Gulf Coast Gauges

Little Cypress Creek near Cypress water level

USGS gauge 08068780 · Harris County · Little Cypress Creek watershed

143.41 ft

gage height, Oct 20, 2026 at 11:00 AM CDT · 65 minutes ago

Highest since 2008 (USGS)
161.45 ft (April 18, 2016)
Usual range
143.41 to 145.17 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

143.4 144.3 145.2 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

143.4 147.3 151.3 2026-09-11 – 2026-10-20 · bars are daily low to high

Annual peaks since 1983

In 19 complete water years of comparable USGS records (since 2008), the highest peak was 161.45 ft on April 18, 2016. So far in water year 2027 (since October 1) the highest reading is 151.32 ft on October 3, 2026, higher than the annual peak in 4 of 19 years.

65 91 117 143 169 1990 2000 2010 2020 Water year 1983: 78.44 ft on May 22, 1983 (different datum or site: not compared) Water year 1984: 74.04 ft on December 3, 1983 (different datum or site: not compared) Water year 1985: 76.85 ft on March 20, 1985 (different datum or site: not compared) Water year 1986: 79.30 ft on November 25, 1985 (different datum or site: not compared) Water year 1987: 77.45 ft on June 13, 1987 (different datum or site: not compared) Water year 1988: 80.49 ft on November 25, 1987 (different datum or site: not compared) Water year 1989: 74.08 ft on May 18, 1989 (different datum or site: not compared) Water year 1990: 75.67 ft on May 4, 1990 (different datum or site: not compared) Water year 1991: 79.22 ft on April 15, 1991 (different datum or site: not compared) Water year 1992: 78.24 ft on March 5, 1992 (different datum or site: not compared) Water year 1993: 79.26 ft on May 31, 1993 (different datum or site: not compared) Water year 1994: 75.29 ft on May 16, 1994 (different datum or site: not compared) Water year 1995: 81.41 ft on October 18, 1994 (different datum or site: not compared) Water year 1997: 76.64 ft on March 13, 1997 (different datum or site: not compared) Water year 1998: 79.20 ft on January 7, 1998 (different datum or site: not compared) Water year 1999: 80.58 ft on October 18, 1998 (different datum or site: not compared) Water year 2000: 79.03 ft on May 20, 2000 (different datum or site: not compared) Water year 2001: 80.70 ft on June 9, 2001 (different datum or site: not compared) Water year 2002: 76.40 ft on December 12, 2001 (different datum or site: not compared) Water year 2003: 78.88 ft on November 5, 2002 (different datum or site: not compared) Water year 2004: 76.69 ft on May 1, 2004 (different datum or site: not compared) Water year 2005: 79.29 ft on November 23, 2004 (different datum or site: not compared) Water year 2006: 72.51 ft on July 26, 2006 (different datum or site: not compared) Water year 2007: 158.91 ft on October 16, 2006 (different datum or site: not compared) Water year 2008: 158.34 ft on September 14, 2008 Water year 2009: 158.58 ft on April 28, 2009 Water year 2010: 153.15 ft on October 30, 2009 Water year 2011: 146.04 ft on March 14, 2011 Water year 2012: 160.51 ft on July 12, 2012 Water year 2013: 148.17 ft on January 9, 2013 Water year 2014: 157.49 ft on May 28, 2014 Water year 2015: 158.34 ft on May 27, 2015 Water year 2016: 161.45 ft on April 18, 2016 Water year 2017: 161.23 ft on August 28, 2017 Water year 2018: 151.86 ft on May 21, 2018 Water year 2019: 155.71 ft on January 3, 2019 Water year 2020: 153.07 ft on September 23, 2020 Water year 2021: 152.03 ft on May 25, 2021 Water year 2022: 151.37 ft on October 1, 2021 Water year 2023: 156.63 ft on January 25, 2023 Water year 2024: 156.94 ft on July 26, 2024 Water year 2025: 149.76 ft on December 25, 2024 Water year 2026: 149.87 ft on May 2, 2026 Water year 2027 so far: 151.32 ft on October 3, 2026 2016 2012

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 (24 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.

In past storms

StormPeakPeak timeRiseCompared with its record
October 1–2, 2026151.32 ftOct 3, 2026 at 7:00 AM CDT7.9 fthighest since water year 2024 (156.94 ft on July 26, 2024)

Harris County gauge nearby

Little Cypress Creek at Cypress Rosehill Road, less than 0.1 mi away, read 143.39 ft at Oct 20, 2026 at 11:32 AM CDT, 16.8 ft below its top of bank. Both gauges report water surface elevation.

Download the readings

little-cypress-creek-near-cypress.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.