Gulf Coast Gauges

Navidad River near Speaks water level

USGS gauge 08164350 · Lavaca County · Victoria and Matagorda Bay · NWS gauge SPAT2

2.01 ft

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

Below NWS minor flood stage
22.0 ft
NWS action stage
21.0 ft
NWS minor flood stage
24.0 ft
NWS moderate flood stage
27.0 ft
NWS major flood stage
29.0 ft
Highest since 1982 (USGS)
32.79 ft (August 28, 2017)
Usual range
1.85 to 2.29 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

1.9 2.1 2.4 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 119.92 ft NAVD88. It is not a water depth and not an elevation: add 119.92 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

1.7 2.4 3.1 2026-09-11 – 2026-10-23 · bars are daily low to high

Annual peaks since 1982

In 30 complete water years of comparable USGS records (since 1982), the highest peak was 32.79 ft on August 28, 2017. So far in water year 2027 (since October 1) the highest reading is 3.06 ft on October 2, 2026.

1 9 18 27 35 1990 2000 2010 2020 major 29 ft moderate 27 ft minor 24 ft action 21 ft Water year 1982: 27.89 ft on May 14, 1982 Water year 1983: 22.94 ft on May 22, 1983 Water year 1984: 15.30 ft on November 5, 1983 Water year 1985: 24.56 ft on April 20, 1985 Water year 1986: 25.29 ft on November 26, 1985 Water year 1987: 24.54 ft on June 5, 1987 Water year 1988: 15.57 ft on December 22, 1987 Water year 1989: 20.60 ft on May 15, 1989 Water year 1997: 25.62 ft on June 8, 1997 Water year 1998: 26.32 ft on October 14, 1997 Water year 1999: 30.24 ft on October 18, 1998 Water year 2000: 15.63 ft on May 3, 2000 Water year 2009: 28.20 ft on April 19, 2009 Water year 2010: 25.03 ft on October 5, 2009 Water year 2011: 11.80 ft on January 17, 2011 Water year 2012: 21.63 ft on May 17, 2012 Water year 2013: 14.81 ft on April 3, 2013 Water year 2014: 19.59 ft on May 28, 2014 Water year 2015: 27.75 ft on June 17, 2015 Water year 2016: 27.73 ft on April 20, 2016 Water year 2017: 32.79 ft on August 28, 2017 Water year 2018: 17.13 ft on June 20, 2018 Water year 2019: 23.89 ft on December 9, 2018 Water year 2020: 18.81 ft on April 5, 2020 Water year 2021: 26.28 ft on May 20, 2021 Water year 2022: 17.81 ft on February 2, 2022 Water year 2023: 23.85 ft on May 14, 2023 Water year 2024: 28.32 ft on January 25, 2024 Water year 2025: 11.50 ft on May 4, 2025 Water year 2026: 19.74 ft on May 3, 2026 Water year 2027 so far: 3.06 ft on October 2, 2026 2017 1999 2024

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 28, 201732.79 ft8.8 ft
October 18, 199830.24 ft6.2 ft
April 19, 200928.20 ft4.2 ft
May 14, 198227.89 ft3.9 ft
June 17, 201527.75 ft3.8 ft
April 20, 201627.73 ft3.7 ft
October 14, 199726.32 ft2.3 ft
June 8, 199725.62 ft1.6 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, 20263.06 ftOct 2, 2026 at 4:30 AM CDT0.9 fthighest since water year 2026 (19.74 ft on May 3, 2026)

Download the readings

navidad-river-near-speaks.csv (CSV): every reading stored for this gauge since September 11, 2026, 3,992 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.