With Spring Creek levels projected to crest four feet higher than last year’s Tax Day and Memorial Day floods due to Hurricane Harvey, county officials are urging neighboring residents to evacuate to safety.
Precinct 3 Commissioner James Noack announced via Facebook the creek is expected to crest at nearly 111 feet by Monday afternoon—a record flood level set in 1994.
The Woodlands Township officials urge residents who were affected by floodwaters during the 2016 flood or live near Spring Creek, to evacuate to safety as soon as possible.
Spring Creek floodwaters are expected to affect the following neighborhoods in and around The Woodlands area:
Aventura
Bracebridge
Carlton Woods Creekside
Cascade Canyon
Creek Ridge
Gatewood Reserve
Grogan’s Point
Havergate
Heritage Hill
Heron’s Flight
Horizon Ridge
Hunters Crossing
Landsdowne
Legacy Point
Lenox Hill
Pondera Point
Shawnee Ridge
River Bank
Stellar Point
Tallowberry
Tealbriar
Trace Creek
Timarron
Timarron Lakes
Evacuation points have been established at Sawdust Road Baptist Church at 3100 Sawdust Road, Spring. From there, residents will be transported across Sawdust Road where buses will transfer to a local shelter.
The Montgomery County Office of Emergency Management has established a shelter at St. Simon and Jude located at 26777 Glen Loch Road, The Woodlands.
For more information, visit
www.mctxoem.org.