Gulf Coast Gauges

Sabine River near Bon Wier water level

USGS gauge 08028500 · Newton County · Beaumont–Port Arthur · NWS gauge BWRT2

11.65 ft

gage height, Oct 23, 2026 at 1:15 PM CDT · 50 minutes ago

Below NWS minor flood stage
18.4 ft
NWS action stage
30.0 ft
NWS minor flood stage
30.0 ft
NWS moderate flood stage
33.0 ft
NWS major flood stage
36.0 ft
Highest since 1913 (USGS)
44.30 ft (March 13, 2016)
Usual range
11.71 to 14.83 ft

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

No National Weather Service alert covering Newton 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

11.6 13.2 14.8 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 33.42 ft NGVD29. It is not a water depth and not an elevation: add 33.42 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

11.6 13.6 15.5 2026-09-11 – 2026-10-23 · bars are daily low to high

Annual peaks since 1913

In 103 complete water years of comparable USGS records (since 1913), the highest peak was 44.30 ft on March 13, 2016. So far in water year 2027 (since October 1) the highest reading is 12.90 ft on October 2, 2026, higher than the annual peak in 5 of 103 years.

5 16 26 37 47 1920 1930 1940 1950 1960 1970 1980 1990 2000 2010 2020 major 36 ft moderate 33 ft action 30 ft minor 30 ft Water year 1913: 43.50 ft on April 23, 1913 Water year 1924: 21.35 ft on December 25, 1923 Water year 1925: 12.50 ft on January 19, 1925 Water year 1926: 21.30 ft on November 9, 1925 Water year 1927: 21.60 ft on April 21, 1927 Water year 1928: 18.10 ft on April 7, 1928 Water year 1929: 21.30 ft on March 26, 1929 Water year 1930: 19.40 ft on June 14, 1930 Water year 1931: 19.20 ft on January 17, 1931 Water year 1933: 23.04 ft on August 2, 1933 Water year 1934: 21.40 ft on March 30, 1934 Water year 1935: 23.40 ft on May 22, 1935 Water year 1936: 18.50 ft on December 12, 1935 Water year 1937: 18.50 ft on January 25, 1937 Water year 1938: 22.20 ft on April 9, 1938 Water year 1939: 19.40 ft on March 3, 1939 Water year 1940: 20.00 ft on August 11, 1940 Water year 1941: 22.48 ft on December 13, 1940 Water year 1942: 19.79 ft on April 13, 1942 Water year 1943: 16.28 ft on July 7, 1943 Water year 1944: 22.33 ft on May 9, 1944 Water year 1945: 23.10 ft on April 17, 1945 Water year 1946: 21.75 ft on February 20, 1946 Water year 1947: 21.45 ft on January 21, 1947 Water year 1948: 19.46 ft on April 18, 1948 Water year 1949: 19.00 ft on March 31, 1949 Water year 1950: 23.35 ft on June 6, 1950 Water year 1951: 18.05 ft on April 1, 1951 Water year 1952: 20.72 ft on April 25, 1952 Water year 1953: 25.70 ft on May 19, 1953 Water year 1954: 16.45 ft on May 3, 1954 Water year 1955: 19.65 ft on August 6, 1955 Water year 1956: 13.72 ft on February 10, 1956 Water year 1957: 22.30 ft on May 17, 1957 Water year 1958: 21.22 ft on May 24, 1958 Water year 1959: 19.38 ft on October 2, 1958 Water year 1960: 17.10 ft on February 27, 1960 Water year 1961: 20.98 ft on January 12, 1961 Water year 1962: 20.15 ft on December 21, 1961 Water year 1963: 11.70 ft on December 30, 1962 Water year 1964: 14.72 ft on April 29, 1964 Water year 1965: 15.24 ft on April 2, 1965 Water year 1966: 22.81 ft on February 13, 1966 Water year 1967: 