Posted Wednesday, March 1, 2006

By Roy and Jan Edwards
Organizing Committee

 

Here are some facts about the mouth of the San Bernard River. This is the first in a series of River Mouth Facts.

  • 619,617 cu/yds - the sand mass blocking the traditional of the San Bernard (U.S. Army Corps of Engineers study, 2002)

  • 44,227 - the number of standard dump trucks needed to move that sand

  • 3,240 pounds – average weight of 1 cubic yard of damp sand

  • 272 feet – the average width of the Intracoastal Canal between the San Bernard River and Jones Lake in 1974 (Texas Parks & Wildlife study, 2005)

  • 534 feet – the average width of the Intracoastal Canal between the San Bernard and Jones Lake in 2002 (Texas Parks & Wildlife study, 2005)

  • 1.2 feet – the average DAILY southwestward movement of the river mouth 1990 – 1995 (COE study, 2002)

  • 1.6 feet the average DAILY movement of the river mouth from 1995 – 2001 (COE study, 2002)

  • 1,000 to 1,100 feet - the width of the mouth of the San Bernard at the Gulf in 1989 to 1995 (COE study, 2002)

  • 8 ½ feet – the average depth of the mouth of the San Bernard at the Gulf in 1989 to 1995

  • 200 feet – the width of the mouth of the San Bernard in 2002 (COE study, 2002)

  • 4 feet – the average depth of the mouth of the San Bernard River in 2002 (COE study, 2002)

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