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Greens Bayou at Houston

Highest listed crest 62.88 ftFlood stage 55.0 ft61 crests since 1954

The Greens Bayou at Houston crested at major flood stage 10 times among the 61 crests the National Weather Service lists from 1954 to 2022. The highest, 62.88 ft on August 28, 2017, was major flooding, 7.88 feet above flood stage. 2 other gauges on the Greens Bayou crested above flood stage within a week of it, 1 at its own highest listed crest.

The gauge

Highest listed crest
62.88 ft
August 28, 2017; 26,400 cubic feet per second
Flood stage
55.0 ft
Major flooding from 59.5 ft
Crests at major
10
59th of 370 gauges in Texas
Most recent flood crest
January 9, 2022
55.72 ft, minor flooding
Location
Harris County
Near Humble (5.5 mi), Houston (10.4 mi), Galena Park (12.7 mi)

Flood stages

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

Flood categories, Greens Bayou at Houston
Action stage52.08Apr 8, 2002The level at which the NWS or its partners begin to take action
Flood stage (minor)55.011Jan 9, 2022Minimal or no property damage, but possibly some public threat
Moderate flood stage56.523Sep 19, 2019Some inundation of structures and roads near the stream
Major flood stage59.510Aug 28, 2017Extensive inundation of structures and roads

Every listed crest

61 crests from 1954 to 2022. Filled: at or above flood stage. Hover a crest for its date and stage.

Listed crests at the Greens Bayou at Houston, 1954 to 2022 4550556065ft Flood stage 55.0 ftMajor 59.5 ft Jul 30, 1954: 59.33 ft, moderate flooding; 7,000 cubic feet per secondSep 12, 1961: 60.33 ft, major flooding; 6,120 cubic feet per secondMay 31, 1964: 59.56 ft, major flooding; 5,950 cubic feet per secondApr 14, 1966: 59.01 ft, moderate flooding; 5,360 cubic feet per secondFeb 22, 1969: 59.14 ft, moderate flooding; 4,000 cubic feet per secondMay 16, 1970: 58.99 ft, moderate flooding; 3,600 cubic feet per secondMar 21, 1972: 60.03 ft, major flooding; 6,500 cubic feet per secondJun 13, 1973: 59.28 ft, moderate flooding; 5,000 cubic feet per secondSep 20, 1979: 59.36 ft, moderate flooding; 5,760 cubic feet per secondAug 31, 1981: 58.48 ft, moderate flooding; 5,840 cubic feet per secondAug 19, 1983: 59.26 ft, moderate flooding; 4,760 cubic feet per secondOct 25, 1984: 60.58 ft, major flooding; 12,500 cubic feet per secondNov 24, 1985: 54.71 ft, action stage; 3,480 cubic feet per secondJun 11, 1987: 54.32 ft, action stage; 3,920 cubic feet per secondAug 11, 1988: 51.25 ft, below flood stage; 2,230 cubic feet per secondMay 18, 1989: 60.47 ft, major flooding; 16,200 cubic feet per secondJun 27, 1989: 60.62 ft, major flooding; 16,500 cubic feet per secondApr 26, 1990: 51.79 ft, below flood stage; 2,800 cubic feet per secondApr 5, 1991: 54.00 ft, action stage; 4,280 cubic feet per secondDec 21, 