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Stream in Texas, USA From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Blanco Creek is a 48.98 mi (78.83 km) long fifth-order tributary to the Frio River in Uvalde County, Texas.
Blanco Creek Tributary to Frio River | |
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Location | |
Country | United States |
State | Texas |
County | Uvalde |
Physical characteristics | |
Source | Bear Creek divide |
• location | about 5 miles southwest of Utopia, Texas |
• coordinates | 29°35′11.82″N 099°36′42.18″W[1] |
• elevation | 2,040 ft (620 m)[1] |
Mouth | Frio River |
• location | about 20 miles southeast of Uvalde, Texas |
• coordinates | 29°06′16.87″N 099°27′19.17″W[1] |
• elevation | 659 ft (201 m)[1] |
Length | 48.98 mi (78.83 km)[2] |
Basin size | 145.32 square miles (376.4 km2)[3] |
Discharge | |
• location | Frio River |
• average | 29.78 cu ft/s (0.843 m3/s) at mouth with Frio River[3] |
Basin features | |
Progression | Frio River → Nueces River → Nueces Bay → Corpus Cristi Bay → Gulf of Mexico |
River system | Frio River |
Tributaries | |
• left | Bailey Creek Hackberry Creek Dinner Creek |
• right | Little Blanco Creek |
Bridges | County Road 336 (x15), TX 127, County Road 339A, unnamed road, County Road 342 (x2), unnamed road, County Road 341, US 90, County Road 301, unnamed road |
According to the Geographic Names Information System, it has also been known historically as:[1]
Blanco Creek rises about 5 miles southwest of Utopia, Texas in Uvalde County, Texas and then flows south-southeast to join the Frio River about 20 miles southwest of Uvalde, Texas.[1]
Blanco Creek drains 145.32 square miles (376.4 km2) of area, receives about 28.7 in/year of precipitation, and is about 13.18% forested.[3]
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