Your area flooded, what now
Reservoirs, bayous, downtown streets, apartments, and live flood gauges.
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Status, maps, and claim portals change by the hour. Open the org site. Do not trust a screenshot from last night.
- Harris County Flood Warning System Live gauges, rainfall, and inundation. Water can still rise after the rain stops.
- USGS Texas real-time water USGS gauges, including Houston bayous. Pair with the Harris County Flood Warning System. Not a rescue order.
- USACE Addicks and Barker dashboard Reservoir levels and flows. Pair with OEM alerts. A release can flood streets after the sky clears.
- USACE Galveston District District desk for Addicks and Barker. Live levels are the dashboard, not this homepage.
- HCFCD: reservoir flooding impacts How Addicks and Barker releases can hit Buffalo Bayou. History, not a live go-order.
- Harris County Flood Control District Bayou context and project pages. Not a rescue line and not an evacuation order.
- Ready Harris Harris County OEM notices, alerts, and shelter posts. Recheck before you drive.
- Harris County Flood Education Mapping Tool County floodplain education map. HCFCD says it is not the effective FIRM.
Addicks and Barker reservoir releases: what to do downstream
Rain can stop and Buffalo Bayou can still rise, so if you live downstream of Addicks or Barker treat releases as a live flood.
Apartments near bayou parks: downstairs units
First-floor units along bayou parks need their own photos even if the office is handling the building.
Brays Bayou corridor: after-action checklist
From Meyerland through the Medical Center and east along Brays, the water may be gone while the slab is still a sponge, so work the house in order.
Checking Harris County Flood Warning gauges for your bayou
Use the Harris County Flood Warning System to see if your bayou is still rising, and read the upstream gauge trend, not just the map.
Clear Creek and south Houston / Pearland edge
Along Clear Creek and the south Houston to Pearland edge, check whether water was creek, ditch, or backup before you dry.
Downtown, Midtown, and street flooding re-entry
Downtown and Midtown often fail at the street, the tunnel, and the garage, so re-enter with building staff, not with a hero wade.
East End and Ship Channel industrial neighbors
In the East End and Ship Channel blocks, treat floodwater as possibly chemical and follow official air and water notices.
Energy Corridor and west Houston after sheet flow
After west Houston sheet flow, dry like it was dirty street water and keep watching Addicks and Barker.
Greens Bayou and north/northeast neighborhoods
On Greens Bayou and in north and northeast neighborhoods, treat the water as contaminated and race to document your house or unit.
White Oak and Little White Oak: homeowner next steps
On White Oak and Little White Oak, get out of leftover water, then dry old houses and new infill as two different jobs.