Brays Bayou at Houston

Highest listed crest 45.67 ftFlood stage 41.0 ft6 crests since 2008

The Brays Bayou at Houston crested at major flood stage 1 time among the 6 crests the National Weather Service lists from 2008 to 2017. The highest, 45.67 ft on August 27, 2017, was major flooding, 4.67 feet above flood stage. 1 other gauge on the Brays Bayou crested above flood stage within a week of it.

The gauge

Highest listed crest: 45.67 ft; August 27, 2017; 35,200 cubic feet per second
Flood stage: 41.0 ft; Major flooding from 43.0 ft
Crests at major: 1; 248th of 370 gauges in Texas
Most recent flood crest: August 27, 2017; 45.67 ft, major flooding
Location: Harris County; Near West University Place (1.7 mi), Bellaire (3.0 mi), Houston (6.3 mi)
Identifiers: NWS HBMT2; USGS 08075000

Flood stages

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

Flood categories, Brays Bayou at Houston

Action stage	38.0	2	Apr 27, 2013	The level at which the NWS or its partners begin to take action
Flood stage (minor)	41.0	2	Apr 18, 2016	Minimal or no property damage, but possibly some public threat
Moderate flood stage	42.0	1	May 26, 2015	Some inundation of structures and roads near the stream
Major flood stage	43.0	1	Aug 27, 2017	Extensive inundation of structures and roads

Every listed crest

6 crests from 2008 to 2017. Filled: at or above flood stage. Hover a crest for its date and stage.

Crests at or above flood stage, by decade

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.
19 crests measured on an earlier gauge datum are left out: 50.60 ft on Nov 2, 1943; 51.70 ft on Aug 28, 1945; 49.90 ft on Jun 13, 1973; 52.13 ft on Jun 15, 1976; 50.36 ft on Apr 19, 1979; 50.32 ft on Aug 31, 1981; and more.

Highest crests

Highest listed crests, Brays Bayou at Houston

1	Aug 27, 2017	45.67	+4.67	Major	35,200
2	May 26, 2015	42.83	+1.83	Moderate	28,700
3	Apr 18, 2016	41.98	+0.98	Minor	27,200
4	Sep 13, 2008	41.02	+0.02	Minor	25,500
5	Jan 9, 2012	40.93	−0.07	Action	25,300
6	Apr 27, 2013	38.78	−2.22	Action	21,700

The worst floods along the Brays Bayou

For this gauge's highest crests, the other gauges on the Brays Bayou that crested above flood stage within a week.

August 27, 2017: 45.67 ft here, major flooding

Gessner DriveTX · Aug 27, 2017 · 60.00 ft · Major

May 26, 2015: 42.83 ft here, moderate flooding

Gessner DriveTX · May 26, 2015 · 61.60 ft · Major · its highest

April 18, 2016: 41.98 ft here, minor flooding

Gessner DriveTX · Apr 18, 2016 · 61.26 ft · Major

Gauges on the Brays Bayou

In USGS station-number order, which runs downstream within a river basin.

Flood gauges on the Brays Bayou

Gessner Drive	TX	57.0	61.60 ft, May 26, 2015	7
Houston this gauge	TX	41.0	45.67 ft, Aug 27, 2017	1

Other gauges in Harris County

Flood gauges in Harris County

Barker	111.0	114.86 ft, Apr 18, 2016	5
Gessner Drive	57.0	61.60 ft, May 26, 2015	7
Barker Reservoir	93.2	101.60 ft, Aug 27, 2017	0
Piney Point Village	52.0	62.84 ft, Aug 31, 2017	1
Shepherd Drive	28.0	41.90 ft, Aug 28, 2017	2
West Belt Drive	62.2	71.22 ft, Aug 31, 2017	3
Crosby	53.4	58.99 ft, Aug 28, 2017	0
Telephone Road	43.5	47.40 ft, Aug 29, 2017	0
Cypress	122.0	129.97 ft, Aug 28, 2017	3
Hockley	157.3	162.85 ft, Aug 28, 2017	6
Westfield	85.5	97.12 ft, Aug 29, 2017	9
Houston	55.0	62.88 ft, Aug 28, 2017	10
Houston	30.0	44.85 ft, Aug 28, 2017	17
Houston	84.8	86.16 ft, Apr 18, 2016	0
Addicks Reservoir	96.0	109.09 ft, Aug 30, 2017	0
Addicks	109.0	112.64 ft, Apr 18, 2016	3
Sheldon	10.0	28.72 ft, Aug 29, 2017	16
Houston	26.2	30.44 ft, Oct 5, 1981	5
Spring	91.5	111.60 ft, Oct 18, 1994	4
Tide Station (HGX) at Manchester	3.7	7.57 ft, Sep 14, 2021	1
Tide Station (HGX) at Morgan's Point	3.7	6.03 ft, Sep 14, 2021	1
Humble	49.3	69.18 ft, Aug 29, 2017	24
Houston	32.0	45.60 ft, Aug 28, 2017	4
Tomball	129.4	133.89 ft, Aug 28, 2017	1

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NOAA National Water Prediction Service, gauge HBMT2, 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.