HARRIS COUNTY DAMAGE ASSESSMENT Helping Harris County Communities Recover from Hurricane Ike February 2009 Table of Contents Executive Summary Acknowledgements Section 1 Introduction 1.1 Hurricane Ike's Toll on Harris County .................................................................... 1-1 1.2 Scope and Purpose ............................................................................................... 1-2 1.3 Data Collection ...................................................................................................... 1-2 1.3.1 Housing ................................................................................................. 1-2 1.3.1.1 Planning and Initiating Housing Inspections ........................... 1-2 1.3.1.2 Selecting and Refining the Sample Size ................................. 1-3 1.3.1.3 Conducting Damage Assessment Inspections ....................... 1-4 1.3.1.4 Developing Extrapolation Model to Estimate Residential Damage ............................................................... 1-4 1.3.1.5 Calculating Damage Percentage and Estimating Damage Cost ........................................................................................ 1-5 1.3.1.6 Identifying Displaced Households ........................................... 1-6 1.3.1.7 Reporting ................................................................................ 1-6 1.3.2 Non-Housing ......................................................................................... 1-6 1.3.2.1 Infrastructure .......................................................................... 1-7 1.3.2.2 Economic Development .......................................................... 1-7 1.3.2.3 Non-Housing Public Services ................................................. 1-8 Section 2 Unmet Needs 2.1 Approach ............................................................................................................... 2-1 2.1.1 Housing – Single and Multi-Family ....................................................... 2-1 2.1.2 Non-Housing ......................................................................................... 2-2 2.2 Summary ............................................................................................................... 2-3 Section 3 Housing 3.1 Summary ............................................................................................................... 3-1 3.1.1 Total Harris County ............................................................................... 3-2 3.1.2 Quick Facts ........................................................................................... 3-2 3.2 Cities with Significant Housing Damage ................................................................ 3-2 3.2.1 Shoreacres ........................................................................................... 3-4 3.2.2 El Lago .................................................................................................. 3-4 3.2.3 Seabrook .............................................................................................. 3-4 3.2.4 Nassau Bay .......................................................................................... 3-4 3.2.5 La Porte ................................................................................................ 3-4 3.2.6 Morgan’s Point ...................................................................................... 3-5 3.2.7 Galena Park .......................................................................................... 3-5 i Table of Contents Section 4 Non-Housing - Infrastructure 4.1 Critical Infrastructure ............................................................................................. 4-2 4.1.1 Summary .............................................................................................. 4-2 4.1.2 Sub-Category Definitions and Findings................................................. 4-2 4.1.3 Storm Damage Causes and Findings ................................................... 4-4 4.2 Transportation ....................................................................................................... 4-4 4.2.1 Summary .............................................................................................. 4-4 4.2.2 Transportation Infrastructure Damage Causes ..................................... 4-5 4.3 Navigation and Waterways .................................................................................... 4-5 4.3.1 Summary .............................................................................................. 4-5 4.3.2 Navigation and Waterways Damage Causes ........................................ 4-6 4.4 Utility Infrastructure ................................................................................................ 4-6 4.4.1 Summary .............................................................................................. 4-6 4.4.2 Utility Infrastructure Damage Causes ................................................... 4-6 4.5 Educational Facilities ............................................................................................. 4-7 Section 5 Non-Housing - Economic Development 5.1 Introduction ............................................................................................................ 5-1 5.2 Structural Damage ................................................................................................. 5-2 5.3 Damages to Inventory and Loss of Business ........................................................ 5-2 5.4 Additional Needs ................................................................................................... 5-2 Section 6 Non-Housing - Public Services 6.1 Social Service Network .......................................................................................... 6-1 6.1.1 Structural Damage ................................................................................ 6-1 6.1.2 Increased Client Services ..................................................................... 6-2 6.2 Health Care and Mental Health Network ............................................................... 6-2 6.2.1 Damage to Structures, Equipment and Supplies .................................. 6-2 6.2.2 Increased Client Services ..................................................................... 6-3 Section 7 Area Profiles 7.1 Harris County Precincts ......................................................................................... 7-1 7.1.1 Precinct 1 .............................................................................................. 7-2 7.1.2 Precinct 2 ............................................................................................. 7-4 7.1.3 Precinct 3 .............................................................................................. 7-6 7.1.4 Precinct 4 .............................................................................................. 7-8 7.1.5 Combined Harris County Projects ....................................................... 7-10 7.2 Harris County Governments ................................................................................ 7-12 7.3 Incorporated Harris County.................................................................................. 7-14 7.3.1 City of Baytown ................................................................................... 7-15 7.3.1.1 Housing ............................................................................. 7-15 7.3.1.2 Non-Housing – Infrastructure ............................................ 7-16 ii Table of Contents 7.3.2 City of Bellaire ..................................................................................... 7-18 7.3.2.1 Housing ............................................................................. 7-18 7.3.2.2 Non-Housing – Infrastructure ............................................ 7-18 7.3.3 City of Bunker Hill Village .................................................................... 7-20 7.3.3.1 Housing ............................................................................. 7-20 7.3.3.2 Non-Housing – Infrastructure ............................................ 7-21 7.3.4 City of Deer Park ................................................................................. 7-22 7.3.4.1 Housing ............................................................................. 7-22 7.3.4.2 Non-Housing – Infrastructure ............................................ 7-22 7.3.5 City of El Lago..................................................................................... 7-24 7.3.5.1 Housing ............................................................................. 7-24 7.3.5.2 Non-Housing – Infrastructure ............................................ 7-25 7.3.6 City of Friendswood ............................................................................ 7-26 7.3.6.1 Housing ............................................................................. 7-26 7.3.6.2 Non-Housing – Infrastructure ............................................ 7-26 7.3.7 City of Galena Park ............................................................................. 7-28 7.3.7.1 Housing ............................................................................. 7-28 7.3.7.2 Non-Housing – Infrastructure ............................................ 7-28 7.3.8 City of Hedwig Village ......................................................................... 7-30 7.3.8.1 Housing ............................................................................