Trinity River near Moss Bluff water level

What this means

Water levels are unremarkable at Trinity River near Moss Bluff, where the gauge shows 2.72 ft.

The median for mid-October is 3.64 ft, based on 20 years of readings, so the water level is 0.91 ft below typical. It is 9.48 ft below the flood stage of 12.20 ft. On the same day last year the reading was 3.09 ft, a difference of −0.37 ft.

It is still going down, by 0.24 ft over the past 24 hours. The forecast expects the river to fall to 2.40 ft by Thursday, October 22 at 01:00 AM. The 30-day range is 2.28 ft – 2.98 ft.

The water temperature at the gauge is 79 °F.

Compared with 20 years of daily readings for this time of year. How to read levels

Key numbers

Median for this date

3.64 ft0.91 ft below the median for this date

Normal for this date

1.77 ft – 10.81 ft8 years in 10 fall in this range (20 years of records)

Same day last year

3.09 ft−0.37 ft

Lowest and highest in 30 days

2.28 ft – 2.98 ft

Lowest and highest in 12 months

0.31 ft – 10.52 ft

Highest on record

18.65 ftSeptember 1, 2017

Forecast peak

2.70 ftSaturday, October 17 at 07:00 PM