Guadalupe River at Kerrville
Highest listed crest 39.00 ftFlood stage 9.0 ft9 crests since 1932
The Guadalupe River at Kerrville crested at major flood stage 4 times among the 9 crests the National Weather Service lists from 1932 to 2026. The highest, 39.00 ft on July 2, 1932, was major flooding, 30.00 feet above flood stage. 5 other gauges on the Guadalupe River crested above flood stage within a week of it, 1 at its own highest listed crest.
The gauge
- Highest listed crest
- 39.00 ft
- July 2, 1932; 196,000 cubic feet per second
- Flood stage
- 9.0 ft
- Major flooding from 20.0 ft
- Crests at major
- 4
- 157th of 370 gauges in Texas
- Most recent flood crest
- July 16, 2026
- 30.06 ft, major flooding
Flood stages
The thresholds the National Weather Service uses for this gauge today, and how many listed crests reached each.
| Action stage | 7.0 | 0 | — |
| Flood stage (minor) | 9.0 | 0 | — |
| Moderate flood stage | 12.0 | 5 | Oct 16, 2018 |
| Major flood stage | 20.0 | 4 | Jul 16, 2026 |
Every listed crest
9 crests from 1932 to 2026. 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.
Highest crests
| 1 | Jul 2, 1932 | 39.00 | +30.00 | Major |
| 2 | Jul 17, 1987 | 37.72 | +28.72 | Major |
| 3 | Jul 4, 2025 | 37.51 | +28.51 | Major |
| 4 | Jul 16, 2026 | 30.06 | +21.06 | Major |
| 5 | Nov 23, 2000 | 17.93 | +8.93 | Moderate |
| 6 | Oct 28, 1996 | 17.73 | +8.73 | Moderate |
| 7 | May 25, 2007 | 15.22 | +6.22 | Moderate |
| 8 | Oct 16, 2018 | 14.65 | +5.65 | Moderate |
| 9 | Jul 5, 2002 | 14.56 | +5.56 | Moderate |
The worst floods along the Guadalupe River
For this gauge's highest crests, the other gauges on the Guadalupe River that crested above flood stage within a week.
July 2, 1932: 39.00 ft here, major flooding
- Spring BranchTX · Jul 3, 1932 · 42.10 ft · Major
- SattlerTX · Jul 1, 1932 · 39.00 ft · Major · its highest
- HuntTX · Jul 2, 1932 · 36.60 ft · Major
- ComalTX · Jul 3, 1932 · 33.50 ft · Major
- Comal River at New BraunfelsTX · Jul 3, 1932 · 32.48 ft · Major
July 17, 1987: 37.72 ft here, major flooding
- ComfortTX · Jul 17, 1987 · 31.50 ft · Major
- HuntTX · Jul 17, 1987 · 28.40 ft · Major
- Spring BranchTX · Jul 18, 1987 · 35.58 ft · Minor
July 4, 2025: 37.51 ft here, major flooding
- HuntTX · Jul 4, 2025 · 37.52 ft · Major · its highest
- ComfortTX · Jul 4, 2025 · 35.64 ft · Major
- Spring BranchTX · Jul 5, 2025 · 30.03 ft · Minor
Gauges on the Guadalupe River
In USGS station-number order, which runs downstream within a river basin.
| Hunt | TX | 37.52 ft, Jul 4, 2025 | 5 |
| Kerrville this gauge | TX | 39.00 ft, Jul 2, 1932 | 4 |
| Comfort | TX | 42.30 ft, Jul 1, 1869 | 9 |
| Spring Branch | TX | 53.00 ft, Aug 3, 1869 | 6 |
| Canyon Lake | TX | 950.02 ft, Jul 6, 2002 | 1 |
| Sattler | TX | 39.00 ft, Jul 1, 1932 | 5 |
| Comal River at New Braunfels | TX | 38.00 ft, Aug 8, 1869 | 12 |
| Comal | TX | 39.50 ft, Aug 8, 1869 | 16 |
| Seguin | TX | 36.80 ft, Oct 18, 1998 | 9 |
| Gonzales | TX | 50.44 ft, Oct 19, 1998 | 3 |
| Cuero | TX | 44.36 ft, Aug 29, 2017 | 12 |
| Victoria | TX | 34.04 ft, Oct 20, 1998 | 24 |
| Bloomington | TX | 34.00 ft, Oct 21, 1998 | 13 |
Other gauges in Kerr County
| Hunt | 37.52 ft, Jul 4, 2025 | 5 |
Kerr County: every hazard · River floods across the country · Texas
NOAA National Water Prediction Service, gauge KRRT2, 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.