Living here
The questions you have because you live here rather than because you are visiting. Every page names the official source it came from and the date it was read.
- Which hurricane evacuation zone am I in?
- Reporting a power cut in Baytown
- School holidays: GCCISD and Barbers Hill
- Flaring, odours and plant alerts: the CAER line
- The Lynchburg Ferry
- Trash, recycling and brush
- Hurricane preparedness
- Your water bill
- City services
- Help: pantries, clinics, aid
- Schools
- Health care, 24-hour pharmacy, emergency vet
- Getting around
- Youth sports and programs
- Moving here
- City Hall
- Emergency numbers and utilities
- Civic life
- Apartments with utilities included in Baytown
- Churches and faith in Baytown
- Income-based and low-income housing in Baytown
- Jail, inmate lookup, and bail: Baytown, Harris and Chambers County
- OB-GYN and women's health in Baytown
- Obituaries and funeral homes in Baytown
- Population: Baytown, Mont Belvieu, Highlands, Crosby
- Baytown for seniors and retirees
- Voting in Baytown
- X-rays, MRIs and imaging in Baytown and the ring
- Baytown zip codes, and what each one is
- Zoning in Baytown, plainly
- Property taxes in Baytown, plainly
- Baytown city services, the questions people actually ask
- Registering, titling and inspecting a vehicle in Harris and Chambers County
- Baytown water, sewer and trash billing
- Chambers County: citations, court dates and the justice courts
- Licensed child care
- School calendars
- Weather right now
- Road projects
- New openings (permits)
What the city charges
Amounts as the city publishes them; blank where the page does not state one. (2026-09-16)
| item | amount | unit | source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Residential water/sewer rate schedule | — | baytown.org | |
| Utility rate schedule | — | montbelvieu.net | |
| Water base facility/customer charge | $11.82 | per bill | baytown.org |
| Sewer base facility/customer charge | $12.76 | per bill | baytown.org |
| Water first 2,000 gallons | $3.19 | per 1,000 gallons | baytown.org |
| Water next 4,000 gallons | $7.20 | per 1,000 gallons | baytown.org |
| Water use over 6,000 gallons | $9.93 | per 1,000 gallons | baytown.org |
| Sewer first 2,000 gallons | $3.19 | per 1,000 gallons | baytown.org |
| Sewer next 10,000 gallons | $7.20 | per 1,000 gallons | baytown.org |
| Garbage and recycle sample charge | $40.00 | sample bill | baytown.org |
| Municipal Drainage Utility Service sample charge | $4.00 | sample bill | baytown.org |
| Residential water base facility charge inside city | $7.53 | per dwelling unit | baytown.org |
| Residential water base facility charge outside city | $15.05 | per dwelling unit | baytown.org |
| Water gallonage up to 2,000 gallons inside city | $2.57 | per 1,000 gallons | baytown.org |
| Water gallonage up to 2,000 gallons outside city | $3.86 | per 1,000 gallons | baytown.org |
| High-volume water all-use charge inside city | $4.13 | per 1,000 gallons | baytown.org |
| 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 | — | baytown.org | |
| 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 | — | montbelvieu.net | |
| 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
- Note
- FEMA Map Service Center search link; enter a complete address or place name to obtain the effective FIRM/FIRMette. A ZIP alone does not assign a property flood zone.
- Zip
- 77521
- Note
- FEMA Map Service Center search link; enter a complete address or place name to obtain the effective FIRM/FIRMette. A ZIP alone does not assign a property flood zone.
- Zip
- 77523
- Note
- FEMA Map Service Center search link; enter a complete address or place name to obtain the effective FIRM/FIRMette. A ZIP alone does not assign a property flood zone.
- Zip
- 77530
- Note
- FEMA Map Service Center search link; enter a complete address or place name to obtain the effective FIRM/FIRMette. A ZIP alone does not assign a property flood zone.
- Zip
- 77532
- Note
- FEMA Map Service Center search link; enter a complete address or place name to obtain the effective FIRM/FIRMette. A ZIP alone does not assign a property flood zone.
- Zip
- 77535
- Note
- FEMA Map Service Center search link; enter a complete address or place name to obtain the effective FIRM/FIRMette. A ZIP alone does not assign a property flood zone.
- 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 were read on 2026-09-15. 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.