Aquifer Science

Monitor Wells & Aquifer Data

Quick links on this page:

District hydrogeologists use a wide range of data to help understand aquifer dynamics.  For general commentary, observations, and current aquifer conditions, visit the District’s Drought Monitor Blog.

Monitoring Sites and Gauges of Interest

The interactive map below shows the District’s boundary, major aquifers, and important monitoring sites.  Additional detail is available by clicking on features.  For example, the USGS stream gauge sites (shown as green squares) provide links to the online streamflow data.


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Interactive map tips and tricks:

  • Select a site within webmap to open an attribute pop-up window and look for the hyperlink to direct you to the site’s online link.
  • Click the double arrows in the upper left hand corner of the webmap to reveal a customizable legend with layers that can be toggled on and off.
  • Use the the basemap selector to choose from a variety of basemaps (topo, aerial images, streets, etc).
  • Search for a specific address using the a location search (upper right corner).
  • Zoom in or out by using the scroll wheel on a mouse or the magnifying glass + and – icons
  • Tap the “View Larger Map” hyperlink below the embedded map will link to open a full-size version of the interactive map.
Onion Creek Bear Creek Slaughter Creek Williamson Creek Barton Creek

Streamflow Sites

USGS Real-Time Sites

Drought Trigger: Barton Springs gage
Drought Trigger: Lovelady Monitor Well

Onion Creek

Upstream of Recharge Zone:  Onion Creek near Driftwood, TX
Downstream of Recharge Zone:  Onion Creek at Twin Creeks Rd near Manchaca, TX

Bear Creek

Upstream of Recharge Zone: Bear Creek below FM1826 near Driftwood, TX
Downstream of Recharge Zone: Bear Creek near Brodie Lane near Manchaca, TX

Slaughter Creek

Upstream of Recharge Zone: Slaughter Creek at FM 1826 near Austin, TX
Downstream of Recharge Zone: Slaughter Creek at FM 2304 near Austin, TX

Williamson Creek

Upstream of Recharge Zone: Williamson Creek at Oak Hill, TX
Downstream of Recharge Zone: Williamson Creek at Manchaca Rd, Austin, TX

Barton Creek

Upstream of Recharge Zone: Barton Creek at Lost Creek Blvd, Austin TX
In the Recharge Zone: Barton Creek at Loop 360, Austin, TX
In the Recharge Zone: Barton Creek above Barton Spgs at Austin, TX

All USGS gages within the District Boundaries

Table of Real-Time sites

Interactive Maps

Texas Water Dashboard
Real-time, interactive map that shows USGS gauges, National Weather Service rain gauges, etc hosted by the USGS.

TexasFlood.org
Real-time, interactive map for Texas showing river stage hosted by the Texas Water Development Board.

Texas Mesonet
Real-time, interactive map showing current weather conditions across Texas hosted by the Texas Water Development Board.

WunderMap
Interactive map showing current RADAR and stream flow data on a Google Maps viewer.

LCRA Hydromet
Interactive real-time map with surface water flow and water quality, rainfall, and weather data for the Colorado River Basin.

Hays County Emergency Services Flood map
Interactive map with status of road crossings in Hays County

Well Data Interactive
Texas Water Development Board maintains both groundwater water quality and submitted well drillers reports in an interactive map interface.

Automated Groundwater Level Map
Texas Water Development Board provides an interactive map of real-time recorder wells with links to text files and graphs.

Weather Sites

Weatherbug Station at District Headquarters
Real-time data from Manchaca, Texas

Texas A&M Climatic Data
Historical climate data for Central Texas

Groundwater Level (data) Sites

BSEACD Groundwater Levels for Central Texas

Hays-Trinity Groundwater Levels for Texas
A clickable map linking to excel files of groundwater levels.

USGS Groundwater Levels for Texas
A table of sites with real-time and/or historic water levels from wells in Texas.

Texas Water Development Board’s Well Database

Texas Water Development Board Well Data
The TWDB Water Data Interactive (WDI) is a viewer and well database tool.

Antioch Recharge BMP Data

Coming soon…
Link to real-time gage, specific conductance, temperature, and turbidity at the Antioch Recharge facility.