GUADALUPE RIVER — LIVE CONDITIONS
Every USGS gauge on the upper Guadalupe, headwaters to Comfort, refreshed every minute from the official USGS feed by your own browser.
This is an independent monitoring page, not a warning system. For warnings and evacuations (if ordered) follow the
National Weather Service and Kerr County officials. River gauges report on 15–60 minute cycles — in a flash flood, water moves faster than the data.
SITUATION — POSTED JULY 14
This MCV (Mesoscale Convective Vortex) storm is not expected to end until
late Thursday night. Significant rainfall in short durations can cause deadly conditions.
Please never drive through flooded roadways. July 4 taught us that high-velocity flooding can occur even at higher elevations. No matter where you are, have a plan to get to higher ground — preferably not a roof or structure in an area prone to flash flooding — and have a way to get away from the flood water completely if the signs emerge that you need to escape, now. Know before you go. Learn it. Rehearse it. Execute if needed. If you follow this, you'll know exactly what to do and when.
North ForkNORMAL
Guadalupe headwaters nr Hunt · USGS #08165300
STAGE
— ft
36h ago: —
no official flood stage
no reading36-hour trace
South ForkNORMAL
at Lynx Haven Crossing (stage only — new gauge) · USGS #08165400
STAGE
— ft
36h ago: —
no official flood stage
no reading36-hour trace
HuntNORMAL
Guadalupe below the forks · USGS #08165500
STAGE
— ft
36h ago: —
NWS flood stage: 10 ft
no reading36-hour trace
Johnson CreekNORMAL
enters the river at Ingram · USGS #08166000
STAGE
— ft
36h ago: —
no official flood stage
no reading36-hour trace
Above Bear CreekNORMAL
Guadalupe entering Kerrville · USGS #08166140
STAGE
— ft
36h ago: —
no official flood stage
no reading36-hour trace
KerrvilleNORMAL
Guadalupe at Kerrville · USGS #08166200
STAGE
— ft
36h ago: —
NWS flood stage: 9 ft
no reading36-hour trace
Center PointNORMAL
Guadalupe at Center Point · USGS #08166250
STAGE
— ft
36h ago: —
no official flood stage
no reading36-hour trace
ComfortNORMAL
Guadalupe at Comfort · USGS #08167000
STAGE
— ft
36h ago: —
NWS flood stage: 21 ft
no reading36-hour trace
LATEST FLOOD INFORMATION — RIVER, RAIN & RADAR
TexMesonet does not include the South Fork at Lynx Haven — use the USGS gauge link for that. UGRA RiverHub carries Kerr County gauges including the South Fork flood stage (discharge is not available at Lynx Haven Crossing).
OFFICIAL KERR COUNTY SOURCES
In Kerr County, these pages are the authorities. Several fire departments post updates as well.
COMMUNITY UPDATES
These conditions are what this group is built for. More resources will be added as they become available.
Gauges are listed upstream → downstream. The red dashed line on each trace marks this page's attention threshold for that gauge — not an official flood stage. Official NWS flood stages exist only for Hunt (10 ft), Kerrville (9 ft), and Comfort (21 ft); the other gauges have none published, so their cards say so. The South Fork gauge is new (installed April 2026) and reports river stage only; it was the stream that delivered the July 4, 2025 flood wall and had no gauge at the time. A gauge going silent during high water is itself important: in 2025, gauges failed at the flood peak. Data:
USGS Water Data ·
NWS Austin/San Antonio · Emergency Management and Weather Professionals — deeper analysis:
Lower Trinity wells & formation pressure