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Fort Bend County
Office of Emergency Management
The Importance of Levees to Life and Property in Fort Bend CountyDoug Barnes, GISP
Sr. Planning CoordinatorOffice of Emergency Management
Fort Bend County
Fort Bend County
Office of Emergency Management
Presentation Overview
• Levees at the national level• Levees at the county level• Interesting statistics about levees
and LIDs• How levees relate to lives and
property in Fort Bend County
Fort Bend County
Office of Emergency Management
Fort Bend County
Office of Emergency Management
In other words, 881 counties account for:
• 28% of all U.S. counties, or about 1 in 4 counties
• 37% of the U.S. land area
• 55% of the U.S. population, or about 156 million people
Fort Bend County
Office of Emergency Management
Levee Districts in Fort Bend County:Unincorporated• LID 6 (River Park West)• LID 7 (New Territory)• LID 11 (Greatwood)• LID 19 (Riverstone)• LID 20 (Kingdom Heights)• MUD 121 (River Park West)• Pecan Grove MUD
Split Incorporated/Unincorporated• LID 15 (Sugar Land)• Sienna Plantation (Mo City)
Incorporated• First Colony LID 1• First Colony LID 2• LID 2 (Sugar Land)• LID 10 (Sugar Land)• LID 14 (Sugar Land)• LID 17 (Sugar Land)• MUD 46 (Missouri City)• MUD 49 (Missouri City)• Palmer Plantation MUD 1 (Mo City)• Palmer Plantation MUD 2 (Mo City)
Fort Bend County
Office of Emergency Management
Levee Districts in Fort Bend County:
Fort Bend County
Office of Emergency Management
GIS-Calculated Statistics for Levee Districts in Fort Bend County:
• 19 LIDs/MUDs• Account for 53.29 Sq. Miles (885.44 Sq. Miles in Fort Bend)
• 54,447 parcels located within FBC levee districts (258,428 parcels in the County, or about 1 in 5)
Fort Bend County
Office of Emergency Management
Levees in Fort Bend County:
Fort Bend County
Office of Emergency Management
GIS-Calculated Statistics for Levees in Fort Bend County:
• Fort Bend Levees• 99 miles of levee if Fort Bend County
• 27.4 miles of the Brazos River frontage is protected by levee in Fort Bend County
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Office of Emergency Management
How Does This Relate to Lives and Property?
• Total value of structures protected by levees in Fort Bend County?
$10.6 billion$10,595,767,533.00 to be exact!!!
• Total value of structures + land protected by levees in Fort Bend County?
$14.1 billion$14,110,898,663.00 to be exact!!!
•Total number of lives protected by levees in Fort bend County?
141,895or, about 1 in 4 people
Fort Bend County
Office of Emergency Management
Questions?
Doug Barnes, GISPSr. Planning Coordinator
Office of Emergency ManagementFort Bend County
douglas.barnes@co.fort-bend.tx.us