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Camp Mystic Files for Chapter 11 Bankruptcy One Year After July 4 Flood That Killed 28
The Texas summer camp submitted an eight-page Chapter 11 filing listing debts between $10 million and $50 million. The move comes nearly a year after catastrophic flooding along the Guadalupe River.
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Camp Mystic filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy reorganization on Wednesday in U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of Texas in Houston. The eight-page document, submitted at 1 a.m. local time and signed by four members of the Eastland family, lists total debts between $10 million and $50 million with assets between $1 million and $10 million.
The filing follows catastrophic flooding along the Guadalupe River on July 4, 2025, that killed 25 girls, two teenage counselors and the camp’s longtime director at the site. The same floods claimed at least 136 lives statewide in Texas. Camp Mystic had withdrawn its application to reopen for summer 2026 in late April.
A 115-page state report released earlier this month found the camp lacked adequate advance emergency planning, storm preparation, evacuations and incident management. The report stated that the evacuation task fell on three men—the camp’s co-owner, his son and a security guard—while at least 39 adults were present at the camp in addition to the teenage counselors with no plan for them to assist.
Lawsuits have accused the camp of placing campers in flood-prone cabins to avoid relocation costs.
A Texas judge ordered camp leaders to preserve the damaged cabins and land while litigation continues.
