What's Causing Floods Around Kingwood??
What's Causing Floods Around Kingwood??
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>> Here is a very good example:
Impact to townhouses located on the San Jac River in Forest Cove:
2008. 62.80 ft. 0 ft
2016. 61.90 ft. 7 ft
This is an issue that needs to be addressed.
KWKayaker: Check 1994. Water was higher, and every home and garage in Forest Cove south of about Magnolia or Sycamore flooded, all of it. River peaked at about 66 feet at the 59 bridge. 
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TexasOma: My comment was a generalization. Forest Cove is not flat, so some houses were spared in the section closer to the river. Generally, though, you can draw a lasso around the areas closer to Hamblen (and some further away from the river where it dips down, hence my comment about Magnolia/Sycamore). See area on blue on this picture. My point was that the Forest Cove townhomes were decimated in 1994. 
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>> Here is a very good example:
Impact to townhouses located on the San Jac River in Forest Cove:
2008. 62.80 ft. 0 ft
2016. 61.90 ft. 7 ft
This is an issue that needs to be addressed.
KWKayaker: Check 1994. Water was higher, and every home and garage in Forest Cove south of about Magnolia or Sycamore flooded, all of it. River peaked at about 66 feet at the 59 bridge. buffaloglenn:
That bend will do that (over time there would probably be an oxbow form through there from overflow cutting through...
podunk: My guess is that oxbow was originally part of the West Fork. Then during a high flow situation, the river cut a straighter path, leaving that oxbow as a result.It is pretty common for rivers to change paths over time. If you closely follow the Mississippi and Louisiana border, it originally followed the middle of the river. Now, the river has created oxbows and has moved so much that the border is often on dry land. 
ieces of LA and MS are now on opposite sides of the river. When young, we often fished in two oxbows from the Mississippi River near Baton Rouge: False River and Old River.When living in Louisiana, there were concerns that the Mississippi River might change course from well north of Baton Rouge and divert over to the Atchafalaya Spillway/Basin. This would have left the ports of Baton Rouge and New Orleans dry. Backflow of salt water from the Gulf might save the NO port, but BR would dry up. The Corps of Engineers have been working to prevent this from happening for several decades.4951
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>> That bend will do that (over time there would probably be an oxbow form through there from overflow cutting through...
podunk: Â My guess is that oxbow was original part of the West Fork. Â Then during a high flow situation, the river cut a straighter path, leaving that oxbow as a result.It is pretty common for rivers to change paths over time. Â If you closely follow the Mississippi and Louisiana border, it originally followed the middle of the river. Â Now, the river has created oxbows and has moved so much that the border is often on dry land. Â Pieces of LA and MS are now on opposite sides of the river. Â When young, we often fished in two oxbows from the Mississippi River near Baton Rouge: Â False River and Old River.When living in Louisiana, there were concerns that the Mississippi River might change course from well north of Baton Rouge and divert over to the Atchafalaya Spillway/Basin. Â This would have left the ports of Baton Rouge and New Orleans dry. Â Backflow of salt water from the Gulf might save the NO port, but BR would dry up. Â The Corps of Engineers have been working to prevent this from happening for several decades.
Retired_Engineer:
Mother nature will prevail in the end. In the meantime you and I will pay for various projects the Corps of Retired Engineers are doing to "control" natural river systems and you and I will pay for it with federal aid when the levees fail, and they will, ala Katrina.
choclab: Â Now why would you call it the Corps of RETIRED Engineers? Â If they were retired, do you think they would give a crap?Other than that, I agree with you. Â Mother Nature will prevail and there is only so much man can do. Â Some of the efforts of the Corps of Engineers ARE reasonably successful, such as the Bonnet Carrie Spillway upstream from New Orleans. Â If the Mississippi River level increases to the point that it threatens New Orleans, they divert a good portion of the river to the Pontchartrain Lake and Gulf.However, when the level of the river gets that high, there still could be levee failures. Â I would rather have the levees and have an occasional failure than not have levees and flood most of south Louisiana every spring.4951
After reading this thread I too was curious about the bright blue "lake" north of Mills Branch. It seems the property is run by Hallett Materials. According to their web site they "provide stabilized sand, concrete sand and construction sand for Houston and the surrounding areas." I apologize if this is a repeat from an earlier comment.
Boca1723: Good info! I suspect that the blue water may be the result of the use of a flocculant that helps bond the suspended clay particles together so they settle out or can be filtered out. However, without knowing more, I would NOT let my kids swim in the blue water. 4951
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