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Guadalupe River at Victoria

Highest listed crest 34.04 ftFlood stage 21.0 ft146 crests since 1929

The Guadalupe River at Victoria crested at major flood stage 24 times among the 146 crests the National Weather Service lists from 1929 to 2021. The highest, 34.04 ft on October 20, 1998, was major flooding, 13.04 feet above flood stage. 5 other gauges on the Guadalupe River crested above flood stage within a week of it, 3 at their own highest listed crest.

The gauge

Highest listed crest
34.04 ft
October 20, 1998; 466,000 cubic feet per second
Flood stage
21.0 ft
Major flooding from 29.5 ft
Crests at major
24
6th of 370 gauges in Texas
Most recent flood crest
October 18, 2021
29.94 ft, major flooding
Location
Victoria County
Near Victoria (3.0 mi)

Flood stages

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

Flood categories, Guadalupe River at Victoria
Action stage12.029Apr 7, 2020The level at which the NWS or its partners begin to take action
Flood stage (minor)21.046Jul 10, 2021Minimal or no property damage, but possibly some public threat
Moderate flood stage27.042Jun 4, 2021Some inundation of structures and roads near the stream
Major flood stage29.524Oct 18, 2021Extensive inundation of structures and roads

Every listed crest

146 crests from 1929 to 2021. Filled: at or above flood stage. Hover a crest for its date and stage.

