Gulf Coast Gauges

Vince Bayou at Pasadena water level

USGS gauge 08075730 · Harris County · Vince Bayou watershed

4.83 ft

gage height, Oct 20, 2026 at 10:15 AM CDT · 65 minutes ago

Highest since 1972 (USGS)
23.38 ft (June 9, 2001)
Usual range
4.75 to 5.13 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

4.8 5.0 5.2 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.

Daily highs and lows since September 11, 2026

4.7 5.3 5.9 2026-09-11 – 2026-10-20 · bars are daily low to high

Annual peaks since 1972

In 54 complete water years of comparable USGS records (since 1972), the highest peak was 23.38 ft on June 9, 2001. So far in water year 2027 (since October 1) the highest reading is 5.85 ft on October 2, 2026.

4 10 15 20 25 1980 1990 2000 2010 2020 Water year 1972: 13.55 ft on May 12, 1972 Water year 1973: 16.20 ft on June 11, 1973 Water year 1974: 15.05 ft on October 3, 1973 Water year 1975: 14.82 ft on June 10, 1975 Water year 1976: 12.99 ft on June 16, 1976 Water year 1977: 13.86 ft on April 20, 1977 Water year 1978: 13.06 ft on June 27, 1978 Water year 1979: 16.93 ft on July 26, 1979 Water year 1980: 13.92 ft on January 22, 1980 Water year 1981: 18.30 ft on May 3, 1981 Water year 1982: 15.05 ft on May 13, 1982 Water year 1983: 17.02 ft on August 18, 1983 Water year 1984: 14.00 ft on August 12, 1984 Water year 1985: 15.04 ft on March 14, 1985 Water year 1986: 15.55 ft on November 11, 1985 Water year 1987: 15.59 ft on June 12, 1987 Water year 1988: 12.48 ft on March 17, 1988 Water year 1989: 18.09 ft on June 26, 1989 Water year 1990: 14.66 ft on October 29, 1989 Water year 1991: 14.74 ft on May 29, 1991 Water year 1992: 14.50 ft on June 2, 1992 Water year 1993: 14.37 ft on March 1, 1993 Water year 1994: 14.88 ft on October 20, 1993 Water year 1995: 16.00 ft on October 17, 1994 Water year 1996: 17.61 ft on September 19, 1996 Water year 1997: 16.60 ft on April 25, 1997 Water year 1998: 17.66 ft on September 11, 1998 Water year 1999: 17.57 ft on May 12, 1999 Water year 2000: 14.06 ft on May 20, 2000 Water year 2001: 23.38 ft on June 9, 2001 Water year 2002: 15.57 ft on April 8, 2002 Water year 2004: 14.68 ft on October 9, 2003 Water year 2005: 15.46 ft on November 2, 2004 Water year 2006: 18.65 ft on June 19, 2006 Water year 2007: 17.65 ft on August 16, 2007 Water year 2008: 19.12 ft on September 13, 2008 Water year 2009: 17.65 ft on April 18, 2009 Water year 2010: 15.67 ft on July 2, 2010 Water year 2011: 13.34 ft on November 2, 2010 Water year 2012: 15.45 ft on January 9, 2012 Water year 2013: 15.60 ft on April 27, 2013 Water year 2014: 14.55 ft on October 12, 2013 Water year 2015: 18.13 ft on May 26, 2015 Water year 2016: 16.71 ft on October 31, 2015 Water year 2017: 22.32 ft on August 26, 2017 Water year 2018: 13.14 ft on July 4, 2018 Water year 2019: 14.33 ft on May 9, 2019 Water year 2020: 14.78 ft on May 15, 2020 Water year 2021: 12.98 ft on December 31, 2020 Water year 2022: 9.60 ft on May 25, 2022 Water year 2023: 13.57 ft on November 24, 2022 Water year 2024: 12.95 ft on July 8, 2024 Water year 2025: 12.41 ft on July 25, 2025 Water year 2026: 11.91 ft on June 17, 2026 Water year 2027 so far: 5.85 ft on October 2, 2026 2001 2017 2008

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

StormPeakPeak timeRiseCompared with its record
October 1–2, 20265.85 ftOct 2, 2026 at 7:15 AM CDT0.9 fthighest since water year 2026 (11.91 ft on June 17, 2026)

Harris County gauge nearby

Vince Bayou at West Ellaine Down Stream, less than 0.1 mi away, read 4.80 ft at Oct 20, 2026 at 11:08 AM CDT, 14.5 ft below its top of bank. Both gauges report water surface elevation.

Download the readings

vince-bayou-at-pasadena.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.