Commitments and Contingencies (Details) (USD $)	6 Months Ended	12 Months Ended
	Jun. 30, 2013 acre	Dec. 31, 2012
Commitments and Contingencies (Textual) [Abstract]
Acres of land subject to water contracts	5,488
Estimated future minimum annual payments	$ 2,500,000
Letter of credit period	2 years
Letter of credit renewal period	2 years
Expected reimbursements in current fiscal year	14,139,000
Special taxes paid	886,000	606,000
Interest rate held by TCWD in KWBA	2.00%
West CFD [Member]
Commitments and Contingencies (Textual) [Abstract]
Acres of land released from land liens	420
Standby letter of credit	30,000,000
Additional bond debt authorized to be sold in future	0
Additional reimbursement funds	0
East CFD [Member]
Commitments and Contingencies (Textual) [Abstract]
Acres of land released from land liens	1,931
Standby letter of credit	39,750,000
Additional bond debt authorized to be sold in future	80,250,000
Additional reimbursement funds	8,900,000
Standby letter of credit [Member]
Commitments and Contingencies (Textual) [Abstract]
Standby letter of credit	5,426,000
Letter of credit [Member]
Commitments and Contingencies (Textual) [Abstract]
Annual cost related to letter of credit	$ 83,000