About Us
The Nueces River originates on the Edwards Plateau in Central Texas in Edwards and Real Counties. The Sabinal, Atascosa, Leona, and Frio Rivers and their numerous tributaries all feed the Nueces on its way to Nueces and Corpus Christi Bays. Extending south from Corpus Christi, a large portion of the Nueces-Rio Grande Coastal Basin, containing Corpus Christi Bay, Corpus Christi Ship Channel, Oso Bay, and Baffin Bay, is also located in the Nueces Flood Planning Region. This region includes 2 major reservoirs, Choke Canyon Reservoir and Lake Corpus Christi and crosses five ecoregions of Texas based on TPWD, including most of the South Texas Plains ecoregion.
Facts about the Region
Population Estimate (2019): 782,528
Approximate Area: 24,094 square miles
Approximate Stream Miles: 17,044
Approximate NFIP Claims (1975-2019): $270,467,109
Counties Represented:
Aransas* Atascosa* Bandera* Bee Bexar*
Brooks* Dimmit* Duval Edwards*
Frio Goliad* Jim Hogg* Jim Wells Karnes*
Kenedy* Kerr* Kinney* Kleberg La Salle
Live Oak Maverick* McMullen Medina* Nueces
Real* Refugio* San Patricio Uvalde Webb* Wilson* Zavala
*indicates this county is partially within this RFPG and is also represented by at least one other RFPG
Major Cities
Cities:
Rocksprings Leaky Camp Wood Brackettville Spofford
Uvalde City Sabinal Castroville Devine Hondo La Coste
Lytle Natalia Freer San Diego Benavides Alice
Orange Grove Premont Crystal City Dilley Pearsall
Asherton Big Wells Carrizo Springs Cotulla Fowlerton
Tilden Hebbronville Falfurrias Pleasanton Poteet Jourdanton
Lytle Charlotte Christine George West Three Rivers Beeville
Kingsville Austwell Bayside Refugio Woodsboro
Taft Sinton Odem Gregory Portland Ingleside Mathis
Portland Aransas Pass Fulton Rockport Agua Dulce
Bishop Driscoll Petronlia Port Aransas Robstown Banquette
Corpus Christi
Major Lakes & Reservoirs:
Barney M Davis Reservoir
Choke Canyon Reservoir
Lake Corpus Christi Reservoir
Tailing Ponds
Tailing Ponds
No. 2
Upper Nueces Lake
Ecoregions of Texas Represented:
Blackland Prairie
Edwards Plateau
Gulf Prairies
Post Oak Savanah
South Texas Plains