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Rainfall and Flooding Harris County Flood Warning System<\/a><\/p>\n Find out current and historic rainfall amounts in Harris County<\/p>\n Interactive map of precipitation frequency<\/a> with updated data for Texas released September 2018 by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration<\/p>\n Rainfall Calculator<\/a>. How much rain falls during a storm? USGS Water Science School<\/p>\n Texas Medical Center-Rice University Flood Alert System<\/a><\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n Buyers Beware<\/strong><\/p>\n Buyers B-Where:<\/a> Searchable real estate database of flood risk from the Center for Texas Beaches and Shores, Texas A&M, Galveston<\/p>\n Flood Factor<\/a>: Find out your home’s past, present, and future flood risk. From the First Street Foundation.<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n Gauges measuring height and flow on local and state rivers and streams<\/strong><\/p>\n National Weather Service rain and river gauges<\/a><\/p>\n United States Geological Survey gauges for Texas rivers<\/a><\/p>\n Note that while most (though not all) of our bayous and streams flow into Buffalo Bayou, they are all in the larger San Jacinto River Basin watershed. (This does not include the Brazos, Colorado or Trinity rivers, of course.) On this site, at the bottom of the page for a particular gauge, you can set up alerts to receive notices of how high the water is flowing.<\/p>\n USGS gauge at Piney Point<\/a>, used to measure flow in Buffalo Bayou and regulate releases from the federal flood control dams upstream, Addicks and Barker.<\/p>\n USGS gauge at Shepherd Drive<\/a><\/p>\n Interactive Flood Map of Texas from the Texas Water Development Board<\/a><\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n Water Resources Links for the Buffalo Bayou-San Jacinto River Watershed. From the US Geological Survey<\/strong><\/p>\n Major USGS Links<\/a><\/p>\n US Geological Survey Interactive Watershed Map<\/strong><\/p>\n Find Your Watershed<\/a><\/p>\n See also Watershed Maps<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n Real-time Data for Addicks and Barker reservoirs and dams on Buffalo Bayou<\/strong><\/p>\n Addicks Reservoir and Dam<\/a><\/p>\n Barker Reservoir and Dam<\/a><\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n Elevation<\/strong><\/p>\n Topographic Map for Houston and Surrounding Areas<\/a><\/p>\n Topographic Maps for Harris County<\/a><\/p>\n Historic Topo Maps of Buffalo Bayou in the Memorial Park Area<\/a><\/p>\n Topo Map of Buffalo Bayou, 1915-1922<\/a>, a composite created by Tom Helm<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n Flood Zone Maps<\/strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n Harris County Flood Education Mapping Tool<\/a><\/p>\n Find your flood zone where you live.<\/p>\n City of Houston Interactive Flood Zone Map for Houston Region<\/a><\/p>\n Texas Coastal Watershed Program Flood Zone Maps for coastal counties, Sept. 25, 2017<\/a><\/p>\n Federal Emergency Management Agency Searchable Interactive Flood Hazard Map<\/a><\/p>\n Federal Emergency Management Agency Flood Insurance Rate Maps through Feb. 2017<\/a><\/p>\n \u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n Tex<\/strong>as Coastal Atlas<\/strong><\/p>\n An interactive map showing transportation, drainage patterns, ecoregions, wetlands, green space, and more. From the Center for Texas Beaches and Shores, Texas A&M, Galveston<\/p>\n Coastal Atlas<\/a><\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n Galveston Bay Watershed and Wetland Permit Planning Tool<\/strong><\/p>\n Wetlands Mapping Tool<\/a>, Houston Advanced Research Center (HARC)<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n Sea Level Rise<\/strong><\/p>\n Texas Coast<\/a><\/p>\n Searchable Map of Property at Risk from Sea Level Rise<\/a>, Union of Concerned Scientists<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n Temperature, Precipitation, Drought: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Climate at a Glance<\/strong><\/p>\n Historical average in Houston and Texas<\/a>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n Drought<\/strong><\/p>\n Monitor for Texas<\/a><\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n Tides<\/strong><\/p>\n Tide Gauge for Manchester on Buffalo Bayou and the Texas Coast<\/a><\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n Trees, Runoff, Detention, Soil<\/strong><\/p>\n Quantify the Benefit and Value of Trees in Houston and Around the World. The i-Tree program of tools developed by the US Department of Agriculture Forest Service<\/a><\/p>\n Cool Interactive Map for Understanding Rainfall, Runoff, and Absorption for Different Landscapes, Soil Types<\/a><\/p>\n River Runner: Drop a Raindrop<\/a> Anywhere on the US Map and Watch How It Flows<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n Water Quality<\/strong><\/p>\n Wastewater treatment plants, hazard waste sites in Harris County<\/a><\/p>\n Houston Galveston Area Council Water Resources Information Map<\/a><\/p>\n Interactive Map of Wastewater Outfalls (Drain Pipes)<\/a> Flowing into Texas Streams from the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n Mosquitos<\/strong><\/p>\n Mosquito-borne disease map, Harris County<\/a><\/p>\n \u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n Birds<\/strong><\/p>\n Audubon Bird Migration Interactive Tracker<\/a><\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n Harvey<\/strong><\/p>\n Map of Rainfall from Aug. 26 to Sept. 4, 2017<\/a><\/p>\n Animation of Hurricane Harvey inundation above and below Addicks and Barker dams, Aug-Sept. 2017, US Army Corps of Engineers<\/a><\/p>\n Water levels and flood hazard areas during Harvey, University of California, Davis, Center for Watershed Sciences<\/a><\/p>\n An interactive story map about Hurricane Harvey<\/a> from the Kinder Institute for Urban Research<\/a> at Rice University and Houston Community Data Connections<\/a><\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n Houston Development<\/strong><\/p>\n An interactive story map of Houston’s historic development<\/a> from Rice University’s Kinder Institute for Urban Research<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n Rebuild Houston<\/strong><\/p>\n An interactive map of City of Houston Public Works and Engineering Capital Improvement Projects.<\/a> Find your neighborhood.<\/p>\n\n\n <\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/p>\n\n\n\n How Rivers Work<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/p>\n\n\n\n Why Rivers Move<\/a>. A very informative, 18-minute video from Practical Engineering<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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