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 | |
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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 / 29.8541131; -95.1674320 |
Mouth | Channelview, Texas |
• location | Buffalo Bayou |
• coordinates | 29.75606°N 95.09438°W / 29.75606; -95.09438 (Carpenters Bayou) |
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 |
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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]
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