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Floodplain Maps for 5,316 Acres West of Kingwood Contradict Developer’s Claim

Reduce Flooding — Tue, 04 Nov 2025 18:01:04 +0000

11/4/2025 – FEMA floodplain maps contradict a claim made by Scarborough Development/San Jacinto Preserve in a presentation made to the City of Houston and Harris County officials on 10/29/25. The developer recently bought 5,316 acres, mostly in the floodplains and floodways of Spring and Cypress Creeks, and the San Jacinto West Fork. The land lies […]

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Developer Buys 5300 Acres of Floodplains, Floodways, Wetlands from Ryko

Reduce Flooding — Thu, 16 Oct 2025 02:12:41 +0000

10/15/2025 – San Jacinto Preserve and a sister company, Scarborough Houston LLC have purchased approximately 5300 acres of land west of Kingwood from Ryko and its sister company, Pacific Indio Properties. Ryko tried for years to develop approximately the land, most of which is floodplains, floodways and wetlands where the San Jacinto West Fork, Spring […]

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Enclave Construction Stopped While Engineers Review Drainage

Reduce Flooding — Tue, 03 Jun 2025 00:50:34 +0000

6/2/25 – Construction has stopped, at least temporarily, at the Enclave, a new 11-acre residential development adjacent to the Northpark expansion project in Montgomery County. Both Montgomery County and the City of Houston have asked engineers to review the drainage plans, which showed the development’s detention basin overflowing into the only evacuation route for 78,000 […]

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Is Downstream Flood Mitigation Keeping Pace with Upstream Development?

Reduce Flooding — Wed, 14 May 2025 22:49:32 +0000

5/14/25 – This morning, I gave a presentation that compared the pace of downstream flood mitigation with the pace of upstream development. Are we gaining or losing ground in the Lake Houston Area? Presentation Connects Many Dots Answering that question requires connecting many dots. Here are the slides from the presentation with my narrative. Offsetting […]

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New MoCo Drainage Criteria Manual Still Not Finalized

Reduce Flooding — Wed, 27 Nov 2024 20:32:32 +0000

11/27/24 – Montgomery County is operating off a 1989 Drainage Criteria Manual that received minor updates in 2019. MoCo still has not finalized its new drainage criteria manual, a process it began in August 2022. In February 2024, Montgomery County published a draft of a comprehensive new update to its drainage criteria manual. The draft brought the […]

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Still Have Storm Debris?

Reduce Flooding — Thu, 22 Aug 2024 19:38:13 +0000

8/22/24 – If you still have storm debris from Hurricane Beryl, what you do by when depends on where you live and what you need picked up. Procedures and deadlines differ for: This post describes what people in those areas need to do to ensure their debris gets removed. Read thoroughly and act swiftly. Some […]

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Past Catching Up With Montgomery County

Reduce Flooding — Thu, 23 May 2024 04:34:59 +0000

5/23/24 – The past may be catching up with Montgomery County. Heavy rains earlier this month may have flooded more homes in Montgomery County than Harris. For decades, many Montgomery County leaders refused to acknowledge that they had a flooding problem. Neither, for that matter, did they seem exceptionally concerned about the downstream impact that […]

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Northpark Drive Expansion Begins in Earnest

Reduce Flooding — Wed, 26 Jul 2023 00:56:30 +0000

After what turned out to be a ceremonial groundbreaking on 4/13/23, the Northpark Drive expansion project appears to have started in earnest today, 7/25/2023. Northpark is a vital evacuation route for tens of thousands of Kingwood and Porter residents during floods. Cones and Culvert Line Northpark Center Ditch Traffic cones line the center ditch between […]

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New MoCo Commissioner Matt Gray Discusses Development, Drainage Plans with Kingwood Group

Reduce Flooding — Wed, 12 Jul 2023 21:20:32 +0000

New Montgomery County Precinct 4 Commissioner Matt Gray addressed a breakfast meeting of the Kingwood Executive Group today. Gray, who comes from the oil and gas industry, has a background in managing large maintenance/construction projects. Just six months into his new job, he has wasted no time in applying that expertise to Montgomery County. The […]

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Homes Going Up on 600 Acres Along Gully Branch in Splendora

Reduce Flooding — Mon, 03 Apr 2023 01:24:49 +0000

Phases One and Two of two new developments on FM2090, Townsend Reserve and Presswoods, appear to have finished clearcutting and building stormwater retention basins. They are now building streets and homes along Gully Branch which has been channelized through the developments in Splendora. More than 1,000 Acres at Buildout Together, the developments eventually comprise more […]

