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Neches River near Neches Stage (ft)Flow (kcfs)Highest Observation: 13.14 ft at 11:15AM Mar 20, 2023Observed: 12.38 ft at 11:30AM Mar 20, 2023Observed: 12.38 ft at 11:45AM Mar 20, 2023Observed: 12.38 ft at 12:00PM Mar 20, 2023Observed: 12.38 ft at 12:15PM Mar 20, 2023Observed: 12.38 ft at 12:30PM Mar 20, 2023Observed: 12.38 ft at 12:45PM Mar 20, 2023Observed: 12.37 ft at 1:00PM Mar 20, 2023Observed: 12.37 ft at 1:15PM Mar 20, 2023Observed: 12.37 ft at 1:30PM Mar 20, 2023Observed: 12.36 ft at 1:45PM Mar 20, 2023Observed: 12.37 ft at 2:00PM Mar 20, 2023Observed: 12.36 ft at 2:15PM Mar 20, 2023Observed: 12.36 ft at 2:30PM Mar 20, 2023Observed: 12.35 ft at 2:45PM Mar 20, 2023Observed: 12.35 ft at 3:00PM Mar 20, 2023Observed: 12.35 ft at 3:15PM Mar 20, 2023Observed: 12.35 ft at 3:30PM Mar 20, 2023Observed: 12.34 ft at 3:45PM Mar 20, 2023Observed: 12.35 ft at 4:00PM Mar 20, 2023Observed: 12.34 ft at 4:15PM Mar 20, 2023Observed: 12.34 ft at 4:30PM Mar 20, 2023Observed: 12.33 ft at 4:45PM Mar 20, 2023Observed: 12.33 ft at 5:00PM Mar 20, 2023Observed: 12.33 ft at 5:15PM Mar 20, 2023Observed: 12.31 ft at 5:30PM Mar 20, 2023Observed: 12.32 ft at 5:45PM Mar 20, 2023Observed: 12.31 ft at 6:00PM Mar 20, 2023Observed: 12.31 ft at 6:15PM Mar 20, 2023Observed: 12.31 ft at 6:30PM Mar 20, 2023Observed: 12.31 ft at 6:45PM Mar 20, 2023Observed: 12.3 ft at 7:00PM Mar 20, 2023Observed: 12.3 ft at 7:15PM Mar 20, 2023Observed: 12.29 ft at 7:30PM Mar 20, 2023Observed: 12.29 ft at 7:45PM Mar 20, 2023Observed: 12.29 ft at 8:00PM Mar 20, 2023Observed: 12.28 ft at 8:15PM Mar 20, 2023Observed: 12.28 ft at 8:30PM Mar 20, 2023Observed: 12.28 ft at 8:45PM Mar 20, 2023Observed: 12.27 ft at 9:00PM Mar 20, 2023Observed: 12.27 ft at 9:15PM Mar 20, 2023Observed: 12.26 ft at 9:30PM Mar 20, 2023Observed: 12.26 ft at 9:45PM Mar 20, 2023Observed: 12.25 ft at 10:00PM Mar 20, 2023Observed: 12.25 ft at 10:15PM Mar 20, 2023Observed: 12.25 ft at 10:30PM Mar 20, 2023Observed: 12.24 ft at 10:45PM Mar 20, 2023Observed: 12.24 ft at 11:00PM Mar 20, 2023Observed: 12.24 ft at 11:15PM Mar 20, 2023Observed: 12.23 ft at 11:30PM Mar 20, 2023Observed: 12.23 ft at 11:45PM Mar 20, 2023Observed: 12.23 ft at 12:00AM Mar 21, 2023Observed: 12.22 ft at 12:15AM Mar 21, 2023Observed: 12.21 ft at 12:30AM Mar 21, 2023Observed: 12.21 ft at 12:45AM Mar 21, 2023Observed: 12.21 ft at 1:00AM Mar 21, 2023Observed: 12.2 ft at 1:15AM Mar 21, 2023Observed: 12.2 ft at 1:30AM Mar 21, 2023Observed: 12.19 ft at 1:45AM Mar 21, 2023Observed: 12.19 ft at 2:00AM Mar 21, 2023Observed: 12.19 ft at 2:15AM Mar 21, 2023Observed: 12.18 ft at 2:30AM Mar 21, 2023Observed: 12.18 ft at 2:45AM Mar 21, 2023Observed: 12.18 ft at 3:00AM Mar 21, 2023Observed: 12.16 ft at 3:15AM Mar 21, 2023Observed: 12.16 ft at 3:30AM Mar 21, 2023Observed: 12.16 ft at 3:45AM Mar 21, 2023Observed: 12.16 ft at 4:00AM Mar 21, 2023Observed: 12.15 ft at 4:15AM Mar 21, 2023Observed: 12.15 ft at 4:30AM Mar 21, 2023Observed: 12.14 ft at 4:45AM Mar 21, 2023Observed: 12.14 ft at 5:00AM Mar 21, 2023Observed: 12.13 ft at 5:15AM Mar 21, 2023Observed: 12.13 ft at 5:30AM Mar 21, 2023Observed: 12.13 ft at 5:45AM Mar 21, 2023Observed: 12.12 ft at 6:00AM Mar 21, 2023Observed: 12.11 ft at 6:15AM Mar 21, 2023Observed: 12.11 ft at 6:30AM Mar 21, 2023Observed: 12.11 ft at 6:45AM Mar 21, 2023Observed: 12.1 ft at 7:00AM Mar 21, 2023Observed: 12.09 ft at 7:15AM Mar 21, 2023Observed: 12.09 ft at 7:30AM Mar 21, 2023Observed: 