Galveston County, Texas

3 sources answering with records; no headline here in the last 24 hours.

Active because the sources below answered with current records; none of what they hold is placed on this county as a headline or a reading.

3 river gauges reading now, shown against their usual but not yet judged.

Official Warnings

No official warning is in effect here right now.

• Clear Creek Near Friendswood, TX: water level 2.46 ft · above the highest October monthly average on record for this gauge (1.2 ft) · U.S. Geological Survey · 1 h ago
• Highland Bayou At Fm 646 Near Santa Fe, TX: water level 9.87 ft · below the lowest October monthly average on record for this gauge (9.99 ft) · U.S. Geological Survey · 1 h ago
• Gauge 08077640: water level 12.44 ft · not enough history for this gauge to say what is usual · U.S. Geological Survey · 1 h ago

River levels are shown against their usual, but not yet judged. A gauge’s usual here is its range of October monthly averages; the reading is the latest 15-minute value, which a passing rain or dry spell can carry outside that range. So no river gauge makes this county Unusual For Here until we compare each day with the same day’s history.

A gauge’s usual is its range of October monthly averages over its record (USGS).

• USGS daily mean streamflow and gage height - Texas: 5 entries for this county · U.S. Geological Survey · read 9 h ago

Entries are what each state or utility feed lists for this county: incidents, closures or outage areas. We count them; we do not reproduce them.

25 sources answered; nothing recent here.

Coming Up

No meeting is on an agenda we read for the next seven days.

19 reports in the last 24 hours, none published as an event.

• La inflación aceleró en septiembre, según reporte a solo días de las elecciones · KTMD · 6 h ago
• DoorDash comprará Instacart consolidando dos negocios de entrega de comestibles · KTMD · 6 h ago
• El venezolano William Contreras es el jugador más valioso de la Serie Mundial · KTMD · 9 h ago
• FISD Education Foundation celebrates inaugural Mustang Market · Friendswood Reporter News · 10 h ago Not Yet Confirmed
• Hitchcock man speaks on woman's body found days after house fire · KRIV · 10 h ago Published event

1 source answered; nothing recent here.

9 readings here, none current.

4 entries from USGS latest streamflow and gage height - Texas (U.S. Geological Survey) for this county, in its latest read.

• USGS latest streamflow and gage height - Texas: 4 entries for this county · U.S. Geological Survey · read 57 min ago

Entries are what each state or utility feed lists for this county: incidents, closures or outage areas. We count them; we do not reproduce them.

Texas-New Mexico Power: 13 customers out, within the usual daily peak in October for this county.

• Texas-New Mexico Power: 13 customers out · within the usual daily peak in October for this county · Texas-New Mexico Power · 1 h ago

• Texas-New Mexico Power outage map (Kubra Storm Center): 18 entries for this county · Texas-New Mexico Power · read 1 h ago
• CenterPoint Energy Houston Electric outage map (DataCapable): 6 entries for this county · CenterPoint Energy Houston Electric · read 1 h ago
• U.S. Department of Energy / Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ODIN) outage map (utility-built): 1 entry for this county · U.S. Department of Energy / Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ODIN) · read 1 h ago

Entries are what each state or utility feed lists for this county: incidents, closures or outage areas. We count them; we do not reproduce them.

No source here for this.

Quiet

• Layoff and closure notices (WARN): No notice naming a place here in the last 30 days · Texas Workforce Commission · read 35 min ago
• Rail accidents and crossings (FRA): No reported accident or crossing collision here with a release, evacuation, injury or death in the latest data · Federal Railroad Administration · read Oct 26, 8:27 AM CDT
• Gasoline prices (EIA): No weekly move of 10 cents or more · U.S. Energy Information Administration · read Oct 26, 8:27 AM CDT

