Gulf Coast Gauges

San Fernando Creek at Alice water level

USGS gauge 08211900 · Jim Wells County · Corpus Christi and the Coastal Bend · NWS gauge AICT2

0.62 ft

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

Below NWS minor flood stage
11.4 ft
NWS action stage
4.0 ft
NWS minor flood stage
12.0 ft
NWS moderate flood stage
13.0 ft
NWS major flood stage
15.0 ft
Highest since 1962 (USGS)
16.51 ft (September 12, 1971)
Usual range
0.62 to 0.99 ft

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

No National Weather Service alert covering Jim Wells 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

0.6 0.9 1.1 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 160.99 ft NAVD88. It is not a water depth and not an elevation: add 160.99 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

0.5 5.2 10.0 2026-09-11 – 2026-10-23 · bars are daily low to high

Annual peaks since 1962

In 51 complete water years of comparable USGS records (since 1962), the highest peak was 16.51 ft on September 12, 1971. So far in water year 2027 (since October 1) the highest reading is 9.98 ft on October 2, 2026, higher than the annual peak in 37 of 51 years.

-0 4 9 13 18 1970 1980 1990 2000 2010 2020 major 15 ft moderate 13 ft minor 12 ft action 4 ft Water year 1962: 15.50 ft on September 9, 1962 Water year 1965: 6.59 ft on March 30, 1965 Water year 1966: 8.75 ft on May 1, 1966 Water year 1967: 15.86 ft on September 23, 1967 Water year 1968: 5.89 ft on May 8, 1968 Water year 1969: 5.56 ft on February 14, 1969 Water year 1970: 6.62 ft on August 4, 1970 Water year 1971: 16.51 ft on September 12, 1971 Water year 1972: 16.18 ft on October 17, 1971 Water year 1973: 6.06 ft on June 25, 1973 Water year 1974: 9.92 ft on August 8, 1974 Water year 1975: 3.74 ft on August 5, 1975 Water year 1976: 12.31 ft on July 11, 1976 Water year 1977: 6.20 ft on October 5, 1976 Water year 1978: 3.69 ft on June 7, 1978 Water year 1979: 9.22 ft on September 19, 1979 Water year 1980: 14.70 ft on August 11, 1980 Water year 1981: 7.58 ft on June 4, 1981 Water year 1982: 2.14 ft on October 24, 1981 Water year 1983: 5.68 ft on July 16, 1983 Water year 1984: 5.81 ft on October 21, 1983 Water year 1985: 9.59 ft on April 11, 1985 Water year 1986: 6.28 ft on June 12, 1986 Water year 1987: 2.20 ft on February 26, 1987 Water year 2000: 1.46 ft on May 21, 2000 Water year 2001: 14.68 ft on August 31, 2001 Water year 2002: 14.35 ft on July 5, 2002 Water year 2003: 10.03 ft on September 19, 2003 Water year 2004: 9.59 ft on May 14, 2004 Water year 2005: 4.64 ft on March 19, 2005 Water year 2006: 10.36 ft on September 18, 2006 Water year 2007: 12.91 ft on May 25, 2007 Water year 2008: 1.60 ft on April 5, 2008 Water year 2009: 1.81 ft on September 10, 2009 Water year 2010: 13.75 ft on July 2, 2010 Water year 2011: 2.15 ft on January 16, 2011 Water year 2012: 2.37 ft on February 5, 2012 Water year 2013: 2.46 ft on April 30, 2013 Water year 2014: 1.42 ft on May 13, 2014 Water year 2015: 6.21 ft on June 18, 2015 Water year 2016: 3.38 ft on August 15, 2016 Water year 2017: 4.67 ft on September 29, 2017 Water year 2018: 12.34 ft on June 19, 2018 Water year 2019: 5.72 ft on October 16, 2018 Water year 2020: 1.18 ft on June 2, 2020 Water year 2021: 12.99 ft on June 4, 2021 Water year 2022: 5.42 ft on August 15, 2022 Water year 2023: 9.51 ft on July 8, 2023 Water year 2024: 6.22 ft on June 20, 2024 Water year 2025: 2.39 ft on May 9, 2025 Water year 2026: 5.09 ft on May 27, 2026 Water year 2027 so far: 9.98 ft on October 2, 2026 1971 1967

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 12, 197116.51 ft4.5 ft
October 17, 197116.18 ft4.2 ft
September 23, 196715.86 ft3.9 ft
September 9, 196115.50 ft3.5 ft
July 5, 200214.35 ft2.3 ft
September 14, 195114.20 ft2.2 ft
July 2, 201013.75 ft1.8 ft
June 4, 202112.99 ft1.0 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-fernando-creek-at-alice.csv (CSV): every reading stored for this gauge since September 11, 2026, 3,824 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.