Plum Creek at Lockhart, TX
River level and flood forecast · Caldwell County
Normal2.1 ftas of Mon 4 PM
The river is 11.9 ft below flood stage (14 ft).
Flow: 9 cubic feet per second (USGS).
The last 7 days and the forecast
NWS forecast issued Sun, Dec 31, 6 PM. Forecasts change as rain falls and as upstream water arrives.
Flood stages
| Major flood stage | 19 ft |
| Moderate flood stage | 15 ft |
| Flood stage | 14 ft |
| Action stage | 12 ft |
| Record crest (October 18, 1998) | 23.09 ft |
What floods at each level
From the National Weather Service, highest first.
- 23 ftDisastrous widespread flooding is over a mile wide from the headwaters to the Guadalupe River. Businessesflood in Uhland. Lowest homes in the flood plain are inundated over the length of Plum Creek. Highway 183 near Lockhart floods extensively.
- 22 ftThe flow is nearly a mile wide, flooding Highway 183 in the left flood plain. There is widespread damage to crops. Livestock are isolated and drowned in the pastureland. Primary and secondary roads and bridges are severely flooded. Oil tank batteries and pump jacks are flooded. Lower homes in the flood plain are flooded.
- 21 ftFlow is above the level of the 20.89 feet Nov 24, 1989 flood. Extensive damage to crops, livestock, and lower homes in the flood plain. Many primary and secondary roads and bridges are flooded and closed.
- 19 ftMajor flooding causes extensive crop and pastureland flooding, isolating and potentially drowning livestock, and flooding secondary and primary roads, low bridges, and lowest homes in the flood plain.
- 15 ftModerate lowland flooding merges with a secondary channel in the left flood plain, becoming 1/2 mile wide.
- 14 ftMinor lowland flooding. Flooding reaches the lowest areas of the flood plain.
- 12 ftBANKFULL.
Highest crests on record
- 23.09 ft — October 18, 1998
- 22.13 ft — October 30, 2015
- 22 ft — June 1, 1936
- 21.26 ft — May 6, 1993
- 20.89 ft — November 24, 1985
Recent crests: 17.39 ft (October 14, 2021) · 17.93 ft (May 12, 2020) · 16.24 ft (May 4, 2019) · 22.13 ft (October 30, 2015) · 19.58 ft (May 26, 2015)
Up and down the river, and nearby
Not an official source. River levels, forecasts, flood stages and impacts are from the National Weather Service (LCPT2); flow from the U.S. Geological Survey. Readings are provisional. In a flood, follow your local officials and the NWS at weather.gov.