63 ft on January 19, 1974 (different datum or site: not compared) Water year 1975: 10.86 ft on October 31, 1974 (different datum or site: not compared) Water year 1976: 9.84 ft on June 1, 1976 (different datum or site: not compared) Water year 1977: 9.45 ft on April 20, 1977 (different datum or site: not compared) Water year 1978: 9.75 ft on January 16, 1978 (different datum or site: not compared) Water year 1979: 11.14 ft on January 6, 1979 (different datum or site: not compared) Water year 2009: 79.05 ft on April 18, 2009 (different datum or site: not compared) Water year 2010: 79.00 ft on July 2, 2010 Water year 2011: 74.91 ft on December 29, 2010 Water year 2012: 76.82 ft on January 9, 2012 Water year 2013: 71.08 ft on May 10, 2013 Water year 2014: 73.94 ft on October 31, 2013 Water year 2015: 82.64 ft on May 26, 2015 Water year 2016: 78.19 ft on October 25, 2015 Water year 2017: 82.53 ft on August 27, 2017 Water year 2018: 75.23 ft on June 20, 2018 Water year 2019: 83.20 ft on May 7, 2019 Water year 2020: 73.96 ft on September 22, 2020 Water year 2021: 76.14 ft on May 19, 2021 Water year 2022: 76.40 ft on October 1, 2021 Water year 2023: 74.68 ft on November 24, 2022 Water year 2024: 78.84 ft on July 8, 2024 Water year 2025: 74.63 ft on November 2, 2024 Water year 2026: 72.97 ft on May 23, 2026 Water year 2027 so far: 67.31 ft on October 3, 2026 2019 2015

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 (22 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.

In past storms

StormPeakPeak timeRiseCompared with its record
October 1–2, 202667.31 ftOct 3, 2026 at 11:00 PM CDT0.5 fthighest since water year 2026 (72.97 ft on May 23, 2026)

Download the readings

dry-creek-near-rosenberg.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. This site is not affiliated with either agency.