Gulf Coast Gauges

Menard Creek near Rye water level

USGS gauge 08066300 · Liberty County · NWS gauge RYET2

8.90 ft

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

Below NWS minor flood stage
11.1 ft
NWS action stage
17.0 ft
NWS minor flood stage
20.0 ft
NWS moderate flood stage
23.0 ft
NWS major flood stage
28.0 ft
Highest since 1966 (USGS)
36.11 ft (August 29, 2017)
Usual range
8.89 to 9.55 ft

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

No National Weather Service alert covering Liberty 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

8.8 9.2 9.6 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 58.84 ft NAVD88. It is not a water depth and not an elevation: add 58.84 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

8.8 9.5 10.2 2026-09-11 – 2026-10-23 · bars are daily low to high

Annual peaks since 1966

In 61 complete water years of comparable USGS records (since 1966), the highest peak was 36.11 ft on August 29, 2017. So far in water year 2027 (since October 1) the highest reading is 9.17 ft on October 6, 2026.

7 15 23 30 38 1970 1980 1990 2000 2010 2020 major 28 ft moderate 23 ft minor 20 ft action 17 ft Water year 1966: 23.89 ft on February 10, 1966 Water year 1967: 12.30 ft on April 16, 1967 Water year 1968: 20.74 ft on June 26, 1968 Water year 1969: 30.33 ft on May 8, 1969 Water year 1970: 14.49 ft on May 4, 1970 Water year 1971: 12.38 ft on May 11, 1971 Water year 1972: 18.30 ft on May 15, 1972 Water year 1973: 22.48 ft on April 19, 1973 Water year 1974: 22.53 ft on April 12, 1974 Water year 1975: 20.70 ft on November 2, 1974 Water year 1976: 18.00 ft on December 31, 1975 Water year 1977: 17.43 ft on April 21, 1977 Water year 1978: 15.12 ft on February 13, 1978 Water year 1979: 28.15 ft on April 21, 1979 Water year 1980: 19.87 ft on March 30, 1980 Water year 1981: 22.38 ft on June 9, 1981 Water year 1982: 19.49 ft on May 16, 1982 Water year 1983: 29.11 ft on May 22, 1983 Water year 1984: 24.96 ft on May 23, 1984 Water year 1985: 19.79 ft on February 26, 1985 Water year 1986: 30.78 ft on June 27, 1986 Water year 1987: 21.60 ft on June 19, 1987 Water year 1988: 16.60 ft on March 3, 1988 Water year 1989: 29.80 ft on May 18, 1989 Water year 1990: 22.20 ft on May 5, 1990 Water year 1991: 21.06 ft on February 22, 1991 Water year 1992: 24.05 ft on March 6, 1992 Water year 1993: 21.92 ft on January 21, 1993 Water year 1994: 20.16 ft on March 11, 1994 Water year 1995: 31.12 ft on October 17, 1994 Water year 1996: 21.16 ft on September 29, 1996 Water year 1997: 23.65 ft on April 6, 1997 Water year 1998: 25.15 ft on January 8, 1998 Water year 1999: 31.41 ft on April 5, 1999 Water year 2000: 13.00 ft on May 5, 2000 Water year 2001: 20.23 ft on June 9, 2001 Water year 2002: 23.54 ft on December 13, 2001 Water year 2003: 23.76 ft on November 5, 2002 Water year 2004: 24.03 ft on May 3, 2004 Water year 2005: 21.12 ft on November 24, 2004 Water year 2006: 19.42 ft on July 27, 2006 Water year 2007: 28.80 ft on October 18, 2006 Water year 2008: 17.97 ft on February 17, 2008 Water year 2009: 21.22 ft on April 21, 2009 Water year 2010: 21.49 ft on November 1, 2009 Water year 2011: 9.49 ft on February 3, 2011 Water year 2012: 26.91 ft on February 3, 2012 Water year 2013: 13.92 ft on September 21, 2013 Water year 2014: 16.96 ft on November 1, 2013 Water year 2015: 21.93 ft on May 15, 2015 Water year 2016: 26.27 ft on May 29, 2016 Water year 2017: 36.11 ft on August 29, 2017 Water year 2018: 27.18 ft on March 30, 2018 Water year 2019: 23.02 ft on January 5, 2019 Water year 2020: 13.56 ft on May 28, 2020 Water year 2021: 24.20 ft on May 13, 2021 Water year 2022: 23.62 ft on January 9, 2022 Water year 2023: 21.80 ft on January 30, 2023 Water year 2024: 32.99 ft on May 3, 2024 Water year 2025: 21.72 ft on April 21, 2025 Water year 2026: 28.07 ft on September 3, 2026 Water year 2027 so far: 9.17 ft on October 6, 2026 2017 2024 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
August 29, 201736.11 ft16.1 ft
September 1, 196134.00 ft14.0 ft
May 3, 202432.99 ft13.0 ft
April 5, 199931.41 ft11.4 ft
October 17, 199431.12 ft11.1 ft
June 26, 198630.78 ft10.8 ft
May 8, 196930.33 ft10.3 ft
May 18, 198929.80 ft9.8 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, 20269.13 ftOct 3, 2026 at 2:15 AM CDT0.1 fthighest since water year 2026 (28.07 ft on September 3, 2026)

Download the readings

menard-creek-near-rye.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.