Gulf Coast Gauges

Spring Creek near Spring water level

USGS gauge 08068500 · Montgomery County · Spring Creek watershed · NWS gauge SPNT2

73.13 ft

gage height, Oct 20, 2026 at 10:45 AM CDT · 35 minutes ago

Below NWS minor flood stage
18.4 ft
NWS action stage
88.0 ft
NWS minor flood stage
91.5 ft
NWS moderate flood stage
95.0 ft
NWS major flood stage
100.0 ft
Highest since 2015 (USGS)
111.52 ft (August 28, 2017)
Usual range
72.90 to 75.95 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 11:20 AM CDT). Alerts are issued and expire at any time; the current list is at alerts.weather.gov.

Last 7 days

72.9 74.4 76.0 Oct 14 Oct 15 Oct 16 Oct 17 Oct 18 Oct 19 Oct 20

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.

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

72.8 76.8 80.7 2026-09-11 – 2026-10-20 · bars are daily low to high

Annual peaks since 1929

In 12 complete water years of comparable USGS records (since 2015), the highest peak was 111.52 ft on August 28, 2017. So far in water year 2027 (since October 1) the highest reading is 80.71 ft on October 4, 2026, higher than the annual peak in 1 of 12 years.

-2 29 59 89 120 1930 1940 1950 1960 1970 1980 1990 2000 2010 2020 major 100 ft moderate 95 ft minor 91.5 ft action 88 ft Water year 1929: 34.30 ft on May 30, 1929 (different datum or site: not compared) Water year 1939: 13.75 ft on June 3, 1939 (different datum or site: not compared) Water year 1940: 21.42 ft on June 12, 1940 (different datum or site: not compared) Water year 1941: 33.60 ft on November 25, 1940 (different datum or site: not compared) Water year 1942: 27.78 ft on April 9, 1942 (different datum or site: not compared) Water year 1943: 25.09 ft on July 30, 1943 (different datum or site: not compared) Water year 1944: 23.15 ft on March 19, 1944 (different datum or site: not compared) Water year 1945: 32.79 ft on August 30, 1945 (different datum or site: not compared) Water year 1946: 27.97 ft on May 21, 1946 (different datum or site: not compared) Water year 1947: 26.77 ft on November 6, 1946 (different datum or site: not compared) Water year 1948: 16.00 ft on March 3, 1948 (different datum or site: not compared) Water year 1949: 21.74 ft on April 24, 1949 (different datum or site: not compared) Water year 1950: 30.44 ft on June 4, 1950 (different datum or site: not compared) Water year 1951: 10.38 ft on September 24, 1951 (different datum or site: not compared) Water year 1952: 21.55 ft on April 14, 1952 (different datum or site: not compared) Water year 1953: 25.71 ft on May 20, 1953 (different datum or site: not compared) Water year 1954: 15.76 ft on December 22, 1953 (different datum or site: not compared) Water year 1955: 21.06 ft on February 8, 1955 (different datum or site: not compared) Water year 1956: 10.48 ft on February 11, 1956 (different datum or site: not compared) Water year 1957: 22.54 ft on May 1, 1957 (different datum or site: not compared) Water year 1958: 23.20 ft on January 22, 1958 (different datum or site: not compared) Water year 1959: 24.38 ft on April 20, 1959 (different datum or site: not compared) Water year 1960: 29.70 ft on June 27, 1960 (different datum or site: not compared) Water year 1961: 27.17 ft on February 18, 1961 (different datum or site: not compared) Water year 1962: 9.70 ft on January 29, 1962 (different datum or site: not compared) Water year 1963: 15.32 ft on February 21, 1963 (different datum or site: not compared) Water year 1964: 15.88 ft on March 3, 1964 (different datum or site: not compared) Water year 1965: 17.85 ft on February 19, 1965 (different datum or site: not compared) Water year 1966: 22.42 ft on May 13, 1966 (different datum or site: not compared) Water year 1967: 12.68 ft on September 22, 1967 (different datum or site: not compared) Water year 1968: 27.30 ft on May 13, 1968 (different datum or site: not compared) Water year 1969: 26.50 ft on February 23, 1969 (different datum or site: not compared) Water year 1970: 13.88 ft on May 31, 1970 (different datum or site: not compared) Water year 1971: 13.46 ft on October 24, 1970 (different datum or site: not compared) Water year 1972: 24.75 ft on May 9, 1972 (different datum or site: not compared) Water year 1973: 29.65 ft on June 15, 1973 (different datum or site: not compared) Water year 1974: 24.62 ft on January 26, 1974 (different datum or site: not compared) Water year 1975: 24.60 ft on April 16, 1975 (different datum or site: not compared) Water year 1976: 13.76 ft on June 2, 1976 (different datum or site: not compared) Water year 1977: 23.20 ft on April 22, 1977 (different datum or site: not compared) Water year 1978: 21.60 ft on June 8, 1978 (different datum or