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BayouWatch

Performance

Statistics

How BayouWatch has performed over time, and what Houston’s bayous have actually done over the last 30 days.

Sensor uptime
99.6%
+0.4 pt vs last year
Median alert time
34 s
Sensor reading to SMS
Flood events tracked
30
Since 2021
Average warning
43 min
Ahead of confirmed flooding

Flood events by year

Sensor uptime, 12 months

98.2%99.8% now

Alert response time, 12 months

88 s34 s now

The last 30 days, from the gauges

Daily peak stage at every USGS gauge, with its highest reading of the month and how close that came to flood stage.

  • Buffalo · W Belt

    42.7 ft

    30-day peak · 48% of flood stage · Oct 7, 8:45 PM

  • Buffalo · Piney Point

    35.5 ft

    30-day peak · 48% of flood stage · Oct 2, 4:30 AM

  • Brickhouse Gully

    53.1 ft

    30-day peak · 94% of flood stage · Oct 2, 4:30 AM

  • White Oak · Heights

    16.9 ft

    30-day peak · 53% of flood stage · Oct 2, 5:30 AM

  • Brays · Main St

    23.4 ft

    30-day peak · 43% of flood stage · Oct 2, 4:15 AM

  • Sims · Telephone Rd

    3.7 ft

    30-day peak · 14% of flood stage · Oct 1, 1:30 PM

  • Greens · Aldine

    41.8 ft

    30-day peak · 47% of flood stage · Oct 2, 11:30 AM

  • Greens · Ley Rd

    4.2 ft

    30-day peak · 14% of flood stage · Oct 2, 6:15 AM