Gulf Coast Gauges

Sabine River near Ruliff water level

USGS gauge 08030500 · Newton County · Beaumont–Port Arthur · NWS gauge DWYT2

13.21 ft

gage height, Oct 23, 2026 at 1:45 PM CDT · 65 minutes ago

Below NWS minor flood stage
10.8 ft
NWS action stage
23.0 ft
NWS minor flood stage
24.0 ft
NWS moderate flood stage
26.0 ft
NWS major flood stage
28.0 ft
Highest since 1991 (USGS)
33.28 ft (March 15, 2016)
Usual range
13.38 to 17.08 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 2:50 PM CDT). Alerts are issued and expire at any time; the current list is at alerts.weather.gov.

Last 7 days

13.2 15.1 17.1 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 -7.59 ft NAVD88. It is not a water depth and not an elevation: add -7.59 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

13.2 15.5 17.9 2026-09-11 – 2026-10-23 · bars are daily low to high

Annual peaks since 1925

In 36 complete water years of comparable USGS records (since 1991), the highest peak was 33.28 ft on March 15, 2016. So far in water year 2027 (since October 1) the highest reading is 15.27 ft on October 1, 2026.

11 17 23 29 35 1930 1940 1950 1960 1970 1980 1990 2000 2010 2020 major 28 ft moderate 26 ft minor 24 ft action 23 ft Water year 1925: 12.30 ft on January 23, 1925 (different datum or site: not compared) Water year 1926: 13.90 ft on November 12, 1925 (different datum or site: not compared) Water year 1927: 14.14 ft on January 4, 1927 (different datum or site: not compared) Water year 1928: 12.50 ft on April 12, 1928 (different datum or site: not compared) Water year 1929: 14.40 ft on June 1, 1929 (different datum or site: not compared) Water year 1930: 12.40 ft on June 17, 1930 (different datum or site: not compared) Water year 1931: 12.85 ft on January 17, 1931 (different datum or site: not compared) Water year 1932: 15.10 ft on March 3, 1932 (different datum or site: not compared) Water year 1933: 15.55 ft on August 5, 1933 (different datum or site: not compared) Water year 1934: 14.15 ft on March 29, 1934 (different datum or site: not compared) Water year 1935: 16.10 ft on May 25, 1935 (different datum or site: not compared) Water year 1936: 13.10 ft on December 13, 1935 (different datum or site: not compared) Water year 1937: 12.68 ft on January 28, 1937 (different datum or site: not compared) Water year 1938: 14.35 ft on April 13, 1938 (different datum or site: not compared) Water year 1939: 12.75 ft on March 5, 1939 (different datum or site: not compared) Water year 1940: 14.40 ft on August 12, 1940 (different datum or site: not compared) Water year 1941: 17.81 ft on December 16, 1940 (different datum or site: not compared) Water year 1942: 14.98 ft on April 12, 1942 (different datum or site: not compared) Water year 1943: 13.95 ft on July 10, 1943 (different datum or site: not compared) Water year 1944: 16.32 ft on May 8, 1944 (different datum or site: not compared) Water year 1945: 17.59 ft on April 22, 1945 (different datum or site: not compared) Water year 1946: 15.89 ft on February 22, 1946 (different datum or site: not compared) Water year 1947: 15.80 ft on January 22, 1947 (different datum or site: not compared) Water year 1948: 14.56 ft on February 28, 1948 (different datum or site: not compared) Water year 1949: 14.73 ft on April 3, 1949 (different datum or site: not compared) Water year 1950: 17.28 ft on June 9, 1950 (different datum or site: not compared) Water year 1951: 14.36 ft on April 4, 1951 (different datum or site: not compared) Water year 1952: 15.57 ft on April 27, 1952 (different datum or site: not compared) Water year 1953: 19.98 ft on May 22, 1953 (different datum or site: not compared) Water year 1954: 14.46 ft on May 7, 1954 (different datum or site: not compared) Water year 1955: 14.80 ft on April 16, 1955 (different datum or site: not compared) Water year 1956: 14.08 ft on February 13, 1956 (different datum or site: not compared) Water year 1957: 15.96 ft on May 21, 1957 (different datum or site: not compared) Water year 1958: 15.60 ft on September 25, 1958 (different datum or site: not compared) Water year 1960: 14.54 ft on March 1, 1960 (different datum or site: not compared) Water year 1961: 16.42 ft on January 11, 1961 (different datum or site: not compared) Water year 1962: 15.52 ft on December 21, 1961 (different datum or site: not compared) Water year 1963: 14.33 ft on September 19, 1963 (different datum or site: not compared) Water year 1964: 14.45 ft on March 7, 1964 (different