Big Sandy Creek (TX) near Elgin

1. 26.00 ftMajor flooding reaches the Highway 95 bridge floor. Numerous roads and bridges are flooded and extremely dangerous. Livestock can be cut off and drowned in the flood plain.
2. 23.00 ftMajor flooding is well into the flood plain and can cut off and drown livestock. Numerous roads and bridges are severely flooded and dangerous. The bridge floor of Highway 95 is threatened.
3. 20.00 ftModerate lowland flooding well into the flood plain can cut off and drown livestock. Lowest roads and bridges are flooded and dangerous.
4. 16.00 ftModerate lowland flooding can cut off and drown livestock in the flood plain. Lowest roads and bridges are flooded and dangerous.
5. 13.00 ftMinor lowland flooding in low areas of the flood plain causes no significant damage.
6. 9.00 ftFlow exceeds the right bank.
7. 8.00 ftFlow exceeds the left bank.

Most recent crests

• May 27, 2016: 21.73 ft
• October 31, 2015: 27.62 ft

• Wilbarger Creek at Elgin
• Colorado River (TX) at Bastrop
• Brushy Creek at FM 973 nr Coupland
• Brushy Creek at FM 619 near Taylor
• Walnut Creek at Webberville Road
• Colorado River (TX) at Smithville
• Colorado River (TX) at Austin
• Walnut Creek at Dessau Rd near Austin

Forecasts by the West Gulf River Forecast Center. Graphical forecasts are not available during times of high water, forecast crest information can be found in the local WFO web page. 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.