Gulf Coast Gauges

Sandies Creek near Westhoff water level

USGS gauge 08175000 · DeWitt County · Victoria and Matagorda Bay · NWS gauge WHOT2

2.07 ft

gage height, Oct 23, 2026 at 1:00 PM CDT · 65 minutes ago

Below NWS minor flood stage
18.9 ft
NWS action stage
12.0 ft
NWS minor flood stage
21.0 ft
NWS moderate flood stage
22.0 ft
NWS major flood stage
24.0 ft
Highest since 1931 (USGS)
33.10 ft (July 2, 1936)
Usual range
1.98 to 2.93 ft

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

No National Weather Service alert covering DeWitt 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

2.0 2.5 2.9 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 177.87 ft NAVD88. It is not a water depth and not an elevation: add 177.87 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

1.9 3.4 4.9 2026-09-11 – 2026-10-23 · bars are daily low to high

Annual peaks since 1931

In 72 complete water years of comparable USGS records (since 1931), the highest peak was 33.10 ft on July 2, 1936. So far in water year 2027 (since October 1) the highest reading is 4.86 ft on October 3, 2026.

3 11 19 27 35 1940 1950 1960 1970 1980 1990 2000 2010 2020 major 24 ft moderate 22 ft minor 21 ft action 12 ft Water year 1931: 9.77 ft on February 3, 1931 Water year 1932: 21.79 ft on April 30, 1932 Water year 1933: 21.50 ft on August 1, 1933 Water year 1934: 20.10 ft on March 3, 1934 Water year 1936: 33.10 ft on July 2, 1936 Water year 1960: 21.40 ft on June 28, 1960 Water year 1961: 26.64 ft on June 19, 1961 Water year 1962: 15.65 ft on November 16, 1961 Water year 1963: 12.65 ft on February 19, 1963 Water year 1964: 14.94 ft on April 27, 1964 Water year 1965: 22.77 ft on February 18, 1965 Water year 1966: 21.51 ft on October 20, 1965 Water year 1967: 32.34 ft on September 22, 1967 Water year 1968: 22.82 ft on January 22, 1968 Water year 1969: 22.81 ft on April 14, 1969 Water year 1970: 11.68 ft on March 11, 1970 Water year 1971: 20.71 ft on September 18, 1971 Water year 1972: 26.47 ft on May 8, 1972 Water year 1973: 26.97 ft on June 13, 1973 Water year 1974: 24.27 ft on October 12, 1973 Water year 1975: 22.14 ft on May 26, 1975 Water year 1976: 17.31 ft on April 20, 1976 Water year 1977: 25.97 ft on April 17, 1977 Water year 1978: 16.20 ft on November 3, 1977 Water year 1979: 23.05 ft on April 21, 1979 Water year 1980: 17.73 ft on September 9, 1980 Water year 1981: 32.28 ft on September 1, 1981 Water year 1982: 19.46 ft on May 24, 1982 Water year 1983: 15.93 ft on September 21, 1983 Water year 1984: 13.67 ft on November 8, 1983 Water year 1985: 11.23 ft on March 17, 1985 Water year 1986: 17.50 ft on November 24, 1985 Water year 1987: 26.54 ft on June 12, 1987 Water year 1988: 5.91 ft on March 19, 1988 Water year 1989: 8.20 ft on May 12, 1989 Water year 1990: 7.84 ft on April 27, 1990 Water year 1991: 23.20 ft on April 8, 1991 Water year 1992: 29.06 ft on May 18, 1992 Water year 1993: 27.36 ft on June 27, 1993 Water year 1994: 21.12 ft on May 13, 1994 Water year 1995: 19.48 ft on March 15, 1995 Water year 1996: 20.81 ft on September 10, 1996 Water year 1997: 23.26 ft on April 12, 1997 Water year 1998: 19.80 ft on August 24, 1998 Water year 1999: 28.80 ft on October 19, 1998 Water year 2000: 13.14 ft on June 13, 2000 Water year 2001: 27.53 ft on September 1, 2001 Water year 2002: 23.22 ft on July 3, 2002 Water year 2003: 25.58 ft on November 6, 2002 Water year 2004: 15.20 ft on May 16, 2004 Water year 2005: 22.28 ft on November 24, 2004 Water year 2006: 5.56 ft on September 25, 2006 Water year 2007: 23.61 ft on March 15, 2007 Water year 2008: 11.49 ft on November 25, 2007 Water year 2009: 20.91 ft on April 20, 2009 Water year 2010: 25.26 ft on November 21, 2009 Water year 2011: 6.11 ft on January 17, 2011 Water year 2012: 19.37 ft on July 12, 2012 Water year 2013: 8.52 ft on September 21, 2013 Water year 2014: 13.60 ft on May 28, 2014 Water year 2015: 23.47 ft on May 27, 2015 Water year 2016: 23.10 ft on June 4, 2016 Water year 2017: 27.17 ft on August 28, 2017 Water year 2018: 12.14 ft on September 30, 2018 Water year 2019: 19.76 ft on December 9, 2018 Water year 2020: 5.34 ft on April 3, 2020 Water year 2021: 23.84 ft on June 5, 2021 Water year 2022: 27.94 ft on October 15, 2021 Water year 2023: 25.34 ft on May 14, 2023 Water year 2024: 22.95 ft on January 25, 2024 Water year 2025: 9.21 ft on July 11, 2025 Water year 2026: 17.11 ft on May 3, 2026 Water year 2027 so far: 4.86 ft on October 3, 2026 1936 1967 1981

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 1, 198132.28 ft11.3 ft
May 18, 199229.06 ft8.1 ft
October 19, 199828.80 ft7.8 ft
October 15, 202127.94 ft6.9 ft
July 3, 200227.53 ft6.5 ft
June 27, 199327.36 ft6.4 ft
August 28, 201727.17 ft6.2 ft
June 12, 198726.54 ft5.5 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, 20264.86 ftOct 3, 2026 at 5:30 AM CDT2.9 fthighest since water year 2026 (17.11 ft on May 3, 2026)

Download the readings

sandies-creek-near-westhoff.csv (CSV): every reading stored for this gauge since September 11, 2026, 4,035 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.