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Studies have shown that natural washouts provide a valuable function to allow flood
waters to flow past the dune system or to allow flood waters to recede back out to
the ocean. Where it can be demonstrated that an area’s lack of a dune system
meeting minimums for height, width and vegetative cover are due to the area being
part of a natural washout, the area will not be targeted for mitigation. 7
Primary historical washouts were located between the north Jetty and the current
Packery channel. A 3,000’ washover area existed from the beginning at the north
Jetty of the Fish Path and running south 9,000’ from the Packery Channel north and
a 900’ wash beginning 12,500’ north of the Packery Channel. (See Figure 14)
Figure 12: 2007 Aerial Photo Overlaid with a 1948 Aerial Photo
II.F. Line of Vegetation (LOV)
The beach setback line in Nueces and Kleberg Counties within the Corpus Christi
jurisdiction shall use the Line of Vegetation (LOV) obtained from the most current
available registered aerial photos. For purposes of this study, 2003 and 2009 aerial
7 Mapping and Characterization of Significant Washover Features: Texas Gulf Shoreline, Kimberly K.
McKenna, P.G., Final Report ot the Texas General Land Office, August 2007.
Revised Draft Nueces County / Corpus Christi Erosion Response Plan
May 1, 2012 Page 14