Highest listed crest 37.00 ft June 1, 1960
Flood stage 24.0 ft Major flooding from 29.0 ft
Crests at major 23 8th of 370 gauges in Texas
Most recent flood crest July 28, 2024 27.99 ft, moderate flooding Listed crests at the Tres Palacios River near Midfield, 1945 to 2024 15 20 25 30 35 40 ft Flood stage 24.0 ft Major 29.0 ft Aug 1, 1945: 35.00 ft, major flooding Jun 1, 1960: 37.00 ft, major flooding Oct 12, 1970: 30.38 ft, major flooding; 6,340 cubic feet per second May 8, 1972: 27.85 ft, moderate flooding; 3,580 cubic feet per second Sep 11, 1973: 31.11 ft, major flooding; 7,590 cubic feet per second May 11, 1974: 28.39 ft, moderate flooding; 3,980 cubic feet per second May 31, 1975: 26.76 ft, moderate flooding; 3,050 cubic feet per second Dec 25, 1975: 28.03 ft, moderate flooding; 3,820 cubic feet per second Nov 20, 1976: 25.14 ft, minor flooding; 2,450 cubic feet per second Oct 24, 1977: 20.39 ft, action stage; 1,530 cubic feet per second Sep 20, 1979: 31.73 ft, major flooding; 8,810 cubic feet per second May 19, 1980: 29.62 ft, major flooding; 5,310 cubic feet per second Jul 7, 1981: 29.36 ft, major flooding; 4,980 cubic feet per second May 7, 1982: 30.56 ft, major flooding; 6,670 cubic feet per second Sep 21, 1983: 27.48 ft, moderate flooding; 5,280 cubic feet per second Oct 17, 1983: 32.43 ft, major flooding; 17,000 cubic feet per second Oct 14, 1984: 15.81 ft, action stage; 1,760 cubic feet per second Oct 22, 1984: 28.21 ft, moderate flooding; 6,690 cubic feet per second Mar 15, 1985: 26.90 ft, moderate flooding; 5,430 cubic feet per second Apr 21, 1985: 25.90 ft, minor flooding; 4,790 cubic feet per second Jun 19, 1985: 25.00 ft, minor flooding; 4,330 cubic feet per second Dec 12, 1985: 20.30 ft, action stage; 2,710 cubic feet per second Feb 26, 1987: 28.00 ft, moderate flooding; 6,540 cubic feet per second Nov 25, 1987: 22.20 ft, action stage; 2,910 cubic feet per second Jan 20, 1989: 25.07 ft, minor flooding; 4,020 cubic feet per second Feb 22, 1990: 27.53 ft, moderate flooding; 6,000 cubic feet per second Jan 19, 1991: 23.70 ft, action stage; 3,460 cubic feet per second Apr 5, 1991: 29.58 ft, major flooding; 8,930 cubic feet per second Dec 22, 1991: 27.68 ft, moderate flooding; 6,170 cubic feet per second Dec 27, 1991: 20.00 ft, action stage; 2,250 cubic feet per second Jan 8, 1992: 18.91 ft, action stage; 1,990 cubic feet per second Jan 27, 1992: 24.53 ft, minor flooding; 3,790 cubic feet per second Feb 4, 1992: 28.09 ft, moderate flooding; 6,640 cubic feet per second Feb 25, 1992: 25.19 ft, minor flooding; 4,250 cubic feet per second Apr 18, 1992: 26.60 ft, moderate flooding; 4,900 cubic feet per second May 16, 1992: 29.70 ft, major flooding; 9,180 cubic feet per second Nov 20, 1992: 27.15 ft, moderate flooding; 5,490 cubic feet per second Dec 15, 1992: 17.38 ft, action stage; 1,620 cubic feet per second Feb 10, 1993: 27.65 ft, moderate flooding; 6,140 cubic feet per second May 10, 1993: 18.62 ft, action stage; 1,920 cubic feet per second Jun 22, 1993: 25.78 ft, minor flooding; 4,410 cubic feet per second Jun 4, 1994: 20.79 ft, action stage; 2,460 cubic feet per second Oct 19, 1994: 31.36 ft, major flooding; 13,400 cubic feet per second Dec 18, 1995: 27.62 ft, moderate flooding; 6,100 cubic feet per second Jun 25, 1996: 28.64 ft, moderate flooding; 7,320 cubic feet per second Sep 8, 1996: 17.96 ft, action stage; 1,750 cubic feet per second Sep 21, 1996: 21.32 ft, action stage; 2,620 cubic feet per second Jan 22, 1997: 21.98 ft, action stage; 2,840 cubic feet per second Feb 21, 1997: 17.55 ft, action stage; 1,660 cubic feet per second Mar 12, 1997: 26.44 ft, moderate flooding; 4,800 cubic feet per second Mar 17, 1997: 28.86 ft, moderate flooding; 7,610 cubic feet per second Mar 26, 1997: 23.50 ft, action stage; 3,380 cubic feet per second Apr 3, 1997: 25.57 ft, minor flooding; 4,290 