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LIVE CENTRAL TEXAS YARD INTELLIGENCE

How is your yard doing?

One live answer for heat, drought, watering pressure, tree stress, planting conditions and what to do next.

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CENTRAL TEXAS YARD STRESS
60Elevated

60/100 across 14 monitored Central Texas communities.

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Updated Sep 6, 2026, 3:47 PM · How CTG scores work · Raw JSON
YOUR REGION RIGHT NOW

The yard dashboard

CTG turns public-source conditions into homeowner-scale signals. Derived scores are clearly labeled and reproducible.

🔥Heat stress71

How aggressively the next 24 hours are likely to stress exposed landscapes.

🌳Tree stress57

A CTG composite weighted toward drought and heat persistence.

💧Water need59

Landscape irrigation pressure—not permission to water.

🦟Mosquito potential58

Weather-based potential, separate from public-health surveillance.

🌱Planting conditions51

How forgiving current weather is for establishing plants.

📍Local spread60

Why your ZIP can matter more than the metro-wide average.

WHAT CHANGED

Central Texas is not one yard.

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LIVE RANKINGBastrop is currently the most stressed monitored area.69/100 Yard Stress PLANT POWERYaupon Holly leads the CTG plant rankings.97/100 suitability WATER SMARTERLegal watering day and actual water need are different questions.Check both before irrigating.
SHOULD I WATER?

Can you water and should you water are different questions.

CTG separates municipal watering rules from current landscape demand so you do not confuse an allowed day with a recommendation.

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Check soil moisture before you run irrigation.

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THIS WEEKMost yard-stressed
1BastropBastrop County69Stress
2AustinTravis County63Stress
3Round RockWilliamson County63Stress
4GeorgetownWilliamson County63Stress
5LakewayTravis County63Stress
6KyleHays County63Stress
7BudaHays County63Stress
8HuttoWilliamson County63Stress
PLANT POWER RANKINGS

Stop asking if it is pretty. Ask if it survives August.

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#1Yaupon Holly97Central Texas all-star#2Texas Sage96Built for this#3Agarita95Hard to kill

Beyond the yard: for broader Texas homeowner conditions, property risks and local home data, see Texas Home Intelligence.

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