Gulf Coast Gauges

Navidad River at Morales water level

USGS gauge 08164370 · Jackson County · Victoria and Matagorda Bay · NWS gauge MRAT2

6.65 ft

gage height, Oct 23, 2026 at 1:00 PM CDT · 65 minutes ago

Below NWS minor flood stage
22.4 ft
NWS action stage
15.0 ft
NWS minor flood stage
29.0 ft
NWS moderate flood stage
30.0 ft
NWS major flood stage
34.0 ft
Highest since 1997 (USGS)
35.83 ft (August 29, 2017)
Usual range
6.46 to 6.67 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

6.5 6.7 7.0 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 65.57 ft NAVD88. It is not a water depth and not an elevation: add 65.57 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

6.2 6.9 7.6 2026-09-11 – 2026-10-23 · bars are daily low to high

Annual peaks since 1997

In 24 complete water years of comparable USGS records (since 1997), the highest peak was 35.83 ft on August 29, 2017. So far in water year 2027 (since October 1) the highest reading is 7.57 ft on October 4, 2026.

5 14 22 30 38 2000 2005 2010 2015 2020 2025 major 34 ft moderate 30 ft minor 29 ft action 15 ft Water year 1997: 31.75 ft on June 22, 1997 Water year 1998: 31.20 ft on October 15, 1997 Water year 1999: 33.50 ft on October 19, 1998 Water year 2000: 21.01 ft on May 20, 2000 Water year 2006: 19.34 ft on September 24, 2006 Water year 2007: 31.59 ft on May 29, 2007 Water year 2008: 31.99 ft on October 17, 2007 Water year 2009: 31.83 ft on April 20, 2009 Water year 2010: 29.49 ft on October 6, 2009 Water year 2011: 14.34 ft on January 17, 2011 Water year 2012: 23.88 ft on May 18, 2012 Water year 2013: 19.87 ft on April 28, 2013 Water year 2014: 22.49 ft on May 29, 2014 Water year 2015: 32.66 ft on June 18, 2015 Water year 2017: 35.83 ft on August 29, 2017 Water year 2018: 25.80 ft on June 21, 2018 Water year 2019: 28.69 ft on December 10, 2018 Water year 2020: 21.60 ft on April 6, 2020 Water year 2021: 31.01 ft on May 22, 2021 Water year 2022: 20.33 ft on February 3, 2022 Water year 2023: 29.82 ft on May 14, 2023 Water year 2024: 32.05 ft on January 26, 2024 Water year 2025: 13.80 ft on May 4, 2025 Water year 2026: 21.10 ft on May 4, 2026 Water year 2027 so far: 7.57 ft on October 4, 2026 2017 1999 2015

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, 201735.83 ft6.8 ft
October 19, 199833.50 ft4.5 ft
November 24, 200433.00 ft4.0 ft
June 18, 201532.66 ft3.7 ft
October 17, 200731.99 ft3.0 ft
April 21, 201631.93 ft2.9 ft
April 20, 200931.83 ft2.8 ft
June 22, 199731.75 ft2.8 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, 20267.57 ftOct 4, 2026 at 12:00 AM CDT1.0 fthighest since water year 2026 (21.10 ft on May 4, 2026)

Download the readings

navidad-river-at-morales.csv (CSV): every reading stored for this gauge since September 11, 2026, 4,034 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.