Sandy Creek is the unincorporated neighborhood in northwest Travis County that carries a Leander address, tucked into the juniper and live oak hills along Big Sandy Creek between Nameless Road and Round Mountain Road on the way down to Lake Travis. The roads are narrow and winding, the lots are large, and the housing is a mix of 1970s and 1980s ranch homes, manufactured homes, and 2000s custom builds, most on wells and septic and many built close to the creek that is dry most of the year.
On the night of July 4 into July 5, 2025, more than a foot of rain fell on the hills above the neighborhood and Big Sandy Creek rose fifteen feet in three hours. Nearly 200 homes were damaged or destroyed, 71 of them mobile homes and 127 single-family houses, two bridges were damaged, and nine people in the neighborhood died. Travis County hauled out more than 46,000 cubic yards of debris in the weeks after. A year later most of the lost homes had not been rebuilt.
Your call reaches an independent local water damage provider serving Sandy Creek by phone. The provider walks what is left of the house before writing a scope.
A house that took creek water is flash flood cleanup, handled as contaminated water, with the drywall, insulation, and cabinets below the line removed and the slab or subfloor cleaned before drying. A ranch home on the ridge with a split attic line after a freeze is burst pipe water damage. A roof that lost shingles in the same storm is roof leak water damage.
Sandy Creek sits outside any city, so repair permits, floodplain review, and debris pickup all run through Travis County, which now requires a floodplain permit for rebuilding along the creek. The creek reaches Lake Travis at Sandy Creek Park on Lime Creek Road, 92 acres of quiet cove that gives a fair picture of how much water the drainage can move when it does.
Call (737) 317-2602 and describe what you found. We route the call to an independent local water damage provider serving Sandy Creek.
Standing water pulled off the slab, the upstairs subfloor, and the garage in a Leander two-story, with meter readings taken before anything is cut.
Dehumidifiers and air movers sized for a humid Hill Country summer, run until the drywall, the stair treads, and the cabinets read dry.
A high Leander water bill, a warm tile, or a soft wall traced to a PEX fitting, a slab line, or a manifold before anyone opens the floor.
Ceilings, walls, and floors soaked when an attic or exterior wall line split in a freeze, pumped out and dried once the valve is closed.
Creek water and street runoff pulled out of a garage or ground floor, contaminated materials removed, and the house dried afterward.
An attic or garage tank that let go, and the ceiling, insulation, closet, and flooring it soaked on the way down, dried and opened only where wet.
A stain or sag under an upstairs bath, an attic air handler, or a drain pan, metered from above before the drywall comes down.
Wet insulation, ceilings, and walls dried out after Hill Country hail or a stalled spring storm found a gap in the shingles or flashing.