site: not compared) Water year 1979: 26.34 ft on April 19, 1979 (different datum or site: not compared) Water year 1980: 15.05 ft on February 10, 1980 (different datum or site: not compared) Water year 1981: 21.05 ft on September 1, 1981 (different datum or site: not compared) Water year 1982: 20.09 ft on May 15, 1982 (different datum or site: not compared) Water year 1983: 22.16 ft on May 22, 1983 (different datum or site: not compared) Water year 1984: 10.00 ft on December 6, 1983 (different datum or site: not compared) Water year 1985: 17.78 ft on October 26, 1984 (different datum or site: not compared) Water year 1986: 31.66 ft on November 26, 1985 (different datum or site: not compared) Water year 1987: 13.92 ft on June 15, 1987 (different datum or site: not compared) Water year 1988: 20.52 ft on November 26, 1987 (different datum or site: not compared) Water year 1989: 27.43 ft on May 18, 1989 (different datum or site: not compared) Water year 1990: 13.29 ft on May 5, 1990 (different datum or site: not compared) Water year 1991: 18.29 ft on April 16, 1991 (different datum or site: not compared) Water year 1992: 21.43 ft on March 6, 1992 (different datum or site: not compared) Water year 1993: 22.92 ft on May 8, 1993 (different datum or site: not compared) Water year 1994: 14.85 ft on February 23, 1994 (different datum or site: not compared) Water year 1995: 44.05 ft on October 18, 1994 (different datum or site: not compared) Water year 1996: 11.94 ft on December 17, 1995 (different datum or site: not compared) Water year 1997: 18.12 ft on March 15, 1997 (different datum or site: not compared) Water year 1998: 22.24 ft on January 8, 1998 (different datum or site: not compared) Water year 1999: 32.29 ft on November 14, 1998 (different datum or site: not compared) Water year 2000: 13.04 ft on May 21, 2000 (different datum or site: not compared) Water year 2001: 29.65 ft on June 9, 2001 (different datum or site: not compared) Water year 2002: 14.93 ft on December 14, 2001 (different datum or site: not compared) Water year 2003: 25.27 ft on November 6, 2002 (different datum or site: not compared) Water year 2004: 17.14 ft on May 16, 2004 (different datum or site: not compared) Water year 2005: 16.23 ft on November 23, 2004 (different datum or site: not compared) Water year 2006: 10.53 ft on May 29, 2006 (different datum or site: not compared) Water year 2007: 21.37 ft on October 27, 2006 (different datum or site: not compared) Water year 2008: 26.50 ft on September 14, 2008 (different datum or site: not compared) Water year 2009: 22.55 ft on April 28, 2009 (different datum or site: not compared) Water year 2010: 14.79 ft on October 30, 2009 (different datum or site: not compared) Water year 2011: 6.54 ft on July 2, 2011 (different datum or site: not compared) Water year 2012: 26.87 ft on July 14, 2012 (different datum or site: not compared) Water year 2013: 10.94 ft on September 21, 2013 (different datum or site: not compared) Water year 2014: 88.98 ft on May 30, 2014 (different datum or site: not compared) Water year 2015: 95.08 ft on May 28, 2015 Water year 2016: 108.37 ft on May 28, 2016 Water year 2017: 111.52 ft on August 28, 2017 Water year 2018: 86.83 ft on March 29, 2018 Water year 2019: 87.81 ft on December 8, 2018 Water year 2020: 81.74 ft on June 25, 2020 Water year 2021: 84.87 ft on May 27, 2021 Water year 2022: 80.01 ft on October 1, 2021 Water year 2023: 87.08 ft on January 29, 2023 Water year 2024: 91.31 ft on May 4, 2024 Water year 2025: 81.08 ft on June 15, 2025 Water year 2026: 88.06 ft on June 16, 2026 Water year 2027 so far: 80.71 ft on October 4, 2026 2017

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. Grey hollow dots (77 years) were measured on a different datum or at a different site, or before the gauge's datum last changed, so they are shown but not compared.

NWS historic crests

DateCrestAbove minor flood stage
October 18, 1994111.60 ft20.1 ft
August 28, 2017111.52 ft20.0 ft
May 28, 2016108.37 ft16.9 ft
April 20, 2016103.68 ft12.2 ft
May 28, 201595.08 ft3.6 ft
May 30, 201488.98 ft—
March 6, 199221.43 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, 202680.71 ftOct 4, 2026 at 5:45 AM CDT7.8 fthighest since water year 2026 (88.06 ft on June 16, 2026)

Harris County gauge nearby

Spring Creek at I-45, less than 0.1 mi away, read 73.14 ft at Oct 20, 2026 at 11:14 AM CDT, 18.1 ft below its top of bank. Both gauges report water surface elevation.

Download the readings

spring-creek-near-spring.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; flood stages and historic crests from the NWS National Water Prediction Service. This site is not affiliated with either agency.