1991: 55.14 ft, minor flooding; 5,120 cubic feet per secondJan 18, 1992: 51.83 ft, below flood stage; 2,870 cubic feet per secondMar 4, 1992: 58.73 ft, moderate flooding; 9,560 cubic feet per secondMay 28, 1992: 53.32 ft, action stage; 3,470 cubic feet per secondMar 1, 1993: 56.41 ft, minor flooding; 5,620 cubic feet per secondJun 26, 1993: 50.41 ft, below flood stage; 2,440 cubic feet per secondMay 16, 1994: 52.06 ft, action stage; 3,150 cubic feet per secondOct 18, 1994: 56.95 ft, moderate flooding; 7,150 cubic feet per secondApr 4, 1995: 49.31 ft, below flood stage; 2,310 cubic feet per secondDec 18, 1995: 52.38 ft, action stage; 4,420 cubic feet per secondSep 19, 1996: 47.88 ft, below flood stage; 2,440 cubic feet per secondMar 12, 1997: 56.62 ft, moderate flooding; 10,700 cubic feet per secondApr 25, 1997: 50.88 ft, below flood stage; 3,460 cubic feet per secondMay 24, 1997: 57.35 ft, moderate flooding; 13,100 cubic feet per secondJun 25, 1997: 47.42 ft, below flood stage; 2,300 cubic feet per secondSep 23, 1997: 49.18 ft, below flood stage; 2,830 cubic feet per secondSep 11, 1998: 57.62 ft, moderate flooding; 11,800 cubic feet per secondOct 18, 1998: 54.77 ft, action stage; 5,720 cubic feet per secondMay 20, 2000: 55.42 ft, minor flooding; 6,610 cubic feet per secondJun 9, 2001: 62.39 ft, major flooding; 26,500 cubic feet per secondApr 8, 2002: 54.78 ft, action stage; 5,990 cubic feet per secondOct 29, 2002: 59.99 ft, major flooding; 14,300 cubic feet per secondNov 17, 2003: 59.17 ft, moderate flooding; 12,100 cubic feet per secondNov 22, 2004: 56.35 ft, minor flooding; 7,580 cubic feet per secondDec 14, 2005: 56.88 ft, moderate floodingJun 19, 2006: 57.40 ft, moderate flooding; 10,200 cubic feet per secondOct 16, 2006: 57.88 ft, moderate flooding; 9,500 cubic feet per secondSep 13, 2008: 58.41 ft, moderate flooding; 10,500 cubic feet per secondApr 18, 2009: 56.20 ft, minor flooding; 7,390 cubic feet per secondApr 28, 2009: 55.43 ft, minor floodingJul 2, 2010: 57.24 ft, moderate flooding; 9,460 cubic feet per secondAug 1, 2014: 56.19 ft, minor flooding; 7,800 cubic feet per secondMay 26, 2015: 58.09 ft, moderate flooding; 9,870 cubic feet per secondOct 31, 2015: 56.60 ft, moderate floodingApr 18, 2016: 59.53 ft, major flooding; 12,500 cubic feet per secondAug 8, 2017: 57.24 ft, moderate flooding; 9,109 cubic feet per secondAug 28, 2017: 62.88 ft, major flooding; 26,400 cubic feet per secondJul 4, 2018: 55.66 ft, minor flooding; 7,281 cubic feet per secondDec 8, 2018: 56.15 ft, minor flooding; 7,738 cubic feet per secondSep 19, 2019: 59.48 ft, moderate flooding; 13,751 cubic feet per secondSep 23, 2020: 55.76 ft, minor flooding; 7,738 cubic feet per secondJan 9, 2022: 55.72 ft, minor flooding; 7,691 cubic feet per second Highest, 62.88 ft, Aug 28, 2017 1960197019801990200020102020

