Gulf Coast Gauges

Placedo Creek near Placedo water level

USGS gauge 08164800 · Victoria County · Victoria and Matagorda Bay · NWS gauge PLPT2

4.20 ft

gage height, Oct 23, 2026 at 1:30 PM CDT · 35 minutes ago

Highest since 1971 (USGS)
31.62 ft (November 13, 1998)
Usual range
3.84 to 5.72 ft

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

No National Weather Service alert covering Victoria 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

3.8 4.8 5.7 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 4.88 ft NAVD88. It is not a water depth and not an elevation: add 4.88 ft to get the water surface elevation.

Daily highs and lows since September 11, 2026

3.8 11.2 18.5 2026-09-11 – 2026-10-23 · bars are daily low to high

Annual peaks since 1971

In 56 complete water years of comparable USGS records (since 1971), the highest peak was 31.62 ft on November 13, 1998. So far in water year 2027 (since October 1) the highest reading is 18.51 ft on October 2, 2026, higher than the annual peak in 11 of 56 years.

7 14 20 27 33 1980 1990 2000 2010 2020 Water year 1971: 24.05 ft on September 11, 1971 Water year 1972: 24.05 ft on May 7, 1972 Water year 1973: 25.96 ft on June 13, 1973 Water year 1974: 23.71 ft on May 10, 1974 Water year 1975: 19.59 ft on November 1, 1974 Water year 1976: 23.57 ft on December 25, 1975 Water year 1977: 24.71 ft on June 15, 1977 Water year 1978: 29.64 ft on September 14, 1978 Water year 1979: 27.25 ft on September 19, 1979 Water year 1980: 23.39 ft on May 19, 1980 Water year 1981: 23.84 ft on June 5, 1981 Water year 1982: 30.80 ft on October 31, 1981 Water year 1983: 27.37 ft on November 19, 1982 Water year 1984: 21.38 ft on March 12, 1984 Water year 1985: 23.81 ft on March 20, 1985 Water year 1986: 18.25 ft on December 11, 1985 Water year 1987: 21.73 ft on February 26, 1987 Water year 1988: 20.69 ft on November 25, 1987 Water year 1989: 11.93 ft on January 29, 1989 Water year 1990: 28.09 ft on July 17, 1990 Water year 1991: 29.47 ft on April 6, 1991 Water year 1992: 28.63 ft on December 22, 1991 Water year 1993: 29.56 ft on May 6, 1993 Water year 1994: 23.34 ft on March 16, 1994 Water year 1995: 26.53 ft on October 18, 1994 Water year 1996: 21.30 ft on December 17, 1995 Water year 1997: 30.05 ft on March 17, 1997 Water year 1998: 24.83 ft on October 12, 1997 Water year 1999: 31.62 ft on November 13, 1998 Water year 2000: 17.01 ft on May 3, 2000 Water year 2001: 27.51 ft on August 31, 2001 Water year 2002: 22.76 ft on July 16, 2002 Water year 2003: 24.89 ft on November 4, 2002 Water year 2004: 26.61 ft on May 15, 2004 Water year 2005: 23.52 ft on November 21, 2004 Water year 2006: 22.25 ft on July 26, 2006 Water year 2007: 25.48 ft on March 31, 2007 Water year 2008: 15.05 ft on March 7, 2008 Water year 2009: 8.99 ft on May 27, 2009 Water year 2010: 25.69 ft on May 15, 2010 Water year 2011: 12.27 ft on January 16, 2011 Water year 2012: 14.41 ft on September 29, 2012 Water year 2013: 14.25 ft on February 6, 2013 Water year 2014: 12.37 ft on May 28, 2014 Water year 2015: 27.34 ft on June 17, 2015 Water year 2016: 20.69 ft on March 10, 2016 Water year 2017: 29.77 ft on August 26, 2017 Water year 2018: 23.51 ft on September 15, 2018 Water year 2019: 22.46 ft on December 8, 2018 Water year 2020: 15.77 ft on September 22, 2020 Water year 2021: 28.68 ft on May 19, 2021 Water year 2022: 18.36 ft on July 16, 2022 Water year 2023: 19.81 ft on May 10, 2023 Water year 2024: 23.14 ft on January 24, 2024 Water year 2025: 29.25 ft on June 12, 2025 Water year 2026: 21.43 ft on July 15, 2026 Water year 2027 so far: 18.51 ft on October 2, 2026 1999 1982

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 26, 201729.77 ft—
May 19, 202128.68 ft—
June 17, 201527.34 ft—
May 15, 201025.71 ft—
September 15, 201823.51 ft—
December 8, 201822.46 ft—
March 10, 201620.69 ft—
April 18, 201720.54 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.

In past storms

StormPeakPeak timeRiseCompared with its record
October 1–2, 202618.51 ftOct 2, 2026 at 4:00 AM CDT14.6 fthighest since water year 2026 (21.43 ft on July 15, 2026)

Download the readings

placedo-creek-near-placedo.csv (CSV): every reading stored for this gauge since September 11, 2026, 4,037 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.