Brickhouse Gully at Costa Rica St, Houston water level

What this means

Low water at Brickhouse Gully at Costa Rica St, Houston: the gauge reads 47.44 ft, far below normal for mid-October.

That puts it 5.90 ft below the median of 53.34 ft for mid-October, based on 19 years of readings. A year ago it stood at 47.57 ft (−0.13 ft).

The level has held steady over the past 24 hours. Without real rain upstream, that is unlikely to change quickly. The 30-day range is 47.44 ft – 48.39 ft.

Fall is often low-water season on rivers, and it usually takes a few days of steady rain to change that.

Compared with 19 years of daily readings for this time of year. How to read levels

Key numbers

Median for this date

53.34 ft5.90 ft below the median for this date

Normal for this date

47.63 ft – 54.20 ft8 years in 10 fall in this range (19 years of records)

Same day last year

47.57 ft−0.13 ft

Lowest and highest in 30 days

47.44 ft – 48.39 ft

Lowest and highest in 12 months

47.44 ft – 51.21 ft