Crests at or above flood stage, by decade

Crests at or above flood stage per decade, Greens Bayou at Houston 1950s: 1 1960s: 4 1970s: 4 1980s: 5 1990s: 7 2000s: 11 11 2010s: 10 2020s: 2 1950s1960s1970s1980s1990s2000s2010s2020s
  1. 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.
  2. Categories use today's flood stages. Levees, dams and channel changes since a crest can make old and new stages not directly comparable.
  3. 1 crest measured on an earlier gauge datum is left out: 60.00 ft on Oct 1, 1949.

Highest crests

The 50 highest of 61 listed crests.

Highest listed crests, Greens Bayou at Houston
1Aug 28, 201762.88+7.88Major26,400
2Jun 9, 200162.39+7.39Major26,500
3Jun 27, 198960.62+5.62Major16,500
4Oct 25, 198460.58+5.58Major12,500
5May 18, 198960.47+5.47Major16,200
6Sep 12, 196160.33+5.33Major6,120
7Mar 21, 197260.03+5.03Major6,500
8Oct 29, 200259.99+4.99Major14,300
9May 31, 196459.56+4.56Major5,950
10Apr 18, 201659.53+4.53Major12,500
11Sep 19, 201959.48+4.48Moderate13,751
12Sep 20, 197959.36+4.36Moderate5,760
13Jul 30, 195459.33+4.33Moderate7,000
14Jun 13, 197359.28+4.28Moderate5,000
15Aug 19, 198359.26+4.26Moderate4,760
16Nov 17, 200359.17+4.17Moderate12,100
17Feb 22, 196959.14+4.14Moderate4,000
18Apr 14, 196659.01+4.01Moderate5,360
19May 16, 197058.99+3.99Moderate3,600
20Mar 4, 199258.73+3.73Moderate9,560
21Aug 31, 198158.48+3.48Moderate5,840
22Sep 13, 200858.41+3.41Moderate10,500
23May 26, 201558.09+3.09Moderate9,870
24Oct 16, 200657.88+2.88Moderate9,500
25Sep 11, 199857.62+2.62Moderate11,800
26Jun 19, 200657.40+2.40Moderate10,200
27May 24, 199757.35+2.35Moderate13,100
28Jul 2, 201057.24+2.24Moderate9,460
29Aug 8, 201757.24+2.24Moderate9,109
30Oct 18, 199456.95+1.95Moderate7,150
31Dec 14, 200556.88+1.88Moderate—
32Mar 12, 199756.62+1.62Moderate10,700
33Oct 31, 201556.60+1.60Moderate—
34Mar 1, 199356.41+1.41Minor5,620
35Nov 22, 200456.35+1.35Minor7,580
36Apr 18, 200956.20+1.20Minor7,390
37Aug 1, 201456.19+1.19Minor7,800
38Dec 8, 201856.15+1.15Minor7,738
39Sep 23, 202055.76+0.76Minor7,738
40Jan 9, 202255.72+0.72Minor7,691
41Jul 4, 201855.66+0.66Minor7,281
42Apr 28, 200955.43+0.43Minor—
43May 20, 200055.42+0.42Minor6,610
44Dec 21, 199155.14+0.14Minor5,120
45Apr 8, 200254.78−0.22Action5,990
46Oct 18, 199854.77−0.23Action5,720
47Nov 24, 198554.71−0.29Action3,480
48Jun 11, 198754.32−0.68Action3,920
49Apr 5, 199154.00−1.00Action4,280
50May 28, 199253.32−1.68Action3,470

The worst floods along the Greens Bayou

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

August 28, 2017: 62.88 ft here, major flooding

  • HoustonTX · Aug 28, 2017 · 44.85 ft · Major · its highest
  • HoustonTX · Aug 27, 2017 · 85.84 ft · Minor

June 27, 1989: 60.62 ft here, major flooding

  • HoustonTX · Jun 27, 1989 · 39.40 ft · Major

October 25, 1984: 60.58 ft here, major flooding

  • HoustonTX · Oct 26, 1984 · 32.13 ft · Moderate

Gauges on the Greens Bayou

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

Flood gauges on the Greens Bayou
HoustonTX84.886.16 ft, Apr 18, 20160
Houston this gaugeTX55.062.88 ft, Aug 28, 201710
HoustonTX30.044.85 ft, Aug 28, 201717

Other gauges in Harris County

Flood gauges in Harris County
Barker111.0114.86 ft, Apr 18, 20165
Gessner Drive57.061.60 ft, May 26, 20157
Houston41.045.67 ft, Aug 27, 20171
Barker Reservoir93.2101.60 ft, Aug 27, 20170
Piney Point Village52.062.84 ft, Aug 31, 20171
Shepherd Drive28.041.90 ft, Aug 28, 20172
West Belt Drive62.271.22 ft, Aug 31, 20173
Crosby53.458.99 ft, Aug 28, 20170
Telephone Road43.547.40 ft, Aug 29, 20170
Cypress122.0129.97 ft, Aug 28, 20173
Hockley157.3162.85 ft, Aug 28, 20176
Westfield85.597.12 ft, Aug 29, 20179
Houston30.044.85 ft, Aug 28, 201717
Houston84.886.16 ft, Apr 18, 20160
Addicks Reservoir96.0109.09 ft, Aug 30, 20170
Addicks109.0112.64 ft, Apr 18, 20163
Sheldon10.028.72 ft, Aug 29, 201716
Houston26.230.44 ft, Oct 5, 19815
Spring91.5111.60 ft, Oct 18, 19944
Tide Station (HGX) at Manchester3.77.57 ft, Sep 14, 20211
Tide Station (HGX) at Morgan's Point3.76.03 ft, Sep 14, 20211
Humble49.369.18 ft, Aug 29, 201724
Houston32.045.60 ft, Aug 28, 20174
Tomball129.4133.89 ft, Aug 28, 20171

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

NOAA National Water Prediction Service, gauge GBHT2, 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.