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Massive Sand-Mine Breach Empties Hundreds of Acre-Feet into West Fork

8/24/25 – The abandoned Hanson Aggregate sand-mine on the San Jacinto West Fork had a massive breach of its northern dike this evening – unrelated to weather. According to the Montgomery County Appraisal District, Heidelberg Materials Southwest AGG LLC now owns the property where the breach occurred. Breach Discovered Shortly after 6PM on 8/24/25 A […]

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San Jacinto West Fork Reroutes Itself Through Giant Hallett Mine

The San Jacinto West Fork has rerouted itself through the giant Hallett sand mine in Porter. The old river bed has been cut off. And the river now enters and exits one of the mine’s largest pits through large breaches in what used to be dikes. More than Normal Erosion Rivers always move during floods […]

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Hallett Breach Sends Hundreds of Millions of Gallons of Wastewater Downstream

Google Earth shows a massive breach in the southernmost pond of the Hallett San Jacinto West Fork mine in a satellite image dated February 19, 2024. Here’s how the same area looked today from a drone. And here’s how it looked from a boat just hours earlier. A Harris County Flood Control Gage at Highway […]

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Hallett Breach Sends Hundreds of Millions of Gallons of Wastewater Downstream

Google Earth shows a massive breach in the southernmost pond of the Hallett San Jacinto West Fork mine in a satellite image dated February 19, 2024. Here’s how the same area looked today from a drone. And here’s how it looked from a boat just hours earlier. A Harris County Flood Control Gage at Highway […]

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