This metadata record describes the classified point cloud for the 2017 Texas Coastal LiDAR project spanning one of two areas of interest (AOIs). The Eastern Block covers approximately 841 square miles, including the cities of Beaumont, Port Arthur, and Nederland in southeast Texas. The AOI was collected to meet the density of 4 points per meter. The Western Block AOI covers approximately 289 square miles, including the cities of Liberty, Hankamer, and Anahuac in southeast Texas. This AOI was collected to meet the density of 8 points per meter. Total area covers equals approximately 1.130 square miles. The metadata record for the Western block is available in the 'Related Items' section, below. Sanborn Map Company was contracted by Texas Water Development Board (TWDB) in cooperation with the Trinity River Authority (TRA) to perform 2017 LiDAR aerial surveys of Texas coastal area of about 1130 square miles. Collections was completed utilizing multi-return systems, Light Detection and Ranging (LiDAR) data in the form of 3-dimensional positions of a dense set of mass points between February 22nd and March 23rd, 2017. ALS70 LiDAR was flown to produce four (4) points and eight (8) points per square meter return density or 0.5 meters and 0.35 meters respectively Nominal Point Spacing (NPS) This data set is an LAZ (compressed LAS) format file containing LIDAR point cloud data.