River Flows

[beekeeper]

The USGS Texas Streamflow site has some shocking flow rates. The Colorado River at LaGrange, is at 83,400 cf/s and the Brazos has rates in excess of 60,000 cf/s. The flow rates earlier in the weekend were little, if any. I suppose this was due to the backup of flow from the ocean surge. It finally came down enough to allow flows. At any rate, I don't think we will do a kayak trip on the lower Colorado for a while.

[Neumie]

The high CFS's are from the massive amounts of rain falling in a very short time from a stalled Cat 4 Hurricane and has nothing to do with storm surge.

[sleepyTX]

I went by the La Grange ramp Friday and the river is back down. The water is super clear, probably close to 5 + feet. There is a lot of erosion around the ramp.

[beekeeper]

Is the Colorado ok for a float trip in the Bastrop area?

[pearlbeer]

Should be fine. You can check current flows here:

https://hydromet.lcra.org/