12.86 ft on April 15, 1967 Water year 1968: 17.43 ft on April 10, 1968 Water year 1969: 21.40 ft on May 12, 1969 Water year 1970: 13.94 ft on April 20, 1970 Water year 1971: 8.26 ft on January 20, 1971 Water year 1972: 17.26 ft on January 5, 1972 Water year 1973: 21.52 ft on May 11, 1973 Water year 1974: 23.53 ft on January 29, 1974 Water year 1975: 21.45 ft on May 12, 1975 Water year 1976: 19.47 ft on June 3, 1976 Water year 1977: 17.53 ft on March 5, 1977 Water year 1978: 14.14 ft on January 25, 1978 Water year 1979: 21.85 ft on March 6, 1979 Water year 1980: 24.15 ft on May 23, 1980 Water year 1981: 12.62 ft on June 6, 1981 Water year 1982: 22.10 ft on April 24, 1982 Water year 1983: 26.86 ft on December 29, 1982 Water year 1984: 23.47 ft on February 13, 1984 Water year 1985: 18.50 ft on March 21, 1985 Water year 1986: 22.92 ft on June 14, 1986 Water year 1987: 22.06 ft on February 27, 1987 Water year 1988: 19.41 ft on December 21, 1987 Water year 1989: 37.90 ft on July 4, 1989 Water year 1990: 34.14 ft on June 5, 1990 Water year 1991: 36.20 ft on April 22, 1991 Water year 1992: 34.33 ft on March 9, 1992 Water year 1993: 32.90 ft on April 11, 1993 Water year 1994: 30.45 ft on January 28, 1994 Water year 1995: 34.29 ft on January 28, 1995 Water year 1996: 22.76 ft on December 19, 1995 Water year 1997: 34.78 ft on March 8, 1997 Water year 1998: 32.77 ft on January 8, 1998 Water year 1999: 37.58 ft on February 3, 1999 Water year 2000: 24.43 ft on July 15, 2000 Water year 2001: 36.74 ft on March 7, 2001 Water year 2002: 32.00 ft on December 14, 2001 Water year 2003: 31.57 ft on November 5, 2002 Water year 2004: 33.16 ft on May 15, 2004 Water year 2005: 31.51 ft on November 25, 2004 Water year 2006: 22.16 ft on April 30, 2006 Water year 2007: 32.87 ft on December 31, 2006 Water year 2008: 33.75 ft on April 9, 2008 Water year 2009: 28.36 ft on April 21, 2009 Water year 2010: 36.28 ft on November 4, 2009 Water year 2011: 18.02 ft on February 20, 2011 Water year 2012: 34.82 ft on March 23, 2012 Water year 2013: 25.47 ft on January 18, 2013 Water year 2014: 25.66 ft on November 29, 2013 Water year 2015: 35.38 ft on May 25, 2015 Water year 2016: 44.30 ft on March 13, 2016 Water year 2017: 38.93 ft on September 2, 2017 Water year 2018: 36.16 ft on April 2, 2018 Water year 2019: 36.20 ft on January 7, 2019 Water year 2020: 34.37 ft on April 27, 2020 Water year 2021: 34.97 ft on May 25, 2021 Water year 2022: 27.28 ft on March 23, 2022 Water year 2023: 28.08 ft on February 3, 2023 Water year 2024: 35.75 ft on June 11, 2024 Water year 2025: 31.58 ft on May 7, 2025 Water year 2026: 24.35 ft on June 17, 2026 Water year 2027 so far: 12.90 ft on October 2, 2026 2016 1913

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
March 13, 201644.30 ft14.3 ft
April 23, 191343.50 ft13.5 ft
May 1, 188439.00 ft9.0 ft
September 2, 201738.93 ft8.9 ft
July 4, 198937.90 ft7.9 ft
May 23, 198937.73 ft7.7 ft
February 3, 199937.58 ft7.6 ft
December 28, 198236.86 ft6.9 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

sabine-river-near-bon-wier.csv (CSV): every reading stored for this gauge since September 11, 2026, 4,036 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.