Gulf Coast Gauges

Village Creek near Kountze water level

USGS gauge 08041500 · Hardin County · Beaumont–Port Arthur · NWS gauge KOUT2

2.55 ft

gage height, Oct 23, 2026 at 1:30 PM CDT · 35 minutes ago

Below NWS minor flood stage
14.4 ft
NWS action stage
12.0 ft
NWS minor flood stage
17.0 ft
NWS moderate flood stage
21.0 ft
NWS major flood stage
23.0 ft
Highest since 1941 (USGS)
35.96 ft (August 30, 2017)
Usual range
2.69 to 5.00 ft

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

No National Weather Service alert covering Hardin 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

2.5 3.8 5.0 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 23.49 ft NAVD88. It is not a water depth and not an elevation: add 23.49 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

2.5 5.0 7.4 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 1941), the highest peak was 35.96 ft on August 30, 2017. So far in water year 2027 (since October 1) the highest reading is 4.05 ft on October 7, 2026.

1 11 20 29 39 1940 1950 1960 1970 1980 1990 2000 2010 2020 major 23 ft moderate 21 ft minor 17 ft action 12 ft Water year 1940: 15.15 ft on July 4, 1940 (different datum or site: not compared) Water year 1941: 27.60 ft on November 26, 1940 Water year 1942: 21.60 ft on November 2, 1941 Water year 1943: 16.36 ft on July 30, 1943 Water year 1944: 18.23 ft on May 6, 1944 Water year 1945: 20.21 ft on April 4, 1945 Water year 1946: 18.04 ft on February 12, 1946 Water year 1947: 20.88 ft on November 13, 1946 Water year 1948: 12.48 ft on February 28, 1948 Water year 1949: 16.58 ft on March 25, 1949 Water year 1950: 26.68 ft on June 4, 1950 Water year 1951: 13.21 ft on April 1, 1951 Water year 1952: 16.92 ft on April 25, 1952 Water year 1953: 25.60 ft on May 1, 1953 Water year 1954: 12.29 ft on May 4, 1954 Water year 1955: 16.75 ft on April 14, 1955 Water year 1956: 12.62 ft on February 12, 1956 Water year 1957: 17.96 ft on May 2, 1957 Water year 1958: 18.01 ft on January 24, 1958 Water year 1959: 14.10 ft on April 23, 1959 Water year 1960: 15.87 ft on December 20, 1959 Water year 1961: 20.31 ft on September 15, 1961 Water year 1962: 13.85 ft on May 5, 1962 Water year 1963: 14.19 ft on September 18, 1963 Water year 1964: 14.67 ft on March 7, 1964 Water year 1965: 11.78 ft on April 1, 1965 Water year 1966: 21.84 ft on February 12, 1966 Water year 1967: 13.20 ft on April 17, 1967 (different datum or site: not compared) Water year 1968: 18.32 ft on June 26, 1968 Water year 1969: 23.92 ft on May 9, 1969 Water year 1970: 14.50 ft on May 6, 1970 Water year 1971: 12.75 ft on October 29, 1970 Water year 1972: 16.17 ft on December 8, 1971 Water year 1973: 21.82 ft on April 20, 1973 Water year 1974: 22.00 ft on January 20, 1974 Water year 1975: 17.22 ft on June 13, 1975 Water year 1976: 15.69 ft on May 13, 1976 Water year 1977: 14.55 ft on April 24, 1977 Water year 1978: 15.13 ft on January 28, 1978 Water year 1979: 25.98 ft on April 22, 1979 Water year 1980: 18.01 ft on March 31, 1980 Water year 1981: 21.74 ft on June 12, 1981 Water year 1982: 15.67 ft on April 26, 1982 Water year 1983: 24.89 ft on May 23, 1983 Water year 1984: 19.45 ft on February 15, 1984 Water year 1985: 16.71 ft on February 28, 1985 Water year 1986: 20.35 ft on June 29, 1986 Water year 1987: 19.12 ft on November 28, 1986 Water year 1988: 14.77 ft on December 25, 1987 Water year 1989: 24.90 ft on May 20, 1989 Water year 1990: 18.34 ft on April 2, 1990 Water year 1991: 18.34 ft on February 23, 1991 Water year 1992: 19.34 ft on March 7, 1992 Water year 1993: 17.80 ft on January 23, 1993 Water year 1994: 17.65 ft on May 17, 1994 Water year 1995: 25.54 ft on October 19, 1994 Water year 1996: 21.64 ft on September 29, 1996 Water year 1997: 17.83 ft on February 28, 1997 Water year 1998: 20.78 ft on January 9, 1998 Water year 1999: 22.41 ft on April 6, 1999 Water year 2000: 12.40 ft on May 7, 2000 Water year 2001: 19.14 ft on June 11, 2001 Water year 2002: 21.64 ft on December 15, 2001 Water year 2003: 22.07 ft on November 6, 2002 Water year 2004: 18.38 ft on February 13, 2004 Water year 2005: 17.49 ft on November 26, 2004 Water year 2006: 16.97 ft on July 30, 2006 Water year 2007: 28.33 ft on October 19, 2006 Water year 2008: 15.84 ft on February 22, 2008 Water year 2009: 18.01 ft on May 7, 2009 Water year 2010: 15.16 ft on November 4, 2009 Water year 2011: 5.26 ft on February 4, 2011 Water year 2012: 17.07 ft on February 20, 2012 Water year 2013: 12.75 ft on May 14, 2013 Water year 2014: 18.52 ft on November 3, 2013 Water year 2015: 18.59 ft on June 19, 2015 Water year 2016: 23.47 ft on March 12, 2016 Water year 2017: 35.96 ft on August 30, 2017 Water year 2018: 24.61 ft on March 31, 2018 Water year 2019: 19.20 ft on January 5, 2019 Water year 2020: 13.50 ft on October 31, 2019 Water year 2021: 19.51 ft on May 19, 2021 Water year 2022: 16.79 ft on January 11, 2022 Water year 2023: 17.12 ft on February 1, 2023 Water year 2024: 27.26 ft on April 12, 2024 Water year 2025: 16.37 ft on December 30, 2024 Water year 2026: 22.50 ft on September 4, 2026 Water year 2027 so far: 4.05 ft on October 7, 2026 2017 2007 1941

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
August 30, 201735.96 ft19.0 ft
August 1, 191534.00 ft17.0 ft
October 19, 200628.33 ft11.3 ft
November 26, 194027.60 ft10.6 ft
April 12, 202427.26 ft10.3 ft
June 1, 195026.68 ft9.7 ft
June 4, 195026.68 ft9.7 ft
April 22, 197925.98 ft9.0 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

village-creek-near-kountze.csv (CSV): every reading stored for this gauge since September 11, 2026, 4,037 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.