Barton Creek at Lost Creek Blvd

What this gauge tells you

Between SH 71 and Loop 360, just above the Hill of Life. Barton Creek loses water into the Edwards Aquifer as it flows downstream, so this gauge often reads higher than Loop 360 — comparing the two shows how much the aquifer is drinking.

Swimming holes keyed to this gauge

• Hill of Life — Keyed to the Lost Creek Blvd gauge just upstream. The aquifer often empties the whole creek before Loop 360, so the downstream gauge says nothing about this spot. No published consensus; our calibration from the neighboring Sculpture Falls range.

USGS station 08155240 — official station page. Readings are provisional.