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WATERSHED PROTECTION AND FLOOD PREVENTION FLOOD PREVENTION WATERSHEDS Dallam Sherman Watershed Drainage Area Watershed Drainage Area Watershed Drainage Area Hansford Ochiltree Lipscomb Number Public Law 566 (Acres) Number Trinity River (Acres) Number Middle Colorado River (Acres) 1 Calaveras Creek (Pilot) 61,440 101 Big Sandy Creek 317,000 201 Blanket Creek 125,440 HartleyCANADIAN RIVER BASIN Hemphill Moore 2 Cow Bayou (Pilot) 71,250 102 Cedar Creek 656,600 202 Brady Creek 541,500 Hutchinson STATUS OF Roberts 3 Green Creek (Pilot) 67,200 103 Chambers Creek 686,720 203 Brown-Mullin 100,480 4 Alamo Arroyo Watershed 83,603 104 Clear Creek 236,200 204 Brownwood Laterals 195,200 69 301 5 Agua Dulce Creek 228,720 105 Clear Fork Trinity River 266,880 205 Clear Creek 87,536 UPSTREAM WATERSHED Oldham Potter 6 Aquilla-Hackberry Creek 188,160 106 Denton Creek 444,160 206 Deep Creek 45,800 Carson Gray Wheeler 7 Attoyac Bayou 213,440 107 East Fork Above Lavon 220,810 207 Home Creek 177,280 55 8 Auds Creek 31,670 108 East Laterals of the Trinity 86,000 208 Jim Ned Creek 477,440 DEVELOPMENT 9 Bennett Creek 105,600 109 Elm Fork 253,810 209 Lower San Saba River 561,920 Deaf Smith Randall Armstrong 10 Bexar-Medina-Atascosa WID #1 34,330 110 Grays Creek 53,584 210 Mukewater Creek 87,500 Donley Collingsworth 11 Big Creek (Brazos County) 26,240 111 Hickory Creek 145,600 211 Mustang Creek 97,280 12 Big Creek (Delta County) 22,140 112 Isle Du Bois Creek 206,490 212 Northeast Laterals 80,400 43 13 Big Creek (Tri-County) 227,800 113 Lake Creek 51,000 213 Northwest Laterals 226,560 71 Castro 14 Caddo Creek 134,400 114 Little Elm and Laterals 184,810 214 Southeast Laterals 283,240 Swisher Parmer Briscoe Hall 15 Camp Rice Arroyo 31,405 115 Lower East Fork Laterals 44,100 215 Southwest Laterals 110,984 41 Childress 16 Caney Creek 46,784 116 Mountain Creek 194,900 216 Turkey Creek 59,200 51 17 Castleman Creek 29,850 117 North Creek 64,136 217 Upper Pecan Bayou 445,760 Hardeman Bailey Lamb 18 Chiltipin - San Fernando Creek 215,740 118 North Trinity Laterals 71,500 Hale Floyd Motley Cottle 19 Chocolate Little Chocolate 43,168 119 Pilot Grove Creek 169,930 Wilbarger and Lynn Bayous 120 Red Oak Creek 140,540 Washita River RED RIVERFo aBrd ASIN Wichita 20 Choctaw Creek 168,000 121 Richland Creek 586,696 Dickens Cochran Clay 21 Comal River 83,200 122 Rosser Trinidad Laterals 137,500 301 Upper Washita River 301,400 Hockley 35 Lubbock Crosby 46 65 King Montague Red River 22 Cornudas North and Culp Draws 177,600 123 Rowlett Creek 150,000 28 Knox Cooke Baylor Archer 20 Lamar 44 23 Cummins Creek 204,896 124 Rush Creek 95,000 109 8 24 1G1r2ayson 16 104 Fannin 24 Deport Creek 6,160 125 Salt Creek and Laterals 118,784 131 Bowie 12 Yoakum 6 Delta SULPHUR 25 Diablo Arroyo 40,992 126 Sister Grove Creek 82,560 Terry 101 2 Lynn Garza 1 119 Kent 117 Wise 114 107 RIVER BASIN 26 Donahoe Creek 98,285 127 Tehuacana Creek 286,000 Stonewall Haskell 106 Collin Throckmorton Young 111 Titus Jack Hopkins Franklin 27 Dry Devils River and Lowrey Draw 149,120 128 Ten Mile Creek 81,040 BRAZOS RIVER BASIN Hunt Morris 125 Denton 14 Cass 30 28 Duck Creek 133,120 129 Upper East Fork Laterals 95,590 123 85 CYPRESS Camp 29 East Bay Bayou 36,000 130 Village - Walker Creek 77,000 Gaines Dawson 9 CREEK Borden 2 Rockwall Rains Scurry 1 30 East Keechi Creek 63,770 131 West Fork above Bridgeport 625,730 Fisher Jones Dallas Marion Shackelford Stephens Palo Pinto Parker Tarrant Wood BASIN Upshur 31 Ecleto Creek 170,880 67 105 Kaufman 56 5 32 Elm Creek (1250) 232,819 118 1 116 128 1 Harrison Hood 90 102 33 Elm Creek (Cen-Tex) 207,360 70 120 Andrews Martin Taylor Van Zandt Gregg Howard 34 Escondido Creek (Pilot & PL-566) 74,880 