West Fork San Jacinto River near Porter
Highest listed crest 94.87 ftFlood stage 81.0 ft2 crests since 2017
The West Fork San Jacinto River near Porter crested at major flood stage 1 time among the 2 crests the National Weather Service lists from 2017 to 2024. The highest, 94.87 ft on August 29, 2017, was major flooding, 13.87 feet above flood stage. 2 other gauges on the West Fork San Jacinto River crested above flood stage within a week of it, 2 at their own highest listed crest.
The gauge
- Highest listed crest
- 94.87 ft
- August 29, 2017; 131,000 cubic feet per second
- Flood stage
- 81.0 ft
- Major flooding from 92.0 ft
- Crests at major
- 1
- 248th of 370 gauges in Texas
- Most recent flood crest
- May 4, 2024
- 89.10 ft, moderate flooding
Flood stages
The thresholds the National Weather Service uses for this gauge today, and how many listed crests reached each.
| Action stage | 73.0 | 0 | — |
| Flood stage (minor) | 81.0 | 0 | — |
| Moderate flood stage | 88.5 | 1 | May 4, 2024 |
| Major flood stage | 92.0 | 1 | Aug 29, 2017 |
Every listed crest
2 crests from 2017 to 2024. 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
| 1 | Aug 29, 2017 | 94.87 | +13.87 | Major |
| 2 | May 4, 2024 | 89.10 | +8.10 | Moderate |
The worst floods along the West Fork San Jacinto River
For this gauge's highest crests, the other gauges on the West Fork San Jacinto River that crested above flood stage within a week.
Gauges on the West Fork San Jacinto River
In USGS station-number order, which runs downstream within a river basin.
Other gauges in Montgomery County
Montgomery County: every hazard · River floods across the country · Texas
NOAA National Water Prediction Service, gauge POET2, 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.