Old East Dallas absorbed 4–5 inches of rain in hours. Zip codes 75204 and 75206 saw the worst of it. Crittenden Intelligence mapped the damage, the sewer overflows, and the terrain that made it inevitable.
4–5 in
Total Rainfall
Peak rate: 3 in/hr
76
Rescue Calls
All 59 DFD engines deployed
35k+
Power Outages (Peak)
Dallas, Tarrant, Collin, Denton Co.
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Impact Map
Flood Zones, Sewer Overflows & Topographic Risk
75204 & 75206 — Old East Dallas
480–520 ft
Elevation range
5 pts
Sewer overflows
I&I
Overflow type
75204
75206
Mockingbird Ln
Gaston Ave / Ross Ave
Live Oak St
Bryan St
Belmont Ave
Richmond Ave
US-75 / Central Expy
Cole / Peak St
Greenville Ave
Matilda St
Henderson Ave
Skillman / Abrams
~480 ft
~490 ft
~500 ft
~510 ft
~520 ft
Cole / Peak corridor
Lower Greenville drainage
Vickery Meadows
Bryan area
Live Oak / Peak
Belmont strip
Abrams corridor
Swiss Ave east
Henderson north
N
Severe flooding
Moderate flooding
Minor flooding
Sewer overflow (I&I)
Stormwater trunk line
Elevation contour
Known impact point
CRITTENDEN INTELLIGENCEApproximate schematic — Sources: NOAA, Dallas Fire-Rescue, USGS, City of Dallas GIS
02 / 04
What This Means for Owners
The Terrain Tells the Story
This was not random. The corridors that flooded hardest are the same low-lying zones that drain last every major storm event.
Topographic Inevitability
These zip codes drop roughly 40 feet west to east — from ~520 ft near Abrams down to ~480 ft at US-75. When the sewer trunks along Greenville and the Central Expressway corridor hit capacity, that western low ground becomes a basin with nowhere to drain.
Sewer System Failure
The June 19 storm triggered confirmed I&I events — inflow and infiltration where stormwater entered the sanitary sewer system. Five overflow points mapped across these zip codes. The city's infrastructure was not built for 3 inches per hour.
Multifamily Exposure
Vickery Meadows and the Cole/Peak corridor have the highest concentration of workforce multifamily stock in Old East Dallas. These are older buildings on lower ground. Owners in these corridors are likely managing displaced tenants, code complaints, and uninsured losses right now.
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