Sandbag Locations
Sandbags Available
Self-serve sandbag locations:
TPCG is currently working to open several additional sandbag locations throughout Terrebonne Parish. Crews are working to bring sand to the following locations, starting in the lower-lying areas in the parish. All locations should be open by the end of the day today.
Sand will be delivered to the following locations:
- Grand Caillou Fire Station
- Mechanicville Gym
- Upper Dularge Fire Station
- Bayou Black Fire Station
- Civic Center
- Adult Softball Complex
- Pointe-Aux-Chenes Recreation Area
- Montegut Fire Station
- St. Ann Church
- Ward 7
- Village East Fire
- Cannata's West
- Donner Community Center
- Devon Keller Memorial Center
- Public Works North Campus
- Gibson East Fire
- West Terrebonne Fire
Remember, these stations are self serve, and residents must bring their own shovel.
Prefilled sandbag locations (for persons with disabilities and the elderly):
Prefilled sandbags will be available at 1860 Grand Caillou Road for residents with disabilities and the elderly. Residents should use the side road between the Public Works yard and Last Island Hardware (old Shannon Hardware), and bags should be picked up at the side gates.
Distribution times:
- Monday, September 9 from 2 p.m. to 7 p.m.
- Tuesday, September 10 from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m.
Sandbag Locations
NOTE: These sites require residents to fill their own sandbags, and it is recommended that residents bring their own shovel.
Adult Softball Complex/Airbase
9544 East Main Street
Houma, LA 70363
East side of parking lot
Andrew Price School
1849 West Park Avenue
Schriever, LA 70395
Ashland North Volunteer Fire Dept
2671 Grand Caillou Road
Houma, LA 70363
Bayou Dularge Volunteer Fire Dept
1767 Bayou Dularge Road
Houma, LA 70397
Cannata's Parking Lot
6307 West Park Avenue
Houma, LA 70364
Behind Hancock Whitney Bank
Civic Center
346 Civic Center Boulevard
Houma, LA 70364
Bayouside parking lot, near library
Devon Keller Memorial Center
5575 Bayou Black Drive
Gibson, LA 70356
Donner Community Center
361 Azalea Drive
Donner, LA 70352
Little Caillou Fire Station
5016 LA-56
Chauvin, LA 70344
Next to Ward 7
Mechanicville Gym
2814 Senator Street
Houma, LA 70363
Montegut Fire Station
1105 LA-55
Montegut, LA 70377
On the bayouside
St. Ann Catholic Church
14355 LA-24
Bourg, LA 70343
Bayouside parking lot, near tree.
How to Sandbag
Safety
Remember to stay safe when you build your sandbag wall. When building your wall, you should:
- Use proper lifting techniques when carrying sandbags. A filled sandbag can weigh up to 22 lbs.
- Remember sand is heavier when wet.
- Wear gloves and eye protection.
- Use rubber gloves if you’re coming into contact with storm water.
- Do not build a single-stack sandbag wall taller than three layers in height, which is about a foot tall. If you need to build higher than one foot tall, construct a pyramid berm.
How to Build a Sandbag Pyramid Berm
- The sides of your sandbag berm must be sloped inward with the base set on firm ground.
- Do not build your berm higher than five feet. It should be four times higher than the widest part.
- Key into the ground at least one sandbag deep and two wide with plastic sheeting threaded through the layers. Do not put sheeting on the outside of the berm.
To create a pyramid berm that’s two feet tall, you’d ideally have a base that’s about four feet wide. A four-foot tall berm would require a base about eight feet wide and so on (see illustration above). In most cases, one to two feet is enough to redirect water and debris flows.
When You Build Your Sandbag Berm
- A tamped sandbag is about 6" high x 10" wide x 20" long.
- Bags should be filled to two-thirds full (about five or six shovels full). A properly filled sandbag weighs 40 lbs.
- Lie the bags in a horizontal course of headers and stretchers. Start and finish the wall with headers and stagger joints in adjacent courses.
- Do not place bag necks or side seams on the outer face of the berm. When each bag is in place, beat it into shape with a pick handle or similar tool.
- Tie the necks for transport only. Untie and flatten the necks under the next sandbag.
