Gulf Coast Gauges

Oyster Creek at CR 34 near Angleton water level

USGS gauge 08078940 · Brazoria County

16.02 ft

gage height, Oct 23, 2026 at 1:45 PM CDT · 20 minutes ago

Highest since 2021 (USGS)
32.74 ft (July 27, 2024)
Usual range
16.12 to 16.56 ft

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

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Text as issued by NWS Houston/Galveston TX.

Last 7 days

16.0 16.3 16.6 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 the gauge's zero point. This gauge's zero is set at 0 ft NAVD88, so its gage height is the water surface elevation above that datum. It is not a water depth.

Daily highs and lows since September 11, 2026

16.0 16.4 16.8 2026-09-11 – 2026-10-23 · bars are daily low to high

Annual peaks since 2021

In 6 complete water years of comparable USGS records (since 2021), the highest peak was 32.74 ft on July 27, 2024. So far in water year 2027 (since October 1) the highest reading is 16.44 ft on October 1, 2026.

15 20 25 29 34 2025 Water year 2021: 28.18 ft on July 10, 2021 Water year 2022: 22.69 ft on October 2, 2021 Water year 2023: 25.82 ft on May 10, 2023 Water year 2024: 32.74 ft on July 27, 2024 Water year 2025: 27.07 ft on June 13, 2025 Water year 2026: 27.54 ft on June 22, 2026 Water year 2027 so far: 16.44 ft on October 1, 2026 2024 2021 2026

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.

In past storms

StormPeakPeak timeRiseCompared with its record
October 1–2, 202616.44 ftOct 1, 2026 at 6:45 AM CDT0.0 fthighest since water year 2026 (27.54 ft on June 22, 2026)

Download the readings

oyster-creek-at-cr-34-near-angleton.csv (CSV): every reading stored for this gauge since September 11, 2026, 4,039 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. This site is not affiliated with either agency.