Install a small check dam and matting in a yard gully at a resident's own home, home 3, resident homes along the Business US 290 / Main Street corridor and near Hohlt Park, Brenham, TX 77833 (own-home)

Flash-flood runoff has cut a small gully across this home's own sandy-soil yard, carrying topsoil off the property every heavy Post Oak Savanna rain and threatening to widen toward the foundation. Standard: FEMA floodplain and green-infrastructure siting screen, applied here to Washington County's Post Oak Savanna flash-flood and heavy-rain drainage conditions around Brenham. SDG 11.5 disaster resilience. Proof: homeowner/resident-permission record + before/after photos + matting-anchor confirm + check-dam count + GPS Method (FEMA floodplain and green-infrastructure siting screen, applied here to Washington County's Post Oak Savanna flash-flood and heavy-rain drainage conditions around Brenham. SDG 11.5 disaster resilience.): 1. 1. Confirm the treatment location with the resident and photograph the yard gully as found before starting. 2. 2. Cut coir matting to the gully's width and pin it flush against the channel bed and banks with wood or metal stakes. 3. 3. Build small hand-placed rock check dams at intervals down the gully to slow runoff and catch sediment. 4. 4. Photograph the finished installation from the matching before vantage and record the number of check dams placed. Done when: homeowner/resident-permission record + before/after photos + matting-anchor confirm + check-dam count + GPS

Where

resident homes along the Business US 290 / Main Street corridor and near Hohlt Park, Brenham, TX 77833 (own-home)

Pay

$130 proposed

This packet is not funded yet, so this figure is a proposed price and not money waiting in escrow. If a buyer funds it, approved proof settles that price onchain. If nobody funds it, approved proof earns provable credit toward the work instead of cash. You see which before you claim, never after.

Proof

homeowner/resident-permission record + before/after photos + matting-anchor confirm + check-dam count + GPS

This is exactly what gets it approved. Nothing settles without it.

Level

intermediate

Open until

2026-09-10

How this work is done

A documented method, so this packet comes out the same whoever does it. Typically 45–90 minutes. Method of record: FEMA floodplain + green-infrastructure siting screen

Bring

• GPS phone
• tape/ruler for deposition depth
• metals field kit (if sediment screen in scope)
• boots + gloves
• camera

Steps

1. 1. Confirm post-event conditions are safe; navigate to the site; record GPS.
2. 2. Photograph deposited sediment / affected area.
3. 3. Measure deposition depth at representative points.
4. 4. If a sediment contaminant screen is in scope, run the metals field kit and record values.
5. 5. Note debris, hazards, and the extent (sketch).
6. 6. Enter depth, any analytes, hazard notes, GPS, photos into the proof record; sign.

If it does not match the plan

• Unstable ground / submerged debris / contaminated water -> document from safe footing; do not enter.
• Elevated metals in deposited sediment -> flag before any reuse; recommend lab confirm.

What counts as done

• Deposition depth recorded at representative points
• Metals screen recorded (if in scope)
• Debris/hazard note + extent sketch
• GPS waypoint + timestamped photos

Proof is measured against these, not judged by taste.