Carpenters Bayou
| Carpenters Bayou | |
|---|---|
 Carpenters Bayou at Harris County, Texas | |
 Carpenters Bayou on Houston Ship Channel | |
  Location within State of Texas  Carpenters Bayou (the United States) | |
| 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°51′15″N 95°10′03″W / 29.8541131°N 95.1674320°W |
| Mouth | Channelview, Texas |
• location | Buffalo Bayou |
• coordinates | 29°45′22″N 95°05′40″W / 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 |
Carpenters Bayou rises at the south end of Sheldon Reservoir in southeastern Harris County (29°51′N 95°10′W / 29.850°N 95.167°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 / 29.750°N 95.100°W).[6]
History
[edit]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]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Lorenzo de Zavala - Houston ~ Marker Number: 10638". Texas Historic Sites Atlas. Texas Historical Commission. 1936.
- ^ "De Zavala #1 - Cemetery HR-C108". Texas Historic Sites Atlas. Texas Historical Commission.
- ^ "Site of Lynch's Ferry - Harris County ~ Marker Number: 20043". Texas Historic Sites Atlas. Texas Historical Commission. 1969.
- ^ "Carpenters Bayou Watershed". HCFCD.org. Harris County Flood Control District.
- ^ Handbook of Texas Online, "CARPENTERS BAYOU," accessed May 15, 2020, http://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/rhc04.
- ^ Carpenters Bayou in Geonames.org (cc-by)
- ^ a b c Noah Smithwick: The Evolution of a State, or Recollections of Old Texas Days, University of Texas Press, Austin, Tex., 1983, pp. 21, 23; and Texas State Historical Association: The New Handbook of Texas, Austin, Tex., 1996, Vol. 1, p. 983.
- ^ Chipman, Donald E. "Sitio". Handbook of Texas Online. Texas State Historical Association. Retrieved May 15, 2020.
External links
[edit]- "NOAA Nautical Chart 11325" [Houston Ship Channel - Carpenters Bayou to Houston; Buffalo Bayou]. NOAA Office of Coast Survey. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.
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