Gulf Coast Gauges

Navidad River near Hallettsville water level

USGS gauge 08164300 · Lavaca County · Victoria and Matagorda Bay · NWS gauge SBMT2

4.36 ft

gage height, Oct 23, 2026 at 2:00 PM CDT · 50 minutes ago

Below NWS minor flood stage
19.6 ft
NWS action stage
20.0 ft
NWS minor flood stage
24.0 ft
NWS moderate flood stage
25.0 ft
NWS major flood stage
26.0 ft
Highest since 1962 (USGS)
36.38 ft (August 28, 2017)
Usual range
4.34 to 4.73 ft

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

No National Weather Service alert covering Lavaca 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

4.3 4.6 4.8 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 -43.53 ft NAVD88. It is not a water depth and not an elevation: add -43.53 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

4.3 4.7 5.1 2026-09-11 – 2026-10-23 · bars are daily low to high

Annual peaks since 1962

In 65 complete water years of comparable USGS records (since 1962), the highest peak was 36.38 ft on August 28, 2017. So far in water year 2027 (since October 1) the highest reading is 5.13 ft on October 2, 2026.

3 12 21 30 39 1970 1980 1990 2000 2010 2020 major 26 ft moderate 25 ft minor 24 ft action 20 ft Water year 1962: 20.59 ft on April 28, 1962 Water year 1963: 20.90 ft on February 18, 1963 Water year 1964: 14.86 ft on March 19, 1964 Water year 1965: 26.43 ft on June 6, 1965 Water year 1966: 27.53 ft on November 4, 1965 Water year 1967: 30.34 ft on September 22, 1967 Water year 1968: 28.28 ft on June 24, 1968 Water year 1969: 26.70 ft on February 22, 1969 Water year 1970: 21.69 ft on May 27, 1970 Water year 1971: 26.40 ft on August 5, 1971 Water year 1972: 28.82 ft on May 12, 1972 Water year 1973: 32.91 ft on June 13, 1973 Water year 1974: 36.05 ft on September 13, 1974 Water year 1975: 30.00 ft on May 25, 1975 Water year 1976: 22.53 ft on June 2, 1976 Water year 1977: 30.01 ft on April 21, 1977 Water year 1978: 26.53 ft on September 13, 1978 Water year 1979: 30.45 ft on June 7, 1979 Water year 1980: 21.20 ft on May 20, 1980 Water year 1981: 33.67 ft on September 1, 1981 Water year 1982: 31.15 ft on November 1, 1981 Water year 1983: 25.95 ft on May 21, 1983 Water year 1984: 17.71 ft on November 6, 1983 Water year 1985: 23.69 ft on February 24, 1985 Water year 1986: 28.78 ft on November 25, 1985 Water year 1987: 27.61 ft on June 4, 1987 Water year 1988: 19.11 ft on December 21, 1987 Water year 1989: 22.71 ft on May 15, 1989 Water year 1990: 16.31 ft on May 3, 1990 Water year 1991: 27.63 ft on April 15, 1991 Water year 1992: 30.09 ft on May 17, 1992 Water year 1993: 25.58 ft on June 22, 1993 Water year 1994: 26.07 ft on May 2, 1994 Water year 1995: 30.83 ft on October 18, 1994 Water year 1996: 19.50 ft on September 21, 1996 Water year 1997: 29.14 ft on June 8, 1997 Water year 1998: 28.82 ft on October 13, 1997 Water year 1999: 32.22 ft on October 18, 1998 Water year 2000: 18.94 ft on May 2, 2000 Water year 2001: 25.59 ft on March 15, 2001 Water year 2002: 23.49 ft on April 9, 2002 Water year 2003: 30.27 ft on November 5, 2002 Water year 2004: 28.02 ft on July 1, 2004 Water year 2005: 33.76 ft on November 23, 2004 Water year 2006: 10.80 ft on October 12, 2005 Water year 2007: 26.63 ft on May 26, 2007 Water year 2008: 25.84 ft on November 19, 2007 Water year 2009: 31.61 ft on April 18, 2009 Water year 2010: 23.98 ft on October 4, 2009 Water year 2011: 13.03 ft on January 16, 2011 Water year 2012: 25.29 ft on May 16, 2012 Water year 2013: 12.38 ft on April 3, 2013 Water year 2014: 21.39 ft on May 27, 2014 Water year 2015: 28.52 ft on May 19, 2015 Water year 2016: 31.81 ft on April 19, 2016 Water year 2017: 36.38 ft on August 28, 2017 Water year 2018: 19.96 ft on March 30, 2018 Water year 2019: 26.29 ft on December 8, 2018 Water year 2020: 22.00 ft on April 4, 2020 Water year 2021: 29.21 ft on May 19, 2021 Water year 2022: 20.99 ft on February 1, 2022 Water year 2023: 25.42 ft on May 13, 2023 Water year 2024: 31.70 ft on January 25, 2024 Water year 2025: 16.11 ft on May 3, 2025 Water year 2026: 23.13 ft on May 2, 2026 Water year 2027 so far: 5.13 ft on October 2, 2026 2017 1974 2005

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
June 1, 194040.00 ft16.0 ft
July 1, 193639.00 ft15.0 ft
August 28, 201736.38 ft12.4 ft
September 13, 197436.05 ft12.0 ft
November 23, 200433.76 ft9.8 ft
September 1, 198133.67 ft9.7 ft
June 13, 197332.91 ft8.9 ft
October 18, 199832.22 ft8.2 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, 20265.13 ftOct 2, 2026 at 5:30 AM CDT0.8 fthighest since water year 2026 (23.13 ft on May 2, 2026)

Download the readings

navidad-river-near-hallettsville.csv (CSV): every reading stored for this gauge since September 11, 2026, 4,035 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.