Texas RV Park Flooded

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RV Park EvacuatedCarrollton FloodingNorth Texas has experienced heavy rains in the last month and the closest RV Park to my current home flooded.  The residents were relocated first to the parking lot of a furniture store and now to another park 30 minutes away.  There aren't many RV parks near Dallas and this is one of my primary concerns about full-time RV life.  Hopefully, as more baby boomers retire more RV parks will be built closer to major cities.

barbaraok · Answer

No you won't see more RV parks near Dallas, in fact the opposite.  Land is too valuable for RV Parks.

5thwheeleroldma · Answer

Yeah, we like to occasionally spend a week in The Vineyards, Grapevine, TX.  I phoned and they said completely closed, hope to open in October!

tatest · Answer

Near urban areas, even in small cities, RV parks and sometimes mobile home parks get built on flood plains. Nobody else wants the land the periodically floods, making it cheap enough to rent for RV parking. Another popular use is RV and boat storage lots.

The RV "resort" in our town is about six feet under water for 10 year floods, as much as 28 feet under for "100 year" floods, two of which we have had in the 35 years I've lived here.

But on this flood controlled river, the RV park has 12 to 36 hours notice for evacuation. There is a RV storage lot on the flood plain of a nearby creek that can rise from almost empty to flood stage in less than 30 minutes, from a single heavy thunderstorm.

pop-pop_c · Answer

That is our home base when I the DFW AREA. Got a call from the Vineyards today cancelled our reservations for the middle of Sept.. Hopefully our reservations stand for thanksgiving thru Christmas. N. Texas has had a rough spring.

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