Denton Creek level at Grapevine
Texas · Fishing & wading
Measured at USGS 08055000 — Denton Ck nr Grapevine, TX
Reading taken · as of 33 min ago
Up and off-colour — heavier water than usual for wading
At 111 CFS, this gauge is running 156% of normal for mid-September — above the 71 CFS median USGS has recorded for this date across 61 years of record (1953–2026).
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Flow history at Grapevine
Daily values from USGS 08055000, updated every 15 to 60 minutes. Provisional.
About Denton Creek at Grapevine
In Texas, below Grapevine 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 Grapevine Lake. A full pool usually means more water on its way down.
Denton Creek at Grapevine — common questions
3 questions
How do releases from Grapevine 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 Denton Creek at Grapevine high or low for this time of year?
The USGS median flow for mid-September here is 71 CFS, from 61 years of record (1953–2026). Today is 156% of it. 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 08055000 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.