UPDATE: At the time the post, our call center had not received any reports of water inside of the homes. Since then, residents have called reporting new incidents, and we are working on compiling a list of affected homes. If you know of any, please let us know at info@shadowcreekranch.net
Clear Creek just north of Shadow Creek Ranch has seen more water during Hurricane Harvey than in its recorded history. This has been referred to as a 1,000 year event. The watersheds of Shadow Creek Ranch are performing as designed. The streets were designed and intended to store water. When water in the lakes reaches roughly a foot from the top of the lake’s edge, the water will start back-flowing in the streets through the street inlets. Again, this is by design. There is an enormous amount of storage when all streets of SCR are being utilized. The home builders of SCR then build the house pads roughly two feet above the top of curb.
You can see in a video of SCR https://youtu.be/00Qye080saY, even though it is awful to see that amount of water, on the whole, SCR is doing extremely well considering the unprecedented amount of water in Clear Creek.
So far we have not heard of one house that had taken on water inside the dwelling. That is incredible considering what the rest of the area is experiencing. Unfortunately, it is not over, and we may not have seen the worst of it. I hope SCR continues to detain water in every little place available for a couple days longer. Up to now, she’s done an amazing job.
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