12.08 ft at 7:45AM Mar 21, 2023Observed: 12.08 ft at 8:00AM Mar 21, 2023Observed: 12.08 ft at 8:15AM Mar 21, 2023Observed: 12.07 ft at 8:30AM Mar 21, 2023Observed: 12.06 ft at 8:45AM Mar 21, 2023Observed: 12.06 ft at 9:00AM Mar 21, 2023Observed: 12.05 ft at 9:15AM Mar 21, 2023Observed: 12.05 ft at 9:30AM Mar 21, 2023Observed: 12.04 ft at 9:45AM Mar 21, 2023Observed: 12.04 ft at 10:00AM Mar 21, 2023Observed: 12.03 ft at 10:15AM Mar 21, 2023Observed: 12.03 ft at 10:30AM Mar 21, 2023Observed: 12.02 ft at 10:45AM Mar 21, 2023Observed: 12.02 ft at 11:00AM Mar 21, 2023Observed: 12.01 ft at 11:15AM Mar 21, 2023Observed: 12.01 ft at 11:30AM Mar 21, 2023Observed: 12 ft at 11:45AM Mar 21, 2023Observed: 12 ft at 12:00PM Mar 21, 2023Observed: 11.99 ft at 12:15PM Mar 21, 2023Observed: 11.99 ft at 12:30PM Mar 21, 2023Observed: 11.98 ft at 12:45PM Mar 21, 2023Observed: 11.98 ft at 1:00PM Mar 21, 2023Observed: 11.98 ft at 1:15PM Mar 21, 2023Observed: 11.97 ft at 1:30PM Mar 21, 2023Observed: 11.97 ft at 1:45PM Mar 21, 2023Observed: 11.96 ft at 2:00PM Mar 21, 2023Observed: 11.96 ft at 2:15PM Mar 21, 2023Observed: 11.96 ft at 2:30PM Mar 21, 2023Observed: 11.95 ft at 2:45PM Mar 21, 2023Observed: 11.95 ft at 3:00PM Mar 21, 2023Observed: 11.94 ft at 3:15PM Mar 21, 2023Observed: 11.94 ft at 3:30PM Mar 21, 2023Observed: 11.93 ft at 3:45PM Mar 21, 2023Observed: 11.92 ft at 4:00PM Mar 21, 2023Observed: 11.92 ft at 4:15PM Mar 21, 2023Observed: 11.91 ft at 4:30PM Mar 21, 2023Observed: 11.91 ft at 4:45PM Mar 21, 2023Observed: 11.9 ft at 5:00PM Mar 21, 2023Observed: 11.9 ft at 5:15PM Mar 21, 2023Observed: 11.9 ft at 5:30PM Mar 21, 2023Observed: 11.89 ft at 5:45PM Mar 21, 2023Observed: 11.89 ft at 6:00PM Mar 21, 2023Observed: 11.88 ft at 6:15PM Mar 21, 2023Observed: 11.87 ft at 6:30PM Mar 21, 2023Observed: 11.87 ft at 6:45PM Mar 21, 2023Observed: 11.87 ft at 7:00PM Mar 21, 2023Observed: 11.86 ft at 7:15PM Mar 21, 2023Observed: 11.84 ft at 7:30PM Mar 21, 2023Observed: 11.85 ft at 7:45PM Mar 21, 2023Observed: 11.84 ft at 8:00PM Mar 21, 2023Observed: 11.84 ft at 8:15PM Mar 21, 2023Observed: 11.83 ft at 8:30PM Mar 21, 2023Observed: 11.83 ft at 8:45PM Mar 21, 2023Observed: 11.82 ft at 9:00PM Mar 21, 2023Observed: 11.81 ft at 9:15PM Mar 21, 2023Observed: 11.81 ft at 9:30PM Mar 21, 2023Highest Forecast: 11.8 ft 1:00AM Mar 22, 2023Forecast: 11.7 ft 7:00AM Mar 22, 2023Forecast: 11.6 ft 1:00PM Mar 22, 2023Forecast: 11.4 ft 7:00PM Mar 22, 2023Forecast: 11.3 ft 1:00AM Mar 23, 2023Forecast: 11.2 ft 7:00AM Mar 23, 2023Forecast: 11.1 ft 1:00PM Mar 23, 2023Forecast: 11 ft 7:00PM Mar 23, 2023Forecast: 10.9 ft 1:00AM Mar 24, 2023Forecast: 10.8 ft 7:00AM Mar 24, 2023Forecast: 10.7 ft 1:00PM Mar 24, 2023Forecast: 10.6 ft 7:00PM Mar 24, 2023Forecast: 10.5 ft 1:00AM Mar 25, 2023Forecast: 10.4 ft 7:00AM Mar 25, 2023Forecast: 10.3 ft 1:00PM Mar 25, 2023Forecast: 10.2 ft 7:00PM Mar 25, 2023Forecast: 10.1 ft 1:00AM Mar 26, 2023Forecast: 10 ft 7:00AM Mar 26, 2023Forecast: 9.9 ft 1:00PM Mar 26, 2023Forecast: 9.8 ft 7:00PM Mar 26, 2023USGS--Water Resources of the United StatesNCST2(plotting HGIRG) Graph Created (10:06PM Mar 21, 2023)ObservedForecast (issued 7:36PM Mar 21)Latest observed value: 11.81 ft at 9:30 PM CDT 21-Mar-2023. Flood Stage is 12 ft
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NOTE: River forecasts for this location take into account past precipitation and the precipitation amounts expected approximately 24 hours into the future from the forecast issuance time.

