Gulf Coast Gauges

Los Olmos Creek near Falfurrias water level

USGS gauge 08212400 · Brooks County · Corpus Christi and the Coastal Bend · NWS gauge FAFT2

1.19 ft

gage height, Oct 23, 2026 at 2:15 PM CDT · 35 minutes ago

Below NWS minor flood stage
9.8 ft
NWS action stage
5.0 ft
NWS minor flood stage
11.0 ft
NWS moderate flood stage
12.0 ft
NWS major flood stage
13.0 ft
Highest since 1967 (USGS)
14.70 ft (August 11, 1980)
Usual range
1.19 to 1.45 ft

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

No National Weather Service alert covering Brooks County was active when this page was generated (Oct 23, 2026 at 2:50 PM CDT). Alerts are issued and expire at any time; the current list is at alerts.weather.gov.

Last 7 days

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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 114.48 ft NAVD88. It is not a water depth and not an elevation: add 114.48 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

1.2 1.5 1.8 2026-09-11 – 2026-10-23 · bars are daily low to high

Annual peaks since 1967

In 44 complete water years of comparable USGS records (since 1967), the highest peak was 14.70 ft on August 11, 1980. So far in water year 2027 (since October 1) the highest reading is 1.77 ft on October 1, 2026, higher than the annual peak in 1 of 44 years.

1 4 8 12 16 1970 1980 1990 2000 2010 2020 major 13 ft moderate 12 ft minor 11 ft action 5 ft Water year 1967: 11.79 ft on September 24, 1967 Water year 1968: 5.90 ft on July 12, 1968 Water year 1969: 4.72 ft on April 30, 1969 Water year 1970: 2.41 ft on May 15, 1970 Water year 1971: 12.66 ft on September 13, 1971 Water year 1972: 7.47 ft on March 2, 1972 Water year 1973: 8.84 ft on September 15, 1973 Water year 1974: 11.22 ft on March 13, 1974 Water year 1975: 6.35 ft on July 16, 1975 Water year 1976: 6.20 ft on July 14, 1976 Water year 1977: 5.14 ft on October 7, 1976 Water year 1978: 4.41 ft on September 26, 1978 Water year 1979: 4.41 ft on April 21, 1979 Water year 1980: 14.70 ft on August 11, 1980 Water year 1981: 7.29 ft on June 5, 1981 Water year 1982: 11.60 ft on May 25, 1982 Water year 1983: 1.72 ft on July 18, 1983 Water year 1999: 12.66 ft on September 13, 1999 Water year 2000: 8.10 ft on May 4, 2000 Water year 2001: 9.78 ft on September 3, 2001 Water year 2002: 4.26 ft on July 7, 2002 Water year 2003: 3.27 ft on November 3, 2002 Water year 2004: 9.52 ft on April 5, 2004 Water year 2005: 2.10 ft on December 25, 2004 Water year 2006: 6.37 ft on September 20, 2006 Water year 2007: 7.64 ft on October 23, 2006 Water year 2008: 5.18 ft on July 24, 2008 Water year 2009: 2.72 ft on September 11, 2009 Water year 2010: 9.97 ft on April 19, 2010 Water year 2012: 2.23 ft on February 28, 2012 Water year 2013: 6.35 ft on May 26, 2013 Water year 2014: 3.34 ft on September 27, 2014 Water year 2015: 8.76 ft on May 14, 2015 Water year 2016: 3.33 ft on June 1, 2016 Water year 2017: 3.06 ft on June 5, 2017 Water year 2018: 12.32 ft on June 19, 2018 Water year 2019: 3.70 ft on October 16, 2018 Water year 2020: 4.47 ft on July 28, 2020 Water year 2021: 5.68 ft on June 6, 2021 Water year 2022: 6.00 ft on August 19, 2022 Water year 2023: 2.76 ft on July 8, 2023 Water year 2024: 6.64 ft on July 28, 2024 Water year 2025: 2.36 ft on March 28, 2025 Water year 2026: 4.49 ft on May 23, 2026 Water year 2027 so far: 1.77 ft on October 1, 2026 1980 1971 1999

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
September 13, 195115.00 ft4.0 ft
August 11, 198014.70 ft3.7 ft
September 13, 197112.66 ft1.7 ft
June 19, 201812.32 ft1.3 ft
September 24, 196711.79 ft0.8 ft
June 20, 201811.19 ft0.2 ft
April 19, 20109.92 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

los-olmos-creek-near-falfurrias.csv (CSV): every reading stored for this gauge since September 11, 2026, 4,037 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.