Spring Creek at Kuykendahl Rd, The Woodlands water level

USGS gauge 08068310 · Montgomery County · Spring Creek watershed

109.45 ft

gage height, Oct 20, 2026 at 11:15 AM CDT · 20 minutes ago

Highest since 2019 (USGS): 125.35 ft (May 4, 2024)
Usual range: 108.83 to 114.25 ft

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

No National Weather Service alert covering Harris County was active when this page was generated (Oct 20, 2026 at 11:35 AM CDT). Alerts are issued and expire at any time; the current list is at alerts.weather.gov.

Last 7 days

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 the gauge's zero point. This gauge's zero is set at 0 ft NAVD88, so its gage height is the water surface elevation above that datum. It is not a water depth.

Daily highs and lows since September 11, 2026

Annual peaks since 2019

In 6 complete water years of comparable USGS records (since 2019), the highest peak was 125.35 ft on May 4, 2024. So far in water year 2027 (since October 1) the highest reading is 120.88 ft on October 3, 2026, higher than the annual peak in 2 of 6 years.

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.

In past storms

Storm	Peak	Peak time	Rise	Compared with its record
October 1–2, 2026	120.88 ft	Oct 3, 2026 at 10:15 PM CDT	12.1 ft	highest since water year 2026 (121.57 ft on June 17, 2026)

Harris County gauge nearby

Spring Creek at Kuykendahl Road, less than 0.1 mi away, read 109.44 ft at Oct 20, 2026 at 11:14 AM CDT, 18.5 ft below its top of bank. Both gauges report water surface elevation.

Download the readings

spring-creek-at-kuykendahl-rd-the-woodlands.csv (CSV): every reading stored for this gauge since September 11, 2026, 929 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.