1. Fort Bend County Office of Emergency Management The Importance of Levees to Life and Property in Fort Bend County Doug Barnes, GISP Sr. Planning Coordinator Office of Emergency Management Fort Bend County

2. 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

3. Fort Bend County Office of Emergency Management

4. 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

5. 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)

6. Fort Bend County Office of Emergency Management Levee Districts in Fort Bend County:

7. 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)

8. Fort Bend County Office of Emergency Management Levees in Fort Bend County:

9. 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

10. 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? 141,895 or, about 1 in 4 people

11. Fort Bend County Office of Emergency Management Questions? Doug Barnes, GISP Sr. Planning Coordinator Office of Emergency Management Fort Bend County douglas.barnes@co.fort-bend.tx.us