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Foster Ranch

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Gauge Location:
Latitude: 29.780556 Longitude: -101.758333 NAD83/WGS84
UTM: 14R 233329.2mE 3297659.3mN

Redford

Flood Categories (in feet)

Major Flood Stage:	22
Moderate Flood Stage:	15
Flood Stage:	14
Action Stage:	14
Low Stage (in feet):	0

Historic Crests
(1) 50.00 ft on 06/17/1922
(2) 38.15 ft on 11/05/1978
(3) 36.69 ft on 09/20/1974
(4) 36.64 ft on 09/20/1975
(5) 34.58 ft on 06/11/1965
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(P): Preliminary values subject to further review.

Recent Crests
(1) 21.54 ft on 07/10/2010
(2) 31.52 ft on 07/03/2010
(3) 25.87 ft on 09/23/2008
(4) 7.00 ft on 05/27/1995
(5) 4.13 ft on 05/20/1994
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(P): Preliminary values subject to further review.

Low Water Records
Currently none available..

Alert - LNYT2 - Rio Grande at Foster Ranch (Texas)

Thursday, September 28, 2023

Alert conditions are not currently being met.

Flood Categories

Primary (ft)

Action : 14 ft
Minor : 14 ft
Moderate : 15 ft
Major : 22 ft

Secondary (kcfs)

Action : 22.354 kcfs
Minor : 22.354 kcfs
Moderate : 24.56 kcfs
Major : 43.863 kcfs

The forecast flood categories are the same as the observation flood categories.

Gauge Data

Observations

Latest Observation Category: Normal

Latest Observation: 1.57 ft

Latest Observation (Secondary): 0.296 kcfs

Observation Time: Sep 28, 2023 12:15 PM -0500

Forecasts

Forecast Issued: N/A

The forecast data exceeds it's assigned PEDTS code duration.

Recent

Recent Projected Forecast Available: N/A

Recent Projected Forecast Time: N/A

Highest

Highest Projected Forecast Available: N/A

Highest Projected Forecast Time: N/A

Last

Last Projected Forecast Available: N/A

Last Projected Forecast Time: N/A

U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) Data and Site Info for Foster Ranch: USGS ID: 08377200