The development has 205 acres (83 ha) of land.[2] As of 2018[update] it has 721 houses.[3] Cinco Municipal Utility District (MUD) 8 provides utility services to the subdivision. James Drew of the Houston Chronicle described it as the "
de facto government" of Canyon Gate.[4] It was the first of several gated communities developed by Land Tejas Development.[1]
History
The initial developer was
American General subsidiary Cinco Ranch East Development Inc. while Land Tejas Development LLC was another developer.[4] Pulte Homes, Royce Homes, and Pine Forest Homes were the home builders.[2]
In 1985 the
Texas Legislature created Cinco MUD 8.[4] The first houses were scheduled to be open in the beginning of 1998. The prices ranged from $90,000 to over $160,000.[2] Many of the houses were built with "intelligent" computer systems from
IBM.[5]
The
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers imposes flooding on the land on which Canyon Gate resides as part of the Army Corps' standard operating procedure for the
Barker Dam and Reservoir. Beginning in 1994 the Fort Bend County government began including warnings about this aspect in government records; MUD 8 never included these warnings in its records.[4] Canyon Gate was not defined as being in a
100-year floodplain so not very many residents obtained
flood insurance.[3]
In 1996 MUD 8 began selling bonds to pay off the developer's costs of creating the subdivision.[4]
In August 2017 the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers flooded the subdivision during
Hurricane Harvey as the Barker Reservoir filled to approximately 54% of its capacity.[3]
Government and infrastructure
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^Bivins, Ralph. "Living in the future - IBM, Land Tejas to wire new `intelligent' homes." Houston Chronicle. September 24, 1998. Business p. 1.
NewsBank Record 3084986.
This list is incomplete. Many places on this list are not in the corporate limits of the City of Katy, but instead are
unincorporated areas with "Katy, Texas" postal addresses.
‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties ±Former CDP annexed by Missouri City ^Former CDP annexed by Sugar Land #Still active as a community, but is no longer listed as a census-designated place