Big Sandy Creek (TX) near Elgin

Highest listed crest 27.62 ftFlood stage 13.0 ft2 crests since 2015

The Big Sandy Creek (TX) near Elgin crested at major flood stage 1 time among the 2 crests the National Weather Service lists from 2015 to 2016. The highest, 27.62 ft on October 31, 2015, was major flooding, 14.62 feet above flood stage.

The gauge

Highest listed crest: 27.62 ft; October 31, 2015; 9,016 cubic feet per second
Flood stage: 13.0 ft; Major flooding from 23.0 ft
Crests at major: 1; 248th of 370 gauges in Texas
Most recent flood crest: May 27, 2016; 21.73 ft, moderate flooding
Location: Bastrop County; Near Elgin (7.2 mi), Bastrop (10.7 mi)
Identifiers: NWS EGZT2; No USGS station

Flood stages

The thresholds the National Weather Service uses for this gauge today, and how many listed crests reached each.

Flood categories, Big Sandy Creek (TX) near Elgin

Action stage	8.0	0	—	The level at which the NWS or its partners begin to take action
Flood stage (minor)	13.0	0	—	Minimal or no property damage, but possibly some public threat
Moderate flood stage	16.0	1	May 27, 2016	Some inundation of structures and roads near the stream
Major flood stage	23.0	1	Oct 31, 2015	Extensive inundation of structures and roads

Every listed crest

2 crests from 2015 to 2016. Filled: at or above flood stage. Hover a crest for its date and stage.

These are the crests the local National Weather Service office lists for the gauge: the highest on record and recent crests. Lesser floods between them may be missing, so counts by decade are a floor.
Categories use today's flood stages. Levees, dams and channel changes since a crest can make old and new stages not directly comparable.

Highest crests

Highest listed crests, Big Sandy Creek (TX) near Elgin

1	Oct 31, 2015	27.62	+14.62	Major	9,016
2	May 27, 2016	21.73	+8.73	Moderate	4,530

Other gauges in Bastrop County

Flood gauges in Bastrop County

Bastrop	23.0	60.30 ft, Jul 7, 1869	12
Smithville	20.0	47.40 ft, Dec 4, 1913	9
Elgin	22.0	37.83 ft, May 26, 2015	4

Bastrop County: every hazard · River floods across the country · Texas

NOAA National Water Prediction Service, gauge EGZT2, retrieved October 30, 2026. Stages in feet on the gauge's own datum, not elevation. Crests are as the National Weather Service lists them; preliminary values may be revised.