Quick answer
For water damage in Coffee City, TX, shut off your main valve first, or turn off the well pump breaker if you are on a private well. For a leak at the meter, call Coffee City City Hall at 903-876-3414. Then call a water damage restoration company; drying should start within 24 to 48 hours. Texas insurers must acknowledge your claim within 15 days.
Do this first
Local water and septic lines.
The Henderson County septic inspector, flash flood table, and freeze data are on the Berryville page.
- Shut off the water. Find the meter box near the road and turn the house-side valve until it stops. Coffee City runs its own water utility, so City Hall handles the meter and the line on the street side.
- Make it safe and document it. Cut power to wet rooms from a dry spot, photograph the damage, then report the claim.
- Start drying within 24 to 48 hours. Lake Palestine humidity keeps a wet subfloor wet, and about one in five Coffee City homes is a mobile home, so insist on moisture readings under the floor before skirting or flooring goes back.
Henderson County had 7 flash flood warnings in 2025. Lake roads off SH 155 dip toward coves and ditches that fill quickly, so turn back at any water on the road. Lakeside septic fields can wash out, so treat floodwater as sewage.
What to know about water damage in Coffee City
1962
The year Blackburn Crossing Dam on the Neches River was finished, forming Lake Palestine. Coffee City grew up as a mostly residential community after the lake was built.
Sources: Handbook of Texas, Lake Palestine, Coffee City
A big lake
Lake Palestine covers about 25,560 acres, and about 839 square miles of the Neches River basin drain into it above the dam.
City-run water
The Public Utility Commission of Texas lists the City of Coffee City as a municipal water utility in Henderson County, with a Frankston mailing address.
Homes in Coffee City
About 22% of homes are mobile homes, the median home dates to 1994, and about 92% are owner-occupied, and the median value is about $237,000.
Enlarged in 1972
The Upper Neches River Authority began enlarging Blackburn Crossing Dam in 1969 and finished on March 3, 1972. Homes along the shoreline sit close to the water and to the damp air it brings.
Small but steady
Coffee City reported 178 people in 1979, 216 in 1990, and 193 in 2000. The Census Bureau now estimates about 266.
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Flash flood warnings in Henderson County
The National Weather Service issued 23 flash flood warnings that included Henderson County from 2016 through November 12, 2026. The year-by-year count is on the Berryville page.
Cost and insurance in Coffee City
How much does water damage restoration cost in Coffee City?
Most jobs run $450 to $16,000 (Angi). Rising lake or cove water is a flood claim, not a homeowners claim. Humid lake air and wet subfloors slow drying.
Water removal and restoration in Coffee City
The company that answers handles frozen lines under lake houses and mobile homes, boathouse and dock plumbing leaks, water heater failures, and septic backups near the shoreline, plus burst pipes, appliance leaks, drying, and septic backups.
Coffee City questions
Is Coffee City water a city utility or a water supply corporation?
It is a city utility. The Public Utility Commission of Texas lists the City of Coffee City as a municipal system, and City Hall answers at 903-876-3414.
When was Lake Palestine built?
Blackburn Crossing Dam was finished in 1962, and the Upper Neches River Authority finished enlarging it on March 3, 1972.
Where are the Henderson County septic and freeze details?
On the Berryville page, which carries the shared Henderson County data for Coffee City.
Which ZIP codes does this page cover?
ZIP 75763 within the Town of Coffee City. The ZIP also covers Frankston.
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