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Langham Creek at Addicks Reservoir Outflow near Addicks water level

USGS gauge 08073100 · Harris County · Buffalo Bayou watershed

56.05 ft

gage height, Oct 20, 2026 at 11:45 AM CDT · 20 minutes ago

Highest since 2014 (USGS)
82.70 ft (August 30, 2017)
Usual range
55.81 to 60.63 ft

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

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Text as issued by NWS Houston/Galveston.

Last 7 days

55.3 58.0 60.6 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

55.0 58.1 61.2 2026-09-11 – 2026-10-20 · bars are daily low to high

Annual peaks since 2014

In 13 complete water years of comparable USGS records (since 2014), the highest peak was 82.70 ft on August 30, 2017. So far in water year 2027 (since October 1) the highest reading is 61.20 ft on October 7, 2026.

59 66 72 78 84 2015 2020 2025 Water year 2014: 64.00 ft on May 28, 2014 Water year 2015: 71.73 ft on May 26, 2015 Water year 2016: 74.15 ft on April 18, 2016 Water year 2017: 82.70 ft on August 30, 2017 Water year 2018: 65.61 ft on October 5, 2017 Water year 2019: 68.05 ft on May 9, 2019 Water year 2020: 64.88 ft on June 29, 2020 Water year 2021: 63.69 ft on June 12, 2021 Water year 2022: 64.00 ft on January 9, 2022 Water year 2023: 61.57 ft on October 31, 2022 Water year 2024: 69.05 ft on July 8, 2024 Water year 2025: 61.59 ft on November 2, 2024 Water year 2026: 62.28 ft on July 27, 2026 Water year 2027 so far: 61.20 ft on October 7, 2026 2017 2016 2015

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, 202656.56 ftOct 2, 2026 at 5:45 PM CDT0.7 fthighest since water year 2026 (62.28 ft on July 27, 2026)

Download the readings

langham-creek-at-addicks-reservoir-outflow-near-addicks.csv (CSV): every reading stored for this gauge since September 11, 2026, 929 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.