Gulf Coast Gauges

Tranquitas Creek at Kingsville water level

USGS gauge 08212300 · Kleberg County · Corpus Christi and the Coastal Bend · NWS gauge KIVT2

1.16 ft

gage height, Oct 23, 2026 at 2:30 PM CDT · 20 minutes ago

Highest since 1965 (USGS)
9.28 ft (May 17, 2024)
Usual range
1.13 to 1.47 ft

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

No National Weather Service alert covering Kleberg 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

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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 46.35 ft NAVD88. It is not a water depth and not an elevation: add 46.35 ft to get the water surface elevation.

Daily highs and lows since September 11, 2026

1.1 3.3 5.5 2026-09-11 – 2026-10-23 · bars are daily low to high

Annual peaks since 1965

In 48 complete water years of comparable USGS records (since 1965), the highest peak was 9.28 ft on May 17, 2024. So far in water year 2027 (since October 1) the highest reading is 5.52 ft on October 2, 2026, higher than the annual peak in 40 of 48 years.

1 4 6 8 10 1970 1980 1990 2000 2010 2020 Water year 1965: 3.90 ft on May 16, 1965 Water year 1966: 3.60 ft on April 8, 1966 Water year 1967: 4.51 ft on September 23, 1967 Water year 1968: 3.36 ft on May 6, 1968 Water year 1969: 2.53 ft on October 4, 1968 Water year 1970: 3.73 ft on May 13, 1970 Water year 1971: 2.96 ft on August 5, 1971 Water year 1972: 4.16 ft on February 29, 1972 Water year 1973: 3.99 ft on June 25, 1973 Water year 1974: 5.47 ft on March 14, 1974 Water year 1975: 2.44 ft on July 14, 1975 Water year 1976: 5.42 ft on April 20, 1976 Water year 1977: 3.30 ft on October 5, 1976 Water year 1978: 2.66 ft on October 9, 1977 Water year 1980: 6.88 ft on August 10, 1980 Water year 1981: 4.34 ft on May 30, 1981 Water year 1985: 2.90 ft on October 8, 1984 Water year 1986: 2.68 ft on June 8, 1986 Water year 1987: 3.20 ft on October 21, 1986 Water year 1989: 2.49 ft on August 17, 1989 Water year 1992: 2.43 ft on September 14, 1992 Water year 1993: 2.05 ft on June 21, 1993 Water year 1994: 2.72 ft on January 12, 1994 Water year 1995: 2.23 ft on October 8, 1994 Water year 1996: 3.78 ft on October 30, 1995 Water year 1997: 2.06 ft on April 30, 1997 Water year 1998: 3.93 ft on October 11, 1997 Water year 1999: 3.89 ft on August 24, 1999 Water year 2001: 2.51 ft on August 31, 2001 Water year 2002: 4.04 ft on November 16, 2001 Water year 2003: 2.94 ft on September 20, 2003 Water year 2004: 3.57 ft on May 12, 2004 Water year 2006: 4.15 ft on April 20, 2006 Water year 2007: 4.51 ft on July 4, 2007 Water year 2009: 4.01 ft on September 11, 2009 Water year 2010: 3.31 ft on July 2, 2010 Water year 2012: 2.42 ft on May 11, 2012 Water year 2014: 5.58 ft on September 27, 2014 (different datum or site: not compared) Water year 2015: 4.71 ft on May 14, 2015 (different datum or site: not compared) Water year 2016: 8.06 ft on May 31, 2016 Water year 2017: 6.67 ft on May 29, 2017 Water year 2018: 5.43 ft on September 27, 2018 Water year 2019: 5.33 ft on June 6, 2019 Water year 2020: 6.13 ft on May 16, 2020 Water year 2021: 8.08 ft on May 19, 2021 Water year 2022: 5.43 ft on August 26, 2022 Water year 2023: 5.99 ft on November 16, 2022 Water year 2024: 9.28 ft on May 17, 2024 Water year 2025: 4.72 ft on October 31, 2024 Water year 2026: 5.62 ft on May 21, 2026 Water year 2027 so far: 5.52 ft on October 2, 2026 2024 2016

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 (2 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
May 19, 20218.08 ft—
May 31, 20168.06 ft—
May 29, 20176.67 ft—
May 16, 20206.13 ft—
August 26, 20225.43 ft—
September 27, 20185.43 ft—
June 6, 20195.33 ft—
December 4, 20164.68 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

tranquitas-creek-at-kingsville.csv (CSV): every reading stored for this gauge since September 11, 2026, 4,038 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.