Gulf Coast Gauges

Garners Bayou near Humble water level

USGS gauge 08076180 · Harris County · Greens Bayou watershed

33.58 ft

gage height, Oct 20, 2026 at 12:15 PM CDT · 80 minutes ago

Highest since 1987 (USGS)
59.41 ft (June 9, 2001)
Usual range
33.60 to 33.83 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 1:35 PM CDT). Alerts are issued and expire at any time; the current list is at alerts.weather.gov.

Last 7 days

33.5 33.8 34.0 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

33.5 35.1 36.6 2026-09-11 – 2026-10-20 · bars are daily low to high

Annual peaks since 1987

In 40 complete water years of comparable USGS records (since 1987), the highest peak was 59.41 ft on June 9, 2001. So far in water year 2027 (since October 1) the highest reading is 36.64 ft on October 2, 2026.

35 41 48 55 61 1990 1995 2000 2005 2010 2015 2020 2025 Water year 1987: 54.15 ft on July 9, 1987 Water year 1988: 47.89 ft on March 17, 1988 Water year 1989: 56.77 ft on June 27, 1989 Water year 1990: 49.69 ft on April 26, 1990 Water year 1991: 54.08 ft on June 15, 1991 Water year 1992: 57.27 ft on March 4, 1992 Water year 1993: 55.10 ft on June 21, 1993 Water year 1994: 53.64 ft on November 16, 1993 Water year 1995: 55.12 ft on October 18, 1994 Water year 1996: 50.09 ft on September 27, 1996 Water year 1997: 54.86 ft on May 24, 1997 Water year 1998: 53.34 ft on September 11, 1998 Water year 1999: 53.52 ft on November 13, 1998 Water year 2000: 54.50 ft on May 20, 2000 Water year 2001: 59.41 ft on June 9, 2001 Water year 2002: 53.12 ft on December 12, 2001 Water year 2003: 56.64 ft on October 29, 2002 Water year 2004: 54.66 ft on November 18, 2003 Water year 2005: 52.88 ft on May 30, 2005 Water year 2006: 51.98 ft on December 14, 2005 Water year 2007: 55.11 ft on October 16, 2006 Water year 2008: 55.36 ft on September 14, 2008 Water year 2009: 53.88 ft on October 15, 2008 Water year 2010: 52.29 ft on July 2, 2010 Water year 2011: 43.22 ft on December 29, 2010 Water year 2012: 45.99 ft on February 18, 2012 Water year 2013: 45.97 ft on September 21, 2013 Water year 2014: 50.76 ft on August 1, 2014 Water year 2015: 52.37 ft on May 26, 2015 Water year 2016: 52.63 ft on October 31, 2015 Water year 2017: 57.92 ft on August 28, 2017 Water year 2018: 50.99 ft on July 4, 2018 Water year 2019: 56.42 ft on September 19, 2019 Water year 2020: 48.59 ft on September 23, 2020 Water year 2021: 51.64 ft on May 24, 2021 Water year 2022: 49.08 ft on January 9, 2022 Water year 2023: 46.47 ft on January 24, 2023 Water year 2024: 52.42 ft on July 8, 2024 Water year 2025: 47.40 ft on February 18, 2025 Water year 2026: 48.47 ft on June 15, 2026 Water year 2027 so far: 36.64 ft on October 2, 2026 2001 2017 1992

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, 202636.64 ftOct 2, 2026 at 7:15 AM CDT3.0 fthighest since water year 2026 (48.47 ft on June 15, 2026)

Harris County gauge nearby

Garners Bayou at Beltway 8, less than 0.1 mi away, read 33.58 ft at Oct 20, 2026 at 11:43 AM CDT, 19.0 ft below its top of bank. Both gauges report water surface elevation.

Download the readings

garners-bayou-near-humble.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.