Gulf Coast Gauges

Lagarto Creek near George West water level

USGS gauge 08210400 · Live Oak County · Corpus Christi and the Coastal Bend · NWS gauge GWLT2

3.86 ft

gage height, Oct 23, 2026 at 1:00 PM CDT · 65 minutes ago

Highest since 1971 (USGS)
25.10 ft (October 17, 1971)
Usual range
3.84 to 3.87 ft

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

No National Weather Service alert covering Live Oak 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

3.8 4.1 4.3 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 131.25 ft NAVD88. It is not a water depth and not an elevation: add 131.25 ft to get the water surface elevation.

Daily highs and lows since September 11, 2026

3.8 4.1 4.3 2026-09-11 – 2026-10-23 · bars are daily low to high

Annual peaks since 1971

In 38 complete water years of comparable USGS records (since 1971), the highest peak was 25.10 ft on October 17, 1971. So far in water year 2027 (since October 1) the highest reading is 3.88 ft on October 1, 2026.

2 8 14 21 27 1980 1990 2000 2010 2020 Water year 1971: 24.30 ft on September 12, 1971 Water year 1972: 25.10 ft on October 17, 1971 Water year 1973: 7.25 ft on June 25, 1973 Water year 1974: 7.61 ft on March 15, 1974 Water year 1975: 4.11 ft on October 1, 1974 Water year 1976: 8.12 ft on July 11, 1976 Water year 1977: 5.57 ft on December 21, 1976 Water year 1978: 5.10 ft on August 31, 1978 Water year 1979: 5.59 ft on May 11, 1979 Water year 1980: 16.50 ft on August 11, 1980 Water year 1981: 9.37 ft on May 2, 1981 Water year 1982: 4.11 ft on October 1, 1981 Water year 1983: 5.44 ft on October 11, 1982 Water year 1984: 7.20 ft on October 20, 1983 Water year 1985: 13.03 ft on May 18, 1985 Water year 1986: 10.29 ft on October 20, 1985 Water year 1988: 4.51 ft on September 30, 1988 Water year 2003: 8.94 ft on March 15, 2003 Water year 2004: 6.56 ft on May 8, 2004 Water year 2005: 6.00 ft on March 19, 2005 Water year 2006: 8.08 ft on July 3, 2006 Water year 2007: 8.30 ft on May 25, 2007 Water year 2008: 4.02 ft on October 5, 2007 Water year 2009: 7.81 ft on September 12, 2009 Water year 2010: 10.16 ft on April 16, 2010 Water year 2012: 4.06 ft on September 29, 2012 Water year 2013: 7.17 ft on May 1, 2013 Water year 2014: 7.74 ft on May 27, 2014 Water year 2015: 12.10 ft on May 14, 2015 Water year 2017: 6.49 ft on September 30, 2017 Water year 2018: 6.57 ft on October 1, 2017 Water year 2020: 6.39 ft on June 26, 2020 Water year 2021: 10.19 ft on May 16, 2021 Water year 2022: 5.55 ft on August 23, 2022 Water year 2023: 7.30 ft on August 22, 2023 Water year 2024: 6.18 ft on July 12, 2024 Water year 2025: 6.80 ft on May 8, 2025 Water year 2026: 7.70 ft on May 27, 2026 Water year 2027 so far: 3.88 ft on October 1, 2026 1972 1980

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 17, 197125.10 ft—
September 12, 197124.30 ft—
August 11, 198016.50 ft—
May 18, 198513.03 ft—
May 14, 201512.10 ft—
October 20, 198510.29 ft—
May 16, 202110.19 ft—
October 10, 20176.57 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.

Download the readings

lagarto-creek-near-george-west.csv (CSV): every reading stored for this gauge since September 11, 2026, 4,032 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.