Eastpoint, FL Coastal Erosion Rate
Shoreline change 5.1 miles southeast of Eastpoint, FL
USGS's shoreline-change data puts this stretch, 5.1 miles southeast of Eastpoint, FL, at 0.75 feet of erosion a year on average, a long-term rate for this specific ~3.5-mile section, not one storm's damage. At that rate, the shoreline has lost roughly 7.5 feet over the last decade.
What "Eastpoint" means on this page
USGS surveys the coast in transects spaced a few hundred feet apart; this page groups the nearest ones into a single ~3.5-mile reading for the stretch closest to Eastpoint, FL, rather than showing one arbitrary line. Segment center: 29.71, -84.80. USGS's Gulf of Mexico assessment last surveyed this stretch through 2001, computing the rate with its LRR method. Other US regions were surveyed in different years, sometimes decades apart, so this page states its own rather than implying one national vintage.
What 0.75 ft/yr means over time
Run 5.1 miles southeast of Eastpoint, FL's 0.75 ft/yr rate forward 25 years and it implies about 19 feet of further retreat, assuming nothing changes, which is exactly the assumption a seawall or nourishment project exists to break.
Where this fits nationally
This reading comes from 138 individual transects averaged together, 100% of which measured erosion rather than growth. Uncertainty on this specific number: 0.32 ft/yr either side. Among the 1211 US coastal segments with a measurable trend, this one ranks 234 for erosion, 1 being the fastest-retreating coast in the dataset. Source: USGS Open-File Report 2004-1089. Port Mansfield, TX sits at national rank 137 for erosion (1.99 ft/yr), one reference point among the 1211 scored segments, 792 miles from here. 1.7 miles away, Eastpoint, FL is the nearest other measured stretch: also no significant trend.
Not this whole stretch, just Eastpoint itself: the Coastal Change Hazards Portal is USGS's own live version of this data.