McDonald Creek is an intermittent stream, about long, heading about south-southwest of
Crosbyton, Texas
Crosbyton is a city in and the county seat of Crosby County, Texas, United States. The population was 1,741 at the 2010 census. Crosbyton is part of the Lubbock Metropolitan Statistical Area.
History
The city was named for land office commissione ...
, and trending generally southeast to join the
Salt Fork Brazos River
The Salt Fork Brazos River is a braided, highly intermittent stream about long, heading along the edge of the Llano Estacado about east-southeast of Lubbock, Texas. From its source, it flows generally east-southeastward to join the Double Mou ...
near the community of Verbena, Texas.
Geography
McDonald Creek rises along the eastern edge of the
Caprock Escarpment
The Caprock Escarpment is a term used in West Texas and Eastern New Mexico to describe the geographical transition point between the level High Plains of the Llano Estacado and the surrounding rolling terrain. In Texas, the escarpment stretch ...
of the
Llano Estacado
The Llano Estacado (), sometimes translated into English as the Staked Plains, is a region in the Southwestern United States that encompasses parts of eastern New Mexico and northwestern Texas. One of the largest mesas or tablelands on the North A ...
.
[ The stream channel initially runs southeast then curves to the southwest where it merges with Turkey Creek about west-northwest of ]Kalgary, Texas
Kalgary is an unincorporated community in Crosby County, Texas, United States. According to the ''Handbook of Texas'', the community had an estimated population of 70 in 2000.
Kalgary is part of the Lubbock Metropolitan Statistical Area.
Geograph ...
. It then runs south to join Lake Creek about upstream of Farm to Market Road 651. The stream then runs southeast where it merges with the Salt Fork Brazos River at a low-water crossing on Farm to Market Road 2008, near the sparsely populated community of Verbena.
Overall, McDonald Creek descends about from its source to its mouth, passing through highly eroded and moderately steep terrain along its course.
See also
*List of rivers of Texas
The list of rivers of Texas is a list of all named waterways, including rivers and streams that partially pass through or are entirely located within the U.S. state of Texas. Across the state, there are 3,700 named streams and 15 major rivers acc ...
*Caprock Escarpment
The Caprock Escarpment is a term used in West Texas and Eastern New Mexico to describe the geographical transition point between the level High Plains of the Llano Estacado and the surrounding rolling terrain. In Texas, the escarpment stretch ...
*Canyon Valley, Texas
Canyon Valley is a ghost town in southern Crosby County, Texas, United States. Today, only a few farms and ranches are scattered across the area.
Geography
Canyon Valley is located south of Ralls in southwestern Crosby County. Only one road pa ...
*Double Mountains (Texas)
Double Mountains is the name of a pair of flat-topped buttes located southwest of Aspermont in Stonewall County, Texas. While the '' Handbook of Texas'' gives their elevation as either or , United States Geological Survey maps give the elevatio ...
*Duffy's Peak
Duffy's Peak is a small hill or butte near the Salt Fork Brazos River in Garza County, Texas. Duffy's Peak extends less than above the river, yet despite its small size, it served as an important landmark for early surveyors of the region and is ...
References
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Rivers of Crosby County, Texas
Rivers of Garza County, Texas
Rivers of Texas
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