Gulf Coast Gauges

Panther Branch near Spring water level

USGS gauge 08068450 · Montgomery County · Spring Creek watershed

97.52 ft

gage height, Oct 20, 2026 at 10:00 AM CDT · 80 minutes ago

Highest since 2013 (USGS)
117.12 ft (August 28, 2017)
Usual range
97.40 to 98.66 ft

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

No National Weather Service alert covering Harris County was active when this page was generated (Oct 20, 2026 at 11:20 AM CDT). Alerts are issued and expire at any time; the current list is at alerts.weather.gov.

Last 7 days

97.1 97.9 98.7 Oct 14 Oct 15 Oct 16 Oct 17 Oct 18 Oct 19 Oct 20

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

97.1 99.3 101.5 2026-09-11 – 2026-10-20 · bars are daily low to high

Annual peaks since 1972

In 14 complete water years of comparable USGS records (since 2013), the highest peak was 117.12 ft on August 28, 2017. So far in water year 2027 (since October 1) the highest reading is 101.51 ft on October 2, 2026.

2 33 65 96 128 1980 1990 2000 2010 2020 Water year 1972: 13.68 ft on May 13, 1972 (different datum or site: not compared) Water year 1973: 15.94 ft on June 13, 1973 (different datum or site: not compared) Water year 1974: 12.66 ft on October 12, 1973 (different datum or site: not compared) Water year 1975: 12.53 ft on April 14, 1975 (different datum or site: not compared) Water year 1976: 10.24 ft on May 7, 1976 (different datum or site: not compared) Water year 1981: 13.19 ft on August 31, 1981 (different datum or site: not compared) Water year 1982: 13.99 ft on May 14, 1982 (different datum or site: not compared) Water year 2000: 110.06 ft on May 20, 2000 (different datum or site: not compared) Water year 2001: 119.17 ft on June 9, 2001 (different datum or site: not compared) Water year 2002: 111.35 ft on December 12, 2001 (different datum or site: not compared) Water year 2003: 113.33 ft on October 29, 2002 (different datum or site: not compared) Water year 2004: 112.62 ft on May 1, 2004 (different datum or site: not compared) Water year 2005: 112.04 ft on November 22, 2004 (different datum or site: not compared) Water year 2006: 105.49 ft on May 29, 2006 (different datum or site: not compared) Water year 2007: 114.18 ft on October 26, 2006 (different datum or site: not compared) Water year 2008: 117.11 ft on September 13, 2008 (different datum or site: not compared) Water year 2009: 113.67 ft on April 28, 2009 (different datum or site: not compared) Water year 2010: 108.46 ft on October 29, 2009 (different datum or site: not compared) Water year 2011: 102.98 ft on July 2, 2011 (different datum or site: not compared) Water year 2012: 115.94 ft on July 12, 2012 (different datum or site: not compared) Water year 2013: 106.98 ft on September 21, 2013 Water year 2014: 109.55 ft on May 13, 2014 Water year 2015: 108.58 ft on May 27, 2015 Water year 2016: 116.37 ft on April 18, 2016 Water year 2017: 117.12 ft on August 28, 2017 Water year 2018: 108.56 ft on March 29, 2018 Water year 2019: 109.01 ft on December 8, 2018 Water year 2020: 104.12 ft on June 25, 2020 Water year 2021: 103.99 ft on May 19, 2021 Water year 2022: 102.24 ft on October 1, 2021 Water year 2023: 107.45 ft on January 29, 2023 Water year 2024: 109.33 ft on May 2, 2024 Water year 2025: 102.31 ft on January 10, 2025 Water year 2026: 110.45 ft on June 16, 2026 Water year 2027 so far: 101.51 ft on October 2, 2026 2017 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. Grey hollow dots (20 years) were measured on a different datum or at a different site, or before the gauge's datum last changed, so they are shown but not compared.

In past storms

StormPeakPeak timeRiseCompared with its record
October 1–2, 2026101.51 ftOct 2, 2026 at 3:00 AM CDT4.2 fthighest since water year 2026 (110.45 ft on June 16, 2026)

Download the readings

panther-branch-near-spring.csv (CSV): every reading stored for this gauge since September 11, 2026, 921 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.