Gulf Coast Gauges

Lavaca River near Edna water level

USGS gauge 08164000 · Jackson County · Victoria and Matagorda Bay · NWS gauge EDNT2

4.15 ft

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

Below NWS minor flood stage
16.9 ft
NWS action stage
20.0 ft
NWS minor flood stage
21.0 ft
NWS moderate flood stage
25.0 ft
NWS major flood stage
28.0 ft
Highest since 1936 (USGS)
35.49 ft (October 19, 1994)
Usual range
4.13 to 4.72 ft

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

No National Weather Service alert covering Jackson 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

4.1 4.4 4.7 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 13.84 ft NAVD88. It is not a water depth and not an elevation: add 13.84 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

4.1 5.4 6.8 2026-09-11 – 2026-10-23 · bars are daily low to high

Annual peaks since 1936

In 89 complete water years of comparable USGS records (since 1936), the highest peak was 35.49 ft on October 19, 1994. So far in water year 2027 (since October 1) the highest reading is 6.77 ft on October 4, 2026.

4 13 21 29 38 1940 1950 1960 1970 1980 1990 2000 2010 2020 major 28 ft moderate 25 ft minor 21 ft action 20 ft Water year 1936: 33.80 ft on May 25, 1936 Water year 1939: 23.90 ft on July 13, 1939 Water year 1940: 32.51 ft on July 1, 1940 Water year 1941: 29.70 ft on November 26, 1940 Water year 1942: 23.60 ft on April 10, 1942 Water year 1943: 15.90 ft on March 26, 1943 Water year 1944: 22.70 ft on March 19, 1944 Water year 1945: 20.87 ft on January 20, 1945 Water year 1946: 24.78 ft on August 31, 1946 Water year 1947: 25.34 ft on October 18, 1946 Water year 1948: 24.69 ft on May 27, 1948 Water year 1949: 21.33 ft on April 27, 1949 Water year 1950: 21.41 ft on December 19, 1949 Water year 1951: 16.49 ft on June 15, 1951 Water year 1952: 26.54 ft on May 29, 1952 Water year 1953: 22.70 ft on May 19, 1953 Water year 1954: 13.06 ft on April 10, 1954 Water year 1955: 23.30 ft on May 21, 1955 Water year 1956: 7.40 ft on July 12, 1956 Water year 1957: 23.55 ft on April 29, 1957 Water year 1958: 26.66 ft on October 17, 1957 Water year 1959: 23.80 ft on April 13, 1959 Water year 1960: 23.47 ft on June 27, 1960 Water year 1961: 27.50 ft on October 20, 1960 Water year 1962: 24.06 ft on November 15, 1961 Water year 1963: 19.00 ft on February 20, 1963 Water year 1964: 16.85 ft on June 17, 1964 Water year 1965: 24.42 ft on May 20, 1965 Water year 1966: 22.68 ft on November 6, 1965 Water year 1967: 26.37 ft on September 23, 1967 Water year 1968: 25.47 ft on May 13, 1968 Water year 1969: 24.61 ft on April 13, 1969 Water year 1970: 21.55 ft on June 1, 1970 Water year 1971: 24.63 ft on September 13, 1971 Water year 1972: 26.27 ft on May 8, 1972 Water year 1973: 30.99 ft on June 14, 1973 Water year 1974: 25.06 ft on September 16, 1974 Water year 1975: 23.45 ft on May 27, 1975 Water year 1976: 20.36 ft on May 8, 1976 Water year 1977: 24.28 ft on December 8, 1976 Water year 1978: 26.46 ft on September 14, 1978 Water year 1979: 24.14 ft on June 8, 1979 Water year 1980: 22.37 ft on May 20, 1980 Water year 1981: 28.57 ft on September 2, 1981 Water year 1982: 26.21 ft on November 2, 1981 Water year 1983: 25.03 ft on November 21, 1982 Water year 1984: 21.13 ft on November 6, 1983 Water year 1985: 27.17 ft on April 23, 1985 Water year 1986: 22.73 ft on November 13, 1985 Water year 1987: 27.22 ft on June 6, 1987 Water year 1988: 17.30 ft on November 25, 1987 Water year 1989: 11.68 ft on January 30, 1989 Water year 1990: 14.31 ft on March 31, 1990 Water year 1991: 23.73 ft on April 6, 1991 Water year 1992: 27.78 ft on February 12, 1992 Water year 1993: 25.37 ft on June 21, 1993 Water year 1994: 22.99 ft on May 16, 1994 Water year 1995: 35.49 ft on October 19, 1994 Water year 1996: 19.73 ft on September 21, 1996 Water year 1997: 30.38 ft on April 12, 1997 Water year 1998: 26.52 ft on October 14, 1997 Water year 1999: 32.38 ft on October 19, 1998 Water year 2000: 16.98 ft on June 12, 2000 Water year 2001: 28.00 ft on September 2, 2001 Water year 2002: 23.78 ft on July 18, 2002 Water year 2003: 25.40 ft on November 6, 2002 Water year 2004: 24.34 ft on May 15, 2004 Water year 2005: 25.57 ft on November 25, 2004 Water year 2006: 12.62 ft on July 7, 2006 Water year 2007: 28.08 ft on July 3, 2007 Water year 2008: 19.53 ft on October 17, 2007 Water year 2009: 22.59 ft on April 20, 2009 Water year 2010: 25.59 ft on September 10, 2010 Water year 2011: 16.19 ft on January 17, 2011 Water year 2012: 21.12 ft on March 30, 2012 Water year 2013: 17.64 ft on April 29, 2013 Water year 2014: 18.34 ft on May 29, 2014 Water year 2015: 29.72 ft on June 18, 2015 Water year 2016: 23.48 ft on March 12, 2016 Water year 2017: 32.53 ft on August 29, 2017 Water year 2018: 22.73 ft on June 21, 2018 Water year 2019: 24.23 ft on December 10, 2018 Water year 2020: 15.03 ft on September 22, 2020 Water year 2021: 26.09 ft on June 5, 2021 Water year 2022: 21.39 ft on February 2, 2022 Water year 2023: 26.78 ft on May 15, 2023 Water year 2024: 25.06 ft on January 27, 2024 Water year 2025: 14.49 ft on June 13, 2025 Water year 2026: 17.32 ft on June 8, 2026 Water year 2027 so far: 6.77 ft on October 4, 2026 1995 1936 2017

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 19, 199435.49 ft14.5 ft
May 25, 193633.80 ft12.8 ft
August 29, 201732.53 ft11.5 ft
July 1, 194032.51 ft11.5 ft
October 19, 199832.38 ft11.4 ft
June 14, 197330.99 ft10.0 ft
April 12, 199730.38 ft9.4 ft
June 18, 201529.72 ft8.7 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, 20266.77 ftOct 4, 2026 at 2:30 PM CDT2.6 fthighest since water year 2026 (17.32 ft on June 8, 2026)

Download the readings

lavaca-river-near-edna.csv (CSV): every reading stored for this gauge since September 11, 2026, 3,308 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.