Rivers

Water entering Lake Travis

21 normal

Stages as of Nov 12, 11:41 AM CST

Heading for Lake Travis

3,787cfs

7,500 acre-feet a day, about 5 inches a day of lake rise at 681.4 ft

Llano 3,702Sandy Creek 25Pedernales 60

Heading for Lake Buchanan

184cfs

365 acre-feet a day on the Colorado near San Saba, which already carries the San Saba River

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Rivers are drawn as wide as the water in them; values are stages in feet. Map data from OpenStreetMap.

Llano · nearest the lakes

Llano River at Llano

Normal

Joins Lake LBJ at Kingsland

5.15 ft · 3,702 cfs · flood 10 ft

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River gauge readings: stage, status, action and flood stage, flow, and NWS crest
Llano River · joins Lake LBJ at Kingsland
Gauge	Stage	Status	Action / flood	Flow	NWS crest
1,322 cfs · Flood 16 ft	4.12 ft	Normal	12 / 16 ft	1,322 cfs	—
2,710 cfs · Crest 9.6 ft Thu 12 PM	9.57 ft	Normal	11 / 18 ft	2,710 cfs	9.6 ft
3,702 cfs · Flood 10 ft	5.15 ft	Normal	10 ft	3,702 cfs	—
Pedernales River · joins Lake Travis
18 cfs · Flood 22 ft	7.86 ft	Normal	12 / 22 ft	18 cfs	—
60 cfs · Flood 14 ft	10.43 ft	Normal	13 / 14 ft	60 cfs	—
Sandy Creek · joins Lake LBJ
25 cfs · Flood 12 ft	6.14 ft	Normal	8 / 12 ft	25 cfs	—
San Saba River · joins the Colorado above Lake Buchanan
100 cfs · Flood 18 ft	3.51 ft	Normal	8 / 18 ft	100 cfs	—
175 cfs · Flood 18 ft	2.91 ft	Normal	16 / 18 ft	175 cfs	—
129 cfs · Flood 24 ft	3.40 ft	Normal	20 / 24 ft	129 cfs	—
Colorado River above the lakes · flows into Lake Buchanan
7 cfs · Flood 26 ft	2.51 ft	Normal	24 / 26 ft	7 cfs	—
184 cfs · Flood 30 ft	2.54 ft	Normal	25 / 30 ft	184 cfs	—
Colorado River below the dams · runs on from Austin to the Gulf
1,879 cfs · Crest 18.5 ft Thu 11 PM	16.35 ft	Normal	25 / 33 ft	1,879 cfs	18.5 ft
1,907 cfs · Crest 5.7 ft Fri 5 AM	4.78 ft	Normal	14 / 23 ft	1,907 cfs	5.7 ft
927 cfs · Crest 3.5 ft Fri 4 PM	2.12 ft	Normal	10 / 20 ft	927 cfs	3.5 ft
814 cfs · Crest 5.1 ft Sat 4 AM	3.45 ft	Normal	19 / 26 ft	814 cfs	5.1 ft
924 cfs · Crest 11.4 ft Sat 7 PM	10.09 ft	Normal	30 / 34 ft	924 cfs	11.4 ft
1,031 cfs · Crest 11.1 ft Mon 12 AM	9.34 ft	Normal	20 / 39 ft	1,031 cfs	11.1 ft
1,065 cfs · Crest 5.7 ft Mon 1 PM	4.05 ft	Normal	23 / 44 ft	1,065 cfs	5.7 ft
Crest 2.7 ft Thu 7 PM	1.46 ft	Normal	4.8 / 8.8 ft	—	2.7 ft
Onion Creek · joins the Colorado below Austin
0 cfs · Flood 15 ft	2.40 ft	Normal	8 / 15 ft	0 cfs	—
1 cfs · Flood 17 ft	4.57 ft	Normal	15 / 17 ft	1 cfs	—

A rising Llano reaches Lake LBJ first and Lake Travis a day or so later; the Pedernales comes straight into Travis. Gauges and stages are LCRA’s and the National Weather Service’s. Unofficial copy of LCRA’s river levels.