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Data: LCRA Hydromet, USGS Water Services, Texas Water Development Board. All readings are provisional and can be revised by the source agencies.

Not for life-safety decisions. Creeks in Flash Flood Alley rise in minutes — never enter rising water. For flood warnings see NWS Austin/San Antonio and ATXfloods. When in doubt, don't go in.

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Gauges

Big Sandy Creek near Elgin

Watercolor illustration of Big Sandy Creek near Elgin

Flow

0.3 cfs

17 min ago

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What this gauge tells you

Streamflow in cubic feet per second (cfs), computed from measured water height by the LCRA Hydromet network. Flow is the number to compare across creeks: it tells you how much water is actually moving past this point.

LCRA Hydromet site 5473 — hydromet.lcra.org. Readings are provisional.