Langham Creek near Addicks
Highest listed crest 112.64 ftFlood stage 109.0 ft5 crests since 2009
The Langham Creek near Addicks crested at major flood stage 3 times among the 5 crests the National Weather Service lists from 2009 to 2017. The highest, 112.64 ft on April 18, 2016, was major flooding, 3.64 feet above flood stage. 1 other gauge on the Langham Creek crested above flood stage within a week of it.
The gauge
- Highest listed crest
- 112.64 ft
- April 18, 2016; 16,000 cubic feet per second
- Flood stage
- 109.0 ft
- Major flooding from 111.0 ft
- Crests at major
- 3
- 187th of 370 gauges in Texas
- Most recent flood crest
- August 28, 2017
- 111.85 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 | 106.0 | 2 | May 25, 2015 |
| Flood stage (minor) | 109.0 | 0 | — |
| Moderate flood stage | 110.0 | 0 | — |
| Major flood stage | 111.0 | 3 | Aug 28, 2017 |
Every listed crest
5 crests from 2009 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.
- 3 crests measured on an earlier gauge datum are left out: 22.82 ft on Oct 28, 2002; 21.92 ft on Nov 22, 2004; 24.88 ft on Sep 14, 2008.
Highest crests
| 1 | Apr 18, 2016 | 112.64 | +3.64 | Major |
| 2 | Aug 28, 2017 | 111.85 | +2.85 | Major |
| 3 | Apr 28, 2009 | 111.06 | +2.06 | Major |
| 4 | Jul 12, 2012 | 107.30 | −1.70 | Action |
| 5 | May 25, 2015 | 107.02 | −1.98 | Action |
The worst floods along the Langham Creek
For this gauge's highest crests, the other gauges on the Langham Creek that crested above flood stage within a week.
April 18, 2016: 112.64 ft here, major flooding
- Addicks ReservoirTX · Apr 23, 2016 · 102.65 ft · Minor
August 28, 2017: 111.85 ft here, major flooding
- Addicks ReservoirTX · Aug 30, 2017 · 109.09 ft · Minor · its highest
April 28, 2009: 111.06 ft here, major flooding
- Addicks ReservoirTX · Apr 30, 2009 · 100.00 ft · Minor
Gauges on the Langham Creek
In USGS station-number order, which runs downstream within a river basin.
| Addicks this gauge | TX | 112.64 ft, Apr 18, 2016 | 3 |
| Addicks Reservoir | TX | 109.09 ft, Aug 30, 2017 | 0 |
Other gauges in Harris County
| Barker | 114.86 ft, Apr 18, 2016 | 5 |
| Gessner Drive | 61.60 ft, May 26, 2015 | 7 |
| Houston | 45.67 ft, Aug 27, 2017 | 1 |
| Barker Reservoir | 101.60 ft, Aug 27, 2017 | 0 |
| Piney Point Village | 62.84 ft, Aug 31, 2017 | 1 |
| Shepherd Drive | 41.90 ft, Aug 28, 2017 | 2 |
| West Belt Drive | 71.22 ft, Aug 31, 2017 | 3 |
| Crosby | 58.99 ft, Aug 28, 2017 | 0 |
| Telephone Road | 47.40 ft, Aug 29, 2017 | 0 |
| Cypress | 129.97 ft, Aug 28, 2017 | 3 |
| Hockley | 162.85 ft, Aug 28, 2017 | 6 |
| Westfield | 97.12 ft, Aug 29, 2017 | 9 |
| Houston | 62.88 ft, Aug 28, 2017 | 10 |
| Houston | 44.85 ft, Aug 28, 2017 | 17 |
| Houston | 86.16 ft, Apr 18, 2016 | 0 |
| Addicks Reservoir | 109.09 ft, Aug 30, 2017 | 0 |
| Sheldon | 28.72 ft, Aug 29, 2017 | 16 |
| Houston | 30.44 ft, Oct 5, 1981 | 5 |
| Spring | 111.60 ft, Oct 18, 1994 | 4 |
| Tide Station (HGX) at Manchester | 7.57 ft, Sep 14, 2021 | 1 |
| Tide Station (HGX) at Morgan's Point | 6.03 ft, Sep 14, 2021 | 1 |
| Humble | 69.18 ft, Aug 29, 2017 | 24 |
| Houston | 45.60 ft, Aug 28, 2017 | 4 |
| Tomball | 133.89 ft, Aug 28, 2017 | 1 |
Harris County: every hazard · River floods across the country · Texas
NOAA National Water Prediction Service, gauge LLYT2, 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.