Gulf Coast Gauges

San Antonio River at Goliad water level

USGS gauge 08188500 · Goliad County · Victoria and Matagorda Bay · NWS gauge GLIT2

3.28 ft

gage height, Oct 23, 2026 at 2:00 PM CDT · 50 minutes ago

Below NWS minor flood stage
21.7 ft
NWS action stage
15.0 ft
NWS minor flood stage
25.0 ft
NWS moderate flood stage
30.0 ft
NWS major flood stage
35.0 ft
Highest since 1914 (USGS)
53.70 ft (September 23, 1967)
Usual range
3.27 to 5.28 ft

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

No National Weather Service alert covering Goliad 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

3.3 4.3 5.3 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 89.36 ft NAVD88. It is not a water depth and not an elevation: add 89.36 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

3.2 7.5 11.9 2026-09-11 – 2026-10-23 · bars are daily low to high

Annual peaks since 1914

In 94 complete water years of comparable USGS records (since 1914), the highest peak was 53.70 ft on September 23, 1967. So far in water year 2027 (since October 1) the highest reading is 11.90 ft on October 5, 2026, higher than the annual peak in 6 of 94 years.

5 18 31 44 57 1920 1930 1940 1950 1960 1970 1980 1990 2000 2010 2020 major 35 ft moderate 30 ft minor 25 ft action 15 ft Water year 1914: 44.90 ft on October 2, 1913 Water year 1925: 11.90 ft on July 13, 1925 Water year 1926: 31.00 ft on April 25, 1926 Water year 1927: 22.50 ft on April 16, 1927 Water year 1928: 19.00 ft on May 16, 1928 Water year 1929: 31.79 ft on January 11, 1929 Water year 1935: 44.90 ft on June 15, 1935 Water year 1939: 11.22 ft on July 12, 1939 Water year 1940: 31.37 ft on July 2, 1940 Water year 1941: 34.55 ft on May 1, 1941 Water year 1942: 44.90 ft on July 9, 1942 Water year 1943: 25.51 ft on October 8, 1942 Water year 1944: 29.01 ft on May 30, 1944 Water year 1945: 21.84 ft on April 3, 1945 Water year 1946: 41.66 ft on September 1, 1946 Water year 1947: 42.67 ft on October 2, 1946 Water year 1948: 29.41 ft on August 28, 1948 Water year 1949: 33.76 ft on April 28, 1949 Water year 1950: 24.04 ft on October 27, 1949 Water year 1951: 26.90 ft on September 14, 1951 Water year 1952: 39.82 ft on September 14, 1952 Water year 1953: 28.76 ft on May 20, 1953 Water year 1954: 12.77 ft on May 27, 1954 Water year 1955: 13.83 ft on September 2, 1955 Water year 1956: 14.33 ft on May 16, 1956 Water year 1957: 31.56 ft on May 2, 1957 Water year 1958: 36.21 ft on February 25, 1958 Water year 1959: 22.82 ft on November 1, 1958 Water year 1960: 23.28 ft on June 29, 1960 Water year 1961: 31.62 ft on October 29, 1960 Water year 1962: 23.16 ft on June 3, 1962 Water year 1963: 10.36 ft on April 30, 1963 Water year 1964: 20.03 ft on August 10, 1964 Water year 1965: 30.79 ft on May 24, 1965 Water year 1966: 18.52 ft on December 6, 1965 Water year 1967: 53.70 ft on September 23, 1967 Water year 1968: 41.98 ft on January 24, 1968 Water year 1969: 24.93 ft on February 17, 1969 Water year 1970: 25.28 ft on June 2, 1970 Water year 1971: 22.01 ft on August 9, 1971 Water year 1972: 34.16 ft on May 15, 1972 Water year 1973: 34.53 ft on July 24, 1973 Water year 1974: 40.09 ft on October 2, 1973 Water year 1975: 27.48 ft on May 28, 1975 Water year 1976: 29.00 ft on April 18, 1976 Water year 1977: 36.07 ft on April 25, 1977 Water year 1978: 23.99 ft on November 5, 1977 Water year 1979: 28.34 ft on April 23, 1979 Water year 1980: 25.68 ft on September 9, 1980 Water year 1981: 31.96 ft on June 21, 1981 Water year 1982: 24.49 ft on October 31, 1981 Water year 1983: 23.43 ft on September 21, 1983 Water year 1984: 14.94 ft on November 8, 1983 Water year 1985: 21.44 ft on July 7, 1985 Water year 1986: 29.45 ft on June 10, 1986 Water year 1987: 43.08 ft on June 7, 1987 Water year 1988: 11.08 ft on July 24, 1988 Water year 1989: 11.30 ft on June 17, 1989 Water year 1990: 27.66 ft on July 21, 1990 Water year 1991: 25.92 ft on April 6, 1991 Water year 1992: 41.58 ft on December 25, 1991 Water year 1993: 35.37 ft on June 30, 1993 Water year 1994: 28.71 ft on May 18, 1994 Water year 1995: 28.50 ft on October 18, 1994 Water year 1996: 13.09 ft on September 26, 1996 Water year 1997: 31.78 ft on June 28, 1997 Water year 1998: 18.78 ft on March 19, 1998 Water year 1999: 51.78 ft on October 22, 1998 Water year 2000: 16.82 ft on June 14, 2000 Water year 2001: 41.97 ft on September 2, 2001 Water year 2002: 52.81 ft on July 9, 2002 Water year 2003: 36.13 ft on October 28, 2002 Water year 2004: 31.43 ft on June 14, 2004 Water year 2005: 40.42 ft on November 27, 2004 Water year 2006: 12.04 ft on May 8, 2006 Water year 2007: 38.52 ft on August 23, 2007 Water year 2008: 14.49 ft on October 17, 2007 Water year 2009: 11.41 ft on September 14, 2009 Water year 2010: 28.99 ft on September 12, 2010 Water year 2011: 8.60 ft on January 12, 2011 Water year 2012: 23.32 ft on March 30, 2012 Water year 2013: 28.60 ft on May 30, 2013 Water year 2014: 22.82 ft on May 28, 2014 Water year 2015: 32.66 ft on May 18, 2015 Water year 2016: 34.75 ft on August 25, 2016 Water year 2018: 27.10 ft on September 14, 2018 Water year 2019: 21.36 ft on November 11, 2018 Water year 2020: 21.02 ft on September 12, 2020 Water year 2021: 31.67 ft on July 11, 2021 Water year 2022: 28.49 ft on October 18, 2021 Water year 2023: 27.87 ft on May 15, 2023 Water year 2024: 21.90 ft on January 27, 2024 Water year 2025: 22.23 ft on June 17, 2025 Water year 2026: 26.52 ft on July 20, 2026 Water year 2027 so far: 11.90 ft on October 5, 2026 1967 2002

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
September 23, 196753.70 ft28.7 ft
October 22, 199852.87 ft27.9 ft
July 9, 200252.24 ft27.2 ft
July 15, 193544.90 ft19.9 ft
July 9, 194244.90 ft19.9 ft
October 1, 191344.90 ft19.9 ft
June 7, 198743.80 ft18.8 ft
December 25, 199141.58 ft16.6 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, 202610.08 ftOct 4, 2026 at 7:00 PM CDT6.7 fthighest since water year 2026 (26.52 ft on July 20, 2026)

Download the readings

san-antonio-river-at-goliad.csv (CSV): every reading stored for this gauge since September 11, 2026, 4,026 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.