The Top 25 Crests of the Rio Grande River at Eagle Pass, Texas and Piedras Negras, Coahuila, Mexico
By: Ricardo E. Calderon
An Exclusive Eagle Pass Business Journal News Story/Copyright 2013
The June 14-15, 2013 flood in Eagle Pass, Texas and Piedras Negras, Coahuila, Mexico caused the Rio Grande River to crest above its bank at these two sister cities on the United States-Mexico border with the official feet of this recent flood remaining to be determined by the National Weather Service of the United States of America.
The June 14-15th flood of 2013 also caused the Elm Creek and Seco Creek, both direct water tributaries of the Rio Grande River, in northern Maverick County to crest above their banks causing widespread flooding in Eagle Pass and Maverick County, Texas.
The same June 14-15th flood caused severe and extreme flooding in Piedras Negras, Coahuila, Mexico affecting hundreds of homes and widespread damages to property and at least one fatality.
As a result of Mother Nature’s reminder during the June 14-15, 2013 flood in Eagle Pass and Piedras Negras, Coahuila, Mexico and its devastating destruction on both sides of the U.S.-Mexico border caused the Eagle Pass Business Journal to research the top 25 crests of the Rio Grande River at Eagle Pass and Piedras Negras, Coahuila.
The following are the Top 25 Crests of the Rio Grande River at Eagle Pass and Piedras Negras, Coahuila, Mexico:
1. 55.99 Feet on June 1, 1965;
2. 53.51 Feet on June 29, 1954 (known as the Great Flood of 1954);
3. 47.80 Feet on September 2, 1932;
4. 46.90 Feet on June 25, 1948;
5. 43.70 Feet on June 19, 1922;
6. 35.20 Feet on September 17, 1919;
7. 35.06 Feet on July 7, 2010;
8. 34.98 Feet on August 24, 1998;
9. 33.70 Feet on May 30, 1925;
10. 33.20 Feet on June 15, 1935;
11. 32.48 Feet on July 19, 1975;
12. 32.00 Feet on October 22, 1914;
13. 30.80 Feet on June 18, 1961;
14. 26.80 Feet on September 23, 1919;
15. 24.80 Feet on July 4, 1948:
16. 24.20 Feet on July 24, 1938;
17. 22.47 Feet on September 24, 1974;
18. 21.10 Feet on June 19, 1958;
19. 20.70 Feet on May 29, 1957;
20. 20.50 Feet on February 26, 1949;
21. 20.20 Feet on June 29, 1936;
22. 20.10 Feet on September 30, 1932;
23. 19.70 Feet on September 19, 1941;
24. 18.40 Feet on April 26, 1990; and
25. 18.24 Feet on July 18, 1976.
The Eagle Pass Business Journal wishes to thank the assistance of Dr. Roberto R. Calderon, Associate Professor at the University of North Texas at Denton in compiling these Top 25 Crests of the Rio Grande River at Eagle Pass, Texas and Piedras Negras, Coahuila, Mexico.
