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CFS · PINEY POINT
What this flow means
at Piney Point
BASE
Calm pools. Eddy out anywhere.
0–200
LOW
Comfortable for casual paddlers.
200–500
ELEVATED
Real current. Strainers serious.
500–800
HIGH
Skilled moving-water only.
800–2,000
DANGER
Corps' upper operating range.
2,000–4,000
FLOOD
Flooding. Stay off the water.
>4,000
On the trail
upstream → downstream · Piney Point is control
Reference
context only · off-path
7 days
bands at Piney Point
Piney (control)
Trail
Reference
Forecast
5 days · Houston
Map
5 gauges · 10 access points
Addicks & Barker
USACE — no API
Releases can raise downstream flow within hours. A sharp Bear Creek rise is your earliest signal of an Addicks watershed surge.
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