gage height, Oct 20, 2026 at 11:30 AM CDT · 35 minutes ago
Below NWS minor flood stage
12.4 ft
NWS action stage
106.0 ft
NWS minor flood stage
109.0 ft
NWS moderate flood stage
110.0 ft
NWS major flood stage
111.0 ft
Highest since 2010 (USGS)
112.64 ft (April 18, 2016)
Usual range
96.39 to 97.69 ft
USGS marks recent readings as provisional: they can be revised after review.
Active National Weather Service alerts for Harris County
Tsunami Warning — issued Oct 20, 2026 at 11:31 AM CDT, expires Oct 20, 2026 at 12:31 PM CDT. TEST Tsunami Warning issued October 20 at 12:31PM EDT until October 20 at 1:31PM EDT by NWS National Tsunami Warning Center
Text as issued by NWS Houston/Galveston.
Last 7 days
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.
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
Annual peaks since 1978
In 15 complete water years of comparable USGS records (since 2010), the highest peak was 112.64 ft on April 18, 2016. So far in water year 2027 (since October 1) the highest reading is 103.39 ft on October 2, 2026, higher than the annual peak in 2 of 15 years.
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. Grey hollow dots (32 years) were measured on a different datum or at a different site, or before the gauge's datum last changed, so they are shown but not compared.
NWS historic crests
Date
Crest
Above minor flood stage
April 18, 2016
112.64 ft
3.6 ft
August 28, 2017
111.85 ft
2.8 ft
April 28, 2009
111.06 ft
2.1 ft
August 27, 2017
110.36 ft
1.4 ft
August 29, 2017
109.87 ft
0.9 ft
July 12, 2012
107.30 ft
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May 25, 2015
107.02 ft
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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.
highest since water year 2026 (104.74 ft on July 23, 2026)
Harris County gauge nearby
Langham Creek at West Little York Road, less than 0.1 mi away, read 96.58 ft at Oct 20, 2026 at 11:03 AM CDT, 13.3 ft below its top of bank. Both gauges report water surface elevation.
Download the readings
langham-creek-at-w-little-york-rd-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.