Taylor Landing, TX Coastal Erosion Rate
Is the coast eroding 12.8 miles south of Taylor Landing, TX?
12.8 miles south of Taylor Landing, TX: USGS's transects didn't pick up a trend here that beats the survey's own uncertainty. That's the majority case nationally, and for this stretch specifically it means the coast is holding, not that the data failed to find anything.
The grain of this number
This is a roughly 3.5-mile stretch of coast, not one address or parcel - USGS's own transects run every few hundred feet, but that's finer than any one property needs, so this page reports the stretch nearest Taylor Landing, TX. Centered near 29.68°N, 94.10°W. The survey behind it runs to 2001, in USGS's Gulf of Mexico assessment, using the LRR method. Shoreline surveys aren't repeated every year, so this is the most recent long-term measurement USGS has published for this coast, not a live reading.
Where this fits nationally
80 transects feed this segment's number; 63% of them individually measured retreat. Uncertainty on this specific number: 0.76 ft/yr either side. Taken at face value, this segment's raw -0.7 ft/yr reading would land it 242 of 1211 nationally - a number worth ignoring, since it's statistical noise rather than a real trend. Source: USGS Open-File Report 2004-1089. Rank 1119 nationally for growth belongs to Chincoteague, VA, 1217 miles from this stretch, measured at 1.09 ft/yr. 1.6 miles away, Taylor Landing, TX is the nearest other measured stretch: also no significant trend.
Not this whole stretch, just Taylor Landing itself: the Coastal Change Hazards Portal is USGS's own live version of this data.