Carpenters Bayou
River in Texas, United States From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
River in Texas, United States From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Carpenters Bayou rises at the south end of Sheldon Reservoir in southeastern Harris County (29°51′N 95°10′W), Texas, USA.[5] The bayou waterway routes southeast for about twelve miles until it joins Buffalo Bayou at the San Jacinto Battleground State Historic Site (29°45′N 95°06′W).[6]
Carpenters Bayou | |
---|---|
Nickname(s) | Houston Ship Channel |
Location | |
Country | United States |
U.S. State | Texas |
County | Harris County, Texas |
Cities | Channelview, Houston |
Physical characteristics | |
Source | Sheldon, Texas |
• location | Sheldon Lake |
• coordinates | 29.8541131°N 95.1674320°W |
Mouth | Channelview, Texas |
• location | Buffalo Bayou |
• coordinates | 29.75606°N 95.09438°W |
Length | 44 mi (71 km) |
Basin size | 25 sq mi (65 km2) |
Width | |
• minimum | 125 ft (38 m) |
• average | 165 ft (50 m) |
• maximum | 430 ft (130 m) |
Depth | |
• minimum | 2 ft (0.61 m) |
• average | 11 ft (3.4 m) |
• maximum | 15 ft (4.6 m) |
Basin features | |
River system | San Jacinto River |
Landmarks | |
Population | 70,721 (2020 Census)[4] |
Waterbodies | |
Inland ports | |
GNIS feature ID | 1372946 |
The bayou's name commemorates David Carpenter, a partner of William Harris as one of Stephen F. Austin's "Old Three Hundred" families of Austin's Colony in what later became Texas.[7] Carpenter and Harris received a sitio[8] of land in present Harris County, Texas on August 16, 1824, which fronted on Carpenter's Bayou in southeastern Harris County, near San Felipe de Austin.[7] Carpenter was a blacksmith, and a single man at the time of the grant. He may have died as early as 1828, the year that Noah Smithwick bought his blacksmith's outfit in San Felipe.[7]
Seamless Wikipedia browsing. On steroids.
Every time you click a link to Wikipedia, Wiktionary or Wikiquote in your browser's search results, it will show the modern Wikiwand interface.
Wikiwand extension is a five stars, simple, with minimum permission required to keep your browsing private, safe and transparent.