Gulf Coast Gauges

San Antonio River near McFaddin water level

USGS gauge 08188570 · Refugio County · Corpus Christi and the Coastal Bend · NWS gauge MFNT2

14.34 ft

gage height, Oct 23, 2026 at 2:15 PM CDT · 35 minutes ago

Highest since 2006 (USGS)
33.58 ft (August 25, 2007)
Usual range
13.67 to 17.71 ft

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

No National Weather Service alert covering Refugio 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

13.7 15.7 17.7 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 -0.38 ft NAVD88. It is not a water depth and not an elevation: add -0.38 ft to get the water surface elevation.

Daily highs and lows since September 11, 2026

13.5 17.7 22.0 2026-09-11 – 2026-10-23 · bars are daily low to high

Annual peaks since 2006

In 21 complete water years of comparable USGS records (since 2006), the highest peak was 33.58 ft on August 25, 2007. So far in water year 2027 (since October 1) the highest reading is 21.99 ft on October 6, 2026, higher than the annual peak in 4 of 21 years.

16 21 26 30 35 2010 2015 2020 2025 Water year 2006: 19.63 ft on June 2, 2006 Water year 2007: 33.58 ft on August 25, 2007 Water year 2008: 21.17 ft on October 18, 2007 Water year 2009: 17.70 ft on September 15, 2009 Water year 2010: 27.13 ft on September 14, 2010 Water year 2011: 19.68 ft on January 13, 2011 Water year 2012: 24.91 ft on March 31, 2012 Water year 2013: 25.88 ft on June 1, 2013 Water year 2014: 24.64 ft on May 29, 2014 Water year 2015: 29.48 ft on May 22, 2015 Water year 2016: 29.31 ft on August 28, 2016 Water year 2017: 27.77 ft on December 11, 2016 Water year 2018: 27.22 ft on September 15, 2018 Water year 2019: 26.41 ft on November 12, 2018 Water year 2020: 24.90 ft on September 13, 2020 Water year 2021: 30.08 ft on July 14, 2021 Water year 2022: 27.67 ft on October 20, 2021 Water year 2023: 27.78 ft on May 18, 2023 Water year 2024: 26.94 ft on January 29, 2024 Water year 2025: 26.60 ft on June 18, 2025 Water year 2026: 27.07 ft on July 22, 2026 Water year 2027 so far: 21.99 ft on October 6, 2026 2007 2021 2015

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
July 14, 202130.08 ft—
May 22, 201529.48 ft—
August 20, 201629.31 ft—
June 11, 201629.26 ft—
December 11, 201627.75 ft—
October 20, 202127.67 ft—
May 26, 201627.38 ft—
September 15, 201827.22 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

san-antonio-river-near-mcfaddin.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.