Editing Simonton, Texas (section)

==Geography==

[[File:SimontonTXMap.gif|thumb|Simonton, Texas|alt=|234x234px]]
Simonton is located in northwestern Fort Bend County at {{coord|29|40|47|N|95|59|25|W|type:city}} (29.679783, –95.990302).<ref name="GR1">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/geographies/reference-files/time-series/geo/gazetteer-files.html|publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]|access-date=2011-04-23|date=2011-02-12|title=US Gazetteer files: 2010, 2000, and 1990}}</ref> The center of town is {{convert|2|mi|0}} east of the [[Brazos River]] and {{convert|16|mi}} northwest of [[Rosenberg, Texas|Rosenberg]]. Downtown [[Houston]] is {{convert|38|mi}} to the east.  According to the [[United States Census Bureau]], Simonton has a total area of {{convert|5.2|km2|order=flip}}, of which {{convert|0.01|sqkm|order=flip|3}}, or 0.24%, is water.<ref name="Census 2010" />

Almost all of the City is located within the [[Federal Emergency Management Agency]] (FEMA) '''100-year floodplain of the Brazos River'''.  See the FEMA Preliminary Map 2017.1.30 panel 80 and FEMA Preliminary Map 2017.1.30 panel 90.  Real-time river gauges for the Brazos River are available here.

Simonton has been plagued by repeated flooding due to being located one mile east of the [[Brazos River]], and it considered to located in the 100-year [[floodplain]] of the Brazos River. The most significant Brazos River flooding recorded were:

* 1913 Major Flood.<ref name=":6" />
*October 1991 with 100 homes flooded<ref name="Simonton Has A Problem">{{Cite web|title=Simonton Has A Problem|url=https://uh.edu/~jbutler/physical/flooding/simontonhasaproblem.html|website=uh.edu|access-date=2020-05-09}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Acrobat Accessibility Report|url=https://www.fema.gov/media-library-data/1441824577261-2ed4c68ef85943b76115c050463dcc1a/12_Water-Pumps-Mitigate-Simonton_web.pdf|website=www.fema.gov|language=en-us|access-date=2020-05-09}}</ref>
* December 1995 with 125 homes flooded and caused approximately $2.5&nbsp;million dollars damage<ref name="Simonton Has A Problem"/><ref>{{Cite web|title=Acrobat Accessibility Report|url=https://www.fema.gov/media-library-data/1441824577261-2ed4c68ef85943b76115c050463dcc1a/12_Water-Pumps-Mitigate-Simonton_web.pdf|website=www.fema.gov|language=en-us|access-date=2020-05-09}}</ref>
* May 2016 when cows became stranded.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Dozens of cows stranded in flood waters in Simonton|url=https://abc13.com/1366913/|last=Isaac|first=Crystal|date=2016-06-01|website=ABC13 Houston|language=en|access-date=2020-05-09}}</ref>
* August 2017 as a result of [[Hurricane Harvey]].<ref>{{Cite news|first1=Drew |last1=Jordan|first2=Malachy|last2=Browne|first3=Chris|last3=Cirillo|date=2017-08-31|title=Before and After: Harvey's Toll on Texas Towns|language=en-US|work=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/video/us/100000005403236/before-and-after-harveys-toll-on-texas-towns.html|access-date=2017-09-01|issn=0362-4331}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Before and after Harvey's floods|url=https://www.cbsnews.com/pictures/houston-harvey-floods-before-and-after/|website=www.cbsnews.com|date=August 31, 2017 |language=en|access-date=2020-05-09}}</ref>

While plagued by flooding, the City of Simonton purchased two drainage pumps for $95,000 that has reduced the impact of the Brazos River flooding. These pumps were partly paid for by a grant from the Federal Emergency Management Agency's Hazard Mitigation Grant Program (HMGP).<ref>{{Cite web|title=Acrobat Accessibility Report|url=https://www.fema.gov/media-library-data/1441824577261-2ed4c68ef85943b76115c050463dcc1a/12_Water-Pumps-Mitigate-Simonton_web.pdf|website=www.fema.gov|language=en-us|access-date=2020-05-09}}</ref>