Gulf Coast Gauges

Neches River Saltwater Barrier at Beaumont water level

USGS gauge 08041780 · Orange County · Beaumont–Port Arthur · NWS gauge NSBT2

2.65 ft

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

Below NWS minor flood stage
1.4 ft
NWS action stage
3.4 ft
NWS minor flood stage
4.0 ft
NWS moderate flood stage
6.0 ft
NWS major flood stage
8.0 ft
Highest since 2004 (USGS)
21.56 ft (September 1, 2017)
Usual range
1.90 to 3.78 ft

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

No National Weather Service alert covering Orange 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 2.8 3.8 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 0.10 ft NAVD88. It is not a water depth and not an elevation: add 0.10 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

0.9 2.5 4.2 NWS minor flood stage 2026-09-11 – 2026-10-23 · bars are daily low to high

Annual peaks since 2004

In 22 complete water years of comparable USGS records (since 2004), the highest peak was 21.56 ft on September 1, 2017. So far in water year 2027 (since October 1) the highest reading is 4.15 ft on October 10, 2026, higher than the annual peak in 5 of 22 years.

2 7 12 18 23 2005 2010 2015 2020 2025 major 8 ft moderate 6 ft minor 4 ft action 3.4 ft Water year 2004: 6.29 ft on February 16, 2004 Water year 2005: 5.76 ft on February 14, 2005 Water year 2006: 3.28 ft on October 5, 2005 Water year 2007: 11.73 ft on October 22, 2006 Water year 2008: 9.61 ft on September 13, 2008 Water year 2009: 4.03 ft on April 25, 2009 Water year 2010: 3.89 ft on November 9, 2009 Water year 2012: 4.77 ft on March 22, 2012 Water year 2013: 3.33 ft on September 23, 2013 Water year 2014: 5.00 ft on November 6, 2013 Water year 2015: 8.06 ft on June 21, 2015 Water year 2016: 10.61 ft on June 6, 2016 Water year 2017: 21.56 ft on September 1, 2017 Water year 2018: 8.85 ft on April 2, 2018 Water year 2019: 8.47 ft on January 8, 2019 Water year 2020: 4.60 ft on September 23, 2020 Water year 2021: 10.70 ft on May 22, 2021 Water year 2022: 3.71 ft on October 27, 2021 Water year 2023: 4.28 ft on February 4, 2023 Water year 2024: 10.73 ft on May 6, 2024 Water year 2025: 4.94 ft on June 17, 2025 Water year 2026: 5.69 ft on September 6, 2026 Water year 2027 so far: 4.15 ft on October 10, 2026 2017 2007 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
September 1, 201721.56 ft17.6 ft
October 22, 200611.73 ft7.7 ft
May 6, 202410.72 ft6.7 ft
May 22, 202110.70 ft6.7 ft
June 6, 201610.61 ft6.6 ft
March 14, 20169.84 ft5.8 ft
September 13, 20089.61 ft5.6 ft
April 2, 20188.85 ft4.8 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.

Download the readings

neches-river-saltwater-barrier-at-beaumont.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.