Listed crests at the Guadalupe River at Victoria, 1929 to 2021 010203040ft Flood stage 21.0 ftMajor 29.5 ft Jun 1, 1929: 30.20 ft, major flooding; 79,000 cubic feet per secondJun 20, 1935: 29.72 ft, major flooding; 38,500 cubic feet per secondJul 3, 1936: 31.22 ft, major flooding; 179,000 cubic feet per secondApr 30, 1938: 28.75 ft, moderate flooding; 25,400 cubic feet per secondJun 6, 1939: 14.52 ft, action stage; 4,940 cubic feet per secondJul 3, 1940: 29.67 ft, major flooding; 55,900 cubic feet per secondMay 3, 1941: 29.73 ft, major flooding; 58,000 cubic feet per secondJul 9, 1942: 29.80 ft, major flooding; 56,000 cubic feet per secondOct 21, 1942: 18.80 ft, action stage; 7,710 cubic feet per secondJun 1, 1944: 23.94 ft, minor flooding; 12,300 cubic feet per secondApr 6, 1945: 28.57 ft, moderate flooding; 22,000 cubic feet per secondSep 3, 1946: 27.70 ft, moderate flooding; 17,900 cubic feet per secondOct 17, 1946: 29.55 ft, major flooding; 46,000 cubic feet per secondMay 28, 1948: 17.50 ft, action stage; 6,970 cubic feet per secondApr 30, 1949: 28.53 ft, moderate flooding; 20,600 cubic feet per secondOct 28, 1949: 24.95 ft, minor flooding; 13,300 cubic feet per secondJun 8, 1951: 23.96 ft, minor flooding; 12,300 cubic feet per secondSep 16, 1952: 29.46 ft, moderate flooding; 28,400 cubic feet per secondMay 4, 1953: 23.19 ft, minor flooding; 11,600 cubic feet per secondOct 26, 1953: 19.68 ft, action stage; 8,560 cubic feet per secondMay 22, 1955: 14.83 ft, action stage; 4,950 cubic feet per secondMay 18, 1956: 7.46 ft, below flood stage; 1,730 cubic feet per secondMay 2, 1957: 29.92 ft, major flooding; 35,300 cubic feet per secondFeb 26, 1958: 30.28 ft, major flooding; 58,300 cubic feet per secondApr 15, 1959: 22.33 ft, minor flooding; 10,100 cubic feet per secondJul 1, 1960: 29.06 ft, moderate flooding; 23,700 cubic feet per secondJun 22, 1961: 30.35 ft, major flooding; 55,800 cubic feet per secondNov 17, 1961: 23.11 ft, minor flooding; 10,800 cubic feet per secondFeb 21, 1963: 13.22 ft, action stage; 4,100 cubic feet per secondNov 11, 1963: 16.19 ft, action stage; 5,720 cubic feet per secondFeb 21, 1965: 27.30 ft, moderate flooding; 15,000 cubic feet per secondDec 8, 1965: 21.99 ft, minor flooding; 9,790 cubic feet per secondSep 21, 1967: 30.67 ft, major flooding; 70,000 cubic feet per secondJan 25, 1968: 29.72 ft, major flooding; 44,300 cubic feet per secondApr 13, 1969: 27.13 ft, moderate flooding; 15,200 cubic feet per secondMay 20, 1970: 21.70 ft, minor flooding; 9,190 cubic feet per secondSep 12, 1971: 22.48 ft, minor flooding; 9,740 cubic feet per secondMay 16, 1972: 30.37 ft, major flooding; 58,500 cubic feet per secondJun 17, 1973: 29.33 ft, moderate flooding; 33,100 cubic feet per secondOct 16, 1973: 28.98 ft, moderate flooding; 25,200 cubic feet per secondMay 29, 1975: 29.24 ft, moderate flooding; 30,200 cubic feet per secondApr 19, 1976: 26.54 ft, minor flooding; 14,100 cubic feet per secondApr 24, 1977: 30.09 ft, major flooding; 54,500 cubic feet per secondSep 14, 1978: 25.64 ft, minor flooding; 12,700 cubic feet per secondMay 12, 1979: 28.36 ft, moderate