Buffalo Bayou Nr Addicks, TX

Harris County, Texas · USGS 08073500

Latest observation

What this gauge represents: This gauge measures conditions on Buffalo Bayou at its USGS monitoring location in Harris County; conditions elsewhere on the waterway may differ.

How to read these numbers
Streamflow (ft³/s or CFS)

How much water moves past the gauge each second. Higher numbers mean more water is moving downstream.

Gauge height (ft)

The water-surface height at this gauge. It is useful for tracking rises, falls and flood thresholds, but it is not the river's total depth.

24-hour change

How much the latest reading has risen or fallen compared with roughly 24 hours earlier.

Historical median

The typical streamflow for this date based on USGS historical statistics. A multiple such as 3× means current flow is about three times the historical median.

River Pulse

Get Water Data's plain-language summary of current flow, historical context and recent direction.

NOAA flood stage

Official action and flood thresholds where available. These levels are specific to each gauge location.

Gauge height and flood stage are station-specific. A 12-foot reading at one gauge should not be directly compared with 12 feet at another.

RIVER PULSE

Current conditions · Falling

Streamflow is currently 80 ft³/s. Flow has fallen 9 CFS over the past 24 hours.

How trends & context are calculated →
NOAA flood-stage information is not available for this gauge.
RECENT STREAMFLOW

Streamflow trend

Daily mean streamflow · Aug 28–Sep 25 · dates shown in UTC · 29 observations

Look at the data (29 rows)
Displayed USGS daily mean streamflow observations
Date (UTC)Daily mean
Aug 28, 2026, 12:00 AM8.99 CFS
Aug 29, 2026, 12:00 AM110 CFS
Aug 30, 2026, 12:00 AM6 CFS
Aug 31, 2026, 12:00 AM98.7 CFS
Sep 1, 2026, 12:00 AM63.4 CFS
Sep 2, 2026, 12:00 AM95.2 CFS
Sep 3, 2026, 12:00 AM61.4 CFS
Sep 4, 2026, 12:00 AM344 CFS
Sep 5, 2026, 12:00 AM569 CFS
Sep 6, 2026, 12:00 AM111 CFS
Sep 7, 2026, 12:00 AM105 CFS
Sep 8, 2026, 12:00 AM57.6 CFS
Sep 9, 2026, 12:00 AM32.7 CFS
Sep 10, 2026, 12:00 AM212 CFS
Sep 11, 2026, 12:00 AM262 CFS
Sep 12, 2026, 12:00 AM226 CFS
Sep 13, 2026, 12:00 AM13.8 CFS
Sep 14, 2026, 12:00 AM123 CFS
Sep 15, 2026, 12:00 AM8.06 CFS
Sep 16, 2026, 12:00 AM6.05 CFS
Sep 17, 2026, 12:00 AM90 CFS
Sep 18, 2026, 12:00 AM4.78 CFS
Sep 19, 2026, 12:00 AM78.6 CFS
Sep 20, 2026, 12:00 AM4.65 CFS
Sep 21, 2026, 12:00 AM11.6 CFS
Sep 22, 2026, 12:00 AM13.9 CFS
Sep 23, 2026, 12:00 AM99.2 CFS
Sep 24, 2026, 12:00 AM9.93 CFS
Sep 25, 2026, 12:00 AM93.2 CFS
STATION DETAILS

About this gauge

Site type: Stream
County: Harris County
Drainage area: 277 mi²
Current measurements: 2
DATA SOURCE

Official USGS station

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LIVE RIVER CONDITIONS
Buffalo Bayou Nr Addicks, TXUSGS 08073500
STREAMFLOW80 ft³/s
GAUGE HEIGHT46.06 ft