In 1982, between 61 and 70 percent of the land was considered prime farmland. The growing season averages 309 days a year. Soils in the county are chiefly alluvial loams and clays, and are highly productive when well drained. Hurricanes and floods are common in the region, among the most notable being the hurricanes of 1854, 1900, 1909, 1915, 1932, 1941, Hurricane Carla in 1961, and the floods of 1899, 1913, 1915, 1929, and 1940. The annual rainfall is fifty-two inches, and the mean annual temperature is 69° F. Key county roads include State highways 6, 35, 36, and 288, and railroad service is provided by the Union Pacific and Burlington Northern Santa Fe railroads. Other principal towns include Alvin, Amsterdam, Brazoria, Damon, Pearland, Rosharon, West Columbia, Holiday Lake, Old Ocean, Bailey's Prairie, Iowa Colony, Bonney, Hillcrest Village, Brookside Village, Danbury, Liverpool, Manvel, and Sweeny the towns that constitute Brazosport include Clute, Freeport, Quintana, Oyster Creek, Jones Creek, Lake Jackson, Richwood, and Surfside Beach. The center of the county lies at approximately 29☁0' north latitude and 95☂6' west longitude, near the county seat, Angleton. Its highest altitude, Damon Mound, is 146 feet above sea level. Brazoria County, on the prairie of the Gulf Coast at the mouth of the Brazos River in Southeast Texas, is bordered by Matagorda, Fort Bend, Harris, and Galveston counties.
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