datum or site: not compared) Water year 1965: 14.07 ft on April 6, 1965 (different datum or site: not compared) Water year 1966: 17.25 ft on February 16, 1966 (different datum or site: not compared) Water year 1967: 14.35 ft on April 18, 1967 (different datum or site: not compared) Water year 1968: 14.50 ft on April 14, 1968 (different datum or site: not compared) Water year 1969: 15.44 ft on March 25, 1969 (different datum or site: not compared) Water year 1970: 13.92 ft on April 22, 1970 (different datum or site: not compared) Water year 1971: 15.03 ft on October 29, 1970 (different datum or site: not compared) Water year 1972: 14.78 ft on January 9, 1972 (different datum or site: not compared) Water year 1973: 16.10 ft on April 20, 1973 (different datum or site: not compared) Water year 1974: 17.73 ft on February 1, 1974 (different datum or site: not compared) Water year 1975: 15.33 ft on May 14, 1975 (different datum or site: not compared) Water year 1976: 14.39 ft on June 6, 1976 (different datum or site: not compared) Water year 1977: 14.21 ft on March 9, 1977 (different datum or site: not compared) Water year 1978: 14.05 ft on January 28, 1978 (different datum or site: not compared) Water year 1979: 15.35 ft on April 23, 1979 (different datum or site: not compared) Water year 1980: 15.43 ft on May 19, 1980 (different datum or site: not compared) Water year 1981: 13.12 ft on June 11, 1981 (different datum or site: not compared) Water year 1982: 15.15 ft on April 26, 1982 (different datum or site: not compared) Water year 1983: 18.00 ft on December 31, 1982 (different datum or site: not compared) Water year 1984: 15.74 ft on February 16, 1984 (different datum or site: not compared) Water year 1985: 14.77 ft on March 1, 1985 (different datum or site: not compared) Water year 1986: 15.14 ft on June 17, 1986 (different datum or site: not compared) Water year 1987: 15.67 ft on November 28, 1986 (different datum or site: not compared) Water year 1988: 14.64 ft on December 24, 1987 (different datum or site: not compared) Water year 1989: 29.15 ft on July 6, 1989 (different datum or site: not compared) Water year 1990: 25.20 ft on January 27, 1990 (different datum or site: not compared) Water year 1991: 26.51 ft on April 25, 1991 Water year 1992: 25.66 ft on March 8, 1992 Water year 1993: 25.29 ft on April 12, 1993 Water year 1994: 24.81 ft on February 1, 1994 Water year 1995: 26.70 ft on January 30, 1995 Water year 1996: 24.08 ft on December 22, 1995 Water year 1997: 25.90 ft on March 10, 1997 Water year 1998: 26.24 ft on September 16, 1998 Water year 1999: 28.18 ft on February 6, 1999 Water year 2000: 23.12 ft on May 8, 2000 Water year 2001: 27.84 ft on March 11, 2001 Water year 2002: 25.44 ft on December 17, 2001 Water year 2003: 26.38 ft on November 7, 2002 Water year 2004: 25.37 ft on February 16, 2004 Water year 2005: 25.09 ft on November 28, 2004 Water year 2006: 23.96 ft on May 5, 2006 Water year 2007: 27.93 ft on October 22, 2006 Water year 2008: 25.97 ft on April 11, 2008 Water year 2009: 25.15 ft on April 24, 2009 Water year 2010: 27.94 ft on November 8, 2009 Water year 2011: 18.49 ft on February 21, 2011 Water year 2012: 27.02 ft on March 25, 2012 Water year 2013: 24.20 ft on January 25, 2013 Water year 2014: 24.30 ft on November 6, 2013 Water year 2015: 26.66 ft on May 29, 2015 Water year 2016: 33.28 ft on March 15, 2016 Water year 2017: 31.60 ft on September 2, 2017 Water year 2018: 27.01 ft on April 1, 2018 Water year 2019: 27.30 ft on January 10, 2019 Water year 2020: 25.63 ft on April 30, 2020 Water year 2021: 27.65 ft on May 21, 2021 Water year 2022: 24.61 ft on March 27, 2022 Water year 2023: 25.00 ft on February 6, 2023 Water year 2024: 28.00 ft on April 13, 2024 Water year 2025: 25.93 ft on May 10, 2025 Water year 2026: 24.34 ft on June 20, 2026 Water year 2027 so far: 15.27 ft on October 1, 2026 2016 1999

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 (65 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.

NWS historic crests

DateCrestAbove minor flood stage
March 15, 201633.28 ft9.3 ft
May 1, 188432.20 ft8.2 ft
September 2, 201731.60 ft7.6 ft
May 22, 195329.98 ft6.0 ft
April 29, 191329.50 ft5.5 ft
July 6, 198929.15 ft5.1 ft
August 1, 198829.10 ft5.1 ft
February 6, 199928.18 ft4.2 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-ruliff.csv (CSV): every reading stored for this gauge since September 11, 2026, 4,004 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.