Lavaca River at Komensky

Highest listed crest 25.94 ftFlood stage 25.0 ft1 crests since 2015

The Lavaca River at Komensky crested above flood stage 1 time among the 1 crests the National Weather Service lists from 2015 to 2015. The highest, 25.94 ft on May 26, 2015, was minor flooding, 0.94 feet above flood stage. 1 other gauge on the Lavaca River crested above flood stage within a week of it.

The gauge

Highest listed crest: 25.94 ft; May 26, 2015; 9,571 cubic feet per second
Flood stage: 25.0 ft; No major stage set
Crests at major: 0; 1 above flood stage
Most recent flood crest: May 26, 2015; 25.94 ft, minor flooding
Location: Lavaca County; Texas
Identifiers: NWS KMST2; No USGS station

Flood stages

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

Flood categories, Lavaca River at Komensky

Action stage	19.0	0	—	The level at which the NWS or its partners begin to take action
Flood stage (minor)	25.0	1	May 26, 2015	Minimal or no property damage, but possibly some public threat

Every listed crest

1 crests from 2015 to 2015. Filled: at or above flood stage. Hover a crest for its date and stage.

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

Highest listed crests, Lavaca River at Komensky

1	May 26, 2015	25.94	+0.94	Minor	9,571

The worst floods along the Lavaca River

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

May 26, 2015: 25.94 ft here, minor flooding

EdnaTX · May 28, 2015 · 22.06 ft · Minor

Gauges on the Lavaca River

Flood gauges sharing the river's name, linked within 80 miles of one another.

Flood gauges on the Lavaca River

Hallettsville	TX	27.0	41.10 ft, Aug 31, 1981	7
Komensky this gauge	TX	25.0	25.94 ft, May 26, 2015	0
Edna	TX	21.0	35.49 ft, Oct 19, 1994	12

Other gauges in Lavaca County

Flood gauges in Lavaca County

Hallettsville	27.0	41.10 ft, Aug 31, 1981	7
Sublime	24.0	40.00 ft, Jun 1, 1940	37
Speaks	24.0	32.79 ft, Aug 29, 2017	2

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

NOAA National Water Prediction Service, gauge KMST2, 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.