Gulf Coast Gauges

Guadalupe River at Victoria water level

USGS gauge 08176500 · Victoria County · Victoria and Matagorda Bay · NWS gauge VICT2

5.20 ft

gage height, Oct 23, 2026 at 2:15 PM CDT · 35 minutes ago

Below NWS minor flood stage
15.8 ft
NWS action stage
12.0 ft
NWS minor flood stage
21.0 ft
NWS moderate flood stage
27.0 ft
NWS major flood stage
29.5 ft
Highest since 1935 (USGS)
34.04 ft (October 20, 1998)
Usual range
4.78 to 5.78 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 2:50 PM CDT). Alerts are issued and expire at any time; the current list is at alerts.weather.gov.

Last 7 days

4.6 5.2 5.8 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 28.81 ft NAVD88. It is not a water depth and not an elevation: add 28.81 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

4.5 6.2 7.9 2026-09-11 – 2026-10-23 · bars are daily low to high

Annual peaks since 1935

In 92 complete water years of comparable USGS records (since 1935), the highest peak was 34.04 ft on October 20, 1998. So far in water year 2027 (since October 1) the highest reading is 7.92 ft on October 3, 2026, higher than the annual peak in 1 of 92 years.

5 13 21 28 36 1940 1950 1960 1970 1980 1990 2000 2010 2020 major 29.5 ft moderate 27 ft minor 21 ft action 12 ft Water year 1935: 29.72 ft on June 20, 1935 Water year 1936: 31.22 ft on July 3, 1936 Water year 1937: 26.77 ft on October 4, 1936 Water year 1938: 28.75 ft on April 30, 1938 Water year 1939: 14.52 ft on June 6, 1939 Water year 1940: 29.67 ft on July 3, 1940 Water year 1941: 29.73 ft on May 3, 1941 Water year 1942: 29.80 ft on July 9, 1942 Water year 1943: 18.80 ft on October 21, 1942 Water year 1944: 23.94 ft on June 1, 1944 Water year 1945: 28.57 ft on April 6, 1945 Water year 1946: 27.70 ft on September 3, 1946 Water year 1947: 29.55 ft on October 17, 1946 Water year 1948: 17.50 ft on May 28, 1948 Water year 1949: 28.53 ft on April 30, 1949 Water year 1950: 24.95 ft on October 28, 1949 Water year 1951: 23.96 ft on June 8, 1951 Water year 1952: 29.46 ft on September 16, 1952 Water year 1953: 23.19 ft on May 4, 1953 Water year 1954: 19.68 ft on October 26, 1953 Water year 1955: 14.83 ft on May 22, 1955 Water year 1956: 7.46 ft on May 18, 1956 Water year 1957: 29.92 ft on May 2, 1957 Water year 1958: 30.28 ft on February 26, 1958 Water year 1959: 22.33 ft on April 15, 1959 Water year 1960: 29.06 ft on July 1, 1960 Water year 1961: 30.35 ft on June 22, 1961 Water year 1962: 23.11 ft on November 17, 1961 Water year 1963: 13.22 ft on February 21, 1963 Water year 1964: 16.19 ft on November 11, 1963 Water year 1965: 27.30 ft on February 21, 1965 Water year 1966: 21.99 ft on December 8, 1965 Water year 1967: 30.67 ft on September 21, 1967 Water year 1968: 29.72 ft on January 25, 1968 Water year 1969: 27.13 ft on April 13, 1969 Water year 1970: 21.70 ft on May 20, 1970 Water year 1971: 22.48 ft on September 12, 1971 Water year 1972: 30.37 ft on May 16, 1972 Water year 1973: 29.33 ft on June 17, 1973 Water year 1974: 28.98 ft on October 16, 1973 Water year 1975: 29.24 ft on May 29, 1975 Water year 1976: 26.54 ft on April 19, 1976 Water year 1977: 30.09 ft on April 24, 1977 Water year 1978: 25.64 ft on September 14, 1978 Water year 1979: 28.36 ft on May 12, 1979 Water year 1980: 24.68 ft on May 19, 1980 Water year 1981: 31.10 ft on September 2, 1981 Water year 1982: 28.20 ft on May 19, 1982 Water year 1983: 23.95 ft on November 20, 1982 Water year 1984: 11.70 ft on October 21, 1983 Water year 1985: 23.85 ft on April 21, 1985 Water year 1986: 26.29 ft on November 29, 1985 Water year 1987: 30.45 ft on June 7, 1987 Water year 1988: 13.24 ft on November 28, 1987 Water year 1989: 13.89 ft on May 21, 1989 Water year 1990: 15.61 ft on September 12, 1990 Water year 1991: 27.83 ft on April 5, 1991 Water year 1992: 30.13 ft on December 25, 1991 Water year 1993: 27.87 ft on June 30, 1993 Water year 1994: 26.04 ft on May 19, 1994 Water year 1995: 29.37 ft on October 19, 1994 Water year 1996: 22.71 ft on September 22, 1996 Water year 1997: 29.07 ft on April 4, 1997 Water year 1998: 28.30 ft on October 13, 1997 Water year 1999: 34.04 ft on October 20, 1998 Water year 2000: 17.54 ft on June 12, 2000 Water year 2001: 29.36 ft on September 3, 2001 Water year 2002: 30.32 ft on July 10, 2002 Water year 2003: 29.99 ft on November 8, 2002 Water year 2004: 27.48 ft on June 15, 2004 Water year 2005: 30.90 ft on November 26, 2004 Water year 2006: 13.73 ft on July 6, 2006 Water year 2007: 29.33 ft on July 3, 2007 Water year 2008: 13.26 ft on November 21, 2007 Water year 2009: 25.84 ft on April 21, 2009 Water year 2010: 28.96 ft on November 24, 2009 Water year 2011: 8.84 ft on January 17, 2011 Water year 2012: 25.66 ft on January 29, 2012 Water year 2013: 9.36 ft on May 28, 2013 Water year 2014: 25.75 ft on November 4, 2013 Water year 2015: 30.18 ft on May 30, 2015 Water year 2016: 28.38 ft on June 6, 2016 Water year 2017: 31.30 ft on August 30, 2017 Water year 2018: 24.67 ft on April 1, 2018 Water year 2019: 27.38 ft on December 12, 2018 Water year 2020: 15.31 ft on April 7, 2020 Water year 2021: 27.81 ft on June 4, 2021 Water year 2022: 29.94 ft on October 18, 2021 Water year 2023: 29.07 ft on May 17, 2023 Water year 2024: 28.88 ft on January 28, 2024 Water year 2025: 21.22 ft on June 12, 2025 Water year 2026: 21.83 ft on May 4, 2026 Water year 2027 so far: 7.92 ft on October 3, 2026 1999 2017 1936

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
October 20, 199834.04 ft13.0 ft
August 30, 201731.30 ft10.3 ft
August 31, 201731.25 ft10.2 ft
July 3, 193631.22 ft10.2 ft
September 2, 198131.10 ft10.1 ft
November 26, 200430.97 ft10.0 ft
September 21, 196730.67 ft9.7 ft
June 6, 198730.45 ft9.4 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, 20267.92 ftOct 3, 2026 at 10:45 PM CDT3.1 fthighest since water year 2026 (21.83 ft on May 4, 2026)

Download the readings

guadalupe-river-at-victoria.csv (CSV): every reading stored for this gauge since September 11, 2026, 3,852 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.