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168 TEXAS ALMANAC -1941-42.
flows SSE into Navidad River; length, 42 m.
San Saba River.-Formed near Fort Mc-
Kavett near Schleicher-Menard County line
by number large springs; flows E into Colo-
rado River. Length. 100 m.; drainage basin
area. 3.150 sq m Irrigation practiced around
'Menard, San Saba One of the picturesque
streams of the Edwards Plateau
Santa Petronilla Creek.-Rises 'NE Duval
County flows SE into Baffins Bay, arm of
Gulf. Length, 66 m.
Spring Creek.-Rises NE Waller County;
flows E to Junction with San Jacinto River.
Length, 51 m.
Sulphur River.--Formed E Delta County
by junction North South Sulphur Rivers,
flows E into Red Riser. Length, 90 m.
Sulphur River, North.--Rses S Fannin
County, flows E to union with South Sulphur
Ri3er, 50 m in length
Sulphur River, South.-Rises S Fannin
County, flows SE, E and NE to function with
North Sulphur River. Length. 60 m
Sulphur Springs Creek. - Intermittent
stream. rises SE corner Terry County. flos
SE into Girands Creek (tributary of Colo-
rado) Length, 65 m.
Sweetwater Creek.-Rises Nolan County;
flows NE into Clear Fork Brazes River;
length 45 m
Taylors Bayou.--Rises V Jefferson County
In fresh-water marsh; floss E to Sabine
Lake. length, 30 m.
Terlingua Creek.-Rises V Brewster Coun-
ty, flows S into Rio Grande, length, 50 m
Tierra Blanca Creek.-Rises N Curry Coun-
tv N I ; flows E into Prairie Dog Town
Fork Red River; length, 75 m.
Toyah Creek.-Forms near boundary Jeff
Davis-Reeves Counties; flows NE Into Pecos
Riler. length, 50 m
Trinity River.-Formed N Texas by num-
ber tributaries, abo%e Dallas flow is inter-
mittent, flows SE into Trinity Bay Length,
455 m drainage basin area. 17.600 sq m
Rice irrigation in lower reaches. See article
on and list of rier projects
Trinity River, Clear Fork.-Rises 2 miles
S Gihtown extreme SE Jack County, flowssoutheasterly 56 miles into West Fork Trinity
River at Fort Worth.
Trinity River, East Fork (Bois D'Arc).-
Rises 2 miles W Howe in Grayson County;
flows southerly 78 miles into Trinity in Kauf-
man County
Trinity River, Elm Fork (Big EIm).-Rises
one mile NW Saint Jo eastern Montague
County, flows 85 miles southeasterly to Junc-
tion with West Fork Trinity 5 miles NW
Dallas.
Trinity River, West Fork.-Rises in Archer
County, flows SE to conjunction with Elm
Fork Trinity River 5 m. NW Dallas. Length.
145 m. See article on, and list of Iiser
projects.
Tule Creek.-Rises NE Castro County;
flows E approx. 50 m. into Prairie Dog Town
Fork Red River. Dry channel carrying only
flood waters at rare intervals, course and
origin in upper reaches not definite. Remark-
ably beautiful Tule Canyon along lower
course.
Turkey Creek.-Rises SE Kinney County;
flows SE into Elm Creek, tributary of iNueces
Riper Length, 54 m.
Washita River.-Rises SE Roberts County;
flows E to Texas-Oklahoma state line, thence
SE to Junction with Red River, length in
Texas, 35 m
Water (or Sweetwater) Creek.-Rises NE
Gray Co.; flows E, then S into North Fork
Red River. Length. 40 m. in Texas
Whiteoak Creek.--Rses C Hopkins County;
flows E into Sulphur River, length. 65 m
Wichita River.-Formed NW Baylor Coun-
ty by union North. South Wichita Riers.
Flows NE into Red River. Length, 90 m.
Wichita River, South (Salt Fork).-Rises
NE Dickens County, flows E to junction with
North Wichita River Length, 85 m
Wild Horse Creek.-Rises E Jeff Davis
County: flows N 40 m. into Culberson Coun-
ty, where sinks into sand; intermittent
Yegua Creek.-Formed in SE corner Lee
County; flows E into Brazos River; length.
30 m
Yellow House River.-Rises in series small
lakes NE corner Cochran County, flows SE
into Noith Fork of Double Mountain Folk of
Brazos Riser Length. 60 m.Flow of Texas Rivers.
The table below shows the flow in acre-feet of principal Texas Rivers. An acre-foot is the
amount of water required to co er one acre of surface to a depth of one foot, or 43.560 cubic
feet or 342,150 gallons The name of towns indicates approximate location of gages, the
second column gives length of record used in computing column fi\e, the third and fourth
columns give the minimum and maximum yearly run-off, respectively, for complete years
ending September 30, and the fifth column gi\es the average annual run-off in acre-feet for
the period as shown in column two In many instances, the records have been intermittent.
Additional intermittent records are available at the office of the State Board of Water Engi-
neers or United States Geological Sursey, Austin, Texas. for many of these stations.
The maJor drainages are arranged in geographical order, listing from northeast to south-
west. All stations are listed fiom the source to the mouth of the main stream of the river
and the stations on tributaries follow in regular order from source to mouth. The headwater
stream of any basin haing the largest drainage area is considered the continuation of the
main stream The records summarized below are from the office of the State Board of Water
Engineers and United States Geological Sur vey at AustinStream, location ;0
of gage and pe- '
rinod of record- -
Canadian River-
Amarillo, 2 4 >rs .. 372,900
Prairie Dog Town
Fork of Red River-
Can} on, 1 16 yrs . 1,890
Estelline, 1 2 yrs .. 26,290
Red River-
Burkburn't, 1 8 yrs
Denison, 14 9 yrs 1,665.000
Arthur C'v. 6 0 yrs 2,150,000
Pease River-
Crowell, 12 6 yrs. 24,300ct, q ' Stream, location b -
C of gage and pe- ,, .
So rid of record-- _ -
Wichita River-
513 000 490,800 Wich F'Is, 3 5 yrs. 96,480 497,000
Little Wichita River-
Archer C's, 1 2 yrs 23.600 125.800
72900 5.920 Sulphur River-
239,000 127.500 Darden, 6 0 .rs .. 305,000 2.S64,000
Cypress Creek-
702,000 Jefferson. 5 1 irs. 110,000 688,000
6,009,000 3.677.000 Sabine River-
11,300,000 5,130,000 Golden. 1 2 yrs
Gladewater, 7 0 yrs 414,300 2,126 000
365,100 140,300 (Continued on Next Page )430,000
70 9~0
1,406,000
403,800
87.800
1,052,000
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