Gulf Coast Gauges

Oso Creek at Corpus Christi water level

USGS gauge 08211520 · Nueces County · Corpus Christi and the Coastal Bend · NWS gauge OOST2

5.78 ft

gage height, Oct 23, 2026 at 1:15 PM CDT · 50 minutes ago

Below NWS minor flood stage
14.2 ft
NWS action stage
11.0 ft
NWS minor flood stage
20.0 ft
NWS moderate flood stage
20.0 ft
NWS major flood stage
25.0 ft
Highest since 1973 (USGS)
30.33 ft (April 26, 2004)
Usual range
5.67 to 6.80 ft

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

No National Weather Service alert covering Nueces 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

5.7 6.2 6.8 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 -2.04 ft NAVD88. It is not a water depth and not an elevation: add -2.04 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

5.6 8.2 10.9 2026-09-11 – 2026-10-23 · bars are daily low to high

Annual peaks since 1973

In 52 complete water years of comparable USGS records (since 1973), the highest peak was 30.33 ft on April 26, 2004. So far in water year 2027 (since October 1) the highest reading is 10.86 ft on October 5, 2026, higher than the annual peak in 3 of 52 years.

6 13 19 26 32 1980 1990 2000 2010 2020 major 25 ft minor 20 ft moderate 20 ft action 11 ft Water year 1973: 20.80 ft on June 14, 1973 Water year 1974: 26.09 ft on October 12, 1973 Water year 1975: 17.58 ft on September 14, 1975 Water year 1976: 25.12 ft on July 15, 1976 Water year 1977: 20.60 ft on May 1, 1977 Water year 1978: 20.74 ft on September 11, 1978 Water year 1979: 23.81 ft on September 19, 1979 Water year 1980: 29.37 ft on August 10, 1980 Water year 1981: 18.50 ft on July 6, 1981 Water year 1982: 25.90 ft on February 26, 1982 Water year 1983: 19.60 ft on July 15, 1983 Water year 1984: 21.94 ft on January 9, 1984 Water year 1985: 21.42 ft on September 30, 1985 Water year 1987: 20.91 ft on June 11, 1987 Water year 1988: 13.09 ft on September 30, 1988 Water year 1989: 8.17 ft on October 2, 1988 Water year 1990: 19.72 ft on March 1, 1990 Water year 1991: 18.23 ft on April 5, 1991 Water year 1992: 25.19 ft on December 22, 1991 Water year 1993: 24.58 ft on June 21, 1993 Water year 1994: 10.21 ft on October 15, 1993 Water year 1995: 23.73 ft on March 7, 1995 Water year 1996: 24.56 ft on October 30, 1995 Water year 1997: 25.82 ft on April 3, 1997 Water year 1998: 26.99 ft on October 13, 1997 Water year 1999: 25.22 ft on October 19, 1998 Water year 2000: 18.65 ft on March 14, 2000 Water year 2001: 18.54 ft on November 5, 2000 Water year 2002: 25.81 ft on November 17, 2001 Water year 2003: 25.61 ft on October 25, 2002 Water year 2004: 30.33 ft on April 26, 2004 Water year 2005: 18.75 ft on March 20, 2005 Water year 2006: 25.66 ft on June 1, 2006 Water year 2007: 25.65 ft on July 5, 2007 Water year 2008: 21.03 ft on July 24, 2008 Water year 2009: 12.61 ft on May 27, 2009 Water year 2010: 30.31 ft on September 19, 2010 Water year 2011: 10.69 ft on January 16, 2011 Water year 2012: 13.81 ft on May 11, 2012 Water year 2013: 11.77 ft on September 22, 2013 Water year 2014: 19.55 ft on November 23, 2013 Water year 2015: 27.45 ft on May 12, 2015 Water year 2016: 24.54 ft on May 16, 2016 Water year 2017: 19.33 ft on March 11, 2017 Water year 2018: 25.56 ft on September 16, 2018 Water year 2019: 16.34 ft on November 19, 2018 Water year 2020: 24.51 ft on June 2, 2020 Water year 2022: 25.41 ft on October 1, 2021 Water year 2023: 21.97 ft on April 24, 2023 Water year 2024: 18.36 ft on June 21, 2024 Water year 2025: 12.42 ft on May 8, 2025 Water year 2026: 23.74 ft on May 27, 2026 Water year 2027 so far: 10.86 ft on October 5, 2026 2004 2010 1980

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 20, 201030.63 ft10.6 ft
August 10, 198029.37 ft9.4 ft
April 26, 200428.40 ft8.4 ft
July 9, 202127.69 ft7.7 ft
May 12, 201527.45 ft7.4 ft
May 20, 202126.63 ft6.6 ft
September 16, 201826.56 ft6.6 ft
October 13, 199726.50 ft6.5 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

oso-creek-at-corpus-christi.csv (CSV): every reading stored for this gauge since September 11, 2026, 4,023 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.