Tide Gauge at Port Aransas

Highest listed crest 1.93 ftFlood stage 1.6 ft1 crests since 2018

The Tide Gauge at Port Aransas crested above flood stage 1 time among the 1 crests the National Weather Service lists from 2018 to 2018. The highest, 1.93 ft on June 19, 2018, was minor flooding, 0.31 feet above flood stage.

The gauge

Highest listed crest: 1.93 ft; June 19, 2018
Flood stage: 1.6 ft; Major flooding from 3.6 ft
Crests at major: 0; 1 above flood stage
Most recent flood crest: June 19, 2018; 1.93 ft, minor flooding
Location: Nueces County; Near Corpus Christi (8.5 mi), Ingleside (8.5 mi), Rockport (14.4 mi)
Identifiers: NWS RTAT2; 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, Tide Gauge at Port Aransas

Action stage	1.6	0	—	The level at which the NWS or its partners begin to take action
Flood stage (minor)	1.6	1	Jun 19, 2018	Minimal or no property damage, but possibly some public threat
Moderate flood stage	2.6	0	—	Some inundation of structures and roads near the stream
Major flood stage	3.6	0	—	Extensive inundation of structures and roads

Every listed crest

1 crests from 2018 to 2018. 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, Tide Gauge at Port Aransas

1	Jun 19, 2018	1.93	+0.31	Minor	—

Other gauges in Nueces County

Flood gauges in Nueces County

Calallen	7.0	16.00 ft, Sep 24, 1967	11
Bluntzer	18.0	32.22 ft, Sep 16, 2002	15
Corpus Christi	20.0	30.63 ft, Sep 20, 2010	15

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

NOAA National Water Prediction Service, gauge RTAT2, 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.