flooding; 19,300 cubic feet per secondMay 19, 1980: 24.68 ft, minor flooding; 11,600 cubic feet per secondSep 2, 1981: 31.10 ft, major flooding; 105,000 cubic feet per secondMay 19, 1982: 28.20 ft, moderate flooding; 18,500 cubic feet per secondNov 20, 1982: 23.95 ft, minor flooding; 10 cubic feet per secondOct 21, 1983: 11.70 ft, below flood stage; 3,280 cubic feet per secondApr 21, 1985: 23.85 ft, minor flooding; 10,600 cubic feet per secondNov 29, 1986: 26.29 ft, minor flooding; 13,700 cubic feet per secondJun 7, 1987: 30.45 ft, major flooding; 83,400 cubic feet per secondNov 28, 1987: 13.24 ft, action stage; 3,900 cubic feet per secondMay 21, 1989: 13.89 ft, action stage; 4,280 cubic feet per secondSep 12, 1990: 15.61 ft, action stage; 5,230 cubic feet per secondApr 5, 1991: 27.83 ft, moderate flooding; 17,000 cubic feet per secondDec 25, 1991: 30.13 ft, major flooding; 61,500 cubic feet per secondJan 18, 1992: 19.12 ft, action stageJan 22, 1992: 24.66 ft, minor floodingFeb 1, 1992: 28.93 ft, moderate floodingFeb 8, 1992: 29.78 ft, major floodingFeb 17, 1992: 18.34 ft, action stageFeb 28, 1992: 29.25 ft, moderate floodingMar 9, 1992: 29.09 ft, moderate floodingMar 16, 1992: 21.25 ft, minor floodingMar 27, 1992: 19.67 ft, action stageMar 31, 1992: 21.45 ft, minor floodingApr 9, 1992: 27.62 ft, moderate floodingApr 13, 1992: 14.40 ft, action stageApr 18, 1992: 28.51 ft, moderate floodingApr 25, 1992: 13.33 ft, action stageMay 20, 1992: 28.61 ft, moderate floodingJun 7, 1992: 28.20 ft, moderate floodingJun 30, 1993: 27.87 ft, moderate flooding; 17,700 cubic feet per secondMay 19, 1994: 26.04 ft, minor flooding; 13,300 cubic feet per secondOct 19, 1994: 29.37 ft, moderate flooding; 39,600 cubic feet per secondSep 22, 1996: 22.71 ft, minor flooding; 9,760 cubic feet per secondApr 4, 1997: 29.07 ft, moderate flooding; 32,700 cubic feet per secondOct 20, 1998: 34.04 ft, major flooding; 466,000 cubic feet per secondJul 11, 2002: 30.36 ft, major flooding; 66,120 cubic feet per secondJul 17, 2002: 28.54 ft, moderate flooding; 20,532 cubic feet per secondSep 16, 2002: 26.06 ft, minor flooding; 12,010 cubic feet per secondMay 14, 2004: 22.13 ft, minor floodingJun 15, 2004: 27.50 ft, moderate floodingJun 27, 2004: 23.21 ft, minor floodingJul 5, 2004: 26.94 ft, minor floodingOct 28, 2004: 24.22 ft, minor floodingNov 26, 2004: 30.97 ft, major floodingDec 5, 2004: 21.55 ft, minor floodingMar 17, 2007: 28.88 ft, moderate flooding; 24,204 cubic feet per secondApr 4, 2007: 24.95 ft, minor flooding; 11,740 cubic feet per secondMay 2, 2007: 28.76 ft, moderate flooding; 22,908 cubic feet per secondJul 3, 2007: 29.26 ft, moderate flooding; 31,064 cubic feet per secondJul 27, 2007: 28.93 ft, moderate flooding; 24,744 cubic feet per secondApr 21, 2009: 25.82 ft, minor flooding; 13,761 cubic feet per secondOct 7, 2009: 27.39 ft, moderate flooding; 16,835 cubic feet per secondNov 24, 2009: 29.02 ft, moderate flooding; 31,627 cubic feet per secondJan 19, 2010: 27.00 ft, moderate flooding; 16,000 cubic feet per secondFeb 15, 2010: 25.58 ft, minor flooding; 13,446 cubic feet per secondApr 19, 2010: 16.04 