Gulf Coast Gauges

Guadalupe River at Cuero water level

USGS gauge 08175800 · DeWitt County · Victoria and Matagorda Bay · NWS gauge CUET2

7.08 ft

gage height, Oct 23, 2026 at 1:30 PM CDT · 35 minutes ago

Below NWS minor flood stage
16.9 ft
NWS action stage
19.0 ft
NWS minor flood stage
24.0 ft
NWS moderate flood stage
33.0 ft
NWS major flood stage
37.0 ft
Highest since 1964 (USGS)
50.35 ft (October 20, 1998)
Usual range
7.09 to 7.59 ft

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

No National Weather Service alert covering DeWitt County was active when this page was generated (Oct 23, 2026 at 2:05 PM CDT). Alerts are issued and expire at any time; the current list is at alerts.weather.gov.

Last 7 days

7.0 7.3 7.6 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 128.83 ft NAVD88. It is not a water depth and not an elevation: add 128.83 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

7.0 7.6 8.1 2026-09-11 – 2026-10-23 · bars are daily low to high

Annual peaks since 1964

In 63 complete water years of comparable USGS records (since 1964), the highest peak was 50.35 ft on October 20, 1998. So far in water year 2027 (since October 1) the highest reading is 8.09 ft on October 5, 2026.

5 17 29 41 54 1970 1980 1990 2000 2010 2020 major 37 ft moderate 33 ft minor 24 ft action 19 ft Water year 1964: 12.04 ft on March 21, 1964 Water year 1965: 24.85 ft on February 20, 1965 Water year 1966: 18.62 ft on December 7, 1965 Water year 1967: 36.56 ft on September 23, 1967 Water year 1968: 33.81 ft on January 23, 1968 Water year 1969: 22.31 ft on March 19, 1969 Water year 1970: 17.87 ft on May 20, 1970 Water year 1971: 15.45 ft on September 13, 1971 Water year 1972: 36.90 ft on May 14, 1972 Water year 1973: 31.97 ft on June 15, 1973 Water year 1974: 28.93 ft on October 14, 1973 Water year 1975: 32.34 ft on May 27, 1975 Water year 1976: 22.01 ft on May 12, 1976 Water year 1977: 35.24 ft on April 22, 1977 Water year 1978: 16.30 ft on September 14, 1978 Water year 1979: 25.28 ft on June 6, 1979 Water year 1980: 16.54 ft on September 9, 1980 Water year 1981: 41.83 ft on September 1, 1981 Water year 1982: 26.43 ft on November 4, 1981 Water year 1983: 16.22 ft on March 26, 1983 Water year 1984: 8.53 ft on November 9, 1983 Water year 1985: 16.54 ft on June 10, 1985 Water year 1986: 22.57 ft on November 27, 1985 Water year 1987: 40.01 ft on June 6, 1987 Water year 1988: 10.39 ft on November 28, 1987 Water year 1989: 11.12 ft on May 20, 1989 Water year 1990: 12.64 ft on September 11, 1990 Water year 1991: 20.77 ft on January 21, 1991 Water year 1992: 37.68 ft on December 24, 1991 Water year 1993: 25.37 ft on June 29, 1993 Water year 1994: 21.62 ft on May 18, 1994 Water year 1995: 21.01 ft on October 19, 1994 Water year 1996: 18.36 ft on September 21, 1996 Water year 1997: 24.32 ft on April 12, 1997 Water year 1998: 20.14 ft on September 11, 1998 Water year 1999: 50.35 ft on October 20, 1998 Water year 2000: 13.52 ft on June 12, 2000 Water year 2001: 32.66 ft on September 2, 2001 Water year 2002: 37.01 ft on July 9, 2002 Water year 2003: 36.90 ft on November 7, 2002 Water year 2004: 20.84 ft on June 14, 2004 Water year 2005: 40.74 ft on November 24, 2004 Water year 2006: 15.36 ft on July 5, 2006 Water year 2007: 31.74 ft on May 1, 2007 Water year 2008: 13.58 ft on November 21, 2007 Water year 2009: 24.57 ft on April 20, 2009 Water year 2010: 29.59 ft on November 23, 2009 Water year 2011: 9.97 ft on January 18, 2011 Water year 2012: 23.69 ft on January 28, 2012 Water year 2013: 13.87 ft on September 30, 2013 Water year 2014: 23.20 ft on November 3, 2013 Water year 2015: 36.84 ft on May 28, 2015 Water year 2016: 27.50 ft on June 5, 2016 Water year 2017: 44.36 ft on August 29, 2017 Water year 2018: 22.80 ft on March 31, 2018 Water year 2019: 25.27 ft on December 11, 2018 Water year 2020: 15.28 ft on April 6, 2020 Water year 2021: 24.10 ft on May 26, 2021 Water year 2022: 35.28 ft on October 17, 2021 Water year 2023: 29.18 ft on May 15, 2023 Water year 2024: 29.36 ft on January 27, 2024 Water year 2025: 16.50 ft on July 8, 2025 Water year 2026: 18.54 ft on May 2, 2026 Water year 2027 so far: 8.09 ft on October 5, 2026 1999 2017 1981

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
August 29, 201744.36 ft20.4 ft
July 2, 193644.33 ft20.3 ft
March 1, 190343.00 ft19.0 ft
October 4, 191342.10 ft18.1 ft
September 1, 198141.83 ft17.8 ft
November 24, 200440.74 ft16.7 ft
June 5, 198740.01 ft16.0 ft
May 30, 192939.70 ft15.7 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, 20267.95 ftOct 4, 2026 at 6:45 PM CDT0.8 fthighest since water year 2026 (18.54 ft on May 2, 2026)

Download the readings

guadalupe-river-at-cuero.csv (CSV): every reading stored for this gauge since September 11, 2026, 4,037 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.