Flood Preparedness
Health and safety is always our top priority.
We are fortunate to be a in a specific location that has very low risk of emergency situations, but we still train our staff on how to monitor and handle rain events at camp.
Flood Risk on Lake LBJ
We feel grateful to be located on a wide lake that does not experience flash flooding.
We have seen the lake level rise a few times over the last 25 years, and in each case the lake rose slowly over a period of hours, leaving ample time to adjust and relocate people and belongings as needed.
There has never been flash flooding in our location or rushing water on our property.
The reason has to do with the exceptionally low “drainage density” in our area.
Drainage density is a term that measures total density of stream channels (runoff zones) over a basin’s land area. High drainage denisty areas produce flash flooding, whereas low drainage density areas have water that rises much more slowly.
In short, we do not see flash flooding in our location (even in heavy rain events) because there are very few stream channels to collect water and funnel it into one place.
Please click here if you would like to read more about drainage density in our area.
In the event of heavy rains, we closely watch the levels of our lake’s primary tributaries (the Colorado River and the Llano River). We are also fortunate that the Lower Colorado River Authority (LCRA) actively manages the level of Lake LBJ, especially during rain events. Lake LBJ is a “constant level lake” that the LCRA specifically manages to prevent flooding.
In the July 2025 rain event, Lake LBJ slowly rose about a foot on the evening of July 4 before subsiding to normal levels due to the LCRA’s management of the downstream floodgates.
The combination of low drainage density, LCRA management, and effective monitoring stations along both the Colorado River and Llano River allows us to be fully prepared to monitor rain events and make adjustments if necessary.
We want you to feel confident
As parents, it is so challening to see terrible news from one area and not associate a similar risk with a different location. We do not want to downplay the tragedy along the Guadalupe River in any way.
Instead, we want you to feel confident in the different flood plain characteristics that are present in our specific location on Lake LBJ.
Our first job is to take care of your campers so we can spend the rest of our time at camp having a blast, making friends, and growing into Champions.
Please let us know if you have any questions.