Salado Creek at NE Loop 410

Highest listed crest 24.00 ftFlood stage 12.0 ft9 crests since 1913

The Salado Creek at NE Loop 410 crested at major flood stage 6 times among the 9 crests the National Weather Service lists from 1913 to 2021. The highest, 24.00 ft on October 1, 1913, was major flooding, 12.00 feet above flood stage.

The gauge

Highest listed crest: 24.00 ft; October 1, 1913
Flood stage: 12.0 ft; Major flooding from 14.0 ft
Crests at major: 6; 111th of 370 gauges in Texas
Most recent flood crest: July 1, 2002; 19.16 ft, major flooding
Location: Bexar County; Near Live Oak (6.1 mi), San Antonio (6.7 mi), Converse (7.6 mi)
Identifiers: NWS SSCT2; USGS 08178700; out of service

Flood stages

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

Flood categories, Salado Creek at NE Loop 410

Action stage	10.0	1	Oct 14, 2021	The level at which the NWS or its partners begin to take action
Flood stage (minor)	12.0	1	Apr 5, 1991	Minimal or no property damage, but possibly some public threat
Moderate flood stage	13.0	1	Sep 13, 1978	Some inundation of structures and roads near the stream
Major flood stage	14.0	6	Jul 1, 2002	Extensive inundation of structures and roads

Every listed crest

9 crests from 1913 to 2021. 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

Highest listed crests, Salado Creek at NE Loop 410

1	Oct 1, 1913	24.00	+12.00	Major	—
2	Oct 17, 1998	22.40	+10.40	Major	64,400
3	Jul 1, 2002	19.16	+7.16	Major	43,600
4	Sep 27, 1946	18.20	+6.20	Major	—
5	Sep 1, 1921	18.00	+6.00	Major	—
6	May 5, 1993	15.91	+3.91	Major	—
7	Sep 13, 1978	13.96	+1.96	Moderate	19,800
8	Apr 5, 1991	12.04	+0.04	Minor	12,900
9	Oct 14, 2021	11.19	−0.81	Action	3,837

The worst floods along the Salado Creek

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

October 17, 1998: 22.40 ft here, major flooding

Loop 13TX · Oct 17, 1998 · 34.07 ft · Major · its highest

Gauges on the Salado Creek

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

Flood gauges on the Salado Creek

NE Loop 410 this gauge	TX	12.0	24.00 ft, Oct 1, 1913	6
Loop 13	TX	18.0	34.07 ft, Oct 17, 1998	10

Other gauges in Bexar County

Flood gauges in Bexar County

I-35S near San Antonio	15.0	29.31 ft, Oct 18, 1998	10
San Antonio US 281S	20.0	55.65 ft, Jul 4, 2002	11
Somerset	18.0	42.19 ft, Jul 6, 2002	1
Dresden Drive	9.0	14.82 ft, Sep 13, 1978	7
Loop 13	18.0	34.07 ft, Oct 17, 1998	10
Elmendorf	35.0	64.20 ft, Oct 18, 1998	7
Loop 410	12.0	34.21 ft, May 25, 2013	7
Mitchell Street	13.0	14.67 ft, May 25, 2013	0

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

NOAA National Water Prediction Service, gauge SSCT2, 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.