Stream in Texas, USA
Blanco CreekTributary to Frio River
Location of Blanco Creek mouth
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Show map of the United States Country United States State Texas County Uvalde Source Bear Creek divide • location about 5 miles southwest of Utopia, Texas • coordinates 29°35′11.82″N 099°36′42.18″W / 29.5866167°N 99.6117167°W / 29.5866167; -99.6117167 [ 1] • elevation 2,040 ft (620 m)[ 1]
Mouth Frio River • location
about 20 miles southeast of Uvalde, Texas • coordinates
29°06′16.87″N 099°27′19.17″W / 29.1046861°N 99.4553250°W / 29.1046861; -99.4553250 [ 1] • elevation
659 ft (201 m)[ 1] Length 48.98 mi (78.83 km)[ 2] Basin size 145.32 square miles (376.4 km2 )[ 3] Discharge • location Frio River • average 29.78 cu ft/s (0.843 m3 /s) at mouth with Frio River [ 3]
Progression Frio River → Nueces River → Nueces Bay → Corpus Cristi Bay → Gulf of Mexico River system Frio River Tributaries • left Bailey Creek • right Little Blanco Creek Bridges County Road 336 (x15), TX 127, County Road 339A, unnamed road, County Road 342 (x2), unnamed road, County Road 341, US 90, County Road 301, unnamed road
Blanco Creek is a 48.98 mi (78.83 km) long fifth-order tributary to the Frio River in Uvalde County, Texas .
Variant names
According to the Geographic Names Information System , it has also been known historically as:[ 1]
Big Blanco Creek
Blanco River
Course
Blanco Creek rises about 5 miles southwest of Utopia, Texas in Uvalde County, Texas and then flows south-southeast to join the Frio River about 20 miles southwest of Uvalde, Texas .[ 1]
Watershed
Blanco Creek drains 145.32 square miles (376.4 km2 ) of area, receives about 28.7 in/year of precipitation, and is about 13.18% forested.[ 3]
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