Gulf Coast Gauges

Juanita Creek at SH 71 near Midfield water level

USGS gauge 08162580 · Matagorda County · Victoria and Matagorda Bay · NWS gauge JUAT2

32.84 ft

gage height, Oct 23, 2026 at 1:50 PM CDT · 15 minutes ago

Below NWS minor flood stage
12.2 ft
NWS action stage
41.0 ft
NWS minor flood stage
45.0 ft
NWS moderate flood stage
47.0 ft
NWS major flood stage
50.0 ft
Usual range
32.73 to 33.51 ft

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

No National Weather Service alert covering Matagorda 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

32.6 33.1 33.5 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 24, 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 24, 2026

32.6 34.9 37.1 2026-09-24 – 2026-10-23 · bars are daily low to high

In past storms

StormPeakPeak timeRiseCompared with its record
October 1–2, 202637.14 ftOct 2, 2026 at 4:30 PM CDT4.3 ft—

Download the readings

juanita-creek-at-sh-71-near-midfield.csv (CSV): every reading stored for this gauge since September 24, 2026, 2,797 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.