Coleto Creek at Highway 59

1. 40.00 ftMajor lowland flooding occurs. Water closes the northbound lane of Highway 59. The lowest homes in the flood plain flood, some up to nine feet. Livestock are cut off and potentially drowned below Highway 59. Levees near the San Antonio River confluence are threatened, as flow is several miles wide above and below Highway 35. Several tens of homes near Tivoli flood and are cut off, and a fishing camp just below Highway 35 floods.
2. 38.00 ftMajor lowland flooding occurs. The lowest homes in the flood plain flood, some up to seven feet. Hundreds of livestock are cut off and potentially drowned, below Highway 59 to the Guadalupe River confluence. The flood plain above and below Highway 35 is miles wide, flooding and isolating several tens of homes, and flooding a fishing camp near Tivoli. Thirty eight feet is the FEMA hundred year flood elevation.
3. 31.00 ftMajor lowland flooding occurs. The lowest homes below Highway 59 flood. Many livestock are cut off and potentially drowned below Highway 59 to the Guadalupe River confluence.
4. 30.00 ftMajor lowland flooding occurs. The flow approaches the lowest homes below Highway 59. Livestock below Highway 59 to the Guadalupe River confluence are cut off and potentially drowned.
5. 28.00 ftModerate lowland flooding of secondary roads and low bridges. Livestock are threatened in the flood plain.
6. 25.00 ftMinor lowland flooding occurs. The flow is well into flood plain, cutting off cattle below Highway 59 to the Guadalupe River confluence. Camino drive is inundated.
7. 19.00 ftOverbank conditions occur. The flow reaches lowest areas of the flood plain with no significant damage. The rating flattens considerably.
8. 15.00 ftFlow exceeds the right and left banks.

Chance of flooding, September to November

The three-month chances are the River Forecast Centers’ long-range flood outlook, issued August 28, 2026.

Most recent crests

• October 16, 2021: 10.66 ft
• August 5, 2021: 7.68 ft
• July 9, 2021: 26.00 ft
• June 6, 2021: 18.44 ft
• June 4, 2021: 17.45 ft
• May 24, 2021: 14.27 ft
• April 7, 2020: 4.48 ft
• December 8, 2018: 19.32 ft
• September 15, 2018: 8.37 ft
• August 26, 2017: 21.03 ft

• UpstreamColeto Creek at Coleto Creek Reservoir
• DownstreamColeto Creek at Arnold Road Crossing
• Guadalupe River at Victoria
• Perdido Creek at Fannin
• Guadalupe River at Bloomington
• San Antonio River at McFaddin
• San Antonio River at Goliad
• Fifteenmile Creek at Weser

Forecasts by the West Gulf River Forecast Center. Forecasts are issued routinely year-round. River forecasts for this location take into account past precipitation and the precipitation amounts expected approximately 24 hours into the future from the forecast issuance time.

Stage, flood stages, impacts and crest history from NOAA’s National Water Prediction Service. Streamflow and the daily record from the U.S. Geological Survey.