ft, action stage; 5,754 cubic feet per secondMay 19, 2010: 21.50 ft, minor flooding; 9,514 cubic feet per secondJun 13, 2010: 25.55 ft, minor flooding; 13,446 cubic feet per secondSep 11, 2010: 18.77 ft, action stage; 7,511 cubic feet per secondJan 29, 2012: 25.66 ft, minor flooding; 13,350 cubic feet per secondFeb 21, 2012: 21.46 ft, minor flooding; 9,479 cubic feet per secondMar 23, 2012: 25.44 ft, minor flooding; 13,264 cubic feet per secondOct 17, 2013: 13.02 ft, action stage; 3,806 cubic feet per secondNov 4, 2013: 25.75 ft, minor flooding; 13,700 cubic feet per secondMay 30, 2014: 23.89 ft, minor flooding; 11,681 cubic feet per secondMar 10, 2015: 14.18 ft, action stage; 4,573 cubic feet per secondMar 19, 2015: 17.49 ft, action stage; 6,704 cubic feet per secondMar 23, 2015: 22.96 ft, minor flooding; 10,787 cubic feet per secondApr 18, 2015: 23.94 ft, minor flooding; 11,687 cubic feet per secondApr 28, 2015: 24.41 ft, minor flooding; 12,149 cubic feet per secondMay 23, 2015: 28.34 ft, moderate flooding; 20,992 cubic feet per secondMay 30, 2015: 30.19 ft, major flooding; 66,146 cubic feet per secondJun 18, 2015: 29.48 ft, moderate flooding; 42,463 cubic feet per secondNov 5, 2015: 28.03 ft, moderate flooding; 18,432 cubic feet per secondNov 19, 2015: 16.08 ft, action stage; 5,775 cubic feet per secondMar 10, 2016: 19.50 ft, action stage; 8,025 cubic feet per secondApr 22, 2016: 24.73 ft, minor flooding; 12,409 cubic feet per secondMay 23, 2016: 27.86 ft, moderate flooding; 18,054 cubic feet per secondJun 6, 2016: 28.38 ft, moderate flooding; 21,300 cubic feet per secondAug 23, 2016: 24.44 ft, minor flooding; 12,155 cubic feet per secondSep 29, 2016: 13.25 ft, action stage; 4,176 cubic feet per secondDec 8, 2016: 22.75 ft, minor flooding; 10,595 cubic feet per secondJan 21, 2017: 17.60 ft, action stage; 6,809 cubic feet per secondFeb 23, 2017: 15.46 ft, action stage; 5,568 cubic feet per secondApr 15, 2017: 19.29 ft, action stage; 7,873 cubic feet per secondApr 20, 2017: 13.25 ft, action stage; 4,262 cubic feet per secondMay 22, 2017: 8.98 ft, below flood stage; 1,833 cubic feet per secondMay 31, 2017: 9.73 ft, below flood stage; 2,225 cubic feet per secondAug 30, 2017: 31.30 ft, major flooding; 86,500 cubic feet per secondApr 2, 2018: 24.69 ft, minor flooding; 12,386 cubic feet per secondDec 12, 2018: 27.38 ft, moderate flooding; 14,300 cubic feet per secondJan 6, 2019: 21.08 ft, minor flooding; 8,071 cubic feet per secondMay 12, 2019: 20.58 ft, action stage; 7,692 cubic feet per secondApr 7, 2020: 15.31 ft, action stage; 4,610 cubic feet per secondMay 5, 2021: 25.49 ft, minor flooding; 10,254 cubic feet per secondMay 22, 2021: 27.29 ft, moderate flooding; 13,884 cubic feet per secondMay 27, 2021: 27.66 ft, moderate flooding; 15,498 cubic feet per secondJun 4, 2021: 27.81 ft, moderate flooding; 16,200 cubic feet per secondJul 10, 2021: 22.34 ft, minor flooding; 7,988 cubic feet per secondAug 5, 2021: 11.73 ft, below flood stage; 3,265 cubic feet per secondOct 18, 2021: 29.94 ft, major flooding; 34,000 cubic feet per second Highest, 34.04 ft, Oct 20, 1998 19401960198020002020

