PART IV: HYDROGRAPHIC DATA 
Locations of Tide Gages 
10. The locations of tide gages within Galveston Bay that recorded 
useable data are shown in Figure 2. In addition to records from these gages, 
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Figure 2. Locations of tide gages in Galveston Bay area 
records from Freeport and Lake Sabine, Texas, and Calcasieu Pass, Louisiana, 
were used. Table 2 lists the location, responsible agency or institution, 
maximum water elevation, time and date, and reference datum for each of the 
hydrographs obtained. For several of the hydrographs, the time of maximum 
water was estimated from a series of diagnostic numerical model runs performed 
at the National Hurricane Center using the SLOSH model (Sea-Lake Overland 
Surges from Hurricanes). This procedure was necessary because the times on 
