Historical Maximum Annual River Stage Information

West Fork of the San Jacinto River near Humble, TX

• tabular USGS data (from 1994 Forest Cove MUD memo)
• Graph of annual river elevations
• Histogram of elevations (before Lake Houston Dam)
• Histogram of elevations (after Lake Houston Dam)
• Graph of Flow vs. Elevation

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USGS

TX

08069500

WEST FORK SAN JACINTO RIVER NR HUMBLE, TX

W30:01 :37

N095: 15:28

30

40

8900

YEAR	DISCHARGE (CFS)	GAGE HT (FT)	ELEV (FT)
1908	104000	30	60.53
1929	187000	32.7	63.23
1930	11700	12.1	42.63
1931	9040	10.58	41.11
1932	17400	14.82	45.35
1933	8720	10.4	40.93
1934	24600	17.5	48.03
1935	68100	27.26	57.79
1936	47600	23.74	54.27
1937	6480	9.4	39.93
1938	11100	12	42.53
1939	9780	11.4	41.93
1940	15600	13.87	44.4
1941	187000	32.7	63.23
1942	22300	16.16	46.69
1943	14900	13.3	43.83
1944	14000	12.98	43.51
1945	48700	22.65	53.18
1946	19800	15.31	45.84
1947	40100	21.21	51.74
1948	5640	9.27	39.8
1949	14200	12.58	43.11
1950	40600	21.29	51.82
1951	2620	6.4	36.93
1952	10000	11.46	41.99
1953	18500	15.11	45.64
1954	15600	14	44.53
1955	20000
1956	1500	13.9	44.43
1957	9000	16.7	47.23
1958	8000	16.6	47.13
1959	15600	18.3	48.83
1960	32000	21.2	51.73
1961	19000	19.7	50.23
1962	3400	14.8	45.33
1963	6000	15.9	46.43
1964	5400	15.6	46.13
1965	10600	17.1	47.63
1966	12500	17.6	48.13
1967	1250	13.7	44.23
1968	3300	21.5	52.03
1969	2050	19.3	49.83
1970	2900	14.6	45.13
1971	2000	14.2	44.73
1972	16200	18.3	48.83
1973	44000	23.1	53.6
1974	29000	20.9	51.43
1975	18000	18.9	49.43
1976	9500	16.9	47.43
1977	25000	20	50.53
1978	22500	19.5	50.03
1979	61000	25.2	55.73
1980	12000	17.5	48.03
1981	22500	19.5	50.03
1982	25200	20.1	50.63
1983	37000	23.5	54.03
1984	5000	15.5	46.03
1985	26000	20.3	50.83
1986	40000	22.7	53.23
1987	23000	19.65	50.18
1988	24000	19.93	50.46
1989	60000	25.09	55.62
1990	25000
1991	19000
1992	25000
1993	41000

NOTE: -Prior to 1929, the flood of 1908 was the highest since 1866.

-No elevation published after 1990 when stream flow station started on

West Fork San Jacinto River near Porter.