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Texas
Black Creek
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What we do know
Inside Big Thicket National Preserve
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Boundary data
What's missing
No access route mapped
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Why you'll love it
River facts
- Water
- Flows year-round
- Average flow
- 126 cfs
- Average current
- 0.8 ft/s
- Gradient
- 1.7 ft/mi
- Drainage area
- 61 sq mi
Long-term averages modeled by USGS (NHDPlus HR), not today's conditions. Check a gauge before you go.
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Black Creek
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Permits & access
- Managing agency
- National Park Service
About this water
Black Creek is a 7.3-mile paddling stretch near Silsbee, Texas. It flows year-round. USGS models an average flow of about 126 cfs and a gradient of about 1.7 feet per mile. Land along it is managed by the National Park Service.
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