cubic feet per second Apr 11, 1997: 27.35 ft, moderate flooding; 5,760 cubic feet per second May 10, 1997: 28.41 ft, moderate flooding; 7,030 cubic feet per second Sep 23, 1997: 28.67 ft, moderate flooding; 6,920 cubic feet per second Oct 13, 1997: 28.24 ft, moderate flooding Feb 22, 1998: 15.18 ft, action stage Feb 26, 1998: 19.41 ft, action stage Sep 11, 1998: 30.75 ft, major flooding; 8,270 cubic feet per second Sep 16, 1998: 24.20 ft, minor flooding Oct 19, 1998: 25.07 ft, minor flooding Nov 14, 1998: 28.08 ft, moderate flooding; 4,890 cubic feet per second May 20, 2000: 24.97 ft, minor flooding; 3,800 cubic feet per second Sep 2, 2001: 28.65 ft, moderate flooding; 6,930 cubic feet per second Dec 3, 2001: 26.98 ft, moderate flooding; 4,480 cubic feet per second Oct 25, 2002: 26.90 ft, moderate flooding Nov 5, 2002: 28.55 ft, moderate flooding; 6,760 cubic feet per second Jul 17, 2003: 27.16 ft, moderate flooding Sep 22, 2003: 25.90 ft, minor flooding Nov 18, 2003: 25.48 ft, minor flooding May 14, 2004: 29.92 ft, major flooding; 7,240 cubic feet per second Jun 17, 2004: 26.70 ft, moderate flooding Jun 24, 2004: 29.00 ft, major flooding Oct 14, 2004: 28.39 ft, moderate flooding; 4,870 cubic feet per second Nov 2, 2004: 27.89 ft, moderate flooding Nov 18, 2004: 25.80 ft, minor flooding Feb 9, 2005: 26.47 ft, moderate flooding Jul 27, 2006: 29.46 ft, major flooding; 7,110 cubic feet per second Oct 18, 2006: 27.11 ft, moderate flooding Jan 15, 2007: 28.46 ft, moderate flooding Apr 1, 2007: 25.82 ft, minor flooding Jul 5, 2007: 30.04 ft, major flooding; 8,790 cubic feet per second Sep 15, 2008: 22.90 ft, action stage; 2,380 cubic feet per second Nov 12, 2008: 18.96 ft, action stage; 1,520 cubic feet per second Apr 1, 2009: 25.82 ft, minor flooding Jan 16, 2010: 26.90 ft, moderate flooding Feb 12, 2010: 24.00 ft, minor flooding May 16, 2010: 28.21 ft, moderate flooding; 4,850 cubic feet per second Jul 3, 2010: 27.30 ft, moderate flooding Dec 30, 2010: 18.72 ft, action stage; 1,310 cubic feet per second Jul 11, 2012: 29.56 ft, major flooding; 6,160 cubic feet per second Jan 10, 2013: 22.76 ft, action stage; 2,140 cubic feet per second Nov 5, 2013: 19.27 ft, action stage; 1,420 cubic feet per second Apr 19, 2015: 26.19 ft, moderate flooding; 3,290 cubic feet per second Jun 17, 2015: 29.65 ft, major flooding; 6,330 cubic feet per second Oct 25, 2015: 30.09 ft, major flooding; 7,320 cubic feet per second Aug 29, 2017: 30.21 ft, major flooding; 7,620 cubic feet per second Nov 1, 2018: 25.37 ft, minor flooding; 2,961 cubic feet per second Dec 8, 2018: 28.15 ft, moderate flooding; 4,328 cubic feet per second May 10, 2019: 25.45 ft, minor flooding; 2,899 cubic feet per second Jun 6, 2019: 31.80 ft, major flooding; 11,788 cubic feet per second Sep 23, 2020: 25.66 ft, minor flooding; 3,015 cubic feet per second Jan 1, 2021: 27.39 ft, moderate flooding; 3,809 cubic feet per second Jun 5, 2021: 26.73 ft, moderate flooding; 3,454 cubic feet per second Jul 10, 2021: 28.97 ft, moderate flooding; 5,189 cubic feet per second Feb 1, 2022: 25.39 ft, minor flooding; 2,910 cubic feet per second Jul 9, 2024: 29.28 ft, major flooding; 5,640 cubic feet per second Jul 28, 2024: 27.99 ft, moderate flooding; 4,210 cubic feet per second Highest, 37.00 ft, Jun 1, 1960 1950 1960 1970 1980 1990 2000 2010 2020 Crests at or above flood stage, by decade Crests at or above flood stage per decade, Tres Palacios River near Midfield 1940s: 1 1950s: 0 1960s: 1 1970s: 8 1980s: 11 1990s: 25 25 2000s: 21 2010s: 13 2020s: 7 1940s 1950s 1960s 1970s 1980s 1990s 2000s 2010s 2020s 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. 05 Other gauges in Matagorda County Matagorda County: every hazard · River floods across the country · Texas
NOAA National Water Prediction Service, gauge MTPT2, 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.