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What the city charges
Amounts as the city publishes them; blank where the page does not state one.
| item | amount | unit | source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Water and sewer rates | Change October 1, 2026 (water +4.5%, sewer +12.4% in the FY2027 budget) — see the city's rates page | baytown.org | |
| Utility rate schedule | — | montbelvieu.net | |
| Broken Lock and Device | $100.00 | each | baytown.org |
| Damaged Register | $60.58 | each | baytown.org |
| Delinquent Fee | $50.00 | each | baytown.org |
| Late Charge | 10 percent of bill | percent | baytown.org |
| Meter Test | $60.58 | each | baytown.org |
| Pulled Meter or Tampering | $500.00 | each | baytown.org |
| Pull Straight Line | $1,000.00 | each | baytown.org |
| Reread | $10.00 first; $25.00 after | each | baytown.org |
| Returned Check | $30.00 | each | baytown.org |
| Transfer of Service | $25.00 | each | baytown.org |
| New Service Connection Fee | $30.00 | each | baytown.org |
| New Service Deposit for Owner | $100.00 | deposit | baytown.org |
| New Service Deposit for Renter/Tenant | $200.00 | deposit | baytown.org |
| Revisit Fee | $10.00 | each | baytown.org |
| Vacant or Unauthorized Use | $500.00 | each | baytown.org |
| Residential solid waste/recycling rate | — | ||
| Residential trash/recycling rate | — | montbelvieu.net | |
| Fence permit fee | — | baytown.org | |
| Garage sale permit fee | — | baytown.org | |
| Contractor registration fee | — | baytown.org | |
| Fence permit | — | montbelvieu.net | |
| Garage/accessory building permit | — | montbelvieu.net | |
| Contractor registration | — | montbelvieu.net | |
| Facility rentals | $25–$150 | per hour plus refundable deposit | baytown.org |
| Eddie V. Gray Wetlands birthday package | $150 | package | baytown.org |
| General park amenities | Free | during regular hours; no reservation; first-come, first-served | baytown.org |
| Eagle Pointe facility rental | — | montbelvieu.net | |
| Admission | — | baytown.org | |
| Admission | — | montbelvieu.net | |
| Pirates Bay admission | — | baytown.org | |
| Wave pool/admission | — | montbelvieu.net | |
| Late-fee account threshold | $10 | maximum balance before checkout is restricted | baytownlibrary.org |
| Replacement library card | $1 | each | baytownlibrary.org |
| Fines | — | chamberscountylibrary.org | |
| License fee | — | baytown.org | |
| License fee | — | montbelvieu.net |
Climate and flood risk
Normals, the tropical record, and FEMA flood-map links by ZIP — from NOAA, the National Weather Service and FEMA.
- Climate normals
- Subject
- Baytown, Texas 1991-2020 monthly climate normals
- Station
- BAYTOWN, TX US (GHCN/COOP USC00410586)
- Station location
- Latitude
- 29.9142 N
- Longitude
- 94.9908 W
- Elevation ft
- 26
- Period
- 1991-2020
- Units
- Temperature
- degrees Fahrenheit
- Rainfall
- inches
- Monthly
- Month
- January
- Average high f
- 62.9
- Average low f
- 41.4
- Rainfall in
- 4.85
- Month
- February
- Average high f
- 66.4
- Average low f
- 45.3
- Rainfall in
- 3.78
- Month
- March
- Average high f
- 72.1
- Average low f
- 52
- Rainfall in
- 3.94
- Month
- April
- Average high f
- 77.5
- Average low f
- 58.5
- Rainfall in
- 4.51
- Month
- May
- Average high f
- 84.2
- Average low f
- 66.7
- Rainfall in
- 6.01
- Month
- June
- Average high f
- 89.2
- Average low f
- 72.7
- Rainfall in
- 7.08
- Month
- July
- Average high f
- 91.5
- Average low f
- 74.6
- Rainfall in
- 5.49
- Month
- August
- Average high f
- 92.3
- Average low f
- 74.3
- Rainfall in
- 6.82
- Month
- September
- Average high f
- 88.5
- Average low f
- 69
- Rainfall in
- 6.41
- Month
- October
- Average high f
- 81.6
- Average low f
- 59.6
- Rainfall in
- 6.13
- Month
- November
- Average high f
- 71.4
- Average low f
- 50.1
- Rainfall in
- 4.94
- Month
- December
- Average high f
- 64.5
- Average low f
- 43.6
- Rainfall in
- 4.77
- Annual rainfall in computed from monthly values
- 64.73
source: ncei.noaa.gov/access/services/data/v1?dataset=normals-monthly-1991-202
- Tropical history
- Storm
- Hurricane Alicia
- Dates
- August 15-21, 1983; Baytown impacts documented August 17-18
- Baytown impacts
- NWS reports a 71 mph sustained wind and 100 mph gust at Baytown (Exxon) at 4:00 a.m. CDT on August 18. NWS high-water-mark data lists 10.6 ft MSL at Baytown; the associated engineering report says Highway 146 high-water marks indicated about +10 ft NGVD and water rose 3-4 ft above normal by the morning of August 17 and remained several feet elevated for at least three days.
- Storm
- Hurricane Ike
- Dates
- September 13, 2008 landfall and primary Baytown-area impacts
- Baytown impacts
- NWS Houston/Galveston reports landfall near Galveston at 2:10 a.m. CDT as a Category 2 hurricane with 110 mph maximum sustained winds and a destructive upper-Texas-coast storm surge. The NWS regional storm summary lists 4.0 inches of rain at Baytown, and reports widespread fresh-water flooding and major storm-surge damage across the area.
- Storm
- Hurricane Harvey
- Dates
- August 25-30, 2017; Baytown flooding documented during the event
- Baytown impacts
- NWS reports Harvey made Texas landfall near Port Aransas around 10:00 p.m. August 25, then produced repeated heavy rain bands and catastrophic drainage and river flooding through August 30. The NWS August 2017 storm-data summary specifically reports extensive flooding in the Milam Bend subdivision in Baytown along Cedar Bayou, with roads and homes inundated in the wider region.
- Storm
- Hurricane Beryl
- Dates
- July 8, 2024
- Baytown impacts
- NWS Houston/Galveston reports Beryl made landfall near Matagorda at 4:00 a.m. July 8 as a Category 1 hurricane with 80 mph peak over-water sustained winds and crossed Southeast Texas that day. Baytown-area observations include 6.40 inches at 2.4 miles northwest of Baytown and 6.80 inches at 3.5 miles east of Baytown; a Cedar Bayou-at-SH 99 station in Chambers County reported a 63 mph gust.
source: weather.gov/hgx/beryl2024
- Fema flood map links by zip
- Zip
- 77520
- Zip
- 77521
- Zip
- 77523
- Zip
- 77530
- Zip
- 77532
- Zip
- 77535
- One percent annual chance floodplain
- Definition
- The 100-year floodplain is the 1 percent annual-chance floodplain, also called the Special Flood Hazard Area on a FEMA Flood Insurance Rate Map (FIRM). It is not a guarantee that flooding occurs only once per 100 years.
- Official map links
- Use
- Use FEMA's address search/NFHL for the regulatory effective flood zone and FIRM panel. Harris County Flood Control District's glossary defines the 1 percent floodplain and directs users to FEMA FIRMs; its real-time gage map is not a substitute for a FEMA regulatory map.
source: harriscountyfws.org/glossary
Facts on these pages come from the official sources linked on each one. Where a source could not answer — there is no standing sandbag list anywhere official, and the ferry operator renders its hours with JavaScript — the page says so and links the official page rather than guessing.