Gulf Coast Gauges

Trinity River at Liberty water level

USGS gauge 08067000 · Liberty County · NWS gauge LBYT2

6.72 ft

gage height, Oct 23, 2026 at 1:15 PM CDT · 50 minutes ago

Below NWS minor flood stage
19.3 ft
NWS action stage
21.0 ft
NWS minor flood stage
26.0 ft
NWS moderate flood stage
27.0 ft
NWS major flood stage
29.0 ft
Highest since 1940 (USGS)
32.70 ft (August 31, 2017)
Usual range
6.48 to 6.82 ft

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

No National Weather Service alert covering Liberty 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

6.5 6.7 7.0 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 -3.18 ft NAVD88. It is not a water depth and not an elevation: add -3.18 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

6.3 6.7 7.0 2026-09-11 – 2026-10-23 · bars are daily low to high

Annual peaks since 1940

In 85 complete water years of comparable USGS records (since 1940), the highest peak was 32.70 ft on August 31, 2017. So far in water year 2027 (since October 1) the highest reading is 6.89 ft on October 16, 2026.

5 12 20 27 35 1940 1950 1960 1970 1980 1990 2000 2010 2020 major 29 ft moderate 27 ft minor 26 ft action 21 ft Water year 1940: 25.50 ft on June 12, 1940 Water year 1941: 27.10 ft on December 17, 1940 Water year 1942: 29.38 ft on May 12, 1942 Water year 1943: 24.05 ft on June 24, 1943 Water year 1944: 27.81 ft on May 18, 1944 Water year 1945: 28.80 ft on April 15, 1945 Water year 1946: 27.52 ft on June 25, 1946 Water year 1947: 27.39 ft on March 17, 1947 Water year 1948: 26.10 ft on May 28, 1948 Water year 1949: 25.90 ft on April 24, 1949 Water year 1950: 27.80 ft on February 26, 1950 Water year 1951: 20.26 ft on June 30, 1951 Water year 1952: 25.20 ft on April 25, 1952 Water year 1953: 28.02 ft on May 23, 1953 Water year 1954: 22.65 ft on May 14, 1954 Water year 1955: 26.85 ft on April 15, 1955 Water year 1956: 20.85 ft on May 13, 1956 Water year 1957: 29.26 ft on May 12, 1957 Water year 1958: 28.35 ft on May 21, 1958 Water year 1959: 26.65 ft on April 20, 1959 Water year 1960: 26.67 ft on January 21, 1960 Water year 1961: 28.28 ft on January 17, 1961 Water year 1962: 26.35 ft on May 4, 1962 Water year 1963: 23.95 ft on December 30, 1962 Water year 1964: 23.80 ft on April 28, 1964 Water year 1965: 28.32 ft on June 2, 1965 Water year 1966: 29.07 ft on May 14, 1966 Water year 1967: 18.40 ft on April 16, 1967 Water year 1968: 28.60 ft on April 14, 1968 Water year 1969: 28.69 ft on May 27, 1969 Water year 1970: 26.25 ft on March 21, 1970 Water year 1973: 28.92 ft on June 19, 1973 Water year 1974: 28.55 ft on January 30, 1974 Water year 1975: 27.90 ft on February 21, 1975 Water year 1976: 27.67 ft on May 10, 1976 Water year 1977: 27.95 ft on April 23, 1977 Water year 1978: 20.60 ft on January 21, 1978 Water year 1979: 28.50 ft on April 24, 1979 Water year 1980: 27.45 ft on May 21, 1980 Water year 1981: 27.74 ft on June 20, 1981 Water year 1982: 27.70 ft on May 20, 1982 Water year 1983: 27.75 ft on May 26, 1983 Water year 1984: 19.74 ft on March 21, 1984 Water year 1985: 27.98 ft on November 2, 1984 Water year 1986: 27.84 ft on June 29, 1986 Water year 1987: 26.35 ft on March 5, 1987 Water year 1988: 18.35 ft on January 4, 1988 Water year 1989: 26.35 ft on July 4, 1989 Water year 1990: 30.03 ft on May 23, 1990 Water year 1991: 29.05 ft on January 21, 1991 Water year 1992: 29.62 ft on January 6, 1992 Water year 1993: 28.85 ft on June 29, 1993 Water year 1994: 26.27 ft on May 18, 1994 Water year 1995: 31.00 ft on October 21, 1994 Water year 1996: 19.96 ft on December 19, 1995 Water year 1997: 27.65 ft on March 16, 1997 Water year 1998: 28.25 ft on January 11, 1998 Water year 1999: 28.88 ft on November 18, 1998 Water year 2000: 19.46 ft on June 29, 2000 Water year 2001: 28.65 ft on March 18, 2001 Water year 2002: 26.48 ft on December 31, 2001 Water year 2003: 28.76 ft on November 10, 2002 Water year 2004: 28.21 ft on July 3, 2004 Water year 2005: 27.38 ft on November 27, 2004 Water year 2006: 21.67 ft on April 1, 2006 Water year 2007: 28.86 ft on July 25, 2007 Water year 2008: 25.13 ft on February 19, 2008 Water year 2009: 24.91 ft on May 5, 2009 Water year 2010: 28.66 ft on November 3, 2009 Water year 2011: 10.23 ft on May 11, 2011 Water year 2012: 27.39 ft on April 7, 2012 Water year 2013: 15.01 ft on January 18, 2013 Water year 2014: 23.57 ft on May 16, 2014 Water year 2015: 29.96 ft on May 31, 2015 Water year 2016: 29.95 ft on June 1, 2016 Water year 2017: 32.70 ft on August 31, 2017 Water year 2018: 29.40 ft on April 2, 2018 Water year 2019: 29.95 ft on October 22, 2018 Water year 2020: 27.85 ft on April 8, 2020 Water year 2021: 29.01 ft on May 30, 2021 Water year 2022: 21.08 ft on March 28, 2022 Water year 2023: 24.70 ft on April 10, 2023 Water year 2024: 32.37 ft on May 6, 2024 Water year 2025: 29.00 ft on June 27, 2025 Water year 2026: 22.01 ft on June 27, 2026 Water year 2027 so far: 6.89 ft on October 16, 2026 2017 2024 1995

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
August 31, 201732.70 ft6.7 ft
May 6, 202432.37 ft6.4 ft
October 21, 199431.00 ft5.0 ft
May 23, 199030.03 ft4.0 ft
May 31, 201529.96 ft4.0 ft
June 1, 201629.95 ft3.9 ft
October 22, 201829.95 ft3.9 ft
May 15, 201929.92 ft3.9 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, 20266.78 ftOct 4, 2026 at 4:45 PM CDT0.3 fthighest since water year 2026 (22.01 ft on June 27, 2026)

Download the readings

trinity-river-at-liberty.csv (CSV): every reading stored for this gauge since September 11, 2026, 4,036 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.