Mitchell Erath 59 130 SABINE Nolan 122 22 COLORADO RIVER BASIN Eastland 63 Smith Callahan Ellis RIVER 35 Farmers Creek 65,536 37 89 82 Johnson 103 110 216 Somervell El Paso BASIN 36 Hamilton Creek 52,995 217 124 Panola Henderson Rusk Loving 32 3 37 Hitson C&L and Washburn Draws 200,000 6 108 Hudspeth Winkler Ector 42 208 72 Hill Midland Comanche Navarro Glasscock Shelby 38 Hog Creek 58,460 Coke 61 121 4 Sterling 87 39 Hondo Creek 29,408 Bosque 48 Cherokee 7 15 25 Fr1e2es7tone 113 53 Culberson Runnels 204 201 40 Johnsons Draw 101,760 207 Brown 64 78 Ward Co2le1m3an 210 Hamilton Anderson 205 Mills 38 41 Kent Creek 27,008 Crane 92 NECHES 212 203 Nacogdoches 52 Upton 42 Kickapoo Creek 40,732 Reeves Tom Green 9 RIVER Reagan McLennan 79 6 0 17 Irion 211 215 214 13 43 Lakeview 151,680 Concho 2 TRINITY BASIN San Augustine Coryell 2 44 Langford Creek 25,030 Limestone Sabine L e oRn IVER Houston 45 Leona River 110,080 McCulloch Lampasas Falls Angelina 202 BASIN 58 San Saba Trinity 46 Logan Slough Creek 7,334 Schleicher 77 33 Jeff Davis RIO GRANDE RIVER BASIN 209 Bell 47 Los Olmos Creek 174,351 Pecos Robertson 80 40 Menard Madison 48 Lower Aquilla-Hackberry Creek 74,500 Crockett Burnet 27 26 Polk Newton 49 Lower Brushy Creek 138,240 Tyler Mason Milam Jasper Llano 36 Walker 50 Lower Plum Creek 152,900 Williamson 57 49 Brazos San Jacinto 51 Lower Running Water Draw 140,985 Sutton Kimble 83 Grimes Terrell Burleson 52 Macho Arroyo 11,917 11 Blanco 75 Gillespie Travis 53 Madden Arroyo 21,248 Lee Hardin Presidio SANM JontAgomCeryINTO 54 Martinez Creek 56,000 91 Washington RIVER BASIN Liberty 55 McClellan Creek 222,422 Bastrop Orange Edwards Kerr Hays 56 Mill Creek 81,280 Brewster GUADALUPE RIVER 23 Val Verde 66 Waller Kendall 88 Real 57 Mimms Draw 4,525 BASIN Fayette Austin Comal Jefferson 84 Ca5ld0well Harris 58 Nolan Creek 73,600 93 Bandera 21 Chambers 29 59 Nolan River 64,400 73 60 North Cuero 12,608 Guadalupe Colorado 54 61 Northeast Tribs of the Leon River 202,880 86 Gonzales Kinney Uvalde Bexar Medina LavAacaVACA 8F1ort Bend NECHES - TRINITY 62 Olmitos and Garcias Creeks 99,840 45 1 Galveston 10 RIVER COASTAL BASIN 63 Paluxy River 249,920 Wharton Wilson BASIN 64 Pecan Creek 19,200 Brazoria 31 DeWitt 60 TRINITY - SAN JACINTO 65 Pine Creek 119,040 Legend COASTAL BASIN Zavala Jackson 66 Plum Creek 97,000 Frio Atascosa NUECES RIVER BASIN Ka3rn4es 67 Pollard Creek 7,260 Maverick SAN JACINTO - BRAZOS 39 Victoria 68 Ramirez Creek 6,605 Matagorda COASTAL BASIN 69 Red Deer Creek 211,840 Approved for Operation 76 Goliad 19 70 Ruckers Creek 15,360 Dimmit BRAZOS - COLORADO COASTAL BASIN 71 Running Water Draw 227,782 LaSalle SBeeAN ANTONIO - Calhoun Installation Complete McMullen Live Oak 72 Rush Creek 188,160 NUEReCfugEio S COLORADO - LAVACA COASTAL BASIN 73 Salado Creek 139,808 Installation in Progress COASTAL BASIN 74 San Diego - Rosita Creeks 222,450 San Patricio Aransas LAVACA - GUADALUPE COASTAL BASIN 75 Sanderson Canyon 138,240 Jim Wells 74 76 Sulphur Creek 101,748 Webb 5 Miles Nueces SAN ANTONIO RIVER BASIN 77 Sulphur Creek (Live Oak) 82,120 Duval 18 78 Tehuacana Creek 196,480 79 Three-Mile and Sulfur Draw 95,360 100 50 0 100 80 Town Branch 2,176 Kleberg NUECES - RIO GRANDE 81 Turkey Creek 18,880 82 Upper Bosque River 235,520 COASTAL BASIN Jim Hogg 83 Upper Brushy Creek 191,360 Zapata Brooks 84 Upper Cibolo Creek 50,560 Kenedy 85 Upper Lake Fork Creek 145,472 86 Upper Las Moras Creek 18,272 47 87 Upper North Bosque River 229,760 6S8tarr 88 Upper San Marcos River 60,780 Water Resources, Temple, Texas 62 Willacy 89 Valley Creek 150,464 Hidalgo 90 West Fork of Buffalo Creek 7,680 January 2007 91 Williams Creek 19,386 Cameron 92 Willow Creek 29,382 93 York Creek 93,824.
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