Medina River at Medina Lake

Highest listed crest 1,065.76 ftFlood stage 1,064.2 ft1 crests since 2016

The Medina River at Medina Lake crested above flood stage 1 time among the 1 crests the National Weather Service lists from 2016 to 2016. The highest, 1,065.76 ft on June 3, 2016, was moderate flooding, 1.56 feet above flood stage. 2 other gauges on the Medina River crested above flood stage within a week of it.

The gauge

Highest listed crest: 1,065.76 ft; June 3, 2016; 9,999 cubic feet per second
Flood stage: 1,064.2 ft; Major flooding from 1,069.0 ft
Crests at major: 0; 1 above flood stage
Most recent flood crest: June 3, 2016; 1,065.76 ft, moderate flooding
Location: Medina County; Texas
Identifiers: NWS MDLT2; USGS 08179500

Flood stages

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

Flood categories, Medina River at Medina Lake

Action stage	1,064.0	0	—	The level at which the NWS or its partners begin to take action
Flood stage (minor)	1,064.2	0	—	Minimal or no property damage, but possibly some public threat
Moderate flood stage	1,065.0	1	Jun 3, 2016	Some inundation of structures and roads near the stream
Major flood stage	1,069.0	0	—	Extensive inundation of structures and roads

Every listed crest

1 crests from 2016 to 2016. 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.
7 crests measured on an earlier gauge datum are left out: 1,078.00 ft on Sep 16, 1919; 944.00 ft on Apr 11, 1948; 1,076.50 ft on Aug 3, 1978; 1,078.20 ft on May 29, 1987; 1,026.90 ft on Feb 19, 1990; 1,024.00 ft on Jan 1, 1997; and more.

Highest crests

Highest listed crests, Medina River at Medina Lake

1	Jun 3, 2016	1,065.76	+1.56	Moderate	9,999

The worst floods along the Medina River

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

June 3, 2016: 1,065.76 ft here, moderate flooding

San Antonio US 281STX · Jun 3, 2016 · 26.62 ft · Moderate
BanderaTX · May 29, 2016 · 20.59 ft · Moderate

Gauges on the Medina River

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

Flood gauges on the Medina River

Bandera	TX	13.0	46.62 ft, Aug 2, 1978	5
Medina Lake this gauge	TX	1,064.2	1,065.76 ft, Jun 3, 2016	0
La Coste	TX	15.0	32.00 ft, Jul 6, 2002	3
Somerset	TX	18.0	42.19 ft, Jul 6, 2002	1
San Antonio US 281S	TX	20.0	55.65 ft, Jul 4, 2002	11

Other gauges in Medina County

Flood gauges in Medina County

SH 173 near Hondo	12.0	21.00 ft, Sep 1, 1919	5
Tarpley	10.0	29.64 ft, Jun 22, 1997	1
La Coste	15.0	32.00 ft, Jul 6, 2002	3
Miller Ranch near Utopia	8.0	17.70 ft, Jun 22, 1997	3
Rowe Ranch near D'Hanis	15.0	35.70 ft, May 31, 1935	10

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

NOAA National Water Prediction Service, gauge MDLT2, 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.