West Nueces River at Brackettville, TX

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

What floods at each level

From the National Weather Service, highest first.

• 31 ftDisastrous flooding is over a half mile wide below the Nueces River headwaters to below Carrizo Springs. Several homes downstream in Crystal City will flood. Livestock can easily be drowned well into the flood plain. There is severe scouring of roads and fences in the flood plain. Flow is over the river gauge at Farm to Market 3199.
• 28 ftMassive lowland flooding puts flow to the tip of the gauge house. Miles of fencing and hundreds of yards of Farm to Market roads are destroyed. Livestock and equipment are cut off in the flood plain from the heawaters to below Tilden. Near ten homes downstream in Crystal City flood in less than two days. Flow is to the floor of the USGS cableway river gauging platform and one half mile wide near the river gauge.
• 26 ftMajor flooding extends several hundred yards into the flood plain severely scouring roads and fences. Livestock are threatened from the headwaters to the Nueces River confluence. Residents of lowest homes downstream in Crystal City are threatened.
• 24 ftMajor flooding several hundred yards wide severely scours roads and fencing in the flood plain. Livestock are endangered well into the flood plain. Residents of lowest homes downstream in Crystal City are threatened.
• 22 ftMajor flooding is over four hundred yards wide, well into the flood plain. Livestock should be moved from the flood plain from the headwaters to the Nueces River confluence. Fencing and roads are severely scoured.
• 20 ftMajor lowland flooding four hundred yards wide cuts off livestock and equipment in the flood plain. Flow is to the entrance platform of the gauge house. Many secondary and primary roads downstream are impassable.
• 18 ftMajor flooding two hundred fifty yards wide puts secondary roads and low bridges downstream under several feet of fast moving water. Livestock near the channel are cut off and potentially drowned.
• 17 ftModerate flooding over 200 yards wide exceeds the right bank well into the flood plain. Livestock from the headwaters to the Nueces River confluence should be moved from vulnerable areas of the flood plain.
• 15 ftMinor lowland flooding is over one hundred twenty yards wide at the gauge in one channel, and a second channel is fifteen yards wide. Secondary roads and crossings near the river are flooded and dangerous to motorists.
• 13 ftOverbank conditions with water into low areas of the flood plain making low water crossings dangerous to auto traffic.

Highest crests on record

1. 40 ft — June 14, 1935
2. 34 ft — January 1, 1900
3. 31.3 ft — September 20, 1964
4. 30.74 ft — October 28, 1996
5. 27.1 ft — September 24, 1955

Recent crests: 26.07 ft (July 15, 2026) · 22.95 ft (June 4, 2019) · 18.49 ft (October 10, 2018) · 20 ft (August 25, 1998) · 22.71 ft (June 22, 1997)

Up and down the river, and nearby

• DownstreamNueces River at Laguna, TX
• Nueces River at CR 414 near Montell, TX
• Las Moras Creek at Brackettville, TX
• Nueces River near Barksdale, TX
• Dry Frio River near Reagan Wells near Uvalde 23N, TX
• Leona River at CR 429A near Uvalde, TX
• Frio River at Concan, TX
• Nueces River below Uvalde, TX