Vince Bayou, also known as Vince's Bayou, is a river that rises in southeast
Harris County, Texas
Harris County is a county located in the U.S. state of Texas; as of the 2020 census, the population was 4,731,145, making it the most populous county in Texas and the third most populous county in the United States. Its county seat is Houston, ...
and runs northwest, through
Pasadena
Pasadena ( ) is a city in Los Angeles County, California, northeast of downtown Los Angeles. It is the most populous city and the primary cultural center of the San Gabriel Valley. Old Pasadena is the city's original commercial district.
Its ...
and the city of
South Houston
South Houston is a city in the U.S. state of Texas, within Houston–The Woodlands–Sugar Land metropolitan area and Harris County. The population was 16,153 at the 2020 census. It is bordered by the cities of Houston and Pasadena, and geo ...
, for a total of 19 channel miles (which include the reach of one minor tributary)
[Vince Bayou Watershed – TSARP](_blank)
/ref> to its mouth on the Houston
Houston (; ) is the most populous city in Texas, the most populous city in the Southern United States, the fourth-most populous city in the United States, and the sixth-most populous city in North America, with a population of 2,304,580 in ...
Ship Channel (the lower reaches of Buffalo Bayou
Buffalo Bayou is a slow-moving body of water which flows through Houston in Harris County, Texas. Formed 18,000 years ago, it has its source in the prairie surrounding Katy, Fort Bend County, and flows approximately east through the Houston Ship ...
).
Very little wildlife habitat exists, and the estimated population within the Vince Bayou watershed is just under 89,000 persons.[Harris County Flood Control District – Vince Bayou Watershed](_blank)
/ref> Vince Bayou hosts a primarily urban environment.Tropical Storm Allison
Tropical Storm Allison was a tropical storm that devastated southeast Texas in June of the 2001 Atlantic hurricane season. An arguable example of the "brown ocean effect", Allison lasted unusually long for a June storm, remaining tropical or su ...
, in June of the 2001 Atlantic hurricane season
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, the watershed received in excess of of rain in a 24-hour period, resulting in bayou channel overbanking that flooded 1,500 homes in a area.
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 ...
References
External links
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Rivers of Texas
Rivers of Harris County, Texas
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