About this river
Sims Bayou is a 13.5 mile stream near Bal Harbor Marina in Texas. Streamflow is measured at the USGS gauge Sims Bayou at Houston, TX (site 08075500). The National Hydrography Dataset places it at stream order 4. Reach geometry comes from the USGS National Hydrography Dataset.
Typical flow by month
1953 to 1995
Sims Bayou typically runs highest in January, at a median 46 cfs, and lowest in October, at 31 cfs. The highest flow on record for any single day is 8,290 cfs, in 1976.
| Month | Typical (cfs) | Usual range (cfs) | Relative level |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 46 | 19 to 81 | |
| February | 45 | 21 to 77 | |
| March | 38 | 15 to 54 | |
| April | 35 | 14 to 53 | |
| May | 38 | 15 to 63 | |
| June | 36 | 14 to 62 | |
| July | 37 | 15 to 53 | |
| August | 36 | 14 to 53 | |
| September | 38 | 16 to 60 | |
| October | 31 | 12 to 50 | |
| November | 39 | 15 to 54 | |
| December | 41 | 17 to 59 |
Typical is the median of each month’s daily median values, and the usual range runs from the median 25th to the median 75th percentile, across about 43 years of record. Statistics published by the US Geological Survey for Sims Bayou at Houston, TX (site 08075500). Conditions on any given day can fall well outside the usual range. Check the current reading before you go.
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