Frio River level at Leakey
Texas · Tubing & floating
Measured at USGS 08194840 — Frio Rv at Leakey, TX · NWS forecast point FILT2
Reading taken · as of 13 min ago
Up and moving — a faster float than usual
At 9.26 ft, this gauge is in the highest quarter of the 8 years USGS has recorded for this date (2018–2026), against a 3.0 ft median.
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Flow history at Leakey
Daily values from USGS 08194840, updated every 15 to 60 minutes; NWS forecast for FILT2 reissued through the day. Provisional.
Highest crests on record at Leakey
1 on record
| Stage | Flow | Date |
|---|---|---|
| 13.56 ft | — | Oct 8, 2018 |
Crests published by the National Weather Service.
About Frio River at Leakey
This station reports gage height only. There is no discharge measurement here, so the reading on this page is a stage in feet and the percent of normal comparison is a stage comparison rather than a flow one. That is worth knowing if you are used to reading CFS on other Frio gauges.
The record is also short. USGS statistics cover 2018 to 2026, about eight years, and the daily series begins on 5 April 2018. Within it the monthly medians move very little, from 2.71 feet in June to 3.36 in December. The single crest the NWS holds for this point, 13.56 feet on 8 October 2018, stands more than four feet above anything the gauge has seen since.
Frio River at Leakey — common questions
5 questions
Why is there no CFS figure on this page?
Because USGS does not publish discharge for this station. It reports gage height, parameter 00065, and nothing else. Everything on this page is derived from stage, including the seasonal comparison, which uses the published daily statistics for gage height. If you need a discharge number for the Frio, the Concan gauge 16.5 miles away reports one.
How much record is behind the normal here?
Eight years. The daily series starts on 5 April 2018 and USGS statistics cover 2018 to 2026. That is among the shortest windows on this site, so the median is drawn from a small sample and should be treated as a rough guide. The highest reading in it is 9.51 feet, on 16 July 2026, and the lowest is 1.29 feet on 1 July 2018.
Does rain upstream change Frio River at Leakey quickly?
Yes. It is free-flowing, so rain upstream moves it directly. Several feet in a few hours is normal after a heavy storm.
Is Frio River at Leakey high or low for this time of year?
The USGS median gage height for late September here is 3.0 ft, from 8 years of record (2018–2026). Today sits in the highest quarter of those years. 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 08194840 every 15 to 60 minutes, and the National Weather Service reissues the flood forecast for FILT2 a few times a day — more often when the river is rising. This page refreshes from both when you open it. The timestamp is in the gauge's local time.