Gulf Coast Gauges

Pine Island Bayou near Sour Lake water level

USGS gauge 08041700 · Jefferson County · Beaumont–Port Arthur · NWS gauge SOLT2

11.37 ft

gage height, Oct 23, 2026 at 2:45 PM CDT · 50 minutes ago

Below NWS minor flood stage
13.6 ft
NWS action stage
22.0 ft
NWS minor flood stage
25.0 ft
NWS moderate flood stage
29.0 ft
NWS major flood stage
32.0 ft
Highest since 1968 (USGS)
39.68 ft (August 30, 2017)
Usual range
11.38 to 15.29 ft

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

No National Weather Service alert covering Jefferson County was active when this page was generated (Oct 23, 2026 at 3:35 PM CDT). Alerts are issued and expire at any time; the current list is at alerts.weather.gov.

Last 7 days

11.4 13.3 15.3 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 -1.50 ft NAVD88. It is not a water depth and not an elevation: add -1.50 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

11.4 17.9 24.4 2026-09-11 – 2026-10-23 · bars are daily low to high

Annual peaks since 1968

In 59 complete water years of comparable USGS records (since 1968), the highest peak was 39.68 ft on August 30, 2017. So far in water year 2027 (since October 1) the highest reading is 12.15 ft on October 9, 2026.

10 18 26 34 42 1970 1980 1990 2000 2010 2020 major 32 ft moderate 29 ft minor 25 ft action 22 ft Water year 1968: 27.28 ft on June 26, 1968 Water year 1969: 27.20 ft on February 25, 1969 Water year 1970: 23.36 ft on June 3, 1970 Water year 1971: 27.80 ft on October 30, 1970 Water year 1972: 26.72 ft on May 15, 1972 Water year 1973: 30.25 ft on June 14, 1973 Water year 1974: 29.48 ft on January 22, 1974 Water year 1975: 30.83 ft on June 11, 1975 Water year 1976: 25.02 ft on October 29, 1975 Water year 1977: 26.65 ft on April 24, 1977 Water year 1978: 28.42 ft on November 24, 1977 Water year 1979: 34.29 ft on April 22, 1979 Water year 1980: 28.81 ft on January 24, 1980 Water year 1981: 29.42 ft on June 7, 1981 Water year 1982: 26.91 ft on May 18, 1982 Water year 1983: 28.64 ft on December 29, 1982 Water year 1984: 25.91 ft on December 5, 1983 Water year 1985: 27.05 ft on March 24, 1985 Water year 1986: 27.61 ft on June 11, 1986 Water year 1987: 29.70 ft on November 26, 1986 Water year 1988: 23.77 ft on December 27, 1987 Water year 1989: 33.70 ft on May 21, 1989 Water year 1990: 26.04 ft on January 29, 1990 Water year 1991: 27.84 ft on April 9, 1991 Water year 1992: 28.67 ft on March 8, 1992 Water year 1993: 28.08 ft on March 4, 1993 Water year 1994: 25.88 ft on May 20, 1994 Water year 1995: 37.50 ft on October 20, 1994 Water year 1996: 27.71 ft on September 30, 1996 Water year 1997: 27.71 ft on October 1, 1996 Water year 1998: 28.78 ft on September 16, 1998 Water year 1999: 28.13 ft on November 17, 1998 Water year 2000: 25.51 ft on May 24, 2000 Water year 2001: 31.91 ft on June 10, 2001 Water year 2002: 28.20 ft on November 29, 2001 Water year 2003: 30.65 ft on October 31, 2002 Water year 2004: 29.49 ft on June 28, 2004 Water year 2005: 26.99 ft on February 14, 2005 Water year 2006: 29.14 ft on July 30, 2006 Water year 2007: 31.04 ft on October 22, 2006 Water year 2008: 26.47 ft on September 18, 2008 Water year 2009: 27.62 ft on November 15, 2008 Water year 2010: 26.77 ft on February 12, 2010 Water year 2011: 18.85 ft on February 2, 2011 Water year 2012: 27.32 ft on July 16, 2012 Water year 2013: 24.37 ft on May 11, 2013 Water year 2014: 26.95 ft on November 4, 2013 Water year 2015: 28.56 ft on April 19, 2015 Water year 2016: 31.15 ft on November 4, 2015 Water year 2017: 39.68 ft on August 30, 2017 Water year 2018: 26.04 ft on February 15, 2018 Water year 2019: 35.70 ft on September 21, 2019 Water year 2020: 25.44 ft on November 4, 2019 Water year 2021: 28.72 ft on May 21, 2021 Water year 2022: 25.73 ft on October 2, 2021 Water year 2023: 27.02 ft on February 3, 2023 Water year 2024: 29.96 ft on May 6, 2024 Water year 2025: 26.02 ft on January 31, 2025 Water year 2026: 27.67 ft on September 6, 2026 Water year 2027 so far: 12.15 ft on October 9, 2026 2017 1995

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
August 30, 201739.68 ft14.7 ft
October 20, 199437.50 ft12.5 ft
September 21, 201935.70 ft10.7 ft
April 22, 197934.29 ft9.3 ft
May 22, 198933.70 ft8.7 ft
July 2, 198932.37 ft7.4 ft
June 10, 200131.90 ft6.9 ft
July 28, 197931.43 ft6.4 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

pine-island-bayou-near-sour-lake.csv (CSV): every reading stored for this gauge since September 11, 2026, 4,035 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.