A Dry-Looking Anderson County Lot Can Still Sit in a Regulated Floodplain

A rural Anderson County tract can look dry on a summer walk and still drain into a creek bottom or the Trinity River floodplain when heavy rain arrives. Emergency Management keeps the county's Flood Damage Prevention Ordinance and floodplain permit form.

This is a timing problem as much as a water problem. Ask before you buy, add fill, place a mobile home, or start a building site. If the map puts the land in a regulated floodplain, the answer can change where or how high you build.

Emergency Management is at 703 N. Mallard St., Suite 109, in Palestine. The office phone is (903) 723-7813. If the tract sits inside a city, ask the city too, because city flood rules may also apply.