gage height, Oct 23, 2026 at 1:15 PM CDT · 50 minutes ago
Highest since 2019 (USGS)
28.22 ft (July 11, 2021)
Usual range
4.49 to 10.77 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
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 24.09 ft NAVD88. It is not a water depth and not an elevation: add 24.09 ft to get the water surface elevation.
Daily highs and lows since September 11, 2026
Annual peaks since 2019
In 8 complete water years of comparable USGS records (since 2019), the highest peak was 28.22 ft on July 11, 2021. So far in water year 2027 (since October 1) the highest reading is 21.84 ft on October 5, 2026, higher than the annual peak in 6 of 8 years.
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.
Download the readings
petronila-creek-at-fm-665-near-driscoll.csv (CSV): every reading stored for this gauge since September 11, 2026, 4,029 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.