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Montgomery, Liberty Counties Still Have Not Adopted Minimum Drainage Recommendations

Reduce Flooding — Sun, 05 Feb 2023 18:25:02 +0000

After Hurricane Harvey, Harris County Engineering examined regulations throughout the region and recommended minimum drainage standards to reduce future flooding in the region’s cities and counties. Harris County even offered to pay the cost of inventorying existing standards and having an engineering firm draft recommended revisions. But almost 2000 days after Harvey, only half of […]

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Montgomery, Liberty Counties Still Have Not Adopted Minimum Drainage Recommendations

Reduce Flooding — Sun, 05 Feb 2023 18:25:02 +0000

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Royal Pines Floods Neighbor on Less Than 1″ of Rain … AGAIN

Reduce Flooding — Fri, 13 Jan 2023 16:01:06 +0000

On October 28, Royal Pines flooded a neighbor on less than an inch of rain. Two months later, on December 29th, the same thing happened again. The video below provided by the homeowner shows the volume of water funneled across her property by the developer. This video and the previous one from October demonstrate the […]

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November Flood-News Roundup

Reduce Flooding — Fri, 04 Nov 2022 18:41:55 +0000

Below is a roundup of flood news this week – seven quick stories. Montgomery County Buyout Deadline Fast Approaching The deadline for the current round of buyout applications in Montgomery County is November 30, 2022. The Montgomery County Office of Homeland Security and Emergency Management still has money left in a Community Development Block Grant […]

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MoCo Updating Drainage Criteria Manual, Subdivision Rules

Reduce Flooding — Sun, 28 Aug 2022 22:56:19 +0000

Montgomery County (MoCo) Commissioners voted on 8/23/22 to update the County’s Drainage Criteria Manual and its Subdivision Rules and Regulations. Precinct 2 Commissioner Charlie Riley made the motion (item 16.C on the 8/23/22 Commissioners Court agenda). See the discussion in the MoCo Commissioner’s Court video. Select Item 16. The discussion starts at 3:12. The previous […]

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Tree Muggers for Tree Huggers: The Irony of Royal Pines

Reduce Flooding — Sat, 30 Jul 2022 18:15:53 +0000

The “Tree Muggers” at the new Royal Pines subdivision in Montgomery County at the north end of West Lake Houston Parkway continue their relentless and remorseless destruction of trees. How ironic considering that the name implies the developer will market homes to Tree Huggers! Perhaps they: Feel the name will blind customers to the reality. […]

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Montgomery County Allocated $60 Million in Harvey Mitigation Funds

Reduce Flooding — Tue, 12 Jul 2022 18:31:03 +0000

The Houston-Galveston Area Council of Governments (H-GAC) has allocated $60 million to Montgomery County. The money comes out of a $488 million of Harvey flood-mitigation funds previously allocated to HGAC by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) through the Texas General Land Office (GLO). The $60 million is the single largest allocation […]

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Harris County Commissioners Reaffirm Need for Minimum Drainage Standards in Region

Reduce Flooding — Thu, 07 Apr 2022 23:26:04 +0000

On Tuesday, April 5, 2022, Harris County Commissioners Court reaffirmed the need for minimum drainage standards in the region. The program called “Fix Flooding First,” was started in 2020 by the Harris County Engineering Department. It is designed to help prevent flooding, not just fix it. The idea: to bring all municipalities and other counties […]

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New 1700-Acre MoCo Development Claims “No Adverse Impact,” But Doesn’t Study Other Areas

Reduce Flooding — Sun, 23 Jan 2022 23:24:00 +0000

A new 1700-acre development called Madera at FM1314 and SH242 claims it will have “no adverse impact” on surrounding areas. However, to determine this, the authors of the drainage impact analysis used a controversial technique permitted by Montgomery County drainage regulations. It’s called “hydrologic timing.” The technique doesn’t take into account drainage from other developments […]

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What Does “No Adverse Impact” Really Mean in Drainage Studies?

Reduce Flooding — Fri, 21 Jan 2022 04:38:03 +0000

New developments in many jurisdictions must demonstrate “No Adverse Impact” (NAI) in drainage studies before they can get construction permits. City and county engineers want to know the development won’t harm others before they approve plans. But what does “No Adverse Impact” really mean? It depends on the jurisdiction. Meaning Varies Most jurisdictions require that […]

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