Crests at or above flood stage, by decade

Crests at or above flood stage per decade, Guadalupe River at Victoria 1920s: 1 1930s: 3 1940s: 9 1950s: 6 1960s: 8 1970s: 10 1980s: 7 1990s: 19 2000s: 18 2010s: 25 25 2020s: 6 1920s1930s1940s1950s1960s1970s1980s1990s2000s2010s2020s
  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: 23.74 ft on May 8, 2019.

Highest crests

The 50 highest of 146 listed crests.

Highest listed crests, Guadalupe River at Victoria
1Oct 20, 199834.04+13.04Major466,000
2Aug 30, 201731.30+10.30Major86,500
3Jul 3, 193631.22+10.22Major179,000
4Sep 2, 198131.10+10.10Major105,000
5Nov 26, 200430.97+9.97Major—
6Sep 21, 196730.67+9.67Major70,000
7Jun 7, 198730.45+9.45Major83,400
8May 16, 197230.37+9.37Major58,500
9Jul 11, 200230.36+9.36Major66,120
10Jun 22, 196130.35+9.35Major55,800
11Feb 26, 195830.28+9.28Major58,300
12Jun 1, 192930.20+9.20Major79,000
13May 30, 201530.19+9.19Major66,146
14Dec 25, 199130.13+9.13Major61,500
15Apr 24, 197730.09+9.09Major54,500
16Oct 18, 202129.94+8.94Major34,000
17May 2, 195729.92+8.92Major35,300
18Jul 9, 194229.80+8.80Major56,000
19Feb 8, 199229.78+8.78Major—
20May 3, 194129.73+8.73Major58,000
21Jun 20, 193529.72+8.72Major38,500
22Jan 25, 196829.72+8.72Major44,300
23Jul 3, 194029.67+8.67Major55,900
24Oct 17, 194629.55+8.55Major46,000
25Jun 18, 201529.48+8.48Moderate42,463
26Sep 16, 195229.46+8.46Moderate28,400
27Oct 19, 199429.37+8.37Moderate39,600
28Jun 17, 197329.33+8.33Moderate33,100
29Jul 3, 200729.26+8.26Moderate31,064
30Feb 28, 199229.25+8.25Moderate—
31May 29, 197529.24+8.24Moderate30,200
32Mar 9, 199229.09+8.09Moderate—
33Apr 4, 199729.07+8.07Moderate32,700
34Jul 1, 196029.06+8.06Moderate23,700
35Nov 24, 200929.02+8.02Moderate31,627
36Oct 16, 197328.98+7.98Moderate25,200
37Feb 1, 199228.93+7.93Moderate—
38Jul 27, 200728.93+7.93Moderate24,744
39Mar 17, 200728.88+7.88Moderate24,204
40May 2, 200728.76+7.76Moderate22,908
41Apr 30, 193828.75+7.75Moderate25,400
42May 20, 199228.61+7.61Moderate—
43Apr 6, 194528.57+7.57Moderate22,000
44Jul 17, 200228.54+7.54Moderate20,532
45Apr 30, 194928.53+7.53Moderate20,600
46Apr 18, 199228.51+7.51Moderate—
47Jun 6, 201628.38+7.38Moderate21,300
48May 12, 197928.36+7.36Moderate19,300
49May 23, 201528.34+7.34Moderate20,992
50May 19, 198228.20+7.20Moderate18,500

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.

October 20, 1998: 34.04 ft here, major flooding

  • GonzalesTX · Oct 19, 1998 · 50.44 ft · Major · its highest
  • ComalTX · Oct 17, 1998 · 38.54 ft · Major
  • SeguinTX · Oct 18, 1998 · 36.80 ft · Major · its highest
  • Comal River at New BraunfelsTX · Oct 17, 1998 · 35.57 ft · Major
  • BloomingtonTX · Oct 21, 1998 · 34.00 ft · Major · its highest

August 30, 2017: 31.30 ft here, major flooding

  • CueroTX · Aug 29, 2017 · 44.36 ft · Major · its highest
  • BloomingtonTX · Sep 1, 2017 · 29.01 ft · Major
  • GonzalesTX · Aug 28, 2017 · 42.50 ft · Moderate

July 3, 1936: 31.22 ft here, major flooding

  • CueroTX · Jul 2, 1936 · 44.33 ft · Major
  • GonzalesTX · Jul 1, 1936 · 38.20 ft · Moderate

Gauges on the Guadalupe River

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

Flood gauges on the Guadalupe River
HuntTX10.037.52 ft, Jul 4, 20255
KerrvilleTX9.039.00 ft, Jul 2, 19324
ComfortTX21.042.30 ft, Jul 1, 18699
Spring BranchTX30.053.00 ft, Aug 3, 18696
Canyon LakeTX943.0950.02 ft, Jul 6, 20021
SattlerTX9.039.00 ft, Jul 1, 19325
Comal River at New BraunfelsTX7.038.00 ft, Aug 8, 186912
ComalTX13.039.50 ft, Aug 8, 186916
SeguinTX19.036.80 ft, Oct 18, 19989
GonzalesTX31.050.44 ft, Oct 19, 19983
CueroTX24.044.36 ft, Aug 29, 201712
Victoria this gaugeTX21.034.04 ft, Oct 20, 199824
BloomingtonTX20.034.00 ft, Oct 21, 199813

Other gauges in Victoria County

Flood gauges in Victoria County
Highway 5925.042.00 ft, Sep 22, 19674
Inez20.033.43 ft, Oct 19, 19949
Bloomington20.034.00 ft, Oct 21, 199813

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

NOAA National Water Prediction Service, gauge VICT2, 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.