Mount a permanent flood-stage reference marker at a resident's own home, home 2, resident homes near Ballinger City Park and along the Hutchings Avenue corridor, Ballinger, TX 76821 (own-home)

This home carries a documented Elm Creek high-water line with no permanent marker, leaving the household with no visible reminder of how high the water reached here before. Standard: FEMA floodplain and green-infrastructure siting screen, applied here to the Elm Creek floodplain at Ballinger, TX, where the NOAA/USGS Elm Creek at Ballinger stream gauge sets an official flood stage. SDG 11.5 disaster resilience. Proof: homeowner/resident-permission record plus before/after photos plus marker-height record plus mount-security confirm plus GPS Method (FEMA floodplain and green-infrastructure siting screen, applied here to the Elm Creek floodplain at Ballinger, TX, where the NOAA/USGS Elm Creek at Ballinger stream gauge sets an official flood stage. SDG 11.5 disaster resilience.): 1. 1. Confirm the documented high-water line and a suitable existing fence or post with the resident before starting. 2. 2. Photograph the existing post or fence at the documented high-water line before mounting anything. 3. 3. Mount a permanent, weatherproof flood-stage reference marker to the existing post with brackets and screws only, no digging, level with the documented high-water line. 4. 4. Photograph the finished, mounted marker from the matching before vantage and record the height above the ground at the marked line. Done when: homeowner/resident-permission record plus before/after photos plus marker-height record plus mount-security confirm plus GPS

Where

resident homes near Ballinger City Park and along the Hutchings Avenue corridor, Ballinger, TX 76821 (own-home)

Pay

$110 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 plus before/after photos plus marker-height record plus mount-security confirm plus GPS

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

Level

entry

Open until

2026-08-27

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.