Reliability of the Forecast: Based on current and forecast river, weather and reservoir conditions

NOTE: Forecasts for the Neches River near Neches are issued as needed during times of high water, but are not routinely available.

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Flood Categories (in feet)
Major Flood Stage: 24
Moderate Flood Stage: 18
Flood Stage: 12
Action Stage: 11.5
Low Stage (in feet): 0

Historic Crests
(1) 25.00 ft on 05/03/1884
(2) 24.30 ft on 05/01/1908
(3) 22.07 ft on 04/02/1945
(4) 20.27 ft on 05/04/1944
(5) 19.46 ft on 05/13/1968
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(P): Preliminary values subject to further review.

Recent Crests
(1) 16.43 ft on 05/21/2021
(2) 16.09 ft on 02/21/2020
(3) 17.11 ft on 04/26/2019
(4) 16.70 ft on 01/04/2019
(5) 13.72 ft on 03/31/2018
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(P): Preliminary values subject to further review.

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Currently none available.

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24 Severe flooding with several some secondary roadways flooded. Preparations should be completed for a major flood.
18 Expect moderate to severe flooding of river bottoms with some camps and access roads flooded.
14 Minor lowland flooding. Move livestock and equipment to higher ground away from the river.
12 Expect minor lowland flooding of the heavily wooded floodplain. Ranchers that may have livestock and equipment in the river bottoms should move them to higher ground. Expect minor flooding of the boat ramp.
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Latitude: 31.892222° N, Longitude: 95.430556° W, Horizontal Datum: NAD83/WGS84

River Stage
Reference Frame		 Gauge Height Flood Stage Uses
NWS stage 0 ft 12 ft Interpreting hydrographs and NWS watch, warnings, and forecasts, and inundation maps
Vertical Datum Elevation
(gauge height = 0)		 Elevation
(gauge height = flood stage)		 Elevation information source
NAVD88 Not Available Not Available Survey grade GPS equipment, FEMA flood plain maps, newer USGS topographic maps
NGVD 29 264.06 ft 276.06 ft Older USGS topographic maps, NGVD29 benchmarks
MSL Not Available Not Available Older USGS topographic maps, MSL benchmarks
Other Not Available Not Available  

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