Background

• Gasoline prices (EIA)
  Regular gasoline, Houston, week of 2026-10-19: $3.710 a gallon, down 5 cents from the week before. U.S. Energy Information Administration
• Gasoline prices (EIA)
  Regular gasoline, Texas, week of 2026-10-19: $3.704 a gallon, down 7 cents from the week before. U.S. Energy Information Administration
• Gasoline prices (EIA)
  Regular gasoline, Gulf Coast (PADD 3), week of 2026-10-19: $3.784 a gallon, down 7 cents from the week before. U.S. Energy Information Administration
• Rail accidents and crossings (FRA)
  Grade-crossing collision, Texas City Terminal Railway Company, TEXAS CITY, POTC WEST ENTRANCE, 2026-07-01. Reported by FRA with the July 2026 data. Federal Railroad Administration
• Rail accidents and crossings (FRA)
  Rail accident, Texas City Terminal Railway Company, TEXAS CITY, 2026-06-22. Reported by FRA with the June 2026 data. Federal Railroad Administration
• Rail accidents and crossings (FRA)
  Rail accident, Texas City Terminal Railway Company, TEXAS CITY, 2026-06-22. Reported by FRA with the June 2026 data. Federal Railroad Administration
• Rail accidents and crossings (FRA)
  Rail accident, BNSF Railway Company, GALVESTON, 2026-06-10. Reported by FRA with the June 2026 data. Federal Railroad Administration
• Rail accidents and crossings (FRA)
  Rail accident, BNSF Railway Company, GALVESTON, 2026-05-14. Reported by FRA with the May 2026 data. Federal Railroad Administration
• Rail accidents and crossings (FRA)
  Grade-crossing collision, Texas City Terminal Railway Company, TEXAS CITY, LOOP 197, 2026-05-11. Reported by FRA with the May 2026 data. Federal Railroad Administration
• Employment and wages (QCEW)
  Q1 2026: 127,654 jobs (126,860 a year earlier); $1,269 average weekly wage ($1,216 a year earlier). BLS (QCEW)

Each line is the source's own fields, linked to the source. Unusual is this county against its own history, never against other counties. FRA posts about three months after an accident, so its lines are reported, not breaking. Last read: BLS (QCEW) Oct 12, 8:25 AM CDT; U.S. Energy Information Administration Oct 26, 8:27 AM CDT; Federal Railroad Administration Oct 26, 8:27 AM CDT; Texas Workforce Commission Oct 29, 9:30 AM CDT.

Quiet

• Non-native species (USGS NAS): No new non-native species alert here in the last 30 days · USGS Nonindigenous Aquatic Species (NAS) · read Oct 12, 7:04 PM CDT
• Bird flu in wild birds (APHIS): No detection in wild birds here in the last 30 days · USDA APHIS · read Oct 26, 8:27 AM CDT
• Red tide samples: No sample here at medium or high in the last 8 days · NOAA NCEI HABSOS · read 1 h ago
• Introduced species (iNaturalist): No introduced species newly recorded here · iNaturalist · read 40 min ago

Background

• Introduced species (iNaturalist)
  21 research-grade observations of introduced species here in the last 30 days. iNaturalist
• Non-native species (USGS NAS)
  Australian spotted jellyfish (Phyllorhiza punctata) was found in the [No locality description provided], Galveston County, Texas, 2026-08-10. USGS Nonindigenous Aquatic Species (NAS)
• Non-native species (USGS NAS)
  Australian spotted jellyfish (Phyllorhiza punctata) was found in the [No locality description provided], Galveston County, Texas, 2026-08-10. USGS Nonindigenous Aquatic Species (NAS)

Each line is the source's own fields, linked to the source. Unusual is this county against its own history, never against other counties. Bird flu detections are reported in our words with a link to USDA APHIS; its records are not reproduced. iNaturalist observations are shown only under CC0 or CC-BY, with the observer credited; others are counted. Observations with an obscured location are never placed on a county. Last read: USGS Nonindigenous Aquatic Species (NAS) Oct 12, 7:04 PM CDT; iNaturalist Oct 29, 9:26 AM CDT; NOAA NCEI HABSOS Oct 29, 9:00 AM CDT; USDA APHIS Oct 26, 8:27 AM CDT.

Quiet

• Historic places in harm’s way: No listed place here inside an active wildfire perimeter, warning area or flood zone · National Weather Service · read 29 min ago
• National Register nominations (Federal Register): No nomination here under review · National Park Service (Federal Register) · read 1 h ago
• National Register listings (NPS): No listing or removal here in the last 30 days · National Park Service · read Oct 12, 8:25 AM CDT

Background

• National Register listings (NPS)
  69 properties on the National Register in this county, 1 of them a National Historic Landmark. National Park Service

Each line is the source's own fields, linked to the source. Sites whose location is restricted are never shown. A place inside a hazard area is our overlay of open maps, as of the hazard’s own time; it says nothing of damage. Last read: National Park Service Oct 12, 8:25 AM CDT; National Park Service (Federal Register) Oct 29, 9:00 AM CDT; National Weather Service Oct 29, 9:36 AM CDT.