Elm Fork Trinity River level at Pilot Point
Texas · Fishing & wading
Measured at USGS 08051135 — Elm Fk Trinity Rv at Greenbelt nr Pilot Point, TX
Reading taken · as of 58 min ago
Low and clear — wadeable, and fish will be spooky
At 6.8 CFS, this gauge is in the lowest 10% of the 17 years USGS has recorded for this date (2009–2026), at 23% of the 29 CFS median.
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Flow history at Pilot Point
Daily values from USGS 08051135, updated every 15 to 60 minutes. Provisional.
About Elm Fork Trinity River at Pilot Point
In Texas, below Ray Roberts Lake. Releases can change the flow by hundreds of CFS in an hour with no rain in the basin — check it the morning you go, not the night before.
Reservoir feeding this stretch
Flow here is set by releases from Ray Roberts Lake. A full pool usually means more water on its way down.
Elm Fork Trinity River at Pilot Point — common questions
3 questions
How do releases from Ray Roberts Lake affect this stretch?
Directly and fast. When the dam generates, flow here can climb by an order of magnitude within the hour, with no rain anywhere in the basin. That sudden release is the real hazard on a tailwater. The pool level is on lakelvl.com, linked below.
Is Elm Fork Trinity River at Pilot Point high or low for this time of year?
The USGS median flow for late September here is 29 CFS, from 17 years of record (2009–2026). Today sits in the lowest 10% of those years, at 23% of the median. The comparison is what makes the raw number mean anything: the same reading is a drought on one river and a flood on another.
How often does this reading update?
USGS transmits from gauge 08051135 every 15 to 60 minutes. This page refreshes from USGS when you open it, and the reading is provisional until USGS reviews it. The timestamp is in the gauge's local time.