Rio Grande at Columbia Bridge

Last updated: Jul 20, 2025, 11:11 PM UTC
No watches, warnings or advisories are in effect for this area.

Flood Impacts 🅘

  • 30 - or 9.1 meters, major lowland flooding occurs. Water is several feet deep over most of the mall and customs parking lots. The lowest residences are threatened and roads and low bridges become very dangerous.
  • 28 - or 8.5 meters, the flow reaches the height of left bank. Flow exceeds left bank near the gauge. Most of customs and mall parking lots are inundated downstream in Laredo. The lowest residences are threatened in Laredo and Nuevo Laredo. Livestock, pumps, and equipment in the river channel are flooded
  • 24 - or 7.3 meters, moderate lowland flooding occurs, and cuts off livestock, irrigation pumps, and equipment above eagle pass to below Laredo. Autos and trucks flood in the customs and mall parking lots downstream in Laredo.

Gauge Info

Coordinates 27.7986, -99.8778
RFC WGRFC
State TX
WFO CRP
County Webb
Data Provider(s)
USGS 08458800

Gauge Location

Recent Crests

1. 12.18 ft on 10-04-2021
2. 11.36 ft on 07-06-2021
3. 8.39 ft on 06-24-2021
4. 10.03 ft on 06-02-2021
5. 26.94 ft on 09-28-2017

Historic Crests

1. 49.42 ft on 07-08-2010
2. 33.38 ft on 06-16-2013
3. 28.94 ft on 04-06-2004
4. 26.94 ft on 09-28-2017
5. 25.45 ft on 10-12-2003

Vertical Datum Table

type NGVD29
major Flooding 466.02 ft
moderate Flooding 460.02 ft
minor Flooding 454.02 ft
action 446.02 ft
Latest Value 442.60 ft
Gauge Zero 436.02 ft

Gauge Photos

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July 2010 Flood: Water Increasing Over Bridge

Probability Information

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WFO Information

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Corpus